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waste_v it_o shall_v have_v brier_n and_o no_o rain_n shall_v fall_v upon_o it_o 5._o those_o have_v the_o name_n and_o face_n of_o god_n people_n may_v become_v worse_o than_o heathen_n jerusalem_n change_v god_n statute_n into_o wickedness_n that_o be_v ill_a but_o she_o do_v it_o more_o than_o the_o nation_n which_o be_v exceed_v ill_a hence_o you_o find_v ezek._n 16.46_o 47_o 48._o that_o the_o sin_n of_o jerusalem_n exceed_v the_o samaritan_n and_o sodomite_n thou_o have_v not_o walk_v after_o their_o way_n nor_o do_v after_o their_o abomination_n but_o as_o if_o that_o be_v a_o very_a little_a thing_n thou_o be_v corrupt_v more_o than_o they_o in_o all_o thy_o way_n their_o sin_n be_v inconsiderable_a to_o jerusalem_n and_o because_o sodom_n sin_n be_v so_o great_a notorious_a as_o that_o they_o fetch_v fire_n from_o heaven_n and_o god_n can_v forbear_v they_o no_o long_o it_o will_v hardly_o be_v receive_v that_o jerusalem_n sin_n be_v worse_a than_o sodom_n the_o lord_n swear_v 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unpreach_a doctor_n and_o prelate_n 4._o that_o the_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n be_v from_o christ_n he_o reach_v out_o a_o hand_n and_o give_v the_o roll_n of_o a_o book_n he_o be_v the_o great_a prophet_n and_o have_v all_o prophecy_n and_o prophetical_a power_n in_o himself_o and_o who_o he_o please_v he_o can_v make_v a_o prophet_n and_o inspire_v with_o prophetical_a virtue_n and_o where_o he_o please_v even_o in_o babylon_n as_o well_o as_o in_o canaan_n verse_n 10._o and_o he_o spread_v it_o before_o i_o &_o in_o this_o verse_n you_o have_v the_o open_n of_o the_o roul_n the_o fullness_n and_o content_n of_o it_o he_o spread_v it_o before_o i_o that_o be_v unroul_v it_o and_o lay_v it_o open_a before_o i_o the_o word_n in_o the_o original_n signify_v to_o expound_v and_o interpret_v and_o we_o may_v conceive_v that_o christ_n do_v not_o only_o spread_v the_o roll_n before_o his_o eye_n greg._n expanditur_fw-la quando_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la obscure_a prolatum_fw-la fucrat_fw-mi 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5.16_o observe_v 1._o that_o divine_a mystery_n be_v unknown_a to_o man_n though_o very_o easy_a and_o familiar_a till_o they_o be_v unfold_v this_o roul_n can_v the_o prophet_n never_o have_v comprehend_v the_o meaning_n of_o if_o christ_n have_v not_o open_v it_o take_v all_o the_o type_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n there_o be_v mystery_n wrap_v up_o in_o they_o which_o neither_o aaron_n nor_o moses_n have_v know_v if_o they_o have_v be_v leave_v to_o their_o own_o ability_n those_o element_n use_v in_o baptism_n and_o the_o supper_n of_o the_o lord_n we_o shall_v never_o have_v know_v the_o mystery_n of_o they_o if_o heaven_n have_v not_o help_v we_o will_v we_o think_v the_o rainbow_n a_o emblem_n of_o mercy_n if_o scripture_n have_v not_o hold_v it_o out_o to_o we_o indian_n heathen_n do_v not_o can_v so_o apprehend_v it_o take_v any_o divine_a mystery_n they_o be_v too_o transcendent_a for_o our_o capacity_n there_o be_v depth_n in_o they_o that_o we_o can_v fathom_n 2_o 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