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the_o same_o josiah_n and_o likewise_o of_o jehoiakim_n and_o zedekiah_n in_o the_o time_n of_o both_o the_o first_o and_o second_o captivity_n and_o afterward_o also_o he_o i_o say_v speak_v the_o very_a same_o word_n as_o will_v be_v very_o evident_a to_o those_o who_o will_v do_v themselves_o so_o much_o right_n for_o the_o understanding_n of_o this_o truth_n as_o to_o ponder_v these_o place_n of_o his_o pprophecy_n he_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o 3._o chap._n ver_fw-la 10._o that_o judah_n do_v not_o return_v to_o god_n with_o her_o whole_a heart_n but_o fained_o which_o word_n be_v speak_v as_o you_o may_v see_v for_o 6._o in_o the_o day_n of_o josiah_n who_o have_v make_v a_o covenant_n to_o serve_v the_o lord_n with_o all_o their_o heart_n and_o all_o their_o soul_n and_o all_o the_o people_n stand_v unto_o it_o 2_o king_n 23.3_o this_o be_v the_o return_v which_o the_o prophet_n say_v be_v but_o feign_v because_o notwithstanding_o this_o great_a profession_n they_o be_v not_o 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i._o e._n what_o have_v thou_o now_o to_o say_v concern_v the_o black_a night_n of_o affliction_n wherewith_o thou_o use_v to_o threaten_v we_o we_o see_v no_o darkness_n but_o it_o be_v a_o day_n of_o peace_n with_o we_o to_o which_o he_o answer_v ver_fw-la 12._o true_o the_o morning_n be_v before_o the_o night_n but_o ere_o long_o your_o misery_n will_v come_v therefore_o if_o you_o intend_v to_o amend_v you_o have_v best_o do_v it_o present_o but_o the_o seed_n of_o israel_n do_v not_o only_o imitate_v they_o but_o far_o exceed_v they_o for_o in_o process_n of_o time_n they_o arrive_v to_o such_o a_o height_n of_o impiety_n as_o to_o say_v in_o josiahs_n day_n the_o lord_n will_v not_o do_v good_a neither_o will_v he_o do_v evil_a zeph._n 1.12_o and_o after_o the_o first_o captivity_n when_o their_o iniquity_n be_v exceed_v great_a and_o the_o land_n be_v full_a of_o blood_n and_o the_o city_n of_o perverseness_n they_o say_v the_o lord_n have_v forsake_v the_o earth_n and_o the_o 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