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136.1_o etc._n etc._n good_a good_a 20._o good_a in_o se_fw-la deê°_n bon_fw-fr '_o est_fw-fr suâ_fw-la essentiâ_fw-la &_o summè_fw-la polan_n syntag._n theol._n lib._n 2._o cap_n 20._o of_o himself_o &_o by_o his_o essence_n now_o if_o honey_n of_o its_o own_o nature_n and_o essence_n sweet_a have_v no_o bitterness_n in_o it_o if_o the_o sun_n of_o its_o own_o nature_n and_o essence_n light_n have_v no_o darkness_n in_o it_o without_o doubt_n god_n of_o himself_o of_o his_o own_o nature_n &_o essence_n good_a have_v no_o evil_a in_o he_o we_o confess_v with_o david_n psal_n 5.4_o o_o our_o god_n thou_o be_v not_o a_o god_n that_o have_v pleasure_n in_o wickedness_n neither_o shall_v any_o evil_a dwell_v with_o thou_o thus_o you_o see_v quis_fw-la who_o this_o agent_n be_v it_o be_v jehovah_n the_o lord_n our_o god_n who_o be_v be_v of_o himself_o who_o be_v true_a in_o all_o his_o say_n who_o be_v absolute_o good_a in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o stain_n of_o evil_a such_o be_v the_o 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serious_a and_o religious_a meditation_n be_v whatsoever_o affliction_n befall_v any_o one_o any_o where_o in_o this_o world_n it_o be_v from_o the_o lord_n by_o affliction_n in_o this_o proposition_n i_o understand_v the_o suffering_n of_o any_o thing_n the_o sense_n or_o cogitation_n whereof_o our_o nature_n shun_v whatsoever_o be_v any_o way_n grievous_a or_o offensive_a to_o our_o humane_a nature_n i_o call_v affliction_n the_o temptation_n of_o the_o flesh_n the_o world_n &_o the_o devil_n the_o disease_n of_o the_o body_n a_o infortunate_a husband_n or_o wife_n rebellious_a child_n unthankful_a friend_n loss_n of_o good_n reproach_n sclaunder_n war_n pestilence_n famine_n imprisonment_n death_n every_o cross_n and_o passion_n bodily_a or_o ghostly_a proper_a to_o ourselves_o or_o appertain_v to_o such_o as_o be_v of_o our_o blood_n private_a or_o public_a secret_a or_o manifest_a either_o by_o our_o own_o desert_n get_v or_o otherwise_o impose_v upon_o we_o i_o call_v 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