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unto_o they_o i_o ascend_v unto_o my_o father_n and_o your_o father_n and_o to_o my_o god_n and_o your_o god_n thus_o christian_n may_v say_v alas_o this_o earth_n be_v not_o my_o friend_n habitation_n nor_o be_v it_o i_o but_o he_o be_v go_v home_o to_o his_o father_n and_o my_o father_n and_o what_o shall_v i_o do_v to_o grieve_v but_o rather_o long_o to_o follow_v to_o my_o home_n and_o happiness_n but_o thou_o will_v say_v be_v your_o case_n as_o my_o obj._n be_v you_o will_v grieve_v as_o well_o as_o i_o for_o i_o be_o leave_v a_o widow_n and_o fatherless_a and_o friendless_a alas_o what_o shall_v i_o do_v i_o be_o a_o stranger_n and_o leave_v destitute_a and_o what_o i_o shall_v do_v with_o my_o poor_a family_n the_o lord_n know_v i_o answer_v the_o lord_n do_v and_o have_v promise_a ans_fw-fr to_o be_v a_o father_n to_o the_o fatherless_a and_o to_o the_o widow_n psal_n 68_o 5._o and_o to_o give_v thou_o great_a comfort_n against_o such_o discouragement_n mark_v the_o text_n 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every_o other_o verse_n i_o consider_v i_o consider_v and_o withal_o keep_v still_o to_o the_o object_n of_o man_n reason_n all_o thing_n under_o the_o sun_n as_o chap._n 1._o 3_o 7._o and_o chap._n 6._o 1._o 12._o and_o certain_o if_o i_o will_v be_v a_o great_a admirer_n of_o man_n reason_n or_o the_o will_n of_o man_n which_o be_v the_o top_n of_o it_o i_o know_v no_o book_n more_o among_o all_o the_o book_n of_o truth_n that_o speak_v for_o it_o or_o to_o it_o then_o this_o of_o solomon_n he_o put_v every_o sentence_n as_o it_o be_v upon_o a_o rational_a account_n say_v i_o consider_v i_o consider_v time_n and_o thing_n and_o i_o find_v they_o thus_o and_o thus_o and_o so_o do_v you_o etc._n etc._n but_o now_o observe_v and_o all_o you_o that_o be_v so_o much_o for_o man_n reason_n and_o will_v take_v notice_n of_o it_o that_o though_o he_o call_v to_o a_o consideration_n of_o time_n and_o thing_n yet_o he_o centre_n not_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o creature_n but_o determine_v all_o in_o god_n as_o chap._n 3._o 17_o 18._o i_o say_v in_o my_o heart_n god_n shall_v judge_v the_o righteous_a etc._n etc._n i_o say_v in_o my_o heart_n concern_v the_o estate_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o god_n may_v manifest_v they_o and_o that_o they_o may_v see_v that_o they_o themselves_o be_v beast_n so_o likewise_o in_o the_o 5._o chapter_n ver._n 19_o reason_n nor_o industry_n get_v not_o riches_n but_o these_o be_v gift_n as_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n not_o on_o man_n improvement_n no_o mark_v how_o he_o silence_n man_n reason_n chap._n 7._o 10._o say_v not_o thou_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o the_o former_a day_n be_v better_a than_o these_o for_o thou_o do_v not_o inquire_v wise_o concern_v this_o so_o verse_n 13._o consider_v the_o work_n of_o god_n for_o who_o can_v make_v that_o straight_o which_o he_o have_v make_v crooked_a and_o also_o in_o the_o text_n god_n have_v set_v prosperity_n against_o adversity_n that_o man_n shall_v not_o find_v out_o any_o 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