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cease_v from_o proceed_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o destroy_v it_o 2_o sam._n 24.16_o for_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o at_o that_o time_n and_o upon_o that_o occasion_n holy_a david_n indite_v this_o psalm_n as_o he_o do_v the_o 38._o for_o a_o remembrance_n that_o so_o great_a salvation_n may_v not_o be_v forget_v and_o that_o the_o experience_n thereof_o lay_v up_o in_o the_o church_n as_o in_o the_o ark_n for_o posterity_n may_v be_v know_v and_o descend_v to_o the_o age_n to_o come_v the_o psalm_n itself_o contain_v general_o two_o thing_n a_o proposition_n of_o god_n favour_n in_o the_o 1_o verse_n and_o the_o confirmation_n thereof_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o psalm_n the_o confirmation_n be_v partly_o from_o the_o prophet_n word_n to_o verse_n 14._o partly_o from_o god_n own_o word_n in_o the_o verse_n which_o follow_v the_o proposition_n in_o the_o first_o verse_n consist_v of_o a_o duty_n and_o benefit_n promise_v and_o have_v this_o meaning_n he_o that_o stand_v by_o 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