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not_o to_o deliver_v such_o as_o be_v in_o danger_n and_o wink_v not_o at_o the_o wicked_a 13_o have_v mercy_n lord_n upon_o i_o oh_o thou_o that_o have_v miraculouslye_o defend_v i_o from_o death_n door_n consider_v how_o my_o enemy_n yet_o cease_v not_o to_o imagine_v mischief_n against_o i_o and_o to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o my_o guiltless_a person_n thou_o my_o strength_n and_o aid_n consider_v it_o and_o deliver_v i_o 14_o that_o i_o may_v with_o joy_n sing_v forth_o thy_o worthy_a praise_n and_o enter_v into_o zion_n may_v reioyse_o declare_v that_o thou_o be_v he_o that_o save_v i_o by_o who_o i_o stand_v and_o by_o who_o my_o enemy_n be_v throw_v down_o on_o every_o side_n of_o i_o 15_o a_o huge_a multitude_n of_o enemy_n have_v rise_v up_o against_o i_o but_o thou_o have_v bring_v it_o so_o to_o pass_v that_o they_o be_v overwhelm_v with_o the_o 'slud_o they_o devise_v to_o bring_v in_o upon_o i_o they_o be_v fall_v into_o the_o pit_n they_o dig_v for_o i_o and_o they_o 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animifestinis_fw-la este_fw-la fortes_fw-la &_o impavidi_fw-la en_fw-fr deus_fw-la vester_fw-ge ultor_n veniet_fw-la praemiator_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la veniet_fw-la seruâ—tum_fw-la vos_fw-la non_fw-la vi_fw-la sed_fw-la veritate_fw-la finis_fw-la the_o multitude_n expectethnoveltieâ—_n the_o great_a wonder_n last_v but_o nine_o day_n the_o late_a earth-quak_a a_o great_a wonder_n the_o earth-quak_a a_o caveat_n the_o stranged_a news_n soon_o forget_v the_o sum_n of_o this_o travail_n the_o fruit_n a_o argument_n of_o the_o profession_n what_o the_o multitude_n most_o desire_n god_n child_n be_v the_o least_o number_n god_n truth_n contrary_a to_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o multitud_n a_o flight_n of_o sathan_n a_o dangerous_a thing_n to_o follow_v the_o multitude_n the_o way_n to_o true_a religion_n bodily_a dangerous_a the_o flesh_n be_v weak_a and_o unable_a to_o abide_v mortification_n ro._n 8._o 36._o psal._n 44._o 22._o the_o godly_a be_v for_o god_n sake_n kill_v continual_o 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