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20._o the_o church_n profess_v that_o in_o the_o name_n of_o their_o god_n they_o will_v set_v up_o their_o banner_n psal._n 20._o 5._o david_n go_v unarm_v in_o the_o confidence_n of_o that_o name_n against_o goliath_n because_o god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o the_o host_n of_o israel_n 1_o sam._n 17._o 45._o in_o all_o their_o march_n and_o motion_n in_o the_o wilderness_n this_o be_v their_o comfort_n that_o they_o have_v a_o god_n which_o go_v before_o they_o as_o their_o captain_n who_o be_v able_a to_o scatter_v all_o their_o enemy_n num._n 10._o 35_o 36._o psal._n 68_o 7_o 8._o in_o this_o confidence_n asa_n and_o jehoshaphat_n apply_v themselves_o to_o god_n as_o their_o god_n and_o go_v on_o with_o courage_n and_o comfort_n against_o huge_a army_n of_o enemy_n 2_o chron._n 14._o 11._o and_o 20._o 6_o 7_o 11_o 12._o by_o this_o faith_n gideon_n barak_n samson_n jephthah_n david_n subdue_v kingdom_n obtain_v promise_n stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o lion_n quench_v the_o violence_n of_o 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27._o 3._o by_o his_o god_n he_o can_v run_v through_o a_o troop_n and_o leap_v over_o a_o wall_n and_o break_v a_o bow_n of_o steel_n psal._n 18._o 29._o nothing_o be_v invincible_a to_o faith_n it_o can_v level_v mountain_n zach._n 4._o 7._o it_o can_v 405._o more_o than_o conquer_v great_a difficulty_n rom._n 8._o 35_o 37._o as_o one_o man_n by_o a_o engine_n may_v move_v body_n which_o a_o hundred_o without_o it_o can_v not_o stir_v so_o by_o the_o engine_n of_o faith_n thing_n be_v many_o time_n effect_v which_o to_o sense_n and_o reason_n do_v seem_v impossible_a 4._o it_o be_v a_o patient_a grace_n it_o be_v not_o discourage_v with_o every_o obstacle_n nor_o dismay_v with_o every_o terriculament_n nor_o weary_v with_o every_o encounter_n but_o like_o box_n or_o holly_n and_o such_o other_o tree_n retain_v its_o verdure_n in_o the_o winter_n and_o hold_v out_o amidst_o all_o difficulty_n unto_o the_o end_n know_v how_o near_o the_o promise_a mercy_n be_v and_o do_v cheerful_o 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make_v between_o a_o 1625._o his_o family_n and_o the_o family_n of_o lot_n his_o kinsman_n gen._n 13._o 17_o 8._o therefore_o ruler_n be_v call_v healer_n isai._n 3._o 7._o and_o so_o christ_n be_v describe_v as_o a_o binder_n up_o and_o a_o strengthener_n ezek._n 34._o 16._o and_o moses_n the_o first_o ruler_n 1._o which_o god_n choose_v for_o his_o people_n be_v the_o meek_a man_n alive_a numb._n 12._o 3._o certain_o meekness_n be_v a_o very_a great_a ornament_n and_o a_o very_a great_a instrument_n of_o power_n we_o may_v think_v that_o we_o show_v our_o power_n by_o our_o stiffness_n and_o inflexibleness_n but_o it_o be_v a_o great_a evidence_n of_o power_n to_o be_v of_o a_o yield_a and_o a_o meek_a disposition_n it_o show_v first_o a_o great_a power_n which_o a_o 26._o man_n have_v over_o his_o own_o spirit_n which_o be_v a_o work_n of_o more_o power_n sometime_o then_o the_o take_n of_o a_o city_n prov._n 16._o 32._o second_o it_o show_v great_a humility_n and_o self-denial_n 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