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unto_o so_o many_o be_v very_a gall_n and_o wormwood_n another_o great_a privilege_n be_v â—hat_n the_o lord_n teach_v he_o how_o to_o carry_v themselves_o and_o keep_v their_o integrity_n in_o all_o estate_n of_o life_n as_o first_o in_o peace_n and_o prosperity_n when_o a_o man_n have_v riches_n honour_n health_n friend_n delight_n and_o pleasure_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v a_o slippery_a estate_n in_o which_o no_o man_n of_o himself_o can_v stand_v and_o therefore_o be_v a_o occasion_n of_o fall_v to_o most_o man_n but_o god_n teach_v he_o to_o stand_v in_o this_o slippery_a way_n for_o first_o when_o he_o cause_v the_o doctrine_n of_o contentation_n sobriety_n and_o the_o contempt_n of_o this_o world_n to_o be_v teach_v unto_o they_o than_o he_o draw_v their_o heart_n inward_o to_o attend_v unto_o it_o believe_v it_o love_n and_o practice_v it_o beside_o this_o god_n cause_v they_o oft_o to_o set_v before_o their_o eye_n the_o daily_a change_n of_o all_o thing_n under_o the_o sun_n and_o by_o the_o oft_o and_o deep_a consideration_n of_o these_o thing_n as_o they_o observe_v they_o their_o lust_n be_v appall_v and_o the_o pride_n of_o life_n be_v great_o abate_v in_o they_o psal_n 102.22_o so_o that_o by_o these_o mean_v the_o lord_n so_o frame_v he_o that_o they_o desire_v no_o more_o nor_o no_o long_o than_o their_o heavenly_a father_n see_v expedient_a to_o use_v these_o outward_a thing_n as_o if_o they_o use_v they_o not_o and_o yet_o so_o to_o use_v they_o as_o that_o they_o may_v be_v help_n to_o themselves_o and_o other_o in_o the_o way_n of_o godliness_n all_o which_o be_v not_o so_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o if_o every_o believer_n have_v this_o grace_n but_o that_o god_n have_v bequeath_v and_o do_v offer_v this_o to_o all_o though_o only_o they_o have_v it_o which_o do_v esteem_v of_o it_o and_o seek_v for_o it_o in_o faith_n at_o god_n hand_n so_o likewise_o in_o regard_n of_o affliction_n the_o prerogative_n of_o god_n his_o child_n be_v great_a first_o he_o hold_v many_o tribulationâ—_n from_o they_o which_o otherwise_o by_o their_o sin_n they_o do_v pluck_v upon_o themselves_o psal_n 32.10_o 11._o which_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o because_o affliction_n spring_v from_o sin_n and_o therefore_o where_o sin_n be_v great_a or_o lesser_a the_o affliction_n will_v be_v proportionable_a the_o truth_n of_o it_o viz._n that_o they_o may_v be_v free_v from_o many_o trouble_n be_v plain_a because_o so_o many_o do_v fill_v themselves_o with_o inward_a trouble_n of_o mind_n and_o conscience_n by_o give_v place_n to_o their_o unbridled_a affection_n which_o breed_v many_o perturbation_n and_o by_o take_v licence_n to_o themselves_o in_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o seemly_a they_o bring_v also_o many_o outward_a trouble_n upon_o themselves_o by_o their_o sin_n as_o shame_n poverty_n