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but_o the_o sour_a grape_n of_o sin_n after_o all_o his_o pain_n bestow_v about_o it_o he_o will_v not_o only_o abandon_v and_o let_v it_o alone_o but_o pull_v down_o the_o hedge_n break_v down_o the_o wall_n and_o lay_v it_o waste_v so_o that_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n shall_v devour_v it_o and_o it_o shall_v become_v as_o a_o barren_a heath_n and_o forsake_a wilderness_n this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v threaten_v by_o moses_n the_o servant_n of_o god_n against_o israel_n 48._o because_o thou_o serve_v not_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o joyfulness_n and_o with_o gladness_n of_o heart_n for_o the_o abundance_n of_o all_o thing_n therefore_o shall_v thou_o serve_v thy_o enemy_n which_o the_o lord_n shall_v send_v against_o thou_o in_o hunger_n and_o in_o thirst_n and_o in_o nakedness_n and_o in_o want_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o he_o shall_v put_v a_o yoke_n of_o iron_n upon_o thy_o neck_n until_o he_o have_v destroy_v thou_o this_o be_v that_o also_o which_o be_v threaten_v 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into_o thraldom_n our_o plenty_n into_o penury_n or_o which_o be_v worse_o if_o they_o be_v continue_v to_o we_o he_o will_v cause_v they_o of_o blessing_n to_o become_v curse_n so_o that_o 22._o our_o table_n shall_v be_v make_v our_o snare_n and_o our_o prosperity_n our_o ruin_n i_o will_v take_v away_o the_o hedge_n text._n and_o break_v down_o the_o wall_n we_o have_v see_v before_o in_o the_o exposition_n what_o be_v mean_v by_o this_o hedge_n and_o wall_n namely_o the_o divine_a protection_n of_o the_o almighty_a wherewith_o they_o be_v compass_v about_o so_o that_o their_o enemy_n can_v not_o once_o touch_v they_o to_o hurt_v they_o of_o this_o they_o shall_v be_v now_o deprive_v so_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o gap_n make_v for_o their_o enemy_n to_o enter_v in_o upon_o they_o hence_o we_o infer_v sin_n deprive_v man_n of_o the_o protection_n of_o the_o almighty_a protection_n and_o lay_v he_o open_a to_o the_o rage_n and_o fury_n of_o the_o enemy_n when_o the_o people_n 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