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35._o and_o 23._o 8._o v._o in_o israel_n go_v into_o canaan_n during_o their_o abode_n in_o the_o wilderness_n they_o err_v in_o heart_n always_o they_o know_v not_o the_o lord_n way_n but_o mighty_o provoke_v he_o psal_n 94._o 9_o 10_o 11._o and_o they_o commit_v horrible_a idolatry_n both_o aaron_n the_o chief_a priest_n the_o head_n of_o the_o people_n beside_o the_o rest_n exod._n 32._o 4_o 5_o 8_o 31._o they_o be_v a_o perverse_a generation_n of_o which_o read_v psal_n 77._o 8._o 10_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 36_o 40_o 41_o 56_o 57_o the_o whole_a psalm_n show_v that_o they_o great_o err_v vi_o in_o canaan_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o judge_n how_o often_o fall_v they_o into_o horrible_a idolatry_n serve_v other_o god_n and_o do_v what_o like_v themselves_o judg._n 2._o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o and_o 5._o 8._o and_o 6._o 25_o 26._o and_o 8._o 33._o and_o 9_o 4._o 27._o and_o 10._o 6._o and_o 21._o 25._o in_o ely_n his_o time_n be_v a_o miserable_a state_n of_o the_o church_n and_o 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56._o 10_o 11._o jer._n 2._o 27_o 28._o and_o 3._o 1_o 2._o and_o 5._o 31._o and_o 6._o 14._o ezech._n 69_o 11_o 12_o 15._o hosea_n 2._o 2._o viii_o from_o thence_o to_o christ_n the_o priest_n as_o malachi_n witness_v have_v depart_v out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o make_v void_v the_o covenant_n mal._n 2._o 8._o have_v despise_v and_o pollute_v his_o name_n mal._n 1._o 6_o 12._o they_o do_v not_o lay_v to_o heart_n his_o commandment_n mal._n 2._o 2._o judah_n be_v accuse_v to_o have_v transgress_v and_o that_o abomination_n be_v do_v in_o israel_n and_o in_o jerusalem_n that_o they_o have_v contaminate_v the_o sanctification_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o have_v the_o daughter_n of_o a_o strange_a god_n
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