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when_o we_o have_v the_o light_n of_o the_o word_n for_o our_o direction_n we_o must_v not_o stay_v or_o alter_v our_o course_n for_o any_o dispensation_n of_o providence_n although_o extraordinary_a and_o wonderful_a yet_o we_o shall_v not_o altogether_o slight_a such_o rare_a and_o astonish_a work_n of_o god_n they_o speak_v to_o we_o and_o we_o shall_v ponder_v what_o they_o say_v they_o be_v our_o talent_n and_o we_o shall_v improve_v they_o we_o shall_v review_v our_o way_n and_o warrant_v that_o if_o we_o be_v follow_v duty_n we_o may_v from_o such_o a_o reflection_n strengthen_v ourselves_o and_o guard_v our_o heart_n against_o that_o temptation_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v send_v as_o that_o sign_n and_o wonder_n of_o the_o false_a prophet_n deut_n 12.1_o 2_o 3._o to_o prove_v we_o but_o if_o upon_o examination_n we_o come_v to_o see_v that_o our_o course_n be_v wrong_a and_o that_o we_o have_v be_v set_v a_o work_n upon_o some_o mistake_n and_o that_o our_o zeal_n have_v be_v 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be_v a_o tempt_a of_o god_n to_o appeal_v to_o providence_n and_o the_o event_n and_o success_n of_o our_o undertake_n for_o their_o justifiableness_n so_o it_o be_v no_o less_o rash_a and_o unwarrantable_a foolish_a and_o dangerous_a to_o be_v lead_v by_o invitation_n from_o providence_n and_o to_o wait_v for_o that_o before_o we_o set_v forth_o the_o lord_n may_v just_o make_v thou_o meet_v with_o disappoint_v mean_v in_o the_o issue_n when_o success_n and_o a_o smile_a providence_n in_o the_o beginning_n be_v the_o motive_n that_o lead_v thou_o on_o if_o thou_o will_v not_o knock_v till_o the_o door_n be_v open_v thou_o may_v wait_v long_o and_o lie_v without_o while_o all_o within_o be_v in_o readiness_n to_o have_v welcome_v and_o kind_o entertain_v thou_o and_o if_o thou_o be_v too_o confident_a in_o a_o promise_a opportunity_n he_o may_v send_v some_o blast_n in_o thy_o tooth_n to_o make_v thou_o strike_v sail_n and_o cause_v thy_o vessel_n return_v to_o the_o harbour_n empty_a hamans_n promotion_n and_o moyen_fw-fr with_o the_o king_n do_v prove_v a_o step_n in_o his_o way_n to_o the_o gallow_n his_o advancement_n make_v he_o proud_a and_o become_v a_o occasion_n of_o his_o ruin_n esth_n 3.5_o and_o 7.10_o and_o joseph_n fetter_n and_o imprisonment_n do_v lead_v to_o his_o advancement_n joseph_n must_v be_v sell_v as_o a_o slave_n before_o he_o be_v a_o father_n to_o pharaoh_n and_o lord_n of_o all_o his_o house_n gen._n 45.7_o 8._o yet_o 5._o we_o dare_v not_o simple_o condemn_v the_o observation_n of_o the_o ordinary_a work_n of_o providence_n and_o general_o conclude_v that_o no_o use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o these_o for_o light_n and_o direction_n in_o our_o way_n but_o to_o determine_v and_o set_v bound_n here_o and_o say_v thus_o far_o may_v we_o go_v and_o no_o further_o and_o at_o such_o a_o time_n and_o occasion_n and_o no_o other_o be_v no_o small_a difficulty_n hoc_fw-la opus_fw-la hic_fw-la labour_n est_fw-la and_o know_v none_o who_o have_v go_v 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dispose_v the_o heart_n for_o duty_n of_o the_o same_o kind_a and_o nature_n it_o can_v hardly_o be_v imagine_v that_o it_o will_v extend_v itself_o further_o if_o pray_v now_o thus_o will_v not_o make_v thou_o love_v that_o exercise_n the_o better_a and_o fit_a and_o dispose_v thou_o for_o pray_v hereafter_o then_o though_o the_o lord_n in_o his_o wise_a providence_n and_o for_o end_n know_v to_o himself_o shall_v give_v what_o thou_o thus_o desire_v that_o mercy_n will_v not_o prove_v a_o mean_a to_o increase_v thy_o love_n to_o he_o neither_o will_v thou_o labour_v to_o improve_v it_o for_o he_o and_o lay_v it_o out_o for_o his_o honour_n far_o less_o upon_o this_o account_n will_v thou_o take_v heed_n to_o thy_o step_n as_o be_v loath_a to_o offend_v he_o and_o say_v with_o he_o psa_n 116.9.12.14_o what_o shall_v i_o render_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o all_o his_o benefit_n i_o will_v pay_v my_o vow_n unto_o he_o and_o in_o my_o whole_a carriage_n walk_v before_o he_o unto_o all_o 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have_v this_o confidence_n in_o he_o that_o he_o will_v hear_v we_o whensoever_o we_o call_v and_o may_v we_o not_o know_v that_o he_o will_v answer_v our_o desire_n 1_o joh._n 5.14_o 15._o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v report_v to_o the_o commendation_n of_o some_o state_n and_o prince_n that_o they_o never_o reject_v any_o petitioner_n the_o senator_n of_o old_a rome_n do_v 548._o do_v rob._n cawdray_n treas_z of_o simil_n pag._n 548._o judge_v it_o a_o great_a disgrace_n to_o the_o roman_a state_n that_o any_o man_n shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o say_v that_o he_o have_v in_o vain_a ask_v help_n at_o their_o hand_n it_o do_v not_o become_v the_o emperor_n say_v 289._o say_v ne_fw-fr quem_fw-la sine_fw-la spe_fw-la dimitteret_fw-la negans_fw-la oportere_fw-la quenquam_fw-la a_o sermone_fw-la principis_fw-la tristem_fw-la discedere_fw-la cluver_n hist_o epit_fw-la in_o tito_n vespas_fw-la pag._n mihi_fw-la 289._o the_o noble_a and_o magnanimous_a titus_n vespasian_n to_o send_v any_o 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