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true_o taste_v the_o heavenly_a sweetness_n thereof_o all_o the_o world_n be_v not_o able_a quite_o and_o clean_o to_o remove_v he_o from_o it_o but_o he_o strive_v with_o himself_o against_o all_o hope_n of_o believe_v 13._o for_o though_o he_o will_v kill_v he_o yet_o will_v he_o trust_v in_o he_o for_o why_o this_o be_v his_o lesson_n it_o be_v good_a for_o i_o to_o clean_a unto_o god_n 73._o con._n 62_o doubt_v do_v always_o accompany_v faith_n yea_o in_o the_o most_o faithful_a that_o ever_o do_v believe_v expla._n if_o god_n do_v work_v in_o we_o like_o a_o natural_a agent_n as_o the_o fire_n do_v inflame_v and_o as_o the_o sun_n enlighten_v according_a to_o the_o uttermost_a ability_n which_o they_o have_v to_o bring_v forth_o their_o effect_n there_o shall_v be_v nothing_o in_o the_o believer_n but_o the_o incomprehensible_a wisdom_n of_o god_n do_v limit_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o power_n to_o such_o a_o measure_n as_o seem_v best_a to_o himself_o wherefore_o he_o work_v 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