And now, their preservation was astonishing to our whole army, [i]2975[/i] yea, that they should be spared while there was a thousand of our brethren who were slain. And we do justly ascribe it to the miraculous power of God, [i]1748[/i] because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to believe—that there was a just God, and whosoever did not doubt, that they should be preserved by his marvelous power. [i]2972[/i] now this was the faith of these of whom I have spoken; [i]2974[/i] they are young, and their minds are firm, and they do put their trust in God continually. [a]58[/a] [i]1059[/i]