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25._o but_o his_o father_n sin_n nor_o of_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o people_n in_o c_o david_n time_n but_o his_o own_o sin_n lo_o i_o have_v sin_v and_o i_o have_v do_v wicked_o but_o these_o sheep_n what_o have_v they_o do_v 17._o which_o be_v no_o hyperbolical_a expression_n but_o the_o assign_v the_o proper_a cause_n of_o that_o judgement_n to_o have_v be_v his_o own_o sin_n as_o the_o whole_a chapter_n declare_v nor_o of_o the_o hang_n up_o of_o saul_n son_n by_o the_o gibeonite_n but_o that_o saul_n their_o father_n have_v plot_v 5._o their_o destruction_n and_o in_o a_o instance_n more_o remarkable_a than_o any_o of_o those_o which_o crellius_n answer_v viz._n the_o punishment_n of_o the_o people_n of_o judah_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o manasses_n in_o the_o time_n of_o josias_n when_o a_o through_o reformation_n be_v design_v among_o d_o they_o the_o prince_n be_v very_o good_a and_o all_o the_o place_n of_o idolatry_n destroy_v such_o a_o passover_n keep_v as_o have_v not_o be_v keep_v before_o in_o the_o time_n of_o any_o king_n in_o israel_n yet_o it_o then_o follow_v notwithstanding_o the_o lord_n turn_v not_o from_o the_o fierceness_n of_o his_o great_a wrath_n wherewith_o his_o anger_n be_v kindle_v against_o judah_n 21._o because_o of_o all_o the_o provocation_n wherewith_o manasses_n have_v provoke_v he_o withal_o who_o can_v say_v here_o that_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n be_v only_o the_o occasion_n of_o god_n punish_v the_o people_n in_o 26._o the_o time_n of_o josias_n for_o their_o own_o sin_n when_o their_o sin_n be_v much_o less_o in_o the_o time_n of_o josias_n than_o in_o any_o time_n mention_v e_o before_o after_o their_o lapse_n into_o idolatry_n nay_o it_o be_v express_o say_v that_o josiah_n take_v away_o all_o the_o abomination_n out_o of_o all_o the_o 33._o country_n that_o pertain_v to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o make_v all_o that_o be_v present_a in_o isreal_n to_o serve_v even_o to_o serve_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n 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