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power_n 2._o thou_o may_v have_v peace_n that_o thou_o see_v and_o sorrow_v for_o the_o ugliness_n of_o these_o temptation_n and_o outstande_v the_o violence_n of_o they_o thus_o they_o shall_v be_v thy_o exercise_n but_o not_o thy_o sin_n 3._o thou_o have_v a_o god_n of_o peace_n who_o thou_o serve_v this_o god_n of_o peace_n will_v short_o tread_v satan_n under_o thy_o foot_n rom._n 16.20_o object_n but_o neither_o the_o world_n nor_o the_o devil_n can_v hurt_v i_o without_o my_o own_o sin_n but_o that_o which_o grieve_v my_o heart_n my_o own_o sin_n do_v daily_o disturb_v my_o peace_n and_o grow_v to_o such_o a_o number_n and_o strength_n that_o i_o doubt_v i_o shall_v lose_v it_o quite_o answ._n sin_n indeed_o be_v the_o great_a trouble-house_n and_o enemy_n to_o peace_n but_o 1._o know_v this_o to_o thy_o comfort_n that_o no_o sin_n shall_v destroy_v peace_n but_o that_o sin_n which_o have_v peace_n 2._o consider_v that_o of_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n 54.10_o the_o mountain_n 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