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and_o not_o only_a david_n the_o father_n but_o solomon_n the_o son_n preach_v this_o doctrine_n prov._n 16.3_o commit_v thy_o work_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o thy_o thought_n shall_v be_v establish_v cogitationes_fw-la tuus_fw-la i._n e._n consilia_fw-la tua_fw-la pia_fw-la &_o proba_fw-la pisc_n in_o lor._n thy_o thought_n that_o be_v thy_o pious_a and_o honest_a counsel_n shall_v be_v establish_v i._n e._n shall_v succeed_v and_o shall_v not_o be_v in_o vain_a our_o bless_a saviour_n and_o his_o holy_a apostle_n do_v frequent_o teach_v this_o lesson_n to_o their_o follower_n mat._n 6.25_o therefore_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o take_v no_o thought_n for_o your_o life_n what_o you_o shall_v eat_v or_o what_o you_o shall_v drink_n nor_o yet_o for_o your_o body_n what_o you_o shall_v put_v on_o in_o which_o place_n our_o saviour_n dissuade_v they_o from_o anxious_a care_n about_o provision_n and_o will_v have_v they_o commit_v their_o way_n to_o god_n for_o first_o god_n give_v life_n and_o 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the_o prosperity_n of_o his_o servant_n beside_o god_n willingness_n be_v apparent_a from_o the_o many_o gracious_a promise_n that_o he_o have_v make_v in_o his_o word_n to_o help_v and_o relieve_v they_o that_o put_v their_o trust_n in_o he_o 2._o there_o be_v none_o that_o we_o can_v commit_v our_o way_n with_o safety_n to_o but_o unto_o god_n it_o will_v be_v acknowledge_v that_o we_o can_v with_o safety_n commit_v our_o way_n to_o the_o devil_n though_o there_o be_v too_o many_o god_n know_v who_o take_v this_o course_n such_o as_o consult_v wiseman_n but_o this_o their_o way_n be_v their_o folly_n such_o as_o take_v unwarrantable_a course_n to_o bring_v about_o their_o design_n they_o for_o certain_a will_v find_v themselves_o disappoint_v in_o the_o issue_n neither_o can_v a_o man_n put_v confidence_n in_o himself_o with_o safety_n he_o be_v both_o too_o feeble_a and_o too_o foolish_a jer._n 10.23_o o_o lord_n i_o know_v that_o the_o way_n of_o man_n be_v not_o in_o himself_o 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in_o prince_n nor_o in_o the_o son_n of_o man_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o help_n his_o breath_n go_v forth_o he_o return_v to_o his_o earth_n in_o that_o very_a day_n his_o thought_n perish_v man_n be_v but_o vanity_n and_o god_n never_o create_v he_o to_o be_v trust_v in_o trust_n be_v too_o great_a a_o burden_n for_o any_o thing_n but_o god_n but_o some_o think_v they_o may_v safe_o put_v confidence_n in_o their_o wealth_n psal_n 52.7_o lo_o this_o be_v the_o man_n that_o make_v not_o god_n his_o strength_n but_o trust_v in_o the_o abundance_n of_o his_o riches_n and_o strengthen_v himself_o in_o his_o wickedness_n prov._n 10.15_o the_o rich_a
they_o expose_v they_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n who_o visit_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n exod._n 20.5_o for_o i_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n be_o a_o jealous_a god_n visit_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n unto_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n of_o they_o that_o hate_v i_o or_o else_o if_o they_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o some_o gross_a sin_n that_o draw_v down_o the_o effect_n of_o god_n wrath_n even_o upon_o posterity_n for_o god_n be_v say_v to_o lay_v up_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o wicked_a man_n for_o his_o child_n job_n 21.19_o god_n lay_v up_o his_o iniquity_n for_o his_o child_n i._n e._n the_o punishment_n of_o it_o as_o in_o the_o margin_n thus_o jeroboam_n leave_v a_o curse_n upon_o his_o posterity_n by_o his_o idolatry_n 1_o king_n 15.29_o 30._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o he_o reign_v that_o he_o smite_v all_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n he_o leave_v not_o to_o jeroboam_n any_o that_o 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