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again_o &_o again_o to_o we_o say_v she_o &_o instruct_v we_o what_o we_o shall_v do_v whereto_o also_o she_o say_v to_o her_o husband_n we_o attend_v ready_o as_o you_o know_v and_o believe_v his_o word_n for_o thus_o we_o must_v understand_v she_o for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o word_n profit_v not_o if_o it_o be_v not_o mix_v with_o faith_n therefore_o she_o conclude_v that_o they_o shall_v 1._o not_o die_v and_o this_o which_o be_v in_o she_o so_o commendable_a be_v no_o less_o in_o so_o many_o of_o we_o as_o the_o like_a be_v find_v but_o a_o especial_a gift_n of_o god_n to_o uphold_v ourselves_o in_o doct._n trial_n and_o then_o to_o believe_v god_n and_o give_v credit_n to_o he_o when_o we_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o depend_v upon_o but_o if_o we_o be_v faint_a in_o trouble_n then_o as_o solomon_n 10._o say_v our_o strength_n be_v never_o great_a and_o as_o it_o be_v no_o small_a trouble_n to_o manoah_n so_o to_o doubt_v in_o like_a manner_n shall_v we_o find_v it_o further_o 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only_o and_o always_o evil_a and_o as_o the_o heart_n be_v so_o be_v the_o man_n himself_o that_o god_n may_v be_v all_o in_o all_o therefore_o it_o 46._o be_v a_o fin_n to_o be_v bewail_v in_o the_o most_o not_o mean_o that_o they_o make_v no_o haste_n to_o sue_v to_o he_o for_o all_o good_a that_o they_o will_v have_v as_o we_o repair_v to_o the_o fountain_n and_o spring_n for_o water_n neither_o have_v obtain_v they_o do_v praise_n he_o for_o the_o same_o nor_o use_v such_o blessing_n to_o honour_v the_o giver_n so_o that_o if_o any_o shall_v desire_v or_o long_o for_o any_o gift_n of_o god_n that_o we_o have_v we_o shall_v not_o make_v they_o fall_v into_o a_o admiration_n at_o we_o but_o they_o shall_v be_v send_v to_o the_o author_n and_o giver_n of_o they_o and_o lest_o we_o may_v take_v any_o part_n of_o god_n due_a and_o honour_n from_o he_o we_o shall_v answer_v they_o as_o joseph_n do_v king_n pharaoh_n and_o 30._o daniel_n nabuchadnezzer_n the_o lord_n have_v reveal_v the_o secret_a hereof_o to_o we_o but_o we_o have_v no_o such_o wisdom_n in_o we_o more_o than_o other_o man_n this_o be_v add_v to_o that_o which_o heretofore_o have_v be_v say_v by_o occasion_n of_o the_o like_a word_n before_o as_o chap._n 11._o 21._o 32._o and_o many_o other_o place_n and_o so_o much_o of_o samson_n birth_n the_o chief_a thing_n in_o this_o chapter_n and_o of_o the_o thing_n pertain_v thereto_o now_o in_o this_o next_o chapter_n i_o proceed_v to_o his_o marriage_n the_o seventy_o four_o sermon_n continue_v in_o this_o xiiii_o chapter_n verse_n 1._o and_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n begin_v to_o strengthen_v he_o in_o the_o host_n of_o dan_o between_o zocah_n and_o eshtoal_n 2._o now_o samson_n go_v down_o to_o timnah_n and_o see_v a_o woman_n in_o timnah_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o philistines_n and_o he_o come_v up_o and_o tell_v his_o father_n and_o his_o mother_n and_o say_v i_o have_v see_v a_o woman_n in_o timnah_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o 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