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〈◊〉_d i_o superabound_v or_o overflow_v in_o joy_n in_o all_o our_o tribulation_n 2_o cor._n 7.4_o philip_n landgrave_n of_o hesse_n be_v ask_v how_o he_o can_v endure_v his_o long_a tedious_a imprisonment_n under_o the_o emperor_n charles_n the_o five_o profess_a se_fw-la divinas_fw-la martyrum_fw-la consolationes_fw-la sensisse_fw-la that_o be_v feel_v the_o divine_a consolation_n of_o martyr_n the_o gracious_a presence_n of_o god_n be_v able_a to_o sweeten_v prison_n eghten_v chain_n and_o make_v fire_n and_o water_n paffable_a to_o believer_n such_o thing_n as_o these_o well_o digel_v by_o faith_n will_v make_v we_o keep_v a_o holy_a silence_n under_o all_o the_o will_n of_o god_n not_o to_o name_v any_o more_o particular_n i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o point_n touch_v the_o actuate_a of_o grace_n with_o one_o observation_n more_o faith_n connect_v all_o grace_n together_o as_o link_n in_o a_o chain_n and_o so_o by_o actuate_a one_o advance_v all_o in_o some_o measure_n the_o 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