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zachary_n upon_o who_o word_n i_o build_v the_o former_a discourse_n after_o he_o have_v tell_v they_o from_o the_o lord_n that_o they_o have_v not_o fast_v to_o he_o in_o all_o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o their_o affliction_n he_o proceed_v to_o acquaint_v they_o what_o the_o true_a fast_o be_v which_o god_n always_o call_v for_o and_o expect_v and_o that_o he_o do_v chap._n 7._o 9_o 10._o and_o again_o chap._n 8._o 16_o 17._o which_o place_n i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o take_v pain_n to_o consider_v and_o then_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o he_o will_v see_v good_a cause_n for_o this_o observation_n that_o the_o sin_n they_o be_v chief_o guilty_a of_o more_o than_o other_o be_v neglect_v of_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o second_o table_n as_o we_o speak_v not_o perform_v of_o those_o office_n which_o one_o man_n owe_v to_o another_o but_o violent_a break_n of_o all_o those_o bond_n whereby_o man_n be_v tie_v by_o god_n together_o they_o may_v be_v reduce_v to_o these_o three_o head_n 1._o 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ever_o as_o he_o say_v he_o will_v ver_fw-la 19_o and_o when_o they_o come_v out_o of_o babylon_n he_o do_v not_o betrothe_v they_o in_o righteousness_n judgement_n and_o mercy_n as_o he_o say_v he_o will_v for_o 19_o for_o we_o read_v ezra_n 9.2_o that_o they_o take_v strange_a wife_n and_o they_o oppress_v their_o brethren_n likewise_o etc._n etc._n therefore_o in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n which_o they_o still_o expect_v after_o this_o three_o captivity_n all_o this_o shall_v be_v do_v when_o he_o will_v betrothe_v his_o people_n in_o faithfulness_n ver_fw-la 20._o we_o have_v see_v the_o truth_n of_o what_o he_o say_v concern_v the_o time_n of_o their_o come_n out_o of_o babylon_n and_o that_o they_o do_v not_o love_v righteousness_n judgement_n and_o mercy_n we_o also_o see_v the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o god_n have_v marry_v we_o gentile_n to_o himself_o o_o that_o we_o can_v see_v the_o christian_a world_n full_a of_o justice_n and_o charity_n but_o alas_o christian_n deal_v false_o with_o god_n in_o his_o covenant_n and_o they_o be_v not_o thus_o espouse_v to_o he_o they_o will_v have_v god_n and_o mammon_n at_o the_o same_o time_n in_o marriage_n together_o and_o they_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n as_o the_o jew_n do_v their_o lawful_a wife_n by_o take_v copartner_n with_o it_o into_o their_o love_n i_o wish_v that_o this_o truth_n do_v not_o shine_v as_o clear_v without_o any_o proof_n as_o it_o do_v appear_v by_o the_o many_o proof_n i_o have_v allege_v that_o this_o be_v the_o state_n of_o israel_n and_o i_o need_v not_o borrow_v more_o light_a from_o any_o other_o scripture_n to_o make_v it_o plain_o than_o it_o be_v that_o these_o have_v be_v very_o often_o the_o waste_a and_o destroy_v sin_n because_o common_o not_o observe_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o blaze_n of_o religious_a duty_n which_o dazzle_v man_n eye_n and_o make_v these_o sin_n seem_v either_o none_o at_o all_o or_o very_o little_a and_o contemptible_a cap._n xiii_o 1._o the_o three_o general_n propound_v that_o these_o sin_n be_v of_o a_o most_o destructive_a nature_n to_o nation_n 2._o prove_v from_o the_o captivity_n of_o israel_n 3._o and_o from_o the_o the_o first_o captivity_n of_o judah_n 4._o the_o injustice_n of_o ruler_n very_o fatal_a to_o they_o and_o why_o 5._o the_o second_o captivity_n of_o judah_n impute_v to_o the_o same_o cause_n 6._o tyre_n split_v on_o the_o same_o rock_n 7._o ninive_n likewise_o and_o babylon_n 8._o with_o many_o other_o nation_n mention_v in_o the_o first_o and_o second_o chapter_n of_o amos._n 9_o and_o in_o many_o other_o place_n 10._o this_o confirm_v from_o a_o observation_n among_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 11._o and_o from_o the_o history_n of_o the_o last_o greek_a empire_n where_o 10._o cause_n be_v give_v of_o its_o destruction_n by_o the_o turk_n 1._o and_o this_o lead_v i_o to_o the_o three_o thing_n that_o i_o be_o to_o make_v proof_n of_o viz._n that_o these_o be_v sin_n which_o pull_v down_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n upon_o a_o nation_n and_o be_v oft_o the_o chief_a cause_n of_o it_o the_o poet_n never_o speak_v a_o true_a word_n than_o when_o he_o say_v pindar_n pindar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n as_o the_o scholiast_n well_o note_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d justice_n be_v a_o high_a wall_n there_o be_v no_o such_o tall_a and_o impregnable_a bulwark_n such_o a_o safe_a defence_n to_o a_o nation_n as_o to_o deal_v upright_o and_o honest_o one_o with_o another_o and_o with_o all_o their_o neighbour_n and_o then_o i_o be_o sure_a a_o nation_n be_v like_a to_o be_v lay_v waste_n when_o there_o be_v a_o breach_n make_v in_o this_o wall_n for_o oppression_n violence_n and_o wrong_a to_o enter_v in_o i_o have_v already_o note_v so_o many_o passage_n out_o of_o the_o prophet_n that_o make_v these_o sin_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o desolation_n and_o be_v carry_v captive_a out_o of_o their_o land_n that_o i_o may_v presume_v the_o reader_n 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end_n of_o the_o ten_o to_o which_o add_v chap._n 6.3_o 7._o and_o hosea_n 4.1_o 2_o 3._o 3._o let_v it_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o second_o place_n that_o the_o captivity_n of_o judah_n both_o first_o and_o last_o be_v most_o manifest_o ascribe_v to_o the_o same_o sin_n which_o even_o in_o their_o reformation_n they_o spare_v from_o be_v destroy_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o first_o captivity_n i_o must_v again_o put_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o pain_n of_o consider_v these_o place_n in_o the_o prophet_n which_o be_v too_o large_a to_o transcribe_v mic._n 2.1_o 2_o 3._o mic._n 3.12_o isa_n 10.1_o 2_o 3._o isa_n 30.12_o 13_o 14._o and_o isa_n 57_o â—7_n where_o god_n say_v that_o for_o the_o iniquity_n of_o his_o covetousness_n he_o be_v wroth_a etc._n etc._n so_o unjust_a indeed_o they_o be_v that_o they_o hate_v all_o good_a man_n and_o care_v not_o whether_o there_o be_v one_o of_o they_o leave_v in_o the_o world_n ver_fw-la 1._o but_o especial_o consider_v isa_n 29.2_o which_o 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