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dispose_n your_o person_n condition_n relation_n all_o your_o concern_v refer_v they_o to_o god_n this_o be_v both_o the_o christian_n duty_n and_o privilege_n he_o need_v not_o trouble_v himself_o with_o anxious_a thought_n about_o what_o be_v future_a but_o he_o may_v leave_v all_o with_o god_n and_o cast_v all_o his_o care_n upon_o god_n 5.7_o 1_o pet._n 5.7_o and_o rest_v there_o we_o must_v neither_o prescribe_v to_o god_n that_o be_v pride_n nor_o distrust_n god_n that_o be_v unbelief_n it_o be_v the_o former_a that_o i_o drive_v at_o o_o christian_n do_v not_o prescribe_v to_o god_n or_o impose_v upon_o god_n as_o to_o future_a mercy_n or_o your_o future_a condition_n but_o put_v yourselves_o into_o his_o hand_n and_o lie_v at_o his_o foot_n and_o let_v he_o do_v what_o he_o see_v best_o thus_o the_o child_n carry_v it_o to_o his_o father_n and_o we_o have_v a_o better_a father_n in_o heaven_n to_o leave_v our_o self_n and_o our_o all_o with_o we_o love_v to_o be_v direct_v 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engage_v all_o his_o wisdom_n and_o goodness_n in_o order_v of_o they_o for_o the_o best_a and_o yet_o we_o will_v not_o resign_v up_o ourselves_o to_o he_o it_o be_v a_o great_a speech_n of_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n act_v in_o all_o thing_n like_o a_o geometrician_n he_o do_v all_o thing_n by_o measure_n exact_o he_o order_v all_o his_o providence_n concern_v every_o particular_a person_n in_o the_o world_n 55._o providentia_fw-la ita_fw-la curate_n omne_fw-la ut_fw-la unum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ita_fw-la singula_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la illud_fw-la curaret_fw-la unicum_fw-la aug._n adjice_fw-la ad_fw-la utilissimam_fw-la dulcissimae_fw-la providentiae_fw-la praesumptionem_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la sic_fw-la curare_fw-la deum_fw-la quasi_fw-la singuli_fw-la soli_fw-la essemus_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la adam_n in_o paradiso_n non_fw-la distrabitur_fw-la non_fw-la confunditur_fw-la multitudine_fw-la divina_fw-la procuratio_fw-la nieremb_v theopolitic_a 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will_v need_v nothing_o more_o to_o undo_v he_o than_o to_o be_v leave_v to_o his_o own_o wisdom_n and_o will_n the_o self-chuser_n be_v the_o self-destroyer_n if_o the_o pilot_n shall_v let_v the_o unskilful_a passenger_n steer_v the_o ship_n he_o will_v split_v it_o immediate_o if_o the_o physician_n shall_v let_v the_o patient_a eat_v drink_v what_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o he_o will_v soon_o bring_v his_o life_n to_o a_o period_n this_o be_v our_o case_n it_o do_v not_o become_v we_o as_o we_o be_v creature_n to_o order_v ourselves_o it_o will_v destroy_v we_o as_o we_o be_v christian_n bless_a be_v god_n he_o will_v order_v we_o as_o he_o see_v cause_n well_o then_o upon_o the_o consideration_n of_o god_n wisdom_n and_o your_o own_o folly_n refer_v yourselves_o to_o he_o as_o you_o that_o be_v citizen_n in_o the_o build_n of_o your_o house_n you_o have_v no_o skill_n in_o architecture_n and_o therefore_o you_o refer_v all_o to_o your_o workman_n who_o you_o judge_v to_o be_v 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the_o one_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o if_o the_o fire_n have_v pass_v over_o the_o family_n where_o prayer_n be_v as_o once_o the_o destroy_a angel_n do_v over_o the_o house_n of_o the_o israelite_n when_o the_o egyptian_n be_v smite_v 27._o exod._n 12_o 27._o than_o we_o shall_v have_v be_v convince_v that_o it_o be_v good_a for_o man_n to_o be_v conscientious_a herein_o but_o now_o we_o be_v of_o another_o opinion_n ans_fw-fr o_o take_v heed_n take_v heed_n of_o draw_v such_o inference_n from_o the_o late_a tremendous_a judgement_n i_o hope_v the_o most_o of_o you_o do_v tremble_v at_o such_o a_o thought_n as_o this_o objection_n do_v suggest_v but_o yet_o i_o fear_v it_o prevail_v in_o too_o many_o the_o full_a answer_v of_o it_o will_v take_v up_o much_o time_n in_o short_a how_o apt_a be_v man_n to_o pervert_v god_n end_n in_o his_o judicial_a proceed_n sure_o in_o the_o late_a dreadful_a providence_n god_n end_n be_v to_o further_a reformation_n piety_n religion_n prayer_n 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