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save_a grace_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o faith_n hope_n love_n etc._n etc._n as_o better_o neither_o stand_v we_o still_o there_o but_o ascend_v to_o the_o give_a grace_n even_o god_n free_a favour_n wherefrom_o these_o give_v grace_n proceed_v and_o from_o that_o his_o free_a favour_n we_o ascend_v to_o himself_o who_o be_v goodness_n itself_o 4._o not_o by_o participation_n of_o any_o good_a but_o by_o his_o essence_n but_o because_o in_o our_o prosperity_n we_o be_v slow_a to_o make_v this_o gradual_a ascension_n to_o god_n therefore_o he_o teach_v we_o a_o more_o harsh_a reduction_n in_o adversity_n for_o when_o we_o be_v any_o way_n afflict_v in_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n we_o find_v no_o rest_n till_o we_o return_v to_o our_o chief_a good_a second_o for_o sufficiency_n sufficiency_n and_o that_o both_o of_o furniture_n and_o supply_n of_o furniture_n because_o it_o suffice_v all_o for_o all_o person_n of_o whatsoever_o sex_n quality_n or_o condition_n for_o all_o place_n both_o 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supply_n for_o god_n exercise_v his_o child_n great_o about_o other_o blessing_n either_o he_o hold_v from_o we_o the_o thing_n we_o desire_v or_o take_v from_o we_o the_o thing_n we_o love_v or_o spoil_v it_o in_o our_o possession_n therefore_o we_o have_v need_n of_o some_o bide_a substance_n to_o supply_v these_o loss_n and_o this_o be_v god_n alone_o for_o if_o we_o find_v he_o present_v we_o can_v easy_o bear_v with_o any_o loss_n 8._o elkanah_n say_v to_o hannah_n be_o i_o not_o worth_a ten_o child_n to_o thou_o so_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n be_v able_a to_o countervail_v the_o loss_n of_o a_o thousand_o blessing_n if_o a_o merchant_n have_v his_o stock_n of_o some_o hundred_o thousand_o secure_v on_o the_o land_n he_o be_v not_o great_o grieve_v though_o he_o lose_v a_o little_a by_o sea_n three_o for_o integrity_n because_o it_o be_v a_o full_a and_o complete_a thing_n integrity_n the_o chief_a good_a can_v be_v divide_v but_o be_v as_o indivisible_a as_o infinite_a as_o 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and_o politic_n that_o they_o can_v plot_v mischief_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o pass_v who_o ever_o glori_v in_o sin_n profess_v that_o he_o count_v it_o his_o happiness_n it_o may_v here_o be_v demand_v happiness_n if_o affliction_n can_v stand_v with_o happiness_n the_o name_n of_o it_o be_v miserable_a to_o the_o worldly_a but_o that_o name_n hurt_v not_o where_o misery_n be_v absent_a 27._o i_o answer_v it_o can_v for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o ill_a of_o sin_n or_o of_o the_o fault_n but_o the_o ill_a of_o punishment_n and_o there_o be_v more_o misery_n in_o the_o least_o sin_n than_o in_o the_o great_a cross_n 10._o and_o the_o apostle_n call_v not_o himself_o miserable_a for_o his_o great_a affliction_n but_o glori_v in_o it_o i_o will_v glory_v in_o my_o infirmity_n but_o when_o he_o find_v the_o rebellion_n of_o his_o will_n against_o the_o law_n of_o his_o spirit_n 24._o he_o cry_v out_o miserable_a man_n that_o i_o be_o god_n love_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o our_o happiness_n 12._o and_o affliction_n can_v stand_v well_o with_o it_o for_o who_o he_o love_v he_o chasten_v sin_n wound_v the_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o waste_v the_o conscience_n but_o affliction_n purge_v all_o and_o make_v god_n grace_n more_o sharp_a and_o lively_a sin_n can_v admit_v no_o qualification_n but_o must_v either_o be_v simple_o pardon_v or_o punish_v but_o affliction_n be_v qualify_v with_o grace_n to_o the_o godly_a and_o further_v they_o to_o happiness_n so_o that_o the_o spirit_n pronounce_v they_o happy_a that_o be_v chastened_a of_o the_o lord_n our_o happiness_n be_v in_o no_o external_a good_a but_o in_o god_n favour_n and_o the_o state_n of_o our_o person_n qualify_v with_o his_o grace_n and_o image_n in_o we_o but_o affliction_n though_o it_o spill_v external_a blessing_n yet_o it_o neither_o separate_v we_o from_o his_o favour_n neither_o destroy_v his_o grace_n but_o augment_v it_o it_o can_v make_v we_o no_o more_o miserable_a than_o prosperity_n make_v the_o 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