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the_o text_n i_o shall_v in_o a_o few_o word_n absolve_v 2._o then_o observe_v that_o as_o the_o lord_n have_v decree_v this_o enmity_n so_o he_o have_v decree_v that_o satan_n shall_v vex_v christ_n and_o his_o follower_n he_o shall_v bruise_v their_o heel_n think_v not_o to_o get_v to_o heaven_n without_o some_o hurt_n or_o something_o that_o will_v make_v thou_o halt_v reckon_v upon_o it_o to_o bear_v the_o mark_n of_o satan_n and_o his_o seed_n malice_n observe_v 3._o that_o god_n have_v bound_v the_o vexation_n that_o satan_n and_o his_o party_n shall_v give_v to_o the_o godly_a fear_v no_o great_a hurt_n from_o they_o their_o wound_n be_v not_o deadly_a it_o come_v not_o near_o their_o heart_n indeed_o they_o be_v say_v to_o make_v war_n with_o the_o saint_n and_o overcome_v they_o rev._n 13.7_o but_o that_o be_v only_a in_o their_o outward_a concern_v and_o over_o their_o bodily_a life_n the_o lord_n will_v not_o have_v you_o to_o think_v much_o even_o of_o that_o but_o count_v temporal_a death_n as_o a_o hurt_n only_o in_o the_o heel_n compare_v that_o with_o rev._n 12.11_o and_o rom._n 8.37_o psalm_n 44.17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o see_v the_o worst_a satan_n and_o his_o party_n can_v do_v you_o be_v above_o they_o if_o they_o bite_v your_o heel_n it_o be_v no_o great_a damage_n observe_v 4._o that_o christ_n and_o all_o that_o side_n with_o he_o shall_v certain_o be_v victorious_a satan_n head_n and_o the_o head_n of_o all_o his_o follower_n shall_v be_v bruise_v as_o sure_a as_o they_o now_o hurt_v your_o heel_n their_o head_n shall_v be_v bruise_v think_v on_o this_o you_o who_o be_v ready_a to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v but_o folly_n to_o essay_n to_o withstand_v the_o spite_n of_o the_o time_n and_o therefore_o will_v either_o yield_v when_o trial_n be_v sharp_a or_o will_v be_v at_o