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may_v perish_v in_o love_n and_o be_v take_v away_o in_o mercy_n from_o the_o evil_a to_o come_v isa._n 57_o 1._o 2._o mica_n 7._o 1_o 2._o 2._o that_o all_o wicked_a man_n be_v not_o all_o always_o expose_v to_o external_a misery_n but_o a_o just_a man_n may_v perish_v in_o his_o righteousness_n and_o a_o wicked_a man_n prolong_v his_o life_n in_o his_o wickedness_n eccles._n 7._o 15._o 3._o but_o in_o this_o sense_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o proposition_n that_o none_o but_o the_o people_n of_o god_n have_v right_a by_o promise_n to_o his_o special_a protection_n in_o evil_a day_n and_o that_o all_o such_o shall_v either_o be_v preserve_v from_o the_o stroke_n of_o calamity_n or_o from_o the_o deadly_a sting_n namely_o eternal_a ruin_n by_o they_o
as_o for_o gold_n they_o shall_v not_o delight_v in_o it_o isa._n 13._o 17._o riches_n profit_v not_o in_o the_o day_n of_o wrath_n prov._n 11._o 4._o job_n bless_a god_n in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o adversity_n that_o he_o have_v not_o make_v gold_n his_o hope_n or_o the_o fine_a gold_n his_o confidence_n job_n 31._o 24._o bless_v not_o thou_o thyself_o that_o thou_o have_v such_o thing_n to_o bestow_v thy_o hope_n and_o trust_v upon_o other_o make_v man_n their_o refuge_n especial_o great_a and_o powerful_a man_n but_o to_o how_o little_a purpose_n be_v it_o put_v not_o your_o trust_n in_o prince_n nor_o in_o the_o son_n of_o man_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o help_n psal._n 146._o 3_o 4._o they_o can_v keep_v their_o crown_n upon_o their_o head_n no_o nor_o their_o head_n upon_o their_o shoulder_n the_o great_a man_n be_v but_o dust_n and_o what_o can_v dust_n do_v to_o dust_n three_o thing_n aggravate_v their_o misery_n who_o misplace_v their_o confidence_n by_o bestow_v it_o on_o any_o creature_n 1._o that_o creature_n will_v certain_o deceive_v they_o man_n be_v deceitful_a man_n psal._n 62._o 9_o riches_n be_v deceitful_a riches_n 1_o tim._n 6._o 17._o every_o thing_n you_o lean_v on_o beside_o god_n will_v start_v aside_o like_o a_o deceitful_a bow_n psal._n 78._o 57_o 2._o the_o disappointment_n of_o your_o hope_n from_o the_o creature_n will_v inflame_v your_o affliction_n and_o great_o aggravate_v your_o sorrow_n 2_o king_n 18._o 21._o the_o break_a reed_n of_o egypt_n will_v not_o only_o fail_v but_o pierce_v you_o 3._o in_o a_o word_n god_n will_v take_v none_o into_o his_o protection_n who_o make_v any_o thing_n beside_o himself_o their_o hope_n and_o confidence_n if_o we_o fly_v from_o god_n to_o the_o creature_n god_n will_v say_v to_o the_o creature_n thou_o shall_v go_v except_o i_o have_v thy_o dependence_n thou_o shall_v never_o have_v my_o protection_n where_o i_o have_v no_o honour_n thou_o shall_v have_v no_o comfort_n 4._o consect_n four_o the_o former_a discourse_n yield_v we_o also_o this_o comfortable_a conclusion_n that_o what_o ever_o confusion_n desolation_n and_o trouble_n be_v in_o the_o earth_n the_o church_n and_o people_n of_o god_n can_v never_o be_v whole_o exterminate_v and_o destroy_v see_v such_o a_o secure_a refuge_n be_v prepare_v for_o they_o of_o god_n psal._n 102._o 28._o the_o child_n of_o thy_o servant_n shall_v continue_v and_o their_o seed_n shall_v be_v establish_v before_o thou_o which_o be_v assign_v as_o the_o true_a reason_n of_o its_o perpetuity_n and_o safety_n psal._n 48._o 3._o god_n be_v know_v in_o her_o palace_n for_o a_o refuge_n the_o church_n enemy_n have_v try_v the_o utmost_a of_o their_o policy_n and_o power_n in_o all_o age_n against_o it_o but_o to_o no_o purpose_n while_o they_o have_v be_v plot_v and_o persecute_v the_o preserve_a remnant_n have_v be_v sing_v their_o song_n upon_o alamoth_n even_o praise_n to_o their_o great_a preserver_n though_o they_o have_v no_o 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of_o sense_n and_o reason_n i_o be_o leave_v alone_o say_v elijah_n and_o they_o seek_v my_o life_n 1_o king_n 19_o 10._o by_o who_o lord_n shall_v jacob_n arise_v say_v amos_n for_o he_o be_v very_o small_a amos_n 7._o 2._o 3._o notwithstanding_o all_o which_o the_o church_n have_v overlive_v all_o its_o danger_n it_o be_v the_o true_a phoenix_n which_o have_v outlive_v the_o deluge_n 4._o such_o deliverance_n be_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o the_o church_n alone_o no_o people_n beside_o the_o people_n of_o god_n have_v such_o salvation_n upon_o record_n the_o great_a and_o famous_a monarchy_n of_o the_o world_n have_v dash_v one_o another_o to_o piece_n like_o earthen_a potsherd_n sic_fw-la medus_n ademit_fw-la assyrio_fw-la syroque_fw-la tulit_fw-la moderamina_fw-la perses_n and_o all_o this_o by_o virtue_n of_o that_o promise_n jer._n 30._o 11._o for_o i_o be_o with_o thou_o say_v the_o lord_n to_o save_v thou_o though_o i_o make_v afull_a end_n of_o all_o nation_n whither_o i_o have_v scatter_v thou_o yet_o will_v i_o not_o make_v a_o full_a end_n of_o thou_o â—_o 5._o consect_n five_o to_o conclude_v if_o this_o be_v so_o than_o it_o be_v a_o deep_a and_o dangerous_a policy_n of_o satan_n to_o shut_v up_o our_o refuge_n in_o god_n against_o we_o as_o much_o as_o may_v be_v in_o time_n of_o trouble_n satan_n like_o a_o cunning_a fowler_n despair_n of_o get_v the_o bird_n in_o his_o net_n except_o he_o can_v beat_v they_o out_o of_o their_o covert_n it_o be_v therefore_o his_o great_a design_n to_o estrange_v and_o alienate_v the_o saint_n from_o their_o god_n as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v thereby_o to_o cut_v off_o their_o retreat_n to_o he_o in_o time_n of_o trouble_n a_o mischief_n which_o the_o people_n of_o god_n have_v always_o vehement_o deprecate_v psal._n 102._o 2._o jer._n 17._o 17._o and_o o_o that_o we_o will_v be_v ware_n of_o it_o and_o shun_v this_o mischief_n by_o our_o seasonable_a prevent_a watchfulness_n there_o be_v among_o other_o three_o 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