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favourable_a as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v what_o will_v he_o not_o only_o not_o entertain_v i_o but_o be_v he_o go_v that_o i_o can_v tell_v where_o to_o find_v he_o and_o in_o the_o â—_o verse_n be_v his_o mercy_n clean_o go_v for_o ever_o this_o be_v the_o last_o of_o all_o and_o that_o which_o contain_v the_o pith_n of_o all_o that_o our_o saviour_n speak_v express_o of_o himself_o that_o god_n go_v not_o only_o out_o of_o his_o presence_n but_o out_o of_o his_o call_n too_o the_o place_n be_v excellent_a psal_n 22.1_o from_o whence_o these_o word_n be_v take_v my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o why_o be_v thou_o so_o far_o from_o help_v i_o and_o from_o the_o word_n of_o my_o complaint_n god_n be_v go_v beyond_o call_n now_o that_o you_o may_v see_v the_o weight_n of_o the_o sorrow_n that_o lay_v upon_o our_o saviour_n consider_v thus_o much_o our_o saviour_n be_v not_o only_o cast_v out_o of_o god_n favour_n and_o god_n do_v not_o only_o take_v away_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o love_n and_o the_o feel_a operation_n of_o his_o favour_n that_o so_o he_o receive_v not_o the_o sweetness_n that_o he_o have_v do_v but_o christ_n take_v the_o place_n of_o sinner_n and_o therefore_o god_n the_o father_n shut_v he_o out_o among_o sinner_n and_o draw_v his_o mercy_n out_o of_o sight_n and_o out_o of_o hear_v and_o therefore_o he_o cry_v out_o my_o god_n my_o god_n etc._n etc._n nay_o further_o why_o be_v thou_o so_o far_o from_o my_o help_n he_o cry_v out_o that_o he_o â—ore_v his_o bowel_n again_o and_o stretch_v out_o his_o throat_n and_o cry_n my_o god_n my_o god_n and_o he_o follow_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n the_o father_n in_o this_o kind_n not_o that_o his_o faith_n do_v not_o prevail_v but_o he_o have_v not_o the_o sense_n and_o sweetness_n of_o god_n love_n and_o so_o david_n in_o all_o that_o he_o speak_v say_v will_v he_o be_v favourable_a no_o more_o have_v he_o in_o anger_n shut_v up_o his_o tender_a mercy_n all_o this_o while_n god_n be_v present_a with_o he_o by_o supportation_n though_o he_o hold_v that_o vision_n of_o mercy_n off_o from_o his_o soul_n now_o at_o this_o time_n it_o seem_v to_o i_o and_o the_o text_n will_v bear_v it_o that_o though_o christ_n before_o have_v but_o three_o bout_n in_o the_o garden_n yet_o now_o all_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o his_o elect_a child_n and_o the_o cloud_n of_o sin_n of_o all_o the_o faithful_a do_v arise_v to_o a_o mighty_a great_a fog_n and_o the_o cloud_n do_v overspread_v all_o the_o
and_o that_o the_o pope_n can_v pardon_v they_o what_o will_v not_o a_o man_n give_v to_o be_v free_v from_o it_o this_o dotage_n be_v clear_o confute_v with_o the_o evidence_n of_o the_o former_a truth_n i_o will_v only_o express_v it_o thus_o if_o christ_n suffer_v all_o the_o plague_n which_o divine_a justice_n require_v then_o there_o be_v neither_o the_o punishment_n of_o hell_n nor_o purgatory_n to_o be_v suffer_v by_o the_o faithful_a but_o our_o saviour_n suffer_v whatsoever_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n require_v and_o therefore_o neither_o sin_n nor_o hell_n nor_o purgatory_n have_v any_o thing_n to_o lay_v to_o the_o charge_n of_o god_n choose_v second_o it_o not_o only_o meet_v with_o they_o but_o it_o dash_v in_o sunder_o another_o conceit_n that_o seem_v to_o find_v acceptance_n with_o other_o for_o hence_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o all_o the_o trouble_n and_o misery_n and_o affliction_n either_o anguish_n of_o heart_n inward_o or_o misery_n outward_o they_o can_v proper_o 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