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out_o to_o slay_v they_o etc._n etc._n and_o so_o joshuah_n in_o their_o discomfiture_n at_o at_o josh_n 7.9_o the_o canaanite_n and_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o land_n shall_v hear_v of_o it_o and_o environ_v we_o round_o etc._n etc._n and_o what_o will_v thou_o do_v unto_o thy_o great_a name_n still_o the_o name_n of_o god_n as_o ready_a otherwise_o to_o be_v blaspheme_v by_o his_o enemy_n be_v improve_v for_o the_o protection_n of_o his_o people_n and_o as_o it_o have_v be_v improve_v by_o they_o to_o he_o himself_o 2._o by_o god_n himself_o so_o it_o have_v also_o be_v consider_v by_o himself_o even_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o deut._n 32.26_o 27._o speak_v there_o of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n i_o say_v i_o will_v scatter_a they_o into_o corner_n i_o will_v make_v the_o remembrance_n of_o they_o to_o cease_v from_o among_o man_n be_v it_o not_o that_o i_o fear_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o enemy_n lest_o the_o adversary_n shall_v behave_v themselves_o strange_o and_o lest_o they_o shall_v say_v our_o hand_n be_v high_a and_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o do_v all_o this_o god_n people_n be_v sometime_o accidental_o so_o far_o forth_o behold_v to_o their_o enemy_n as_o that_o their_o intolerable_a insolence_n do_v move_v god_n to_o keep_v they_o from_o these_o evil_n which_o otherwise_o for_o their_o own_o provocation_n will_v fall_v upon_o they_o the_o blasphemye_n of_o the_o adversary_n they_o be_v the_o shelter_n and_o defence_n of_o the_o church_n for_o my_o own_o sake_n i._n e._n for_o my_o glory_n sake_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o my_o great_a name_n that_o on_o the_o one_o side_n it_o may_v be_v advance_v and_o that_o on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o may_v not_o be_v blaspheme_v that_o be_v the_o second_o explication_n three_o for_o my_o own_o sake_n that_o be_v truth_n 3._o for_o my_o truth_n for_o my_o truth_n sake_n for_o the_o glory_n of_o my_o ancient_n promise_v the_o israelite_n they_o be_v people_n of_o god_n covenant_n who_o he_o have_v bind_v and_o engage_v himself_o to_o by_o many_o gracious_a and_o comfortable_a promise_n for_o the_o deliverance_n and_o preservation_n of_o they_o and_o now_o therefore_o in_o reference_n to_o these_o will_v he_o defend_v they_o to_o save_v they_o god_n have_v magnify_v his_o word_n that_o be_v his_o promise_n above_o all_o his_o name_n psal_n 138.2_o now_o this_o be_v that_o which_o he_o so_o much_o stand_v on_o and_o make_v it_o a_o argument_n to_o himself_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v a_o strong_a tower_n the_o righteous_a run_v unto_o it_o and_o be_v safe_a prov._n 18.10_o what_o be_v the_o name_n of_o god_n it_o be_v the_o true_a and_o faithful_a one_o promise_n temporal_a promise_n the_o god_n that_o keep_v covenant_n that_o be_v a_o great_a letter_n in_o his_o name_n and_o very_o much_o for_o the_o comfort_n of_o his_o people_n general_n 1._o of_o protection_n in_o general_n he_o be_v faithful_a that_o have_v promise_v heb._n 10.23_o his_o truth_n shall_v be_v thy_o shield_n and_o buckler_n psal_n 91.4_o how_o be_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n a_o shield_n namely_o as_o include_v in_o his_o promise_n which_o engage_v he_o to_o the_o protection_n of_o his_o people_n according_a as_o he_o have_v declare_v himself_o to_o they_o particular_a 2._o in_o particular_a and_o that_o in_o all_o sort_n of_o condition_n john_n 5.19_o he_o shall_v deliver_v thou_o in_o six_o trouble_n and_o in_o seven_o there_o shall_v no_o evil_n touch_v thou_o