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to_o a_o good_a and_o from_o a_o less_o good_a to_o a_o better_a condition_n he_o gird_v the_o weak_a with_o strength_n job_n 12._o 18._o 1_o sam_n 2._o 4._o he_o make_v the_o barren_a womb_n fruitful_a psalm_n 113._o 9_o he_o turn_v the_o wilderness_n into_o stand_a pool_n of_o water_n and_o dry_a ground_n into_o water_n spring_n and_o make_v the_o barren_a desert_n a_o fruitful_a field_n psalm_n 107._o 35._o isa._n 41._o 18._o and_o 51._o 3._o he_o raise_v the_o needy_a out_o of_o the_o dust_n and_o lift_v up_o the_o beggar_n from_o the_o dunghill_n 1_o sam._n 2._o 8._o and_o psalm_n 113._o 7._o and_o because_o the_o universality_n of_o creature_n can_v be_v preserve_v without_o god_n careful_a keep_n and_o preserve_v every_o particular_a therefore_o god_n have_v a_o eye_n to_o every_o singular_a thing_n and_o his_o provident_a hand_n be_v reach_v forth_o to_o every_o one_o of_o they_o in_o so_o much_o that_o our_o hair_n be_v number_v and_o not_o one_o small_a sparrow_n can_v fall_v on_o the_o ground_n without_o he_o matth._n 10._o 29_o 30._o he_o clothe_v the_o grass_n of_o the_o field_n even_o every_o lily_n matth._n 6._o 30._o he_o reckon_v up_o our_o tear_n psalm_n 56._o 9_o and_o be_v with_o every_o one_o in_o his_o go_v out_o and_o come_n in_o in_o his_o down_n sit_v and_o uprise_v psalm_n 139._o 1._o 2._o isa._n 27._o 28._o second_o his_o general_a providence_n appear_v and_o be_v exercise_v in_o the_o destruction_n which_o he_o himself_o according_a to_o creature_n his_o just_a will_n bring_v upon_o the_o whole_a earth_n or_o upon_o whole_a nation_n and_o city_n or_o upon_o some_o notable_a person_n the_o destruction_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n in_o the_o day_n of_o noah_n come_v by_o his_o hand_n and_o providence_n for_o he_o say_v behold_v i_o will_v bring_v a_o flood_n of_o water_n and_o will_v destroy_v all_o flesh_n gen._n 6._o 13._o and_o he_o foretell_v his_o purpose_n so_o to_o do_v a_o hundred_o year_n before_o and_o the_o destruction_n of_o 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