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people_n go_v that_o they_o may_v serve_v i_o else_o if_o thou_o refuse_v to_o let_v my_o people_n go_v behold_v to_o morrow_n i_o will_v bring_v the_o locust_n into_o thy_o coast_n that_o which_o make_v most_o for_o this_o interpretation_n be_v the_o historical_a circumstance_n of_o time_n and_o manner_n of_o god_n proceed_v with_o pharaoh_n for_o this_o expostulation_n whereunto_o our_o apostle_n in_o this_o place_n have_v reference_n be_v utter_v after_o the_o seven_o wonder_n wrought_v by_o moses_n and_o aaron_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o pharaoh_n upon_o which_o it_o be_v express_o say_v that_o the_o lord_n harden_v the_o heart_n of_o pharaoh_n that_o he_o hearken_v not_o unto_o they_o whereas_o of_o the_o five_o go_v before_o it_o be_v only_o say_v that_o pharaoh_n harden_v his_o heart_n or_o his_o heart_n be_v harden_v or_o he_o set_v not_o his_o heart_n to_o the_o wonder_n 15._o see_v chap._n 40._o numb_a 15._o the_o spirit_n censure_v likewise_o of_o pharaoh_n stupidity_n upon_o the_o first_o wonder_n may_v be_v read_v impersonal_o or_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o wonder_n itself_o which_o may_v positive_o harden_v his_o heart_n in_o such_o a_o sense_n as_o be_v before_o express_v nor_o be_v it_o to_o be_v omit_v that_o upon_o the_o neglect_n of_o the_o seven_o wonder_n the_o lord_n enlarge_v his_o commission_n to_o moses_n and_o his_o threat_n to_o pharaoh_n exod._n 9_o 13_o etc._n etc._n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o the_o hebrew_n let_v my_o people_n go_v that_o they_o may_v serve_v i_o for_o i_o will_v at_o this_o time_n send_v all_o my_o plague_n upon_o thy_o heart_n and_o upon_o thy_o servant_n and_o upon_o thy_o people_n that_o thou_o may_v know_v that_o there_o be_v none_o like_o i_o in_o all_o the_o earth_n for_o now_o i_o will_v stretch_v out_o my_o hand_n that_o i_o may_v smite_v thou_o and_o thy_o people_n with_o pestilence_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o earth_n or_o as_o junius_z excellent_o render_v it_o i_o have_v smite_v thou_o and_o thy_o people_n with_o pestilence_n when_o i_o destroy_v your_o cattle_n with_o murrain_n and_o thou_o have_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o earth_n when_o the_o boil_v be_v so_o rife_o upon_o the_o magician_n but_o when_o they_o fall_v i_o make_v thou_o to_o stand_v for_o so_o the_o hebrew_n be_v verbatìm_fw-la to_o what_o purpose_n that_o i_o may_v show_v my_o power_n and_o declare_v my_o name_n more_o manifest_o throughout_o all_o the_o earth_n by_o a_o more_o remarkable_a destruction_n than_o at_o that_o time_n shall_v have_v befall_v thou_o 8._o objection_n the_o true_a occasion_n of_o the_o former_a objection_n this_o brief_a survey_n of_o these_o historical_a circumstance_n present_v unto_o we_o as_o in_o a_o map_n the_o just_a occasion_n the_o due_a force_n and_o full_a extent_n of_o the_o objection_n here_o intimate_v in_o transitu_fw-la thou_o will_v say_v then_o unto_o i_o why_o do_v he_o yet_o find_v fault_n as_o if_o some_o one_o on_o pharaoh_n behalf_n 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