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see_v he_o and_o also_o in_o restore_v life_n to_o our_o dead_a body_n in_o the_o resurrection_n it_o be_v god_n who_o give_v spiritual_a life_n and_o who_o givee_v the_o abounding_n of_o spiritual_a life_n who_o first_o quicken_v the_o soul_n and_o who_o further_o quicken_v it_o and_o keep_v it_o up_o in_o its_o spiritual_a operation_n and_o it_o be_v god_n who_o quicken_v the_o dead_a rom._n 4._o 17._o the_o word_n thus_o open_v afford_v we_o two_o thing_n as_o ground_n of_o david_n satisfaction_n in_o that_o dark_a condition_n in_o which_o he_o be_v though_o his_o state_n be_v but_o at_o present_a sad_a and_o uncomfortable_a though_o late_o he_o neither_o have_v see_v god_n nor_o hear_v from_o he_o only_o have_v see_v and_o feel_v the_o srown_n and_o thundering_n of_o his_o providence_n against_o he_o yet_o he_o will_v be_v satisfy_v 1._o if_o he_o find_v god_n enable_v he_o in_o this_o his_o sad_a perplex_a persecute_a state_n to_o wait_v upon_o he_o and_o exercise_v grace_n in_o 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