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and_o all_o nation_n shall_v flow_v unto_o it_o but_o what_o to_o do_v come_v shall_v they_o say_v and_o let_v we_o go_v up_o to_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o will_v teach_v we_o his_o way_n and_o we_o will_v walk_v in_o his_o path_n therefore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v enrich_v in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o not_o in_o jewel_n or_o pearl_n to_o learn_v to_o moderate_v and_o subdue_v their_o passion_n and_o not_o to_o conquer_v kingdom_n also_o in_o the_o 25._o chap._n 6._o vers_fw-la in_o this_o mountain_n shall_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n make_v unto_o all_o people_n a_o feast_n of_o fat_a thing_n a_o feast_n of_o wine_n on_o the_o lees_n of_o fat_a thing_n full_a of_o marrow_n of_o wine_n on_o the_o lees_n well_o refine_v can_v they_o take_v this_o according_a to_o the_o letter_n it_o be_v certain_a there_o be_v some_o so_o stupefy_v with_o the_o wine_n of_o ignorance_n that_o they_o take_v it_o so_o and_o expect_v to_o be_v satiate_v 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no_o more_o but_o to_o read_v they_o for_o it_o will_v be_v find_v that_o he_o be_v a_o prince_n of_o peace_n upon_o who_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v rest_v the_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n and_o understanding_n the_o spirit_n of_o counsel_n and_o might_n the_o spirit_n of_o knowledge_n and_o of_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o under_o his_o reign_n the_o wolf_n shall_v dwell_v with_o the_o lamb_n and_o the_o leopard_n lie_v down_o with_o the_o kid_n and_o the_o calf_n and_o the_o young_a lion_n and_o the_o fatle_a together_o and_o a_o little_a child_n shall_v lead_v they_o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v he_o will_v unite_v the_o most_o hostile_a nation_n together_o in_o the_o same_o society_n of_o religion_n and_o cicurate_a and_o mollify_v the_o fierce_a people_n by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o render_v the_o most_o untractable_a nature_n gentle_a and_o sweet_a which_o the_o prophet_n himself_o expound_v immediate_o after_o they_o shall_v not_o hurt_v 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by_o his_o lieutenant_n and_o satrapae_fw-la last_o so_o little_o do_v he_o think_v that_o a_o special_a providence_n take_v care_n of_o all_o particular_a event_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v call_v contingent_a that_o he_o exclude_v god_n as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v from_o their_o administration_n and_o from_o all_o little_a inconsiderable_a accident_n as_o esteem_v they_o unworthy_a of_o his_o excellence_n so_o far_o be_v he_o from_o admit_v god_n to_o preside_v absolute_o over_o the_o understanding_n and_o will_n of_o man_n and_o that_o he_o govern_v all_o their_o most_o inward_a and_o abstruse_a thought_n all_o the_o rhetoric_n which_o he_o employ_v to_o deduce_v this_o most_o elegant_o and_o adorn_v it_o with_o the_o choice_a flower_n of_o oratory_n and_o poetry_n amount_v only_o to_o this_o without_o carry_v it_o further_o now_o this_o doctrine_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v judge_v capable_a of_o beget_v true_a piety_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n for_o since_o they_o describe_v 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