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daily_o thunder_v upon_o plague_v and_o chast'n_v and_o the_o incorrigible_o wicked_a gratify_v with_o more_o than_o heart_n can_v wish_v psal._n 73._o 3_o 14._o so_o happen_v it_o to_o the_o just_a according_a to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o to_o the_o wicked_a according_a to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o righteous_a this_o puzzle_v and_o confound_v the_o saint_n be_v a_o wonder_n &_o offence_n to_o he_o while_o he_o go_v to_o work_v in_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o own_o wisdom_n to_o judge_n of_o god_n love_n or_o hatred_n by_o outward_a dispensation_n 〈◊〉_d too_o painful_a or_o difficult_a yea_o impossible_a for_o they_o in_o that_o shortsighted_a wisdom_n to_o interpret_v the_o riddle_n psal._n 73._o 16._o jer._n 12._o 1_o 2._o they_o lay_v down_o a_o safe_a preliminary_n truth_n as_o their_o firm_a persuasion_n that_o god_n be_v good_a to_o his_o true_a israel_n and_o righteous_a though_o they_o plead_v with_o he_o and_o expostulate_v the_o case_n with_o submission_n for_o 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