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give_v the_o king_n thy_o judgement_n o_o god_n and_o thy_o righteousness_n unto_o the_o king_n son_n and_o then_o after_o show_v for_o what_o end_n he_o make_v that_o prayer_n and_o what_o shall_v be_v the_o effect_n in_o order_n to_o the_o public_a if_o god_n shall_v be_v please_v to_o grant_v it_o then_o shall_v he_o judge_v the_o people_n according_a unto_o right_n and_o defend_v the_o poor_a ver_fw-la 2._o he_o shall_v keep_v the_o simple_a folk_n by_o their_o right_n defend_v the_o child_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o punish_v the_o wrong_a doer_n or_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o last_o translation_n break_v in_o piece_n the_o oppressor_n ver_fw-la 4._o and_o after_o at_o the_o 12._o 13._o and_o 14._o verse_n although_o perhaps_o the_o passage_n there_o may_v principal_o look_v at_o christ_n the_o true_a solomon_n and_o prince_n of_o peace_n a_o great_a than_o solomon_n and_o of_o who_o solomon_n be_v but_o a_o figure_n yet_o i_o believe_v they_o be_v also_o literal_o intend_v for_o 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but_o without_o this_o care_n you_o be_v idol_n and_o not_o go_n much_o like_o the_o idol_n god_n of_o the_o heathen_a 6._o that_o have_v eye_n and_o see_v not_o ear_n and_o hear_v not_o mouth_n and_o speak_v not_o that_o have_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o worship_n from_o the_o people_n and_o much_o reverence_n but_o be_v good_a for_o nothing_o by_o this_o very_a argument_n in_o baruc_n 6._o be_v such_o idol_n disprove_v to_o be_v go_n 40._o they_o can_v save_v no_o man_n from_o death_n neither_o deliver_v the_o weak_a from_o the_o mighty_a they_o can_v restore_v a_o blind_a man_n to_o his_o sight_n nor_o help_v any_o man_n in_o his_o distress_n they_o can_v show_v no_o mercy_n to_o the_o widow_n nor_o do_v good_a to_o the_o fatherless_a how_o shall_v a_o man_n then_o think_v and_o say_v that_o they_o be_v god_n 11._o i_o hope_v the_o great_a upon_o earth_n need_v think_v it_o no_o disparagement_n to_o their_o greatness_n to_o look_v down_o upon_o the_o affliction_n of_o their_o mean_a 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ourselves_o and_o due_o consider_v either_o what_o power_n we_o have_v or_o what_o need_n we_o may_v have_v from_o both_o consideration_n we_o may_v discover_v yet_o far_o the_o necessity_n of_o this_o duty_n and_o first_o from_o our_o power_n there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n and_o god_n bestow_v no_o power_n upon_o man_n nor_o indeed_o upon_o any_o creature_n whatsoever_o to_o no_o purpose_n the_o natural_a power_n and_o faculty_n as_o well_o of_o our_o reasonable_a soul_n as_o of_o our_o organical_a body_n they_o have_v all_o of_o they_o their_o several_a use_n and_o operation_n unto_o which_o they_o be_v design_v and_o by_o the_o principle_n of_o all_o good_a philosophy_n we_o can_v conceive_v of_o power_n but_o in_o order_n and_o with_o reference_n to_o act._n look_v then_o what_o power_n god_n have_v put_v into_o any_o of_o our_o hand_n in_o any_o kind_n and_o in_o any_o measure_n it_o lie_v we_o upon_o to_o employ_v it_o to_o the_o best_a advantage_n we_o can_v for_o the_o good_a of_o our_o brethren_n for_o to_o this_o very_a end_n god_n have_v give_v we_o that_o power_n what_o ever_o it_o be_v that_o we_o may_v do_v good_a therewithal_o the_o lord_n have_v in_o his_o wise_a providence_n so_o dispose_v the_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n that_o there_o shall_v ever_o be_v some_o rich_a to_o relieve_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o some_o poor_a to_o exercise_v the_o charity_n of_o the_o rich_a so_o likewise_o he_o have_v lay_v distress_n upon_o some_o that_o they_o may_v be_v succour_v by_o the_o power_n of_o other_o and_o lend_v 79.12_o power_n to_o some_o that_o they_o may_v be_v able_a to_o succour_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d distress_n of_o other_o now_o as_o god_n himself_o to_o who_o all_o power_n proper_o and_o original_o belong_v delight_v to_o manifest_v his_o power_n rather_o in_o show_v mercy_n then_o in_o work_n of_o destruction_n god_n speak_v once_o twice_o have_v i_o hear_v the_o same_o that_o power_n belong_v unto_o god_n and_o that_o thou_o lord_n be_v merciful_a psal._n 62._o o_o let_v the_o sorrowful_a sigh_v of_o the_o prisoner_n come_v before_o thou_o accord_v to_o the_o greatness_n of_o thy_o power_n preserve_v thou_o those_o that_o be_v appoint_v to_o die_v psal._n 79._o so_o all_o those_o upon_o who_o god_n have_v derive_v any_o part_n of_o that_o power_n shall_v consider_v that_o god_n give_v it_o they_o for_o edification_n 13.10_o not_o for_o destruction_n to_o do_v good_a withal_o and_o to_o help_v the_o distress_a and_o to_o save_v the_o innocent_a not_o to_o trample_v upon_o the_o poor_a and_o oppress_v those_o that_o be_v unable_a to_o resist_v pestifera_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la valere_fw-la ad_fw-la nocendum_fw-la it_o be_v in_o truth_n a_o great_a weakness_n in_o any_o man_n senec._n rather_o than_o a_o demonstration_n of_o power_n to_o stretch_v his_o power_n for_o the_o do_v of_o mischief_n a_o evident_a argument_n whereof_o be_v that_o observation_n of_o our_o solomon_n in_o 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