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this_o sense_n do_v christ_n himself_o use_v the_o word_n temptation_n when_o he_o promise_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n oâ—_n philadelphia_n 1â—_n revel_v 3_o 1â—_n deliverance_n from_o the_o hour_n of_o temptation_n that_o shall_v come_v upon_o the_o world_n that_o be_v say_v d._n fulke_o è_fw-fr maximis_fw-la periculis_fw-la &_o acerbiss_v calamitatibus_fw-la from_o the_o great_a peril_n and_o most_o bitter_a calamity_n that_o shall_v come_v etc._n etc._n now_o then_o the_o thing_n be_v evident_a that_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n do_v here_o promise_n to_o all_o the_o godly_a that_o depend_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o faith_n of_o this_o truth_n that_o he_o will_v sustain_v save_v help_v and_o deliver_v they_o out_o of_o their_o temptation_n trouble_n and_o danger_n of_o the_o great_a distress_n and_o that_o according_a to_o his_o infinite_a wisdom_n power_n and_o goodness_n but_o it_o may_v be_v here_o object_v that_o this_o promise_n seem_v not_o to_o have_v be_v perform_v 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