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for_o all_o this_o god_n do_v not_o inflict_v this_o sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la poenae_fw-la as_o a_o vengeance_n but_o a_o chastisement_n not_o as_o a_o punishment_n but_o a_o fatherly_a correction_n not_o as_o a_o minister_n of_o his_o wrath_n but_o a_o evidence_n of_o his_o love_n for_o he_o chasten_v the_o child_n who_o he_o best_a love_n and_o so_o you_o see_v he_o correct_v the_o bitterness_n of_o his_o judgement_n with_o intermingle_v mercy_n among_o they_o pellit_fw-la pestem_fw-la à peste_fw-la say_v one_o he_o take_v out_o all_o malignity_n from_o his_o judgement_n as_o saint_n paul_n say_v he_o pluck_v out_o the_o sting_n of_o death_n 55._o o_o mors_fw-la ubi_fw-la aculeus_fw-la tuus_fw-la last_o of_o all_o he_o do_v not_o only_o remit_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o sin_n and_o retain_v the_o gild_n treasure_v up_o that_o in_o diem_fw-la irae_fw-la to_o press_v against_o we_o in_o the_o last_o day_n but_o he_o forgive_v that_o too_o he_o do_v not_o quench_v the_o flame_n and_o 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