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he_o give_v the_o precept_n and_o it_o shall_v not_o pass_v away_o and_o it_o be_v good_a cheap_a for_o he_o who_o make_v all_o thing_n of_o nothing_o to_o command_v that_o nothing_o shall_v fail_v of_o that_o inviolable_a course_n wherein_o all_o thing_n be_v appoint_v to_o proceed_v according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n no_o return_n be_v make_v from_o privation_n to_o the_o habit_n as_o from_o a_o fix_a blindness_n to_o sight_n and_o much_o less_o from_o death_n to_o life_n but_o the_o law_n of_o the_o love_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n do_v overtop_v that_o other_o law_n make_v those_o thing_n grow_v true_a and_o samiliar_a which_o otherwise_o be_v not_o only_o hard_a but_o impossible_a moist_a body_n be_v appoint_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o give_v place_n and_o such_o as_o be_v heavy_a and_o solid_a to_o sink_v down_o below_o they_o but_o yet_o when_o there_o be_v question_n of_o give_v comfort_n to_o his_o poor_a apostle_n 14._o matt._n 14._o the_o love_n of_o 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any_o one_o matt._n 8._o the_o innumerable_a creature_n who_o need_v &_o desire_v miraculous_a cure_n from_o christ_n our_o lord_n we_o hear_v not_o of_o any_o one_o who_o be_v final_o frustrate_v of_o his_o suit_n nay_o he_o reject_v not_o the_o very_a devil_n themselves_o who_o he_o suffer_v to_o enter_v into_o that_o hear_v of_o swine_n his_o eye_n be_v but_o as_o so_o many_o conduyt_n whereby_o he_o bring_v into_o his_o hart_n all_o the_o misery_n that_o he_o see_v and_o then_o by_o the_o same_o way_n he_o send_v his_o mercy_n out_o for_o relief_n thereof_o it_o be_v true_a that_o sometime_o he_o seem_v as_o if_o he_o will_v not_o grant_v their_o suit_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o cananean_a woman_n but_o it_o be_v but_o seem_v for_o indeed_o 15._o matt._n 15._o he_o mean_v not_o only_o to_o cure_v the_o daughter_n but_o to_o glorify_v the_o mother_n for_o that_o full_a cluster_n of_o virtue_n which_o she_o have_v of_o humility_n patience_n perseverance_n and_o such_o a_o 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more_o leprous_a in_o their_o soul_n since_o they_o be_v ungrateful_a to_o such_o a_o goodness_n if_o their_o misery_n be_v great_a although_o their_o knowledge_n and_o belief_n in_o he_o be_v very_o small_a he_o will_v seek_v such_o out_o without_o be_v seek_v 20._o luc._n 17._o joan._n 5._o marc._n 9_o luc._n 9_o &_o 4._o &_o 5._o &_o 8._o marc._n 10._o matt._n 9_o marc._n 2._o matt._n 20._o as_o he_o do_v the_o man_n who_o lie_v at_o the_o probatica_fw-la piscina_fw-la eight_o and_o thirty_o year_n if_o it_o be_v peradventure_o a_o kind_n of_o a_o middle_a case_n he_o will_v meet_v they_o in_o the_o half_a way_n or_o he_o will_v require_v they_o to_o be_v bring_v to_o he_o or_o he_o will_v stay_v as_o if_o he_o stay_v not_o for_o they_o till_o they_o come_v of_o themselves_o or_o he_o will_v cast_v to_o go_v where_o they_o be_v to_o come_v or_o else_o where_o he_o know_v they_o to_o be_v he_o will_v not_o fail_v to_o go_v and_o howsoever_o it_o be_v if_o he_o see_v they_o in_o 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