for_o the_o loss_n of_o a_o rebel_n son_n est_fw-la hic_fw-la labour_n hoc_fw-la opus_fw-la praiseworthy_a indeed_o as_o it_o be_v rom._n 13._o 3._o and_o christian-like_a i_o must_v confess_v with_o christ_n disciple_n durus_fw-la est_fw-la hic_fw-la sermâ—_n that_o this_o be_v a_o hard_a say_n but_o verus_fw-la est_fw-la hic_fw-la sermo_fw-la this_o be_v a_o true_a say_n 1_o tim._n 1._o 15._o for_o unless_o we_o deny_v ourselves_o and_o as_o abraham_n be_v command_v exire_fw-la de_fw-la patria_fw-la sva_fw-la to_o go_v out_o of_o his_o country_n gen_n 12._o 1._o so_o we_o go_v out_o of_o ourselves_o and_o cast_v off_o flesh_n and_o blood_n we_o can_v go_v into_o christ_n or_o ever_o come_v where_o he_o be_v obs_n 2._o that_o many_o be_v the_o trouble_n of_o the_o righteous_a psal_n 34._o 19_o as_o the_o stone_n that_o be_v for_o solomon_n temple_n be_v sawen_v and_o square_v and_o endure_v many_o a_o hard_a knock_n before_o they_o be_v fit_v for_o that_o place_n and_o their_o place_n 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and_o the_o servant_n as_o his_o lord_n verse_n 25._o obs_n 3._o that_o although_o many_o be_v the_o trouble_n of_o the_o righteous_a yet_o the_o lord_n be_v their_o deliverer_n out_o of_o they_o all_o he_o be_v their_o city_n of_o refuge_n to_o secure_v they_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o avenger_n he_o be_v their_o shield_n and_o buckler_n to_o defend_v they_o he_o be_v that_o brazen_a serpent_n unto_o which_o if_o they_o look_v and_o run_v will_v preserve_v they_o many_o be_v the_o trouble_n of_o the_o righteous_a &_o they_o have_v many_o as_o deliverer_n out_o of_o they_o all_o for_o they_o that_o be_v with_o they_o &_o for_o they_o be_v more_o than_o they_o that_o be_v against_o they_o as_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o man_n of_o god_n can_v witness_v 2_o king_n 6._o 16._o and_o in_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o sorrow_n which_o they_o have_v in_o their_o heart_n this_o be_v their_o comfort_n psal_n 119._o 50._o that_o god_n be_v able_a to_o deliver_v they_o as_o the_o three_o child_n say_v dan._n 3._o 17._o and_o pitch_v his_o lifeguard_n about_o they_o psal_n 34._o 7._o 91._o 11_o so_o that_o they_o may_v now_o sing_v with_o the_o church_n psal_n 124._o if_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o be_v on_o our_o side_n may_n israel_n now_o say_v if_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o be_v on_o our_o side_n when_o man_n rise_v up_o against_o we_o they_o have_v then_o swallow_v we_o up_o quick_a when_o their_o wrath_n be_v kindle_v against_o we_o then_o the_o water_n have_v drown_v we_o and_o the_o stream_n have_v go_v over_o our_o soul_n than_o have_v the_o swell_a water_n go_v over_o our_o soul_n praise_v be_v the_o lord_n which_o have_v not_o give_v we_o as_o a_o prey_n to_o their_o tooth_n our_o soul_n be_v escape_v even_o as_o a_o bird_n out_o of_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o fouler_n the_o snare_n be_v break_v and_o we_o be_v deliver_v our_o help_n be_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o have_v make_v heaven_n and_o earth_n so_o that_o as_o christ_n ask_v the_o adulteress_n joh._n 8._o 10._o where_o be_v thy_o accuser_n and_o she_o say_v they_o be_v go_v even_o so_o if_o any_o shall_v demand_v where_o be_v the_o trouble_n of_o the_o righteous_a answer_v may_v be_v make_v they_o be_v vanish_v like_o mist_n at_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o sun_n for_o the_o lord_n scatter_v they_o as_o he_o do_v the_o army_n of_o the_o syrian_n 2_o king_n 7._o 6._o many_o be_v job_n affliction_n and_o as_o sharp_a as_o any_o but_o the_o lord_n deliver_v he_o out_o of_o they_o all_o and_o make_v his_o comfort_n at_o last_o to_o exceed_v his_o sorrow_n at_o first_o chap._n 42._o 12._o david_n be_v a_o figure_n of_o christ_n and_o so_o be_v hedge_v about_o with_o the_o cross_n for_o 1._o as_o christ_n be_v contemn_v of_o his_o country_n man_n so_o be_v he_o of_o his_o brethren_n 2_o as_o christ_n flee_v into_o egypt_n to_o save_v his_o life_n so_o david_n to_o gath_n to_o preserve_v he_o 3_o as_o christ_n be_v glad_a to_o receive_v food_n of_o woman_n so_o david_n of_o abigail_n 4_o as_o herod_n persecute_v christ_n so_o saul_n david_n 5_o as_o there_o be_v a_o wicked_a combination_n of_o priest_n elder_n scribe_n pharisee_n jew_n etc._n etc._n against_o christ_n so_o the_o philistines_n ammonite_n edomite_n and_o moabite_n be_v all_o against_o david_n 6_o as_o judas_n one_o of_o the_o twelve_o disciple_n and_o purse-bearer_n to_o christ_n be_v one_o of_o his_o great_a enemy_n so_o absalon_n his_o own_o bowel_n be_v against_o david_n but_o god_n deliver_v he_o out_o of_o his_o hand_n and_o render_v the_o evil_n he_o conceive_v and_o plot_v against_o his_o father_n into_o his_o own_o breast_n and_o bosom_n and_o for_o grief_n thereof_o david_n sob_v forth_o this_o heavy_a lamentation_n o_o my_o son_n absalon_n my_o son_n my_o son_n absalon_n will_v god_n i_o have_v die_v for_o thou_o absalon_n my_o son_n my_o son_n in_o the_o text_n consider_v these_o 2_o party_n treat_v of_o 1._o of_o a_o most_o indulgent_a affectionate_a kind_a and_o cocker_a 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