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there_o be_v none_o like_o ahab_n who_o sell_v himself_o to_o commit_v evil_a yet_o even_o he_o but_o rend_v his_o clothes_n though_o he_o rend_v not_o 29._o 1._o king_n 21._o 27._o 28._o 29._o his_o heart_n and_o put_v on_o sackcloth_n and_o fast_v be_v not_o neglect_v of_o god_n see_v thou_o say_v the_o lord_n to_o eliah_n how_o ahab_n be_v humble_v before_o i_o because_o he_o submit_v himself_o before_o i_o i_o will_v not_o bring_v that_o evil_a in_o his_o day_n how_o much_o more_o will_v god_n regard_v the_o rend_n of_o the_o heart_n who_o thus_o far_o respect_v the_o rend_n of_o the_o clothes_n if_o god_n do_v thus_o to_o the_o dry_a what_o will_v he_o do_v to_o the_o green_a tree_n chap._n xx._n motive_n from_o the_o evil_n of_o impenitency_n the_o second_o sort_n of_o motive_n be_v from_o the_o evil_n of_o 16._o 2._o motive_n from_o the_o evil_n of_o impenitency_n which_o be_v 2._o chro._n 36._o 13_o 14._o 15._o 16._o impenitency_n impenitency_n itself_o be_v of_o itself_o a_o 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