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no_o peace_n to_o the_o wicked_a isa_n 57.20_o 21._o it_o be_v mean_v of_o their_o own_o inward_a unquietness_n anrestlessness_n of_o spirit_n calvin_n hereby_o understand_v perpetuas_fw-la animae_fw-la exagitationes_fw-la atque_fw-la perturbationes_fw-la perpetual_a toss_n and_o perturbation_n of_o mind_n and_o he_o speak_v i_o remember_v thus_o this_o similitude_n of_o a_o sea_n est_fw-la elegans_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la maris_fw-la similitudo_fw-la &_o aptissima_fw-la ad_fw-la explicandam_fw-la inquietudinem_fw-la impiorum_fw-la nam_fw-la in_o seipso_fw-la turbaturmare_fw-la tametsi_fw-la a_o vento_fw-la non_fw-la impellitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la impii_fw-la turbantur_fw-la intestino_fw-la malo_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ipsorum_fw-la animus_fw-la defixum_fw-la est_fw-la be_v a_o elegant_a similitude_n and_o most_o apt_a to_o set_v forth_o the_o inquietude_n of_o wicked_a man_n for_o say_v he_o the_o sea_n be_v trouble_v in_o itself_o though_o it_o be_v not_o 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will_v i_o make_v my_o refuge_n and_o be_v thus_o at_o rest_n in_o god_n his_o heart_n be_v prepare_v it_o be_v in_o a_o ready_a posture_n for_o duty_n and_o service_n o_o it_o be_v the_o restlessness_n and_o discomposure_n of_o our_o heart_n that_o unfit_v and_o indispose_v we_o for_o our_o work_n and_o duty_n when_o the_o israelite_n be_v fill_v with_o anguish_n of_o spirit_n they_o can_v not_o hear_v moses_n exod._n 6.9_o and_o when_o jonah_n his_o spirit_n be_v off_o its_o rest_n though_o he_o be_v a_o eminent_a prophet_n of_o god_n he_o can_v not_o pray_v but_o very_o peevish_o and_o unbecome_o jon._n 4.2.3_o a_o restless_a spirit_n be_v unfit_a for_o the_o ordinary_a duty_n of_o christianity_n but_o now_o take_v a_o soul_n that_o be_v indeed_o at_o rest_n in_o god_n and_o he_o be_v fit_v not_o only_o for_o the_o general_a duty_n of_o christianity_n such_o as_o prayer_n hear_v or_o the_o like_a but_o even_o for_o whatever_o work_n or_o duty_n god_n shall_v call_v he_o out_o unto_o 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5.3_o he_o can_v sing_v in_o a_o prison_n as_o paul_n and_o sylas_n do_v act._n 16.25_o do_v god_n call_v he_o to_o fullness_n he_o know_v how_o to_o abound_v do_v god_n call_v he_o to_o want_n he_o know_v how_o to_o be_v abase_v as_o paul_n do_v phil._n 4_o 12._o do_v god_n call_v he_o to_o mourn_v he_o be_v ready_a for_o it_o for_o he_o and_o indeed_o he_o alone_o know_v how_o to_o weep_v as_o if_o he_o weep_v not_o do_v god_n call_v he_o to_o rejoice_v he_o be_v ready_a for_o it_o for_o he_o and_o he_o alone_o can_v rejoice_v as_o if_o he_o rejoice_v not_o which_o be_v the_o fit_a posture_n and_o carriage_n for_o each_o condition_n 1_o cor._n 7.30_o in_o a_o word_n he_o be_v fit_a to_o live_v and_o fit_a to_o die_v and_o let_v i_o tell_v you_o that_o be_v a_o great_a word_n yet_o a_o true_a one_o he_o be_v fit_a to_o die_v ready_a in_o a_o good_a measure_n for_o another_o world_n it_o be_v a_o great_a thing_n to_o die_v and_o it_o be_v a_o great_a attainment_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o 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