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israelite_n captive_n they_o rail_v upon_o their_o god_n as_o though_o he_o have_v not_o be_v able_a to_o deliver_v they_o which_o thing_n be_v more_o express_o read_v in_o ezechiell_n the_o 36._o chap._n from_o whence_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v take_v for_o there_o it_o be_v apert_o write_v that_o they_o in_o mockage_n say_v behold_v the_o people_n of_o this_o god_n but_o we_o must_v consider_v what_o be_v the_o cause_n and_o occasion_n of_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o hebrew_n and_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o their_o wicked_a act_n and_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n by_o which_o they_o in_o a_o manner_n compel_v god_n to_o deliver_v they_o into_o those_o calamity_n whereof_o follow_v the_o blasphemy_n of_o the_o ethnic_n god_n be_v urge_v jew_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o blasphemy_n be_v not_o in_o the_o gentles_n but_o in_o the_o jew_n two_o way_n for_o on_o the_o one_o side_n unless_o he_o have_v chastise_v they_o when_o 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