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6._o in_o evil_n and_o danger_n present_a four_o a_o cleave_v unto_o god_n special_o in_o trouble_n rest_v by_o faith_n on_o he_o alone_o when_o we_o see_v no_o mean_n of_o his_o providence_n to_o help_v us._n josh_n 23.8_o stick_v fast_o or_o hold_v fast_o or_o cleave_v fast_o unto_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n as_o you_o have_v do_v unto_o this_o day_n act._n 11.23_o barnabas_n in_o antioch_n exhort_v all_o that_o with_o one_o purpose_n of_o heart_n they_o will_v continue_v in_o the_o lord_n david_n in_o ziklag_n in_o wonderful_a distress_n when_o his_o company_n perplex_v in_o their_o heart_n and_o in_o great_a bitterness_n be_v ready_a to_o stone_n he_o he_o pray_v in_o his_o heart_n and_o comfort_v himself_o in_o the_o lord_n his_o god_n and_o the_o lord_n give_v he_o then_o a_o wonderful_a deliverance_n 1._o sam._n 30.6_o question_n 57_o what_o be_v the_o four_o branch_n of_o obedience_n require_v in_o this_o law_n ans_fw-fr the_o true_a fear_n of_o god_n and_o here_o to_o show_v 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