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7._o he_o shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a of_o evil_a tiding_n his_o heart_n be_v fix_v trust_v in_o the_o lord_n compare_v this_o with_o luke_n 21._o 9_o but_o when_o you_o shall_v hear_v of_o war_n and_o commotion_n be_v not_o terrify_v and_o that_o in_o john_n 14._o 1._o let_v not_o your_o heart_n be_v trouble_v you_o believe_v â—…_n god_n believe_v also_o in_o i_o see_v further_o phil._n 4._o 6._o observation_n xxvi_o providence_n outwit_v the_o church_n enemy_n in_o their_o policy_n or_o contrivance_n against_o the_o church_n chap._n i._n how_o god_n care_n be_v over_o his_o people_n in_o the_o motion_n and_o commotion_n that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n have_v be_v touch_v here_o it_o will_v not_o be_v impertinent_a to_o make_v a_o inquisition_n into_o a_o outwitting_a work_n of_o providence_n as_o it_o respect_v the_o adversary_n of_o the_o lord_n people_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o present_a observation_n will_v appear_v three_o way_n first_o from_o comparison_n in_o scripture_n 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11._o it_o be_v after_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o own_o will_n there_o be_v two_o observable_n in_o this_o text_n 1._o the_o term_n counsel_n which_o as_o it_o imply_v some_o defect_n in_o the_o creature_n as_o not_o see_v by_o and_o by_o into_o the_o bottom_n of_o a_o business_n and_o so_o there_o be_v deliberation_n so_o it_o be_v not_o applicable_a to_o god_n but_o as_o it_o note_v the_o height_n or_o top_n of_o rational_a contrivement_n and_o so_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n it_o be_v accommodate_v to_o god_n for_o our_o better_a understanding_n counsel_n in_o this_o sense_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o result_n of_o wisdom_n and_o understanding_n sol._n sapientia_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la quâ_fw-la celeri_fw-la &_o expedito_fw-la animi_fw-la motu_fw-la &_o ratiocinatione_fw-la res_fw-la alioqui_fw-la amplas_fw-la &_o magnas_fw-la complectimur_fw-la intelligentia_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la qua_fw-la longo_fw-la rerum_fw-la usu_fw-la &_o experientia_fw-la 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