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himself_o do_v not_o sustain_v us._n but_o notwitstand_v all_o those_o help_n yet_o if_o we_o want_v his_o special_a help_n and_o blessing_n we_o shall_v soon_o be_v drive_v to_o complain_v with_o job_n 15._o that_o our_o health_n do_v vanish_v away_o like_o a_o cloud_n and_o therefore_o the_o prophet_n david_n with_o thankfulness_n profess_v that_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n only_o that_o make_v he_o dwell_v in_o safety_n that_o be_v 4â—_n which_o preserve_v and_o continue_v he_o in_o health_n of_o who_o fatherly_a protection_n in_o preserve_v of_o his_o from_o sickness_n he_o have_v compose_v a_o notable_a psalm_n wherein_o he_o give_v man_n assurance_n 7._o that_o they_o be_v keep_v so_o safe_a under_o the_o shadow_n of_o god_n wing_n that_o the_o plague_n shall_v not_o come_v near_o they_o though_o a_o thousand_o shall_v fall_v at_o their_o side_n and_o ten_o thousand_o at_o their_o right_a hand_n and_o therefore_o job_n call_v he_o 20._o custodem_fw-la hominum_fw-la the_o preserver_n 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physician_n lesson'_v thou_o in_o vain_a the_o lord_n that_o first_o have_v give_v it_o he_o also_o must_v keep_v it_o else_o both_o thou_o and_o the_o physician_n do_v but_o in_o vain_a endeavour_v it_o yea_o and_o even_o the_o very_a heathen_a do_v hold_v in_o their_o religion_n that_o god_n be_v not_o only_o the_o giver_n of_o health_n but_o also_o the_o preserver_n and_o maintainer_n of_o it_o the_o mantinenses_n dedicate_v two_o temple_n unto_o their_o great_a god_n jupiter_n the_o one_o of_o they_o 300._o jovi_fw-la datori_fw-la the_o other_o jovi_fw-la seruatori_fw-la the_o one_o of_o they_o unto_o god_n the_o giver_n the_o other_o of_o they_o unto_o god_n the_o preserver_n and_o therefore_o menander_n bring_v in_o certain_a person_n make_v of_o this_o prayer_n deos_fw-la omnes_fw-la coelestes_fw-la precamur_fw-la 491._o nobis_fw-la ut_fw-la salutem_fw-la dent_fw-la integram_fw-la valetudinem_fw-la bona_fw-la multa_fw-la et_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la iam_fw-la parta_fw-la 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record_v among_o jupiters_n other_o title_n he_o be_v call_v salutaris_n that_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o health_n of_o which_o his_o appellation_n he_o render_v this_o reason_n 76._o quia_fw-la salus_fw-la hominum_fw-la in_o eius_fw-la sit_fw-la tutela_fw-la because_o all_o a_o man_n safety_n be_v only_o in_o his_o custody_n yea_o and_o even_o the_o profane_a emperor_n and_o persecutor_n maximinus_n though_o otherwise_o most_o irreligious_a yet_o ascribe_v it_o only_o unto_o god_n especial_a goodness_n 112._o that_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o air_n do_v not_o infect_v all_o of_o we_o quòd_fw-la corrupta_fw-la coeli_fw-la tempery_n squallentia_fw-la corpora_fw-la in_o mortem_fw-la non_fw-la conijciat_fw-la thereby_o plain_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v god_n only_o and_o none_o else_o which_o be_v the_o preserver_n and_o maintainer_n of_o man_n health_n 3_o now_o as_o god_n be_v both_o the_o giver_n health_n and_o preserver_n of_o health_n so_o be_v he_o also_o the_o restorer_n of_o 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