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sinful_o harden_v their_o own_o heart_n and_o add_v to_o their_o natural_a obduration_n by_o despise_v command_n slight_v and_o reject_v of_o conviction_n and_o challenge_n such_o not_o only_o stop_v their_o care_n but_o make_v their_o heart_n as_o a_o adamant_n stone_n which_o be_v the_o hard_a of_o stone_n 6._o the_o sin_n of_o disobedience_n unto_o the_o word_n be_v a_o opposition_n not_o unto_o man_n but_o unto_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n who_o employ_v they_o and_o speak_v by_o they_o who_o though_o in_o his_o special_a operation_n of_o grace_n he_o work_v effectual_o and_o invincible_o yet_o in_o his_o persuasion_n by_o the_o word_n work_v as_o a_o moral_a agent_n be_v ofttimes_o resist_v and_o oppose_v for_o such_o be_v their_o sin_n here_o they_o will_v not_o hear_v the_o law_n which_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n send_v in_o his_o spirit_n by_o the_o former_a prophet_n see_v act_v 7.51_o isa_n 63.10_o in_o the_o last_o place_n the_o prophet_n give_v a_o account_n of_o god_n just_a 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be_v to_o look_v on_o it_o as_o their_o deed_n and_o themselves_o as_o just_o charge_v with_o all_o that_o a_o land_n the_o church_n or_o other_o suffer_v for_o they_o lay_v the_o pleasant_a land_n desolate_a 7._o the_o tenderness_n of_o god_n towards_o his_o people_n be_v such_o as_o in_o great_a severity_n he_o still_o do_v somewhat_o that_o speak_v ground_n of_o hope_n of_o future_a mercy_n for_o the_o land_n be_v desolate_a after_o they_o that_o no_o man_n pass_v through_o or_o return_v be_v not_o only_o a_o judgement_n for_o sin_n but_o a_o mercy_n that_o during_o their_o captivity_n no_o nation_n about_o do_v sit_v down_o and_o possess_v their_o land_n but_o it_o be_v leave_v void_a till_o they_o shall_v return_v to_o it_o and_o have_v none_o to_o contend_v with_o they_o for_o possession_n chap._n viii_o in_o this_o chapter_n 1._o the_o lord_n encourage_v the_o jew_n against_o the_o ground_n of_o their_o distrust_n by_o set_v before_o they_o his_o affection_n towards_o they_o 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