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for_o deliverance_n from_o all_o evil_a and_o victory_n over_o their_o enemy_n etc._n etc._n to_o deliver_v thou_o and_o to_o give_v up_o thy_o enemy_n before_o thou_o this_o be_v the_o constant_a sense_n of_o this_o phrase_n of_o god_n be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o to_o defend_v protect_v and_o deliver_v they_o from_o all_o evil_a as_o i_o observe_v before_o see_v vii_o deut._n 21._o iii_o josh_n 10._o xlvi_o psal_n 6._o iii_o zachar._n 15._o now_o this_o cleanliness_n be_v command_v with_o respect_n to_o the_o divine_a presence_n which_o dwell_v among_o they_o the_o jew_n be_v strange_o mistake_v in_o use_v such_o superstition_n as_o they_o do_v in_o every_o place_n when_o they_o have_v no_o such_o presence_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o see_v schickard_n in_o mischpat_fw-la hammelech_n cap._n v._o theorem_fw-la xviii_o p._n 144_o etc._n etc._n therefore_o shall_v thy_o camp_n be_v holy_a free_a from_o all_o manner_n of_o defilement_n though_o 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two_o lament_n 20._o iv_o 10._o but_o never_o so_o exact_o fulfil_v as_o in_o the_o last_o siege_n by_o the_o roman_n when_o a_o noble_a woman_n which_o full_o answer_v to_o this_o prophecy_n such_o person_n be_v very_o delicate_a do_v the_o very_a same_o as_o josephus_n relate_v in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o jewish_a war_n lib._n vii_o cap._n viii_o a_o most_o unnatural_a fact_n as_o he_o observe_v which_o be_v never_o commit_v either_o by_o greek_a or_o barbarian_a and_o which_o he_o will_v not_o have_v relate_v because_o it_o may_v seem_v incredible_a if_o there_o have_v not_o be_v many_o witness_n of_o it_o beside_o himself_o verse_n 57_o ver._n 57_o and_o towards_o her_o young_a one_o that_o come_v out_o from_o between_o her_o foot_n towards_o her_o newborn_a babe_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v welcome_v into_o the_o world_n with_o great_a joy_n but_o in_o this_o siege_n dispatch_v out_o of_o it_o to_o assuage_v the_o rage_n of_o their_o hunger_n in_o the_o hebrew_n as_o we_o 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