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soon_o have_v subdue_v their_o enemy_n and_o turn_v my_o hand_n against_o their_o adversary_n the_o hater_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v have_v submit_v themselves_o unto_o he_o but_o their_o time_n shall_v have_v endure_v for_o ever_o he_o shall_v have_v feed_v they_o also_o with_o the_o fine_a wheat_n and_o with_o honey_n out_o of_o the_o rock_n shall_v i_o have_v satisfy_v thou_o psalm_n 81._o vers_fw-la 13_o 14_o 15_o 16._o wheat_n and_o honey_n here_o promise_v be_v emblem_n of_o better_a blessing_n purpose_v towards_o they_o and_o thus_o avouch_v this_o his_o purpose_n under_o no_o character_n of_o courtly_a compliment_n but_o in_o the_o form_n of_o legal_a assurance_n his_o word_n be_v undoubted_a token_n of_o unfeigned_a love_n and_o desire_v unquenchable_a of_o their_o welfare_n that_o do_v not_o prosper_v israel_n may_v have_v say_v as_o jerusalem_n afterward_o do_v of_o her_o sorrow_n be_v there_o ever_o any_o love_n like_o unto_o this_o love_n wherewith_o the_o lord_n 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