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and_o faithful_a servant_n enter_v into_o thy_o master_n joy_n the_o due_a consideration_n of_o this_o make_v nehemiah_n stand_v forth_o and_o offer_v his_o petition_n to_o the_o lord_n not_o timerous_o quasi_fw-la elephanto_fw-la stipem_fw-la 53._o sueton._n in_o vita_fw-la aug._n caesaris_fw-la cap._n 53._o as_o augustus_n caesar_n say_v but_o with_o singular_a confidence_n claim_v a_o especial_a interest_n in_o god_n favour_n say_v not_o only_o o_o god_n but_o o_o my_o god_n but_o may_v i_o not_o take_v up_o saint_n paul_n demand_n 3.29_o rom._n 3.29_o be_v god_n the_o god_n of_o the_o jew_n only_o be_v he_o only_a nehemiahs_n god_n will_v he_o engross_v god_n favour_n to_o himself_o alone_o chrysostome_n answer_v this_o very_a well_o 39_o chrys_n in_o genes_n hom._n 39_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n say_v he_o speak_v thus_o non_fw-la concludentes_fw-la eius_fw-la dominium_fw-la sed_fw-la amorem_fw-la amensum_fw-la declarantes_fw-la they_o do_v not_o hereby_o confine_v god_n 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schoolman_n say_v 1._o aquin._n super_fw-la rom._n 1._o first_o secundum_fw-la specialem_fw-la curam_fw-la second_o secundum_fw-la specialem_fw-la cultum_fw-la three_o secundum_fw-la speciale_a praemium_fw-la secundum_fw-la specialem_fw-la curam_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o his_o especial_a care_n and_o providence_n 34.15_o psal_n 34.15_o for_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v upon_o the_o righteous_a and_o his_o ear_n be_v open_a unto_o their_o prayer_n 19_o genes_n 19_o when_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n turn_v sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n into_o ash_n the_o lord_n deliver_v righteous_a lot_n 9.23_o exod._n 9.23_o when_o the_o dreadful_a fire_n &_o hail_n do_v burn_v and_o batter_v egypt_n in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n in_o the_o habitation_n of_o israel_n there_o be_v no_o hail_n when_o the_o general_a deluge_n make_v the_o world_n a_o fishpoole_n 6.8_o gen._n 6.8_o noah_n find_v grace_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n