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that_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o blessing_n when_o they_o have_v most_o cause_n to_o remember_v he_o a_o thing_n that_o moses_n warn_v they_o of_o before_o deut._n 8._o 7._o 8._o but_o they_o go_v not_o so_o away_o with_o it_o i_o meet_v with_o they_o say_v god_n and_o handle_v they_o rough_o as_o they_o do_v deserve_v 9_o he_o have_v mar_v thou_o o_o israel_n when_o as_o in_o i_o in_o thy_o help_n thou_o may_v have_v stand_v 10._o where_o be_v thy_o king_n where_o now_o that_o he_o may_v save_v thou_o in_o all_o thy_o city_n and_o thy_o judge_n of_o who_o thou_o say_v give_v i_o a_o king_n and_o prince_n 11._o i_o give_v thou_o a_o king_n in_o my_o anger_n and_o take_v away_o in_o my_o wrath_n 12._o the_o iniquity_n of_o epbraim_n be_v bind_v up_o his_o â—â—nne_n be_v lay_v up_o 13._o the_o sorrow_n of_o a_o woman_n in_o travel_n shall_v come_v upon_o he_o he_o be_v no_o wise_a son_n for_o than_o he_o will_v not_o stay_v time_n a_o what_o in_o the_o child_n mouth_n of_o the_o matrixe_n 9_o and_o so_o have_v do_v with_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o israelite_n he_o do_v now_o amplify_v and_o enlarge_v his_o former_a invitation_n unto_o repentance_n first_o take_v argument_n from_o the_o good_a that_o thereby_o shall_v come_v unto_o they_o compare_v with_o the_o evil_n that_o before_o they_o be_v in_o for_o their_o offence_n he_o say_v god_n by_o his_o prophet_n mean_v the_o king_n of_o who_o he_o speak_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n in_o who_o thou_o put_v thy_o trust_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o thy_o confusion_n whereas_o in_o i_o who_o be_o thy_o strength_n and_o save_v health_n all_o good_a thing_n be_v to_o be_v find_v and_o by_o repentance_n shall_v come_v unto_o thou_o 10._o the_o former_a part_n be_v prove_v for_o that_o none_o of_o their_o king_n and_o prince_n be_v able_a to_o do_v they_o good_a 11._o for_o god_n in_o his_o wrath_n set_v they_o up_o and_o pull_v they_o down_o and_o in_o a_o little_a while_n make_v many_o change_n and_o alteration_n in_o the_o kingdom_n 12._o their_o iniquity_n which_o god_n tie_v up_o as_o a_o man_n do_v his_o purse_n full_a of_o money_n and_o keep_v in_o store_n to_o pay_v they_o home_o for_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o this_o 13._o yet_o be_v they_o so_o foolish_a that_o though_o throw_v come_v upon_o they_o as_o upon_o a_o woman_n with_o child_n for_o so_o be_v their_o commonwealth_n compare_v to_o a_o mother_n chapter_n 23._o yet_o they_o have_v no_o list_n to_o rid_v themselves_o out_o of_o those_o danger_n and_o to_o put_v forth_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n as_o unto_o a_o midwife_n and_o this_o may_v well_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o prophecy_n of_o the_o great_a desolation_n misery_n they_o be_v now_o in_o because_o of_o the_o promise_n which_o do_v follow_v 14._o from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o grave_n will_v i_o redeem_v they_o from_o death_n i_o will_v avenge_v they_o where_o be_v thy_o plague_n o_o death_n where_o thy_o destroy_n o_o grave_n repentance_n shall_v be_v hide_v from_o my_o eye_n 15._o for_o he_o shall_v bring_v forth_o fruit_n among_o the_o brethren_n after_o that_o a_o east_n wind_n come_v a_o wind_n of_o jehovah_n come_v up_o from_o the_o desert_n his_o spring_n shall_v become_v dry_a and_o his_o fountain_n shall_v dry_v up_o the_o same_o shall_v spoil_v the_o treasure_n of_o all_o desire_n pleasant_a vessel_n 16._o after_o that_o samaria_n shall_v be_v lay_v desolate_a for_o that_o she_o have_v rebel_v against_o her_o god_n after_o that_o by_o the_o sword_n they_o shall_v fall_v their_o infant_n be_v dash_v in_o piece_n and_o their_o woman_n with_o child_n rip_v 14._o in_o the_o second_o part_n from_o the_o pang_n and_o sorrow_n before_o mention_v he_o pass_v present_o to_o most_o sweet_a and_o comfortable_a promise_n be_v of_o four_o kind_n the_o first_o promise_n be_v the_o delivery_n of_o they_o out_o of_o that_o depth_n of_o misery_n wherein_o they_o be_v plunge_v and_o make_v they_o to_o flourish_v again_o which_o be_v first_o set_v out_o by_o a_o double_a similitude_n one_o compare_v their_o wretched_a estate_n to_o death_n and_o the_o call_n grave_n out_o of_o the_o which_o he_o will_v set_v they_o free_a by_o raise_v they_o from_o death_n to_o life_n for_o such_o and_o so_o wonderful_a shall_v their_o restore_n be_v that_o it_o be_v call_v life_n from_o the_o dead_a rome_n 11._o 15._o and_o this_o resurrection_n as_o it_o be_v of_o their_o be_v a_o evident_a argument_n of_o the_o general_a rise_n from_o the_o dead_a ezech._n 37._o to_o which_o purpose_n the_o apostle_n apt_o and_o proper_o do_v allege_v it_o 1._o cor._n 15._o 15._o the_o other_o similitude_n be_v from_o a_o piece_n of_o ground_n all_o commonwealth_n dry_a up_o and_o