than_o his_o preservation_n god_n gratify_v her_o religious_a good_a nature_n with_o large_a bounty_n she_o have_v also_o the_o delight_n and_o comfort_n to_o suckle_n and_o swadle_n he_o and_o not_o only_o by_o connivance_n or_o permission_n but_o by_o special_a favour_n and_o commission_n from_o pharaoh_n daughter_n not_o upon_o her_o own_o proper_a cost_n and_o charge_n but_o with_o a_o certain_a honourable_a salary_n and_o stipend_n and_o with_o full_a expectation_n of_o high_a preferment_n in_o pharaoh_n court_n for_o a_o surplusage_n so_o true_a be_v that_o of_o the_o apostle_n eph._n 3.20_o god_n be_v able_a to_o do_v exceed_v abunndant_o above_o all_o that_o we_o can_v ask_v or_o think_v and_o the_o psalmist_n supposition_n be_v here_o in_o some_o sense_n affirmative_o true_a when_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n forsake_v he_o than_o the_o lord_n take_v he_o up_o psal_n 27.10_o for_o moses_n his_o parent_n dare_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o he_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o to_o 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his_o acceptance_n and_o all_o their_o submission_n be_v this_o behold_v now_o we_o have_v hear_v that_o the_o king_n of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n be_v merciful_a king_n etc._n etc._n 1_o king_n 20.31.32_o doubtless_o it_o be_v a_o good_a argument_n god_n have_v be_v find_v in_o this_o and_o such_o emergency_n when_o we_o seek_v unto_o he_o therefore_o let_v we_o seek_v again_o to_o he_o he_o have_v hear_v when_o we_o call_v therefore_o let_v we_o call_v again_o david_n frame_v such_o a_o argument_n when_o from_o a_o induction_n of_o mercy_n he_o conclude_v a_o continuation_n the_o lord_n that_o deliver_v etc._n etc._n 1_o sam._n 17.34.35.36.37_o and_o saint_n paul_n from_o the_o former_a experience_n of_o mercy_n build_v his_o future_a hope_n of_o a_o succession_n 2_o cor._n 1.8_o 9.10_o so_o true_a be_v that_o of_o the_o same_o holy_a apostle_n rom._n 5.4.5_o patience_n work_v experience_n and_o experience_n hope_v not_o a_o hypocritical_a presumption_n which_o have_v the_o luck_n always_o to_o be_v baffle_v but_o a_o ground_a dependence_n which_o make_v not_o ashamed_a as_o all_o hypocrite_n shall_v be_v when_o their_o vain_a confidence_n fail_v they_o which_o always_o obtain_v either_o what_o it_o expect_v or_o better_o or_o more_o and_o be_v therefore_o a_o rejoice_v hope_n because_o a_o obtain_n ver_fw-la 2._o or_o which_o be_v more_o pertinent_a because_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v shed_v abroad_o etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 5._o former_a receipt_n of_o mercy_n have_v produce_v in_o our_o heart_n a_o assurance_n that_o god_n love_v we_o and_o if_o so_o than_o we_o know_v that_o all_o thing_n work_v together_o for_o good_a to_o they_o that_o love_n god_n rom._n 3.28_o and_o none_o but_o such_o god_n love_v so_o as_o to_o reward_v and_o this_o make_v the_o psalmist_n use_v that_o exhortation_n taste_n and_o see_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v good_a etc._n etc._n psal_n 34.8_o and_o that_o solemn_a and_o sacred_a protestation_n i_o will_v remember_v the_o year_n etc._n etc._n psal_n 77_o 10.11.12.13_o 5._o act_n of_o nature_n and_o reason_n if_o perform_v in_o faith_n be_v take_v in_o and_o convert_v into_o religion_n moses_n parent_n do_v a_o act_n of_o natural_a affection_n in_o faith_n as_o be_v before_o clear_v and_o so_o they_o be_v not_o only_o natural_a but_o religious_a and_o faithful_a for_o so_o do_v and_o the_o ground_n hereof_o be_v that_o as_o not_o the_o opus_fw-la operatum_fw-la not_o the_o do_v of_o a_o work_n of_o religion_n be_v a_o duty_n abstract_o and_o simple_o consider_v remove_v from_o all_o adjunct_n and_o circumstance_n for_o even_o the_o most_o wicked_a transgressor_n may_v do_v that_o which_o for_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o work_n be_v religious_a and_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o religious_a in_o do_v it_o because_o of_o a_o defailance_n in_o the_o right_a manner_n of_o perform_v as_o in_o jehu_n his_o zeal_n the_o pharisee_n prayer_n the_o hypocrite_n alm_n for_o they_o do_v they_o not_o in_o aim_n respect_n 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