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cause_n than_o do_v david_n so_o speak_v first_o faith_n to_o draw_v we_o from_o look_v to_o the_o instability_n of_o thing_n here_o upon_o earth_n wherein_o be_v restless_a change_n and_o vicissitude_n to_o a_o consideration_n of_o the_o stability_n of_o god_n decree_n in_o heaven_n vicunque_fw-la versentur_fw-la res_fw-la humanae_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la sint_fw-la varijs_fw-la inclinationibus_fw-la vatab._n obnoxia_fw-la tamen_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la subiectum_fw-la ordini_fw-la naturali_fw-la in_o earth_n the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v not_o only_o controvert_v but_o contradict_v heaven_n and_o resist_v and_o the_o state_n of_o thing_n so_o mutable_a that_o oftentimes_o the_o wicked_a prosper_v and_o be_v exalt_v the_o godly_a cast_v down_o and_o sore_o oppress_v to_o uphold_v we_o against_o this_o tentation_n let_v we_o look_v up_o &_o cast_v the_o anchor_n of_o our_o soul_n within_o the_o veil_n 19_o there_o we_o shall_v see_v a_o unchangeable_a decree_n of_o 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