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and_o the_o jew_n who_o be_v lead_v only_o by_o their_o several_a lust_n and_o therefore_o we_o call_v the_o hand_n which_o shed_v this_o royal_a blood_n as_o st._n peter_n do_v those_o which_o spill_v our_o saviour_n wicked_a hand_n 23._o hand_n act_n ii_o 23._o nor_o do_v we_o think_v god_n who_o permit_v this_o do_v approve_v it_o 163._o it_o quod_fw-la permittitur_fw-la bonum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tertul_n ad_fw-la ux._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 163._o and_o therefore_o we_o say_v he_o suffer_v it_o but_o note_n it_o be_v because_o he_o be_v very_o angry_a it_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o heavy_a displeasure_n xxxviii_o displeasure_n psal_n xxxviii_o against_o this_o nation_n for_o be_v so_o stubborn_a and_o seditious_a under_o so_o cruel_a and_o ungrateful_a to_o so_o gentle_a a_o prince_n he_o have_v give_v he_o to_o we_o in_o mercy_n to_o make_v we_o happy_a but_o since_o we_o despise_v his_o love_n as_o well_o as_o our_o own_o felicity_n he_o take_v he_o away_o in_o his_o anger_n 11._o anger_n hos_fw-la xiii_o 11._o leave_v we_o no_o other_o way_n to_o guess_v at_o the_o blessing_n we_o may_v have_v have_v in_o such_o a_o reign_n than_o by_o the_o sad_a confusion_n we_o be_v in_o while_o it_o last_v and_o our_o dismal_a suffering_n afterward_o we_o thy_o sinful_a creature_n here_o assemble_v etc._n etc._n though_o the_o principal_a instrument_n in_o this_o cruelty_n be_v few_o yet_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o nation_n silence_n and_o not_o hinder_v so_o execrable_a a_o murder_n 74._o murder_n non_fw-la prohibendo_fw-la quod_fw-la oportuerat_fw-la prohiberi_fw-la cessatione_fw-la crimen_fw-la fecerat_fw-la proprium_fw-la arnob._n lib._n 2._o pag._n 74._o spread_v the_o gild_n over_o the_o whole_a land_n for_o which_o reason_n all_o be_v to_o assemble_v and_o the_o confession_n be_v to_o be_v as_o general_a as_o that_o of_o ezra_n be_v in_o who_o word_n almost_o we_o acknowledge_v it_o be_v for_o our_o iniquity_n that_o we_o and_o our_o king_n have_v be_v 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