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wilderness_n unto_o god_n unfruitful_a to_o he_o etc._n etc._n and_o god_n say_v if_o thou_o will_v be_v a_o wilderness_n thou_o shall_v also_o be_v a_o desert_n i_o will_v forsake_v thou_o thus_o god_n threaten_v for_o sin_n to_o set_v jerusalem_n and_o make_v she_o as_o a_o wilderness_n hosea_n 2.2_o now_o this_o be_v most_o sad_o true_a when_o the_o soul_n have_v be_v under_o the_o pain_n and_o charge_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o you_o say_v this_o piece_n of_o ground_n i_o have_v fallowed_a plough_v sow_o thus_o often_o try_v thus_o long_o and_o it_o have_v bring_v i_o forth_o nothing_o answerable_a to_o my_o expectation_n i_o have_v lose_v say_v you_o my_o time_n toil_n and_o cost_v about_o it_o and_o now_o you_o cast_v it_o up_o 21.19_o so_o the_o barren_a fig_n tree_n mat._n 21.19_o as_o god_n give_v they_o up_o psalm_n 81.12_o let_v what_o will_v become_v of_o it_o you_o will_v never_o look_v after_o it_o more_o now_o be_v this_o ground_n leave_v desert_n thus_o the_o lord_n tell_v 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