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the_o clay_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o be_v starve_v john_n baptist_n cast_v into_o herod_n prison_n and_o there_o lose_v his_o head_n the_o like_a of_o our_o own_o martyr_n 4_o it_o wait_v god_n gracious_a deliverance_n 4_o who_o sometime_o by_o such_o strait_a keep_n prepare_v they_o to_o their_o advancement_n as_o joseph_n and_o the_o butler_n of_o pharaoh_n restore_v to_o his_o office_n or_o else_o by_o deliver_v they_o from_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n set_v they_o out_o of_o all_o band_n and_o danger_n of_o tyrant_n into_o the_o perfect_a liberty_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o the_o loss_n of_o country_n and_o 1_o friend_n godliness_n content_v the_o heart_n on_o these_o ground_n 1_o because_o the_o lord_n be_v our_o habitation_n psalm_n 90._o 1._o that_o be_v in_o our_o exile_n and_o wander_n the_o lord_n be_v a_o dwelling-place_n who_o dwelling_n be_v everywhere_o he_o know_v our_o wander_n and_o lead_v we_o in_o and_o out_o ezek._n 11._o 16._o though_o i_o have_v cast_v they_o from_o far_o among_o the_o heathen_a and_o scatter_v they_o among_o the_o country_n yet_o will_v i_o be_v to_o they_o a_o little_a sanctuary_n in_o the_o country_n where_o they_o shall_v come_v as_o the_o heathen_n be_v patria_fw-la wont_a to_o say_v to_o a_o valiant_a man_n every_o soil_n be_v his_o country_n so_o may_v the_o godly_a much_o more_o every_o country_n be_v their_o home_n one_o as_o well_o as_o another_o for_o their_o home_n be_v in_o heaven_n 2_o it_o have_v be_v the_o lot_n of_o god_n 2_o saint_n who_o know_v the_o discommodity_n of_o banishment_n and_o exile_n abraham_n be_v command_v to_o get_v he_o out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n from_o his_o kindred_n and_o father_n house_n he_o know_v not_o whither_o only_o he_o know_v the_o lord_n go_v before_o he_o and_o with_o he_o and_o therefore_o heb._n 11._o 8._o by_o faith_n abraham_n be_v call_v obey_v god_n and_o go_v to_o a_o place_n not_o know_v whither_o how_o be_v jacob_n force_v to_o fly_v from_o his_o 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