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For the first, it is true, God sends affliction sometimes ¹for trial, and other ends, rather then for sin, yet it is sin that makes us capable of such a way of trial; were we not sinful, God would not deal with us that way, he would bring about his purposes by us some other way, therefore it is good in all to be humbled for sin; you may be helped in the knowledge of Gods end.

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First, if the affliction be extraordinary, and come ¹in an extraordinary way, and upon examination you ⟨p. 95⟩find your self not guilty of any special evil, besides daily incursions, then you may comfortably hope, ²Gods intentions are not specially for sin, but for some other end; so it was in Job and Joseph.

First, if the affliction be extraordinary, and come ¹in an extraordinary way, and upon examination you ⟨p. 95⟩finde your self not guilty of any special evil, besides daily incursions, then you may comfortably hope, ²Gods intentions are not specially for sin, but for some other end; so it was in Job and Joseph.

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