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of_o egypt_n god_n revenge_v this_o sin_n upon_o their_o child_n and_o posterity_n more_o than_o 350_o year_n after_o god_n say_v to_o saul_n 1_o sam._n 15.2_o 3._o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n i_o remember_v that_o which_o amalek_n do_v how_o he_o lay_v wait_v for_o they_o in_o the_o way_n when_o he_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n now_o go_v smite_v amalek_n and_o utter_o destroy_v all_o that_o they_o have_v and_o spare_v they_o not_o but_o slay_v both_o man_n and_o woman_n and_o infant_n and_o suckle_a both_o ox_n and_o sheep_n and_o camel_n and_o ass_n god_n in_o the_o second_o commandment_n say_v that_o he_o be_v a_o jealous_a god_n visit_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n unto_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n and_o conformable_a unto_o this_o be_v the_o whole_a revelation_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o scripture_n and_o the_o dispensation_n of_o actual_a providence_n 1_o king_n 11.11_o god_n threaten_v to_o rend_v the_o kingdom_n away_o 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