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mount_n and_o no_o long_o joshua_n prosper_v then_o moses_n pray_v mean_n ii_o where_o they_o be_v not_o 1._o faith_n trust_v where_o mean_n be_v want_v or_o against_o they_o though_o ten_o thousand_o compass_v david_n yet_o will_v he_o trust_v psal._n 3.6_o and_o abraham_n be_v a_o notable_a pattern_n of_o faith_n when_o he_o have_v no_o mean_n but_o all_o be_v against_o he_o in_o himself_o and_o his_o wife_n still_o he_o depend_v upon_o the_o naked_a word_n that_o god_n be_v true_a and_o able_a to_o perform_v his_o promise_n rom._n 4.9.20.21_o 2._o i'faith_o when_o it_o may_v use_v no_o evil_a mean_n it_o fly_v not_o in_o sickness_n to_o sorcery_n nor_o in_o extremity_n to_o the_o witch_n as_o saul_n do_v for_o which_o he_o be_v reject_v from_o be_v king_n 1._o chron._n 10.13_o it_o turn_v not_o to_o fetch_n of_o policy_n nor_o to_o dig_v deep_a counsel_n on_o which_o a_o woe_n be_v pronounce_v isa._n 29.15_o it_o devise_v not_o to_o smite_v one_o better_n with_o the_o tongue_n it_o 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of_o the_o promise_n that_o god_n will_v fill_v he_o with_o hide_a treasure_n whereas_o those_o that_o will_v feed_v themselves_o upon_o the_o mean_n and_o trust_v god_n no_o further_o god_n justice_n often_o let_v they_o see_v their_o folly_n revenge_v their_o infidelity_n they_o eat_v and_o be_v not_o satisfy_v they_o earn_v money_n for_o a_o bottomless_a bag_n hag._n 1.6_o they_o go_v and_o trust_v in_o physician_n as_o asa_n do_v and_o pine_v away_o their_o wisdom_n and_o counsel_n be_v turn_v to_o foolishness_n as_o achitophel_n they_o have_v horse_n and_o strength_n and_o trust_v to_o it_o psal._n 20.7.8_o but_o they_o be_v fall_v there_o where_o they_o trust_v and_o thus_o god_n let_v man_n see_v that_o there_o be_v neither_o wisdom_n counsel_n power_n or_o success_n against_o nor_o without_o the_o lord_n note_v 4._o beast_n christian_n must_v not_o think_v much_o to_o find_v man_n more_o savage_a than_o bruit_n beast_n see_v christ_n find_v it_o so_o lazarus_n find_v dog_n 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