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look_v in_o 1_o king_n 14.22_o 23_o 24._o and_o read_v what_o their_o wickedness_n be_v and_o judah_n do_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o they_o provoke_v he_o to_o jealousy_n with_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o have_v commit_v above_o all_o that_o their_o father_n have_v do_v for_o they_o also_o build_v they_o high_a place_n and_o image_n and_o grove_n on_o every_o high_a hill_n and_o under_o every_o green_a tree_n and_o there_o be_v also_o sodomite_n in_o the_o land_n and_o they_o do_v according_a to_o all_o the_o abomination_n of_o the_o nation_n which_o the_o lord_n cast_v out_o before_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n these_o sin_n within_o a_o very_a few_o year_n after_o rehoboam_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n have_v make_v they_o ripe_a for_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o sword_n for_o so_o 2_o chron._n 12.2_o in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o rehoboam_n king_n of_o judah_n shishak_n king_n of_o egypt_n come_v up_o against_o jerusalem_n because_o they_o have_v 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will_v have_v we_o take_v good_a notice_n of_o this_o his_o respect_n unto_o their_o humiliation_n the_o holy_a ghost_n mention_n it_o again_o in_o the_o 12._o verse_n and_o when_o he_o humble_v himself_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n turn_v away_o from_o he_o that_o he_o will_v not_o destroy_v he_o altogether_o and_o also_o in_o judah_n thing_n go_v well_o god_n do_v not_o only_o deliver_v he_o out_o of_o his_o present_a danger_n but_o prosper_v all_o the_o affair_n of_o his_o kingdom_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o yet_o certain_o he_o even_o after_o this_o his_o humiliation_n none_o of_o the_o best_a man_n as_o we_o may_v collect_v from_o that_o censure_n which_o after_o this_o the_o lord_n leave_v of_o he_o ver_fw-la 14._o and_o he_o do_v evil_a because_o he_o prepare_v not_o his_o heart_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n my_o next_o instance_n shall_v be_v of_o a_o man_n who_o be_v so_o far_o from_o have_v any_o thing_n of_o piety_n at_o all_o in_o he_o that_o he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o the_o 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