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forbearance_n when_o they_o do_v as_o it_o be_v set_v themselves_o on_o purpose_n to_o provoke_v his_o vengeance_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o their_o proud_a triumph_n and_o insolent_a insultation_n over_o his_o providence_n patience_n and_o justice_n now_o this_o be_v a_o great_a stumbling-block_n in_o the_o way_n of_o the_o godly_a while_o it_o occasion_n in_o their_o mind_n unworthy_a thought_n of_o the_o divine_a providence_n and_o mighty_o weaken_v that_o restraint_n whereby_o they_o be_v keep_v from_o the_o commission_n of_o such_o impiety_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v as_o he_o say_v gravis_fw-la &_o noxia_fw-la tentatio_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la tacit_a cum_fw-la deo_fw-la litigamus_fw-la quod_fw-la res_fw-la in_o ordinem_fw-la non_fw-la componat_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la habenas_fw-la nobis_fw-la laxamus_fw-la ad_fw-la peccandi_fw-la audaciam_fw-la dum_fw-la nobis_fw-la videmur_fw-la id_fw-la impune_fw-la facturi_fw-la 73._o facturi_fw-la calvin_n in_fw-la 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