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servant_n when_o he_o see_v that_o their_o power_n be_v go_v that_o be_v that_o they_o be_v utter_o unable_a to_o help_v themselves_o and_o to_o work_v their_o own_o deliverance_n and_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o we_o as_o moses_n do_v of_o that_o people_n chap._n 33.29_o happy_a be_v thou_o o_o israel_n o_o people_n save_v by_o the_o lord_n the_o shield_n of_o thy_o help_n and_o who_o be_v the_o sword_n of_o thy_o excellency_n never_o do_v any_o nation_n struggle_v with_o and_o get_v through_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a difficulty_n as_o we_o have_v several_a time_n do_v and_o i_o fear_v we_o have_v behave_v ourselves_o towards_o god_n not_o much_o better_a than_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n do_v but_o like_o jesurun_n after_o many_o deliverance_n and_o great_a mercy_n have_v wax_v fat_a and_o kick_v have_v forsake_v the_o god_n that_o make_v we_o and_o little_o esteem_v the_o rock_n of_o our_o salvation_n by_o which_o we_o have_v provoke_v the_o lord_n to_o jealousy_n and_o 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