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without much tribulation we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven ; 
and truly we know that if we shrink at tribulation or persecution, 
we are not worthy to bear the name of Christ. But we know in 
whom w r e have believed, and in whom we have trusted ; and that 
he is able to keep also that which we have entrusted to him. And 
this we say is now our confidence. *Dan. viii. 7. 6 And I saw him 
come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against 
him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was 
no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to 
the ground, and stamped upon him : and there was none that could 
deliver the ram out of his hand/ Jer. iii. 19. ‘But I said, how 
shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, 
a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations ? And I said, Thou shalt 
call me, my father; and shalt not turn away from me/ Rom. 
iii. 24. ‘ Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption 
that is in Christ Jesus/ Read also Ezek. xxviii. first and last, 
‘The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, And they shall 
dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards ; 
yea, they shall dwell with confidence, and they shall know that I. 
am the Lord their God/ Mark the perfect man, and behold the 
upright: for the end of that man is peace. But the salvation 
of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the 
time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them, and deliver 
them: and save them, because they trust in him/ Psalm xci. 
9, &c. ‘ Because thou hast made the Lord w r hich is my refuge, even 
the Most High, thy habitation ; there shall no evil befall thee, 
neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall 
give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against 
a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the youn.g 
lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Because he 
hath set his love upon me, and I will answer him : I will be with 
him in trouble ; I will deliver him and honour him. With long life 
will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. The righteous 
shall flourish like the palm-tree : he shall grow like a cedar in 
Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall 
flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit 
in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing: to shew that the 
Lord is upright: He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness 
