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wound_v upon_o the_o splinter_n and_o shiver_n their_o fall_n and_o ruin_n be_v great_a their_o shame_n and_o ignomy_n be_v great_a the_o triumph_v of_o their_o enemy_n be_v great_a of_o all_o that_o noble_a and_o godly_a prince_n david_n david_n may_v be_v lively_a example_n and_o spectacle_n unto_o all_o christian_a magistrate_n for_o be_v rich_a and_o mighty_a yet_o he_o account_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o confidence_n in_o the_o live_a god_n to_o be_v his_o principal_a armoury_n the_o salvation_n of_o 37._o the_o righteous_a man_n shall_v be_v of_o the_o lord_n he_o shall_v be_v their_o help_n in_o time_n of_o trouble_n for_o the_o lord_n shall_v help_v they_o and_o deliver_v they_o he_o shall_v deliver_v they_o from_o the_o wicked_a and_o shall_v save_v they_o because_o they_o trust_v in_o he_o and_o again_o at_o such_o time_n as_o he_o be_v to_o be_v anoint_v king_n and_o to_o assume_v that_o great_a office_n and_o charge_n he_o comfort_v himself_o in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n after_o this_o manner_n the_o lord_n be_v my_o light_n and_o my_o 27._o salvation_n who_o shall_v i_o fear_v the_o lord_n be_v the_o strength_n of_o my_o life_n of_o who_o shall_v i_o be_v afraid_a when_o the_o wicked_a even_o my_o enemy_n and_o my_o foe_n come_v upon_o i_o to_o eat_v my_o flesh_n they_o stumble_v and_o fall_v though_o a_o host_n pitch_v against_o i_o my_o heart_n shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a though_o war_n be_v raise_v against_o i_o i_o will_v trust_v in_o this_o one_o thing_n have_v i_o desire_v of_o the_o lord_n that_o i_o will_v require_v even_o that_o i_o may_v dwell_v in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n all_o the_o day_n of_o my_o life_n to_o behold_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o to_o visit_v his_o temple_n for_o in_o the_o time_n of_o trouble_n he_o shall_v hide_v i_o in_o his_o tabernacle_n in_o the_o secret_a place_n of_o his_o pavilion_n shall_v he_o hide_v i_o and_o set_v i_o upon_o a_o rock_n what_o need_v many_o authority_n in_o so_o 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consideration_n ought_v always_o to_o be_v in_o the_o eye_n and_o mind_n of_o prince_n and_o magistrate_n that_o they_o may_v fear_v and_o reverence_n god_n and_o repose_v their_o confidence_n rather_o in_o his_o majesty_n than_o in_o outward_a power_n &_o strength_n for_o to_o what_o purpose_n be_v expert_a captain_n and_o soldier_n irmy_n well_o order_v store_n of_o all_o munition_n plenty_n of_o victual_n be_v not_o all_o these_o lose_v in_o a_o moment_n and_o even_o as_o we_o do_v cut_v down_o green_a grass_n so_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n confound_v all_o the_o glory_n of_o war_n &_o of_o battle_n what_o a_o huge_a power_n have_v holofernes_n at_o event_n the_o siege_n of_o bethulia_n what_o policy_n and_o counsel_n be_v use_v to_o stop_v the_o water_n from_o they_o so_o to_o enforce_v they_o to_o yield_v their_o city_n yet_o how_o easy_o do_v god_n destroy_v and_o scatter_v such_o a_o captain_n such_o a_o army_n so_o many_o engine_n of_o war_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o woman_n 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