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or_o persecution_n or_o famine_n or_o nakedness_n or_o peril_n or_o sword_n verse_n 36_o as_o it_o be_v write_v for_o thy_o sake_n be_v we_o kill_v all_o the_o day_n long_o we_o be_v count_v as_o sheep_n for_o the_o slaughter_n verse_n 37_o nevertheless_o in_o all_o these_o thing_n we_o be_v more_o than_o conqueror_n through_o he_o that_o love_v us._n the_o apostle_n upon_o the_o heavenly_a and_o christian_a security_n set_v down_o in_o the_o premise_n infer_v and_o bring_v in_o a_o most_o constant_a and_o comfortable_a resolution_n upon_o a_o stout_a magnanimity_n and_o spiritual_a courage_n by_o he_o conceive_v that_o be_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a any_o thing_n shall_v make_v we_o fall_v from_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o christ_n the_o reason_n be_v this_o in_o those_o thing_n wherein_o we_o be_v more_o than_o conqueror_n we_o can_v be_v remove_v from_o god_n favour_n but_o in_o these_o seven_o thing_n here_o reckon_v up_o tribulation_n etc._n etc._n all_o 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