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do_v aught_o but_o wander_v from_o god_n he_o understand_v not_o and_o will_v not_o ask_v after_o christ_n and_o then_o god_n will_v say_v behold_v i_o to_o they_o that_o ask_v not_o 1._o isa_n 65._o 1._o after_o he_o and_o that_o shall_v be_v verify_v i_o 21._o isa_n 41._o 27._o junius_n in_o locum_fw-la 1_o cor._n 1._o 21._o be_o find_v of_o they_o that_o seek_v i_o not_o then_o god_n give_v christ_n the_o first_o that_o say_v to_o zion_n behold_v behold_v the_o thing_n which_o none_o can_v tell_v of_o he_o that_o be_v the_o one_o the_o only_a one_o that_o bring_v good_a tiding_n paul_n to_o the_o corinth_n open_v this_o say_v after_o that_o in_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n who_o wise_o dispose_v of_o all_o thing_n in_o his_o providence_n govern_v the_o age_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o generation_n of_o man_n upon_o the_o earth_n the_o world_n by_o wisdom_n their_o wisdom_n of_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n with_o which_o they_o come_v into_o the_o world_n endue_v of_o god_n the_o 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fill_n of_o we_o with_o all_o the_o fullness_n of_o god_n the_o fullness_n of_o this_o his_o reveal_v glory_n and_o while_o thou_o contemplate_v the_o way_n of_o god_n grace_n admire_v astonishment_n will_v cause_v thou_o to_o cry_v out_o oh_o the_o depth_n both_o of_o the_o knowledge_n and_o wisdom_n of_o god_n how_o unsearchable_a be_v his_o judgement_n and_o his_o way_n past_o find_v 35._o rom._n 11._o 33_o 34_o 35._o out_o who_o have_v give_v to_o he_o first_o let_v he_o stand_v forth_o and_o it_o shall_v be_v recompense_v unto_o he_o who_o have_v know_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o lord_n or_o who_o have_v be_v his_o counsellor_n comfort_v use_v 3_o to_o comfort_v 3._o comfort_v also_o spring_v out_o and_o flow_v hence_o in_o abundance_n first_o under_o sin_n guilt_n and_o under_o sin_n motion_n die_v under_o 13._o rom._n 7._o 9_o 13._o the_o feel_n thereof_o let_v sin_n in_o the_o thought_n thereof_o grow_v exceed_v sinful_a and_o abominable_a in_o thy_o eye_n as_o indeed_o it_o be_v 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