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abide_v in_o tennis_n and_o my_o lord_n joab_n and_o the_o servant_n of_o my_o lord_n be_v encamp_v in_o open_a field_n shall_v i_o then_o go_v into_o my_o house_n to_o eat_v and_o to_o drink_v and_o to_o lie_v with_o my_o wife_n as_o thou_o live_v and_o as_o thy_o soul_n live_v i_o will_v not_o do_v this_o thing_n 1_o king_n 19.10_o and_o elijah_n say_v i_o have_v be_v very_o jealous_a for_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n for_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v forsake_v thy_o covenant_n throw_v down_o thy_o altar_n and_o slay_v thy_o prophet_n with_o the_o sword_n and_o i_o even_o i_o only_o aâ—n_v leave_v and_o they_o seek_v my_o life_n to_o take_v it_o away_o thus_o you_o see_v when_o the_o ark_n be_v in_o danger_n the_o people_n of_o god_n mourn_v and_o be_v sorrowful_a and_o there_o be_v four_o reason_n why_o the_o people_n of_o god_n be_v so_o much_o trouble_v when_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n be_v in_o danger_n reason_n 1._o because_o of_o the_o great_a love_n they_o bear_v to_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n as_o god_n love_v the_o gate_n of_o zion_n more_o than_o all_o the_o dwelling_n of_o jacob_n psal_n 87.2_o so_o the_o people_n of_o god_n love_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o the_o faithful_a minister_n of_o christ_n psal_n 26.8_o lord_n i_o have_v love_v the_o habitation_n of_o thy_o house_n and_o the_o place_n where_o thy_o honour_n dwell_v psal_n 27.4_o one_o thing_n have_v i_o desire_v of_o the_o lord_n that_o will_v i_o seek_v after_o that_o i_o may_v dwell_v in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n all_o the_o day_n of_o my_o life_n to_o behold_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o
alimur_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la generamur_fw-la be_v a_o true_a maxim_n we_o be_v nourish_v of_o those_o of_o who_o we_o be_v beget_v father_n when_o their_o child_n ask_v bread_n will_v not_o give_v they_o stone_n nor_o when_o they_o ask_v fish_n will_v they_o give_v they_o scorpion_n mat._n 7.9_o he_o that_o provide_v not_o these_o thing_n for_o his_o child_n be_v worse_a than_o a_o infidel_n 1_o tim._n 4.8_o and_o have_v god_n command_v this_o from_o parent_n towards_o their_o child_n and_o will_v not_o god_n much_o more_o provide_v for_o his_o child_n that_o be_v true_o regenerate_v and_o bear_v again_o and_o that_o have_v his_o image_n by_o faith_n engrave_v on_o their_o soul_n he_o will_v do_v it_o much_o more_o abundant_o mat._n 7.11_o if_o you_o be_v evil_a know_v how_o to_o give_v good_a gift_n to_o your_o child_n how_o much_o more_o shall_v your_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n give_v good_a thing_n to_o those_o that_o ask_v he_o this_o then_o be_v one_o great_a privilege_n that_o believer_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o by_o virtue_n of_o this_o relation_n have_v god_n for_o their_o heavenly_a father_n god_n will_v certain_o provide_v good_a thing_n for_o they_o both_o for_o their_o be_v and_o well-being_n here_o and_o hereafter_o and_o they_o may_v come_v to_o god_n as_o a_o father_n with_o holy_a boldness_n of_o faith_n for_o all_o thing_n that_o they_o shall_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o god_n take_v care_n for_o those_o that_o be_v stranger_n and_o enemy_n to_o he_o and_o make_v his_o rain_n to_o fall_v upon_o the_o unjust_a as_o well_o as_o upon_o the_o just_a mat._n 5.4_o 5_o he_o giveth_z they_o rain_n from_o heaven_n shilling_n their_o heart_n with_o food_n and_o gladness_n act_v 14.7_o and_o will_v he_o not_o much_o rather_o feed_v his_o own_o child_n he_o give_v food_n to_o all_o flesh_n psal_n 136.25_o and_o will_v he_o not_o much_o rather_o take_v care_n for_o his_o own_o child_n that_o be_v engraft_v into_o he_o by_o faith_n that_o 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more_o abundant_o for_o his_o people_n beyond_o all_o these_o let_v we_o look_v into_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o we_o shall_v there_o see_v what_o noble_a provision_n he_o have_v make_v for_o his_o people_n what_o food_n yea_o angel_n food_n he_o have_v provide_v for_o they_o what_o a_o feast_n of_o fat_a thing_n i_o mean_v of_o spiritual_a dainty_n and_o delicate_n he_o have_v dress_v for_o they_o for_o their_o bread_n they_o shall_v have_v the_o bread_n of_o life_n he_o that_o eat_v thereof_o shall_v never_o hunger_n john_n 6.48_o they_o shall_v have_v their_o fill_n of_o that_o hide_a manna_n lay_v up_o in_o the_o sanctuary_n we_o read_v of_o benjamins_n mess_n gen_n 4.3_o last_o that_o it_o be_v five_o time_n as_o much_o as_o any_o of_o his_o brethren_n but_o the_o child_n of_o god_n their_o food_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v from_o their_o heavenly_a father_n shall_v be_v a_o thousand_o time_n better_o and_o more_o satisfactory_a than_o that_o which_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o 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