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thou_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n zechariah_n the_o argument_n the_o prophet_n haggai_n have_v spend_v some_o time_n in_o preach_v to_o these_o who_o have_v return_v from_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n the_o lord_n send_v forth_o this_o prophet_n zechariah_n to_o assist_v he_o in_o the_o work_n and_o to_o declare_v further_o of_o his_o mind_n to_o the_o church_n partly_o in_o vision_n partly_o in_o doctrinal_a sermon_n and_o partly_o in_o prophetical_a prediction_n who_o have_v exhort_v the_o people_n unto_o repentance_n propound_v divers_a vision_n for_o the_o encouragement_n of_o that_o people_n in_o their_o low_a condition_n and_o to_o go_v on_o in_o the_o work_n they_o have_v begin_v withal_o declare_v that_o he_o be_v ill_o please_v with_o their_o sin_n and_o will_v punish_v the_o guilty_a however_o the_o church_n and_o his_o work_n prosper_v chap._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o then_o he_o resolve_v their_o case_n of_o conscience_n concern_v their_o former_a fasting_n show_v unto_o they_o what_o have_v be_v their_o fail_n hitherto_o and_o what_o their_o duty_n be_v if_o they_o will_v enjoy_v the_o great_a thing_n be_v intend_v for_o they_o chap._n 7_o 8._o last_o be_v come_v to_o prophefie_v of_o the_o ruin_n of_o all_o their_o enemy_n round_o about_o of_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n his_o death_n and_o passion_n the_o pour_v out_o of_o his_o spirit_n and_o spread_v of_o the_o gospel_n with_o the_o rejection_n of_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n till_o the_o time_n appoint_v for_o their_o conversion_n chap._n 9.10_o 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o chap._n i._n in_o this_o chapter_n after_o the_o inscription_n v._o 1._o the_o lord_n exhort_v they_o to_o repentance_n from_o the_o consideration_n of_o god_n displeasure_n against_o their_o father_n v._o 2._o and_o from_o the_o hope_n of_o his_o favour_n v._o 3._o and_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o imitate_v their_o father_n in_o contemn_v of_o the_o word_n v._o 4._o consider_v that_o though_o their_o father_n and_o the_o 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21._o verse_n 1._o in_o the_o eight_o month_n in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o darius_n come_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n unto_o zechariah_n the_o son_n of_o barachiah_n the_o son_n of_o iddo_n the_o prophet_n say_v this_o inscription_n be_v the_o same_o in_o substance_n with_o that_o of_o haggai_n only_o he_o come_v out_o two_o month_n late_a and_o have_v be_v a_o man_n who_o ancestor_n have_v be_v of_o note_n among_o that_o people_n and_o of_o the_o priest_n lineage_n as_o appear_v nehem._n 12.12_o with_o 16._o concern_v who_o i_o shall_v not_o determine_v whether_o this_o be_v he_o of_o who_o mention_n be_v make_v mat._n 23.35_o or_o if_o it_o be_v the_o son_n of_o jehoiadah_n who_o it_o may_v be_v have_v two_o name_n of_o who_o 2_o
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