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jew_n to_o build_v their_o city_n and_o temple_n and_o when_o he_o come_v to_o build_v up_o zion_n in_o these_o last_o day_n he_o will_v appear_v in_o his_o glory_n and_o will_v undo_v all_o that_o have_v afflict_v his_o people_n for_o they_o that_o touch_v they_o touch_v the_o apple_n of_o his_o eye_n let_v the_o french_a tyrant_n pope_n and_o turk_n look_v to_o it_o their_o day_n be_v near_o for_o god_n will_v plead_v the_o controversy_n of_o zion_n and_o come_v upon_o prince_n as_o upon_o mortar_n and_o as_o the_o potter_n tread_v the_o clay_n isa._n 41._o 25._o his_o sword_n be_v bathe_v in_o heaven_n god_n will_v come_v with_o vengeance_n even_o god_n with_o a_o recempence_n he_o will_v come_v and_o save_v you_o isa._n 35_o 4_o it_o will_v not_o be_v long_o before_o you_o will_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o they_o that_o flee_v and_o escape_v out_o of_o babylon_n to_o declare_v in_o zion_n the_o vengeance_n of_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n the_o vengeance_n of_o his_o temple_n jer._n 50._o 28._o o_o therefore_o let_v we_o look_v to_o he_o acknowledge_v he_o for_o these_o thing_n be_v very_o near_o again_o as_o all_o affair_n both_o civil_a military_a and_o ecclesiastical_a be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o order_v by_o his_o wise_a counsel_n so_o be_v all_o creature_n likewise_o 1._o the_o good_a angel_n be_v under_o his_o authority_n and_o influence_n they_o all_o wait_v for_o his_o word_n and_o obey_v his_o command_n either_o to_o protect_v his_o own_o people_n or_o execute_v his_o wrath_n upon_o their_o enemy_n 2._o the_o evil_a angel_n be_v also_o under_o his_o power_n satan_n be_v limit_v by_o he_o he_o be_v in_o chain_n god_n set_v bound_n to_o he_o he_o can_v go_v no_o further_o than_o his_o chain_n will_v suffer_v he_o it_o be_v not_o who_o he_o will_v but_o who_o he_o may_v devour_v he_o can_v not_o touch_v job_n nor_o any_o thing_n he_o have_v till_o god_n give_v he_o liberty_n the_o devil_n can_v not_o go_v into_o the_o herd_n of_o swine_n till_o christ_n say_v go_v 3._o all_o man_n also_o be_v subject_v to_o his_o authority_n &_o he_o can_v at_o his_o pleasure_n restrain_v the_o wrath_n of_o wicked_a man_n or_o make_v it_o tend_v to_o his_o own_o praise_n thou_o have_v no_o power_n except_o it_o be_v give_v thou_o of_o my_o father_n say_v christ_n to_o pilate_n 4._o all_o irrational_a creature_n be_v at_o his_o command_n he_o can_v stop_v the_o month_n of_o hungry_a lion_n so_o that_o they_o can_v do_v daniel_n no_o hurt_n nay_o and_o he_o can_v give_v david_n power_n to_o destroy_v both_o the_o lion_n and_o the_o bear_n the_o lord_n open_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o ass_n to_o speak_v with_o man_n voice_n to_o rebuke_v the_o madness_n of_o the_o prophet_n moreover_o he_o cause_v two_o she_o bear_v to_o tear_v 42_o child_n for_o their_o reproach_v of_o elisha_n and_o who_o be_v it_o but_o the_o lord_n that_o send_v the_o lion_n to_o slay_v the_o young_a prophet_n who_o transgress_v against_o he_o moreover_o remarkable_a be_v the_o passage_n of_o his_o cause_v a_o raven_n to_o feed_v elisha_n when_o distress_v he_o have_v also_o power_n over_o and_o rule_v and_o dispose_v of_o all_o inanimate_a creature_n the_o wind_n and_o sea_n obey_v he_o and_o be_v at_o his_o command_n he_o can_v make_v the_o sun_n stand_v still_o or_o go_v back_o if_o he_o please_v it_o be_v he_o that_o make_v the_o grass_n to_o grow_v the_o sun_n to_o shine_v and_o the_o rain_n to_o fall_v it_o be_v he_o that_o give_v rain_n and_o fruitful_a season_n and_o who_o sometime_o sinites_n and_o bring_v a_o blast_n and_o mildew_n upon_o the_o fruit_n the_o earth_n therefore_o all_o aught_o to_o acknowledge_v he_o five_o we_o ought_v to_o acknowledge_v god_n because_o as_o all_o judgement_n remove_v and_o plague_n be_v from_o he_o so_o he_o can_v at_o his_o pleasure_n remove_v they_o i_o form_v the_o light_n and_o create_v darkness_n i_o make_v peace_n and_o create_v evil_a i_o the_o lord_n do_v all_o these_o thing_n isa._n 45._o 7._o and_o 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