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A35945 A brief explication of the other fifty Psalmes, from Ps. 50 to Ps. 100 by David Dickson ... Dickson, David, 1583?-1663. 1653 (1653) Wing D1396; ESTC R19237 330,684 408

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we_o shall_v not_o be_v overcome_v his_o truth_n shall_v be_v thy_o shield_n and_o buckler_n ver._n 5._o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a for_o the_o terror_n by_o night_n nor_o for_o the_o arrow_n that_o flee_v by_o day_n 6._o nor_o for_o the_o pestilence_n that_o walk_v in_o darkness_n nor_o for_o the_o destruction_n that_o waste_v at_o noon_n day_n 7._o a_o thousand_o shall_v fall_v at_o thy_o side_n and_o ten_o thousand_o at_o thy_o right_a hand_n but_o it_o shall_v not_o come_v nigh_o thou_o a_o five_o motive_n to_o believe_v be_v from_o a_o more_o particular_a promise_n of_o safety_n unto_o the_o believer_n from_o all_o sort_n of_o deadly_a enemy_n and_o danger_n wherinto_o when_o many_o do_v fall_v the_o believer_n shall_v stand_v whence_o learn_v 1._o the_o true_a remedy_n against_o torment_a fear_n be_v faith_n in_o god_n for_o many_o terrible_a thing_n may_v befall_v man_n when_o they_o be_v most_o secure_a like_v unto_o those_o that_o befall_v man_n in_o the_o night_n but_o for_o any_o harm_n which_o may_v befall_v the_o believer_n this_o way_n the_o lord_n here_o will_v he_o to_o be_v nothing_o afraid_a thou_o shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a for_o the_o terror_n by_o night_n 2._o many_o sudden_a accident_n may_v befall_v man_n when_o they_o be_v most_o watch_v and_o upon_o their_o guard_n but_o the_o lord_n will_v the_o believer_n to_o be_v confident_a that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v harm_v this_o way_n thou_o shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a for_o the_o arrow_n that_o flee_v by_o day_n 3._o many_o evil_n be_v man_n subject_a unto_o which_o come_v upon_o they_o they_o can_v tell_v how_o but_o from_o such_o evil_n the_o lord_n assure_v the_o believer_n he_o shall_v have_v no_o harm_n thou_o shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a of_o the_o pestilence_n which_o walk_v in_o darkness_n 4._o man_n be_v subject_a to_o many_o evil_n which_o come_v upon_o they_o open_o and_o not_o unaware_o such_o as_o be_v calamity_n from_o enemy_n and_o oppressor_n the_o lord_n will_v the_o 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