in_o famine_n he_o shall_v redeem_v thou_o from_o death_n and_o in_o war_n from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n thou_o shall_v be_v hide_v from_o the_o scourge_n of_o the_o tongue_n sickness_n 1._o from_o sickness_n at_o destruction_n and_o famine_n thou_o shall_v laugh_v so_o psal_n 91.5_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a of_o the_o terror_n by_o night_n nor_o of_o the_o arrow_n that_o fly_v by_o day_n nor_o of_o the_o pestilence_n that_o waste_v in_o darkness_n nor_o of_o the_o destruction_n that_o walk_v at_o noonday_n a_o thousand_o shall_v fall_v at_o thy_o side_n and_o ten_o thousand_o at_o thy_o right_a hand_n but_o it_o shall_v not_o come_v nigh_o thou_o and_o again_o fire_n 2._o from_o fire_n when_o thou_o pass_v through_o the_o water_n i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o and_o through_o the_o river_n they_o shall_v not_o overflow_v thou_o when_o thou_o walk_v through_o the_o fire_n thou_o shall_v not_o be_v burn_v neither_o shall_v the_o flame_n kindle_v upon_o thou_o isa_n 43.2_o in_o these_o and_o many_o such_o scripture_n have_v we_o the_o promise_n of_o temporal_a protection_n make_v to_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o the_o lord_n do_v answerable_o hold_v himself_o to_o be_v tie_v and_o bind_v up_o by_o they_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o may_v best_o consist_v with_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o own_o holy_a name_n and_o the_o great_a good_a and_o benefit_n of_o his_o people_n and_o according_o likewise_o may_v his_o people_n depend_v upon_o he_o for_o it_o lord_n remember_v thy_o promise_n unto_o thy_o servant_n upon_o which_o thou_o have_v cause_v i_o to_o hope_v ps_n 119.49_o for_o i_o own_o sake_n that_o be_v for_o my_o promise_n that_o be_v the_o three_o explication_n and_o so_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o argument_n for_o god_n defend_v and_o save_v of_o his_o people_n to_o wit_n which_o be_v take_v from_o himself_o the_o second_o be_v take_v from_o his_o servant_n and_o for_o my_o servant_n david_n sake_n where_o before_o we_o go_v any_o further_a david_n second_o argument_n from_o david_n we_o may_v here_o by_o the_o way_n take_v notice_n of_o the_o title_n and_o honourable_a appellation_n which_o god_n put_v upon_o david_n my_o servant_n david_n it_o be_v not_o plain_a david_n nor_o it_o be_v not_o king_n david_n but_o david_n my_o servant_n god_n can_v let_v david_n pass_v without_o a_o title_n of_o honour_n and_o god_n can_v put_v a_o great_a honour_n upon_o david_n then_o by_o call_v he_o his_o servant_n god_n servant_n it_o be_v the_o best_a title_n and_o it_o be_v the_o best_a office_n itself_o in_o the_o thing_n itself_o there_o be_v none_o like_o unto_o it_o not_o but_o that_o there_o be_v other_o title_n and_o such_o as_o be_v in_o their_o place_n also_o honourable_a and_o as_o man_n to_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o we_o rligion_n do_v not_o destroy_v civility_n but_o rather_o establish_v it_o but_o this_o be_v the_o high_a title_n of_o all_o especial_o in_o a_o spiritual_a sense_n there_o be_v two_o thing_n observable_a in_o this_o expression_n first_o way_n god_n servant_n two_o way_n that_o david_n be_v god_n servant_n for_o the_o thing_n itself_o and_o second_o that_o god_n do_v here_o own_o he_o and_o acknowledge_v he_o to_o be_v so_o as_o to_o the_o title_n and_o apellation_n first_o he_o be_v god_n servant_n his_o servant_n david_n there_o be_v two_o way_n in_o which_o david_n as_o any_o other_o beside_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n work_n 1._o as_o to_o his_o work_n 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