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with_o you_o and_o you_o shall_v make_v no_o league_n with_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o this_o land_n you_o shall_v throw_v down_o their_o altar_n but_o you_o have_v not_o obey_v my_o voice_n why_o have_v you_o do_v this_o this_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n unto_o they_o they_o hear_v it_o and_o cry_v out_o and_o weep_v their_o heart_n be_v humble_v their_o hard_a heart_n be_v soften_v this_o be_v it_o that_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v jerem._n 23.29_o be_v not_o my_o sword_n like_o fire_n and_o like_o a_o hammer_n that_o break_v the_o rock_n in_o piece_n yes_o lord_n thy_o word_n be_v like_a fire_n and_o like_o a_o hammer_n that_o break_v the_o rock_n in_o piece_n it_o mollifi_v and_o soften_v the_o hard_a stony_a and_o flinty_a heart_n a_o second_o profit_n that_o the_o word_n preach_v bring_v unto_o we_o be_v that_o it_o sweeten_v the_o heart_n for_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v manna_n habens_fw-la in_o se_fw-la omne_fw-la delectamentum_fw-la saporis_fw-la it_o be_v as_o the_o 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member_n i_o have_v yet_o if_o it_o shall_v please_v god_n to_o smite_v i_o in_o any_o member_n i_o have_v in_o arm_n or_o in_o leg_n 22.14_o psal_n 22.14_o or_o in_o all_o so_o that_o i_o be_v as_o if_o all_o my_o bone_n be_v out_o of_o joint_n i_o shall_v ever_o acknowledge_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o his_o particular_a providence_n without_o which_o not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o little_a sparrow_n fall_v on_o the_o ground_n as_o it_o be_v testify_v by_o our_o saviour_n christ_n mat._n 10.30_o so_o true_a be_v my_o propound_a doctrine_n nihil_fw-la accidere_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la provisum_fw-la that_o nothing_o fall_v out_o in_o this_o life_n no_o calamity_n no_o misery_n nothing_o good_a or_o evil_n but_o by_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n the_o objection_n that_o be_v by_o the_o ignorant_a cast_n out_o against_o this_o holy_a and_o comfortable_a doctrine_n i_o can_v now_o stand_v to_o refute_v they_o may_v if_o god_n will_v be_v the_o groundwork_n of_o some_o other_o 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