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beside_o the_o evident_a fulfil_n of_o this_o prophecy_n beyond_o the_o utmost_a extent_n of_o its_o plain_a grammatical_a sense_n the_o sign_n and_o circumstance_n of_o the_o time_n will_v much_o avail_n john_n or_o other_o then_o better_o acquaint_v with_o the_o history_n or_o custom_n of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n than_o now_o we_o be_v concern_v the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o time_n wherein_o isaias_n utter_v this_o prophecy_n thus_o much_o in_o general_n be_v undoubted_o true_a the_o revelation_n or_o prophecy_n be_v first_o conceyve_v or_o utter_v by_o isaias_n at_o that_o very_a time_n wherein_o sennacherib_n king_n of_o assyria_n have_v lay_v the_o land_n of_o judah_n waste_n and_o put_v jerusalem_n unto_o that_o great_a distress_n whereof_o you_o may_v read_v 36._o chapter_n of_o this_o prophecy_n as_o also_o in_o the_o eighteen_o and_o nineteen_o of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o king_n which_o desolation_n and_o distress_n as_o also_o the_o deliverance_n from_o it_o the_o 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jew_n portend_v or_o prefigure_v some_o great_a mystery_n to_o be_v accomplish_v in_o latter_a age_n we_o need_v no_o further_a testimony_n than_o that_o of_o the_o son_n of_o sirach_n chap._n 48._o vers_fw-la 21_o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25._o he_o smite_v the_o host_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o his_o angel_n destroy_v they_o for_o ezechias_n have_v do_v the_o thing_n that_o please_v the_o lord_n and_o be_v strong_a in_o the_o way_n of_o david_n his_o father_n as_o isaiah_n the_o prophet_n who_o be_v great_a and_o faithful_a in_o his_o vision_n have_v command_v he_o in_o his_o time_n the_o sun_n go_v backward_o and_o he_o lengthen_v the_o king_n life_n he_o see_v by_o a_o excellent_a spirit_n what_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v at_o last_o and_o he_o comfort_v they_o that_o mourn_v in_o zion_n he_o show_v what_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v for_o ever_o and_o secret_a thing_n or_o ever_o they_o come_v 71._o that_o blasphemous_a message_n which_o sennacherib_n send_v to_o hezekiah_n by_o 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