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fearful_a in_o praise_n do_v wonder_n in_o trouble_n god_n charge_v we_o with_o two_o thing_n 1_o faith_n p._n 335_o 2_o prayer_n ibid._n in_o deliverance_n with_o two_o thing_n 1_o thankfulness_n p._n 356_o 2_o obedience_n ibid._n the_o word_n open_v ibid._n and_o p._n 357._o doctrine_n the_o wonderful_a god_n do_v do_v wonderful_a thing_n for_o his_o church_n and_o people_n the_o doctrine_n prove_v and_o illustrate_v p._n 358_o 1_o that_o god_n do_v great_a wonder_n ibid._n 2_o that_o god_n have_v do_v great_a wonder_n and_o that_o either_o p._n 359_o 1_o with_o small_a mean_n ibid_fw-la 2_o without_o mean_n p._n 360_o 3_o by_o contrary_a mean_n ibid._n 2_o querie_n be_v the_o ground_n and_o reason_n 1_o because_o he_o be_v a_o wonderful_a god_n p._n 361_o 2_o to_o get_v himself_o a_o wonderful_a name_n ibid._n 3_o as_o to_o get_v so_o to_o uphold_v his_o great_a name_n p._n 362_o 4_o reason_n god_n do_v wonder_n for_o his_o people_n that_o he_o may_v inherit_v wonderful_a praise_n 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