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him but to procure a greater good, and that no evil shall befall him that does not work out a far more and exceeding reward ; that though he wrestles not only against inanimate foes, but against flesh and blood, the depravity of his own nature, with the perverseness, malice, and injustice of other men ; nay, and not only against all these combined, but against prin cipalities, the rulers of this world, the wicked spirits in high places ; they that are for him are not only more, but stronger than those who are against him. And are not these at least as watchful to do us good, as those are to do us evil ? so watchful, that let him be but faith ful, let him but fix his love on their common Creator, and nothing in the creation, animate or inanimate, by design or by chance, shall have power to hurt him. In famine they shall preserve the good man from death ; in war, /from the power of the sword : They shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue. Thou shalt laugh at destruction when it cometh. The very beasts of the earth shall they make to be at peace with thee, and thou shalt be at league with the stones of the field. (Job v. 22.) Wherefore do Him that hath thus loved us, and formed and .redeemed us, and given us this good consolation; among the;;nttrobeii;less. ewls -■with . which uwe ; are. attrrounded to Gdd the t Father, i God the 'Son, ,andi Gdd ;the I;Holy JGhosWQne .God let us .yield ,ajl ; .praise, majesty, and dominion, now and for, efpf ' Amen. i i 'in:."