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20._o the_o tabernacle_n of_o zion_n shall_v not_o be_v take_v down_o not_o one_o of_o the_o stake_n thereof_o shall_v be_v remove_v neither_o shall_v any_o of_o the_o cord_n thereof_o be_v break_v and_o that_o because_o the_o glorious_a lord_n shall_v be_v a_o place_n of_o broad_a river_n and_o stream_n to_o it_o isa_n 33.20_o 21._o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v consume_v that_o god_n may_v have_v his_o due_a praise_n hallelujah_n be_v never_o sing_v with_o the_o high_a note_n till_o the_o wicked_a &_o idolatrous_a generation_n be_v root_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n hallelujah_n be_v never_o use_v as_o the_o jew_n observe_v till_o the_o consummation_n of_o all_o thing_n by_o the_o set_n the_o church_n above_o the_o toss_n of_o the_o wave_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o its_o troubler_n when_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v endure_v for_o ever_o and_o god_n rejoice_v in_o his_o work_n psal_n 104.31_o 35._o and_o therefore_o when_o the_o blood_n of_o his_o child_n be_v avenge_v by_o his_o justice_n upon_o his_o enemy_n and_o the_o smoke_n of_o antichrist_n rise_v up_o before_o he_o and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v for_o ever_o settle_v haleluia_o be_v pronounce_v and_o repeat_v with_o a_o loud_a voice_n rev._n 19.2_o 3_o 6._o such_o a_o time_n will_v be_v and_o god_n will_v establish_v and_o secure_v his_o church_n till_o he_o have_v perfect_v his_o own_o and_o her_o glory_n this_o stability_n the_o church_n have_v have_v experience_n of_o in_o all_o age_n of_o the_o world_n and_o it_o will_v always_o be_v say_v in_o she_o psal_n 48.8_o as_o we_o have_v hear_v so_o have_v we_o see_v in_o the_o city_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n in_o the_o city_n of_o our_o god_n god_n will_v establish_v it_o for_o ever_o in_o the_o handle_n this_o doctrine_n these_o four_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v do_v 1._o the_o explication_n 2._o the_o proof_n that_o it_o be_v so_o 3._o why_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o 4._o use_v 1._o explication_n 1._o this_o 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rom._n 11.21_o 22._o nay_o there_o be_v prediction_n of_o almost_o a_o universal_a apostasy_n 8._o all_o the_o world_n wonder_v after_o the_o beast_n rev._n 13.3_o and_o worship_v he_o v._o 8._o and_o just_o before_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n it_o will_v be_v difficult_a to_o find_v a_o grain_n of_o faith_n among_o the_o multitude_n of_o chaff_n luk._n 18.8_o there_o be_v not_o one_o place_n which_o be_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n dignify_v with_o truth_n but_o be_v now_o deform_a by_o error_n yea_o the_o universal_a church_n have_v be_v force_v by_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o dragon_n though_o not_o to_o sink_v yet_o to_o fly_v into_o the_o wilderness_n &_o obscurity_n yet_o have_v be_v preserve_v through_o all_o change_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o those_o desolation_n &_o desert_n it_o be_v not_o indeed_o so_o fix_v in_o one_o place_n but_o the_o cord_n may_v be_v take_v up_o the_o stake_n remove_v and_o the_o tent_n pitch_v in_o another_o ground_n it_o be_v spread_v through_o the_o 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