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my_o voice_n harden_v not_o your_o heart_n proverb_n 1._o vers_fw-la 24._o 25._o 26._o see_v i_o call_v and_o you_o refuse_v i_o stretch_v forth_o my_o hand_n and_o no_o man_n regard_v it_o &_o you_o let_v pass_v all_o my_o counsel_n and_o will_v not_o accept_v of_o my_o correction_n so_o will_v i_o also_o laugh_v in_o your_o mishap_n and_o deride_v you_o when_o that_o happen_v unto_o you_o that_o you_o fear_v isaiah_n 5._o vers_fw-la 4._o what_o may_v more_o be_v do_v unto_o my_o vineyard_n that_o i_o have_v not_o do_v unto_o it_o wherefore_o have_v it_o then_o bring_v forth_o wild_a grape_n when_o i_o expect_v it_o shall_v have_v bring_v wyne-grape_n matth._n 23._o vers_fw-la 37._o jerusalem_n jerusalem_n which_o kill_v the_o prophet_n and_o stone_v they_o that_o be_v send_v unto_o thou_o how_o often_o will_v i_o gather_v thy_o child_n as_o the_o hen_n do_v gather_v together_o hâ—r_a chicken_n under_o her_o wing_n and_o thou_o will_v not_o marc._n 1._o vers_fw-la 15._o the_o time_n 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