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prophecy_n of_o jeremy_n to_o pass_v by_o sundry_a other_o prophecy_n utter_v by_o isaiah_n micah_n and_o other_o in_o ier._n 30._o 18._o we_o shall_v find_v a_o prophecy_n that_o this_o shall_v be_v do_v and_o i_o shall_v show_v by_o and_o by_o that_o it_o be_v afterwards_o perform_v behold_v say_v the_o lord_n i_o will_v bring_v again_o the_o captivity_n of_o jacob_n tent_n and_o have_v mercy_n on_o his_o dwell_a place_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o verse_n 21._o i_o will_v cause_v he_o to_o draw_v near_o and_o he_o shall_v approach_v unto_o i_o and_o then_o as_o one_o assure_v of_o it_o and_o admire_v at_o it_o he_o present_o add_v for_o who_o be_v this_o that_o engage_v his_o heart_n to_o approach_v unto_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n that_o be_v both_o governor_n and_o people_n all_o of_o they_o shall_v bind_v and_o engage_v themselves_o not_o their_o outward_a man_n alone_o but_o even_o their_o very_a heart_n and_o soul_n also_o by_o solemn_a covenant_n to_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n be_v clear_a by_o the_o next_o verse_n you_o shall_v be_v my_o people_n and_o i_o will_v be_v your_o god_n for_o it_o be_v such_o a_o engage_n of_o their_o heart_n as_o that_o one_o shall_v say_v i_o be_o the_o lord_n and_o another_o shall_v call_v himself_o by_o the_o name_n of_o jacob_n and_o another_o shall_v subscribe_v with_o his_o hand_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o surname_n himself_o by_o the_o name_n of_o israel_n etc._n isa._n 44._o 5._o so_o again_o in_o ier._n 31._o the_o lord_n have_v first_o promise_v to_o bring_v back_o the_o captivity_n he_o subjoin_v behold_v the_o day_n come_v say_v the_o â—ord_n that_o i_o will_v make_v a_o new_a covenant_n with_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n and_o with_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n not_o according_a to_o the_o covenant_n which_o i_o make_v with_o their_o father_n in_o the_o day_n that_o i_o take_v he_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n which_o my_o covenant_n they_o break_v although_o i_o be_v a_o husband_n unto_o 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that_o if_o she_o be_v solicit_v to_o unfaithfulness_n to_o uncleanness_n etc._n etc._n she_o ever_o have_v this_o in_o her_o thought_n that_o she_o have_v give_v herself_o whole_o away_o to_o a_o husband_n and_o be_v bind_v to_o keep_v she_o only_o unto_o he_o during_o life_n and_o this_o make_v she_o to_o be_v even_o a_o impregnable_a wall_n against_o all_o assault_n that_o may_v otherwise_o draw_v she_o to_o folly_n so_o must_v it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n in_o hand_n the_o covenant_n must_v still_o be_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o memory_n in_o every_o action_n of_o a_o man_n life_n in_o every_o passage_n and_o turn_n of_o his_o estate_n and_o condition_n in_o every_o design_n or_o engagement_n this_o must_v not_o be_v forget_v viz._n i_o have_v enter_v into_o covenant_n with_o god_n as_o a_o wife_n with_o her_o husband_n will_n that_o i_o be_o now_o do_v or_o go_v about_o stand_v with_o my_o covenant_n be_v this_o to_o perform_v covenant_n with_o god_n etc._n etc._n if_o 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