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A31404 King David's deliverance, and thanksgiving applied to the case of our King and nation, in two sermons, the one preached on the second, the other on the ninth of September, 1683 / by John Cave ... Cave, John, d. 1690. 1683 (1683) Wing C1584; ESTC R17525 31,577 69

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therefore_o will_v i_o confess_v unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n among_o the_o heathen_a and_o sing_v praise_n unto_o thy_o name_n in_o these_o word_n we_o have_v a_o account_n i._o of_o david_n deliverance_n from_o his_o enemy_n vers_fw-la 48._o ii_o of_o his_o devout_a acknowledgement_n of_o and_o thankful_a return_n for_o those_o deliverance_n vers_fw-la 49._o first_o we_o have_v a_o account_n of_o david_n deliverance_n and_o therein_o these_o observables_n 1._o the_o term_n 2._o the_o author_n 3._o the_o manner_n thereof_o 1._o the_o term_n of_o it_o or_o the_o evil_n from_o which_o he_o be_v deliver_v express_v 1._o more_o general_o from_o his_o enemy_n 2._o more_o particular_o from_o the_o violent_a man._n 2._o the_o author_n of_o those_o deliverance_n and_o that_o be_v god_n himself_o he_o have_v deliver_v i_o from_o my_o enemy_n thou_o have_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o violent_a man._n 3._o the_o manner_n of_o these_o deliverance_n thou_o have_v exalt_v i_o above_o those_o that_o 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29._o cum_fw-la urbl_n romae_fw-la tanta_fw-la imperii_fw-la magnitudo_fw-la fatalis_fw-la effet_fw-fr opprimi_fw-la &_o vehementissime_fw-la affligi_fw-la eam_fw-la oportuit_fw-la ut_fw-la deinceps_fw-la cautior_fw-la prudentiorque_fw-la fieret_fw-la ad_fw-la tantum_fw-la imperii_fw-la molem_fw-la acquirendam_fw-la mach._n disp_n l._n 2_o c._n 29._o that_o see_v it_o be_v destine_v to_o so_o much_o grandeur_n it_o be_v convenient_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v often_o oppress_v and_o afflict_a or_o at_o least_o threaten_v and_o endanger_v that_o her_o ruler_n may_v become_v more_o prudent_a and_o wary_a in_o defend_v of_o it_o and_o procure_v that_o greatness_n and_o splendour_n it_o be_v to_o arrive_v unto_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o without_o reason_n that_o st._n augustine_n think_v it_o necessary_a for_o those_o heathen_n who_o deify_v all_o their_o benefactor_n to_o build_v one_o altar_n and_o pay_v some_o homage_n to_o their_o enemy_n as_o repute_v they_o one_o sort_n of_o 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than_o he_o be_v before_o his_o triumph_n make_v he_o more_o glorious_a than_o his_o tranquillity_n and_o he_o have_v never_o be_v so_o great_a in_o chronicle_n if_o he_o have_v pass_v all_o his_o day_n in_o peace_n with_o what_o shout_n and_o acclamation_n of_o israel_n be_v he_o welcome_v home_o from_o his_o long_a exile_n how_o do_v the_o pomp_n of_o his_o restauration_n greaten_v proportionable_o to_o the_o obscurity_n and_o indignity_n of_o his_o rejection_n therefore_o when_o he_o thankful_o recount_v the_o divine_a mercy_n in_o other_o deliverance_n he_o style_v god_n 62.7_o psal_n 62.7_o not_o only_o his_o salvation_n but_o his_o glory_n as_o before_o psal_n 3.8_o my_o glory_n and_o the_o lifter_n up_o of_o my_o head_n which_o justify_v our_o note_n upon_o this_o circumstance_n of_o his_o deliverance_n in_o the_o text_n thou_o have_v lift_v up_o my_o head_n above_o those_o that_o rise_v up_o against_o i_o that_o be_v thou_o have_v give_v great_a lustre_n to_o the_o jewel_n of_o 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it_o be_v to_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o deliverance_n 30.1_o psal_n 30.1_o i_o will_v extol_v thou_o o_o lord_n for_o thou_o have_v lift_v i_o up_o and_o have_v not_o make_v my_o enemy_n to_o rejoice_v over_o i_o i_o will_v extol_v thou_o because_o thou_o have_v advance_v i_o i_o will_v rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n because_o my_o enemy_n rejoice_v not_o over_o i_o but_o to_o keep_v to_o the_o text_n we_o may_v observe_v there_o first_o his_o pious_a and_o devout_a acknowledgement_n i_o will_v confess_v unto_o thou_o so_o i_o crave_v leave_n to_o read_v it_o not_o only_o because_o it_o be_v so_o render_v by_o the_o septuagint_n and_o in_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a but_o because_o it_o remove_v the_o seem_a tautology_n of_o our_o translation_n and_o afford_v some_o distinct_a matter_n of_o useful_a and_o seasonable_a discourse_n for_o it_o seem_v to_o denote_v 1._o if_o not_o david_n conviction_n of_o the_o be_v and_o overrule_a power_n of_o god_n yet_o at_o least_o a_o further_a 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