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can_v blast_v it_o and_o make_v it_o come_v to_o nothing_o you_o eat_v but_o have_v not_o enough_o you_o clothe_v you_o but_o there_o be_v none_o warm_a and_o he_o that_o earn_v wage_n it_o be_v to_o put_v in_o a_o bag_n with_o hole_n do_v not_o this_o text_n evident_o proclaim_v that_o the_o labourer_n in_o his_o wage_n the_o tradesman_n in_o his_o buy_n and_o sell_v the_o husbandman_n in_o his_o plow_a and_o sow_v can_v add_v one_o farthing_n to_o his_o efface_n unless_o the_o lord_n bless_v it_o three_o all_o those_o comfort_n we_o have_v and_o gift_n either_o to_o relieve_v or_o refresh_v god_n we_o that_o we_o have_v from_o other_o we_o be_v to_o account_v they_o god_n gift_n rather_o than_o man_n if_o any_o man_n help_v thou_o in_o thy_o necessity_n if_o any_o man_n prefer_v and_o honour_v thou_o thou_o be_v indeed_o to_o be_v thankful_a unto_o man_n that_o be_v benefactor_n but_o more_o to_o god_n who_o incline_v their_o heart_n to_o thou_o yet_o how_o little_a be_v this_o 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consolation_n likewise_o hence_o some_o have_v receive_v so_o much_o comfort_n from_o god_n that_o they_o have_v not_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v it_o they_o have_v say_v they_o have_v enough_o more_o will_v even_o overwhelm_v for_o there_o be_v those_o who_o die_v by_o joy_n especial_o when_o sudden_a as_o well_o as_o by_o grief_n in_o the_o next_o place_n let_v we_o consider_v the_o ground_n why_o god_n be_v thus_o merciful_a that_o he_o not_o just_o only_a proportion_n his_o comfort_n to_o our_o suffering_n but_o make_v they_o to_o exceed_v and_o desert_n first_o because_o god_n in_o these_o administration_n do_v chief_o regard_v his_o own_o honour_n and_o greatness_n not_o our_o desert_n now_o because_o god_n be_v a_o great_a god_n therefore_o his_o mercy_n be_v great_a
god_n speak_v far_o otherwise_o make_v these_o trouble_n to_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o his_o love_n and_o that_o if_o he_o do_v not_o deal_v thus_o with_o we_o we_o may_v then_o conclude_v we_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o he_o heb._n 12._o 6_o 7_o 8._o if_o you_o be_v without_o chasten_v you_o be_v bastard_n and_o no_o child_n for_o who_o he_o love_v he_o chasten_v it_o behove_v thou_o to_o make_v this_o difference_n in_o thyself_o else_o thy_o destruction_n will_v come_v upon_o thou_o sudden_o second_o the_o voice_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n also_o speak_v after_o this_o manner_n in_o we_o heavy_a trouble_n that_o they_o will_v unto_o thou_o that_o there_o can_v never_o come_v any_o good_a out_o of_o this_o to_o thyself_o that_o it_o will_v have_v be_v far_o better_a for_o soul_n and_o body_n if_o the_o lord_n hand_n have_v not_o be_v in_o this_o manner_n upon_o thou_o here_o also_o that_o false_a and_o corrupt_a principle_n be_v a_o liar_n within_o thou_o for_o david_n who_o at_o 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disease_n be_v find_v out_o to_o be_v desperate_a and_o incurable_a the_o great_a be_v the_o art_n and_o skill_n of_o the_o physician_n thus_o psal_n 136._o 23._o who_o remember_v we_o in_o our_o low_a estate_n the_o black_a eclipse_n make_v the_o sun_n light_n when_o recover_v more_o glorious_a the_o low_a and_o weak_a in_o thyself_o the_o more_o be_v god_n thereby_o acknowledge_v so_o psal_n 34._o 6._o this_o poor_a man_n cry_v and_o the_o lord_n hear_v he_o this_o aggravate_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n that_o though_o a_o very_a lazar_n yet_o god_n will_v not_o despise_v he_o so_o psal_n 142._o 3._o when_o my_o spirit_n be_v overwhelm_v within_o i_o than_o thou_o know_v my_o path_n nothing_o be_v more_o ordinary_a than_o such_o passage_n in_o the_o psalm_n to_o aggravate_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n towards_o the_o godly_a from_o the_o lowness_n and_o the_o impotency_n they_o be_v in_o oh_o if_o god_n have_v not_o come_v in_o at_o that_o time_n i_o have_v utter_o perish_v how_o 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chap._n 3._o he_o show_v their_o folly_n by_o many_o convince_a and_o pierce_a argument_n in_o fall_v off_o thus_o from_o he_o and_o chap._n 4._o 15._o put_v they_o in_o mind_n that_o they_o have_v other_o thought_n of_o he_o once_o paul_n be_v once_o a_o bless_a man_n and_o his_o preach_v bless_v preach_n where_o be_v the_o blessedness_n you_o once_o speak_v of_o yea_o he_o say_v their_o affection_n be_v so_o vehement_a and_o hyperbolical_a that_o they_o will_v have_v pluck_v out_o their_o eye_n their_o dear_a and_o tender_a part_n and_o have_v give_v they_o he_o if_o this_o can_v have_v do_v he_o good_a yet_o how_o quick_o do_v these_o boil_a affection_n turn_v into_o ice_n they_o will_v receive_v other_o man_n doctrine_n rather_o than_o he_o and_o if_o we_o see_v the_o apostle_n of_o christ_n that_o have_v their_o call_n immediate_o from_o he_o that_o be_v furnish_v with_o a_o large_a measure_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o enable_v to_o do_v such_o wonderful_a miracle_n before_o 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