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jewel_n of_o silver_n and_o jewel_n of_o gold_n and_o the_o lord_n give_v his_o people_n favour_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o egyptian_n god_n can_v make_v wolf_n to_o suckle_v his_o lamb_n or_o 2._o he_o will_v work_v division_n among_o his_o enemy_n and_o turn_v their_o own_o weapon_n against_o themselves_o 2._o chron._n 20._o 23._o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n fall_v upon_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o mount_n seir_n and_o after_o that_o every_o one_o help_v to_o destroy_v another_o thus_o god_n make_v the_o seed_n of_o the_o serpent_n a_o mean_n to_o break_v the_o serpent_n head_n we_o read_v in_o ecclesiastical_a history_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o good_a emperor_n theodosius_n when_o the_o persian_n do_v shoot_v their_o arrow_n against_o the_o christian_n by_o a_o sudden_a and_o violent_a wind_n their_o arrow_n be_v drive_v back_o and_o do_v fly_v in_o their_o own_o face_n 2._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o god_n be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o church_n by_o his_o seasonable_a 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