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time_n of_o battle_n from_o death_n and_o many_o mortal_a wound_n hence_o god_n be_v please_v to_o call_v himself_o a_o shield_n signify_v thereby_o his_o sure_a and_o safe_a protection_n to_o his_o people_n in_o time_n of_o trouble_n and_o temptation_n fear_v not_o abraham_n i_o be_o thy_o shield_n vi_o faith_n have_v be_v of_o wonderful_a use_n to_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n in_o all_o age_n it_o be_v that_o which_o have_v preserve_v they_o when_o hard_o beset_v in_o the_o great_a danger_n imaginable_a i_o have_v faint_v unless_o i_o have_v believe_v 27.13_o psal_n 27.13_o if_o he_o at_o that_o time_n have_v not_o have_v faith_n to_o shield_v he_o he_o have_v be_v lose_v all_o the_o mighty_a man_n of_o god_n say_v ainsworth_n by_o the_o shield_n of_o faith_n in_o god_n and_o christ_n 32._o ainsworth_n on_o cant._n 4.4_o p._n 32._o have_v do_v many_o mighty_a work_n as_o the_o apostle_n bring_v a_o cloud_n of_o witness_n in_o to_o prove_v heb._n 11._o 27.11_o heb._n 11._o 2_o chron._n 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