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body_n be_v follow_v by_o the_o sun_n so_o do_v glory_n attend_v virtue_n in_o our_o progress_n to_o christ._n let_v we_o then_o put_v our_o whole_a trust_n in_o god_n in_o this_o time_n of_o danger_n and_o take_v the_o royal_a prophet_n resolution_n psal._n 118._o 6._o not_o to_o fear_v what_o man_n can_v do_v unto_o we_o but_o rather_o fear_v the_o lord_n who_o pity_v those_o that_o fear_v he_o psal._n 103._o 13._o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o every_o one_o of_o we_o to_o be_v circumspect_a in_o our_o life_n but_o more_o especial_o at_o this_o season_n and_o time_n of_o affliction_n when_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n be_v stretch_v out_o against_o we_o when_o the_o enemy_n wait_v even_o at_o our_o door_n ready_a to_o devour_v we_o when_o they_o stand_v gape_v ready_a to_o swallow_v we_o up_o quick_a and_o none_o of_o we_o can_v prognosticate_v how_o soon_o his_o
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5._o great_a be_v the_o lord_n and_o great_o to_o be_v praise_v he_o be_v also_o to_o be_v fear_v above_o all_o go_n the_o multitude_n here_o in_o my_o text_n be_v moabite_n and_o ammonite_n but_o the_o multitude_n which_o lay_v close_a siege_n to_o we_o be_v jesuit_n and_o bloody_a papist_n who_o damnable_a principle_n and_o hellish_a doctrine_n be_v to_o quench_v the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o root_v and_o destroy_v all_o christianity_n who_o blasphemous_o think_v to_o gain_v heaven_n by_o massacre_a god_n '_o people_n and_o triumph_v in_o the_o effussion_n of_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n it_o be_v their_o glory_n to_o lay_v kingdom_n waste_v and_o country_n desolate_a reduce_v city_n to_o ash_n and_o ruin_v family_n those_o which_o will_v not_o fall_v down_o to_o worship_v their_o idol_n false_a god_n of_o wood_n and_o stone_n be_v fit_a object_n of_o their_o fury_n their_o cruelty_n be_v beyond_o what_o malice_n can_v invent_v or_o hell_n imagine_v and_o solomon_n give_v a_o 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