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whether_o he_o will_v assist_v we_o or_o not_o fear_n surprise_v we_o and_o carry_v we_o float_v up_o and_o down_o through_o many_o wave_n of_o distrust_n but_o if_o we_o rest_v unmoveable_a upon_o this_o foundation_n there_o be_v no_o calamity_n nor_o tempest_n whatsoever_o that_o can_v overwhelm_v us._n and_o yet_o the_o prophet_n meaning_n be_v not_o that_o the_o faithful_a can_v be_v so_o confident_a victory_n faith_n be_v never_o so_o firm_a that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v assail_v with_o wavering_n yet_o at_o last_o it_o get_v the_o victory_n that_o fear_n shall_v no_o more_o assail_v they_o but_o notwithstanding_o they_o have_v wavering_n in_o their_o heart_n and_o be_v often_o solicit_v to_o distrust_v upon_o diverse_a occasion_n yet_o they_o resist_v the_o same_o with_o such_o constancy_n that_o faith_n at_o the_o last_o get_v the_o victory_n for_o it_o be_v incident_a to_o we_o by_o nature_n to_o fear_n and_o to_o lie_v full_a of_o doubt_n but_o such_o a_o vice_n be_v to_o 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manifest_v his_o fidelity_n and_o justice_n whence_o we_o be_v to_o gather_v a_o singular_a consolation_n to_o wit_n that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o fear_v see_v the_o lord_n be_v determine_v to_o protect_v and_o defend_v his_o servant_n for_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a he_o shall_v either_o put_v off_o or_o renounce_v his_o justice_n verse_n 11._o behold_v all_o that_o provoke_v thou_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a and_o confound_v they_o shall_v be_v as_o nothing_o and_o they_o that_o strive_v with_o thou_o shall_v perish_v the_o prophet_n promise_v the_o jew_n assure_v help_n against_o their_o adversary_n for_o if_o he_o have_v give_v they_o hope_n of_o their_o deliverance_n and_o have_v make_v no_o mention_n of_o their_o enemy_n their_o mind_n may_v have_v be_v forestall_v with_o many_o such_o perplex_a thought_n as_o these_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o god_n promise_v much_o touch_v our_o deliverance_n out_o of_o all_o peril_n but_o yet_o we_o see_v our_o adversary_n the_o strong_a who_o deal_v cruel_o and_o uncivil_o with_o us._n where_o be_v then_o that_o salvation_n so_o oft_o and_o so_o large_o promise_v see_v here_o therefore_o a_o circumstance_n add_v to_o the_o general_a promise_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v reply_v i_o grant_v your_o enemy_n flourish_n and_o yet_o at_o the_o last_o they_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a and_o confound_v deliverance_n be_v promise_v but_o it_o be_v upon_o condition_n that_o you_o abide_v the_o brunt_n of_o your_o enemy_n and_o buckle_v hand_n to_o hand_n diverse_a way_n with_o they_o for_o we_o must_v not_o promise_v to_o ourselves_o any_o worldly_a rest_n or_o tranquillity_n here_o because_o we_o must_v always_o be_v ready_a arm_v to_o fight_v verse_n 12._o thou_o shall_v seek_v they_o and_o shall_v not_o find_v they_o to_o wit_n the_o man_n thou_o man_n or_o that_o plead_v with_o thou_o of_o thy_o strife_n for_o they_o shall_v be_v as_o nothing_o and_o the_o man_n that_o war_n against_o thou_o as_o a_o thing_n of_o nought_o thou_o 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