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 answer positively and affirmatively, and tells how it shall be accomplished; who answers it?the Lord he even says, I see well enough, though I would make ministers and other believers, yea angels tell, that the prey shall be taken from the mighty, it will not do it; I will take this question on myself: for immediately before, you see he promiseth to make kings their nursing fathers, &c which shews us this lesson, That after God hath promised a thing he doth not instantly and immediately perform it; but between God's giving a promise to a people; and the accomplishment thereof, there may follow such things as may make us think it will never be, but that rather the contrary will be. And while the people are under these things that prognosticate the contrary of what he hath promised in his word, and on which he hath caused us to hope, then he comes in himself; 'But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,' verse 25. which is an answer to this, 'shall the prey be taken from the mighty?'—the mighty says, You shall never be taken out of our hands; yea, most of all the people say so: 'But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of me terrible shall be delivered?'—Believe ye this? I am sure if ye believed this, ye would be content to be fined and cast out of your houses, wander, and take your