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be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n say_v king_n david_n in_o the_o psalm_n in_o appease_v the_o noise_n of_o the_o wave_n 65.7_o psal_n 65.7_o and_o the_o madness_n of_o the_o people_n the_o one_o by_o his_o invisible_a power_n the_o other_o by_o that_o beautiful_a government_n which_o be_v his_o own_o bless_a ordinance_n but_o what_o people_n be_v these_o that_o disorder_n themselves_o or_o to_o who_o do_v they_o belong_v the_o people_n and_o my_o text_n have_v it_o twice_o for_o fail_v the_o people_n in_o the_o three_o chapter_n and_o the_o seven_o verse_n i_o have_v see_v i_o have_v see_v the_o affliction_n of_o my_o people_n than_o be_v they_o god_n people_n and_o all_o along_o the_o history_n they_o be_v term_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n the_o posterity_n of_o jacob_n but_o now_o they_o be_v neither_o god_n nor_o jacob_n but_o their_o own_o a_o rout_n of_o masterless_a man_n that_o none_o will_v own_v so_o in_o the_o 32._o of_o deuteronomy_n they_o have_v corrupt_v themselves_o 32.5_o 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