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break_v with_o christ_n and_o will_v rather_o deny_v he_o lose_v thy_o soul_n thy_o god_n thy_o heaven_n thy_o happiness_n than_o leave_v thy_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o other_o relation_n 15.13_o joh._n 15.13_o great_a love_n than_o this_o have_v no_o man_n than_o that_o a_o man_n lie_v down_o his_o life_n for_o his_o friend_n but_o be_v not_o this_o more_o to_o lose_v his_o soul_n to_o part_v with_o his_o interest_n in_o heaven_n and_o endure_v hellish_a torment_n to_o eternity_n for_o their_o sake_n or_o for_o their_o company_n but_o they_o live_v upon_o thou_o and_o if_o they_o be_v dead_a thou_o know_v not_o how_o they_o will_v be_v maintain_v and_o do_v know_v how_o they_o will_v be_v maintain_v if_o thou_o live_v do_v know_v how_o the_o world_n will_v be_v govern_v and_o all_o the_o family_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n maintain_v if_o thou_o be_v dead_a do_v thou_o bear_v up_o the_o pillar_n of_o it_o or_o do_v all_o thing_n seek_v their_o meet_v at_o thy_o hand_n be_v it_o 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many_o a_o wife_n and_o child_n have_v suffer_v want_n in_o the_o husband_n life_n time_n and_o god_n may_v let_v thou_o live_v to_o be_v a_o burden_n and_o a_o grief_n to_o they_o a_o hindrance_n and_o not_o a_o help_n nay_o have_v not_o god_n more_o engagement_n upon_o he_o to_o provide_v for_o the_o fatherless_a and_o widow_n the_o poor_a and_o the_o needy_a than_o any_o other_o 68.5_o psal_n 68.5_o have_v make_v so_o many_o promise_n on_o that_o behalf_n a_o father_n of_o the_o fatherless_a and_o a_o judge_n of_o the_o widow_n be_v god_n in_o his_o holy_a habitation_n 146.9_o hos_fw-la 14.3_o psal_n 146.9_o and_o it_o be_v in_o he_o that_o the_o fatherless_a find_v mercy_n he_o preserve_v the_o stranger_n he_o relieve_v the_o fatherless_a and_o the_o widow_n 49.11_o jer._n 49.11_o leave_v thy_o fatherless_a child_n say_v god_n to_o i_o and_o i_o will_v keep_v they_o alive_a and_o let_v thy_o widow_n trust_v in_o i_o and_o many_o a_o command_n have_v he_o give_v upon_o their_o 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