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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o shall_v all_o likewise_o perish_v this_o ingeminate_a verdict_n of_o our_o saviour_n first_o against_o the_o galilean_n second_o against_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n as_o most_o other_o of_o his_o solemn_a sentence_n if_o we_o have_v the_o grace_n wit_n or_o will_v to_o weigh_v they_o aright_o admit_v a_o double_a sense_n or_o importance_n and_o require_v a_o twofold_a consideration_n the_o one_o as_o they_o be_v prophetical_a and_o of_o more_o special_a use_n the_o other_o as_o they_o be_v moral_a and_o of_o general_a use_n we_o be_v in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o consider_v these_o word_n now_o read_v unto_o you_o as_o they_o be_v prophetical_a for_o unless_o we_o have_v a_o true_a scale_n of_o they_o as_o they_o lie_v under_o this_o observation_n we_o shall_v take_v their_o moral_a meaning_n either_o too_o wide_a or_o too_o straight_o and_o shall_v continual_o wander_v from_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o those_o galilean_n who_o blood_n pilate_n mingle_v with_o their_o sacrifice_n or_o those_o eighteen_o of_o jerusalem_n upon_o who_o the_o tower_n of_o siloe_n fall_v and_o slay_v they_o now_o our_o saviour_n meaning_n be_v that_o as_o the_o end_n of_o these_o few_o particular_a man_n be_v exemplary_a and_o disastrous_a so_o shall_v the_o end_n of_o the_o galilean_a nation_n and_o of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n without_o repentance_n be_v a_o spectacle_n &_o astonishment_n to_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o shall_v see_v hear_v &_o read_v of_o it_o and_o to_o foretell_v this_o national_a disaster_n so_o long_o before_o be_v matter_n of_o prophecy_n well_o befit_v the_o prince_n of_o prophet_n a_o true_a document_n that_o he_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n not_o by_o measure_n or_o minute_n portion_n but_o most_o full_a and_o entire_a that_o he_o be_v not_o only_a vates_fw-la futurorum_fw-la or_o 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