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express_v indignation_n against_o a_o thing_n you_o will_v repeat_v it_o over_o again_o and_o again_o now_o the_o lord_n because_o he_o will_v express_v his_o indignation_n against_o this_o sin_n he_o repeat_v it_o over_o again_o and_o again_o and_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o 28._o vers_fw-la say_v unto_o they_o as_o true_o as_o i_o live_v say_v the_o lord_n as_o you_o have_v speak_v in_o my_o ear_n so_o will_v i_o do_v to_o you_o mark_v god_n swear_v against_o a_o murmurer_n sometime_o in_o your_o discontent_n you_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o swear_v it_o may_v be_v do_v you_o swear_v in_o your_o discontent_n so_o do_v god_n swear_v against_o you_o for_o your_o discontent_n and_o what_o be_v it_o that_o god_n will_v do_v unto_o they_o verse_n 29_o 30._o doubtless_o your_o carkeise_n shall_v fall_v in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o you_o shall_v not_o come_v into_o the_o land_n concern_v which_o i_o swear_v to_o make_v you_o dwell_v therein_o as_o if_o god_n shall_v say_v if_o i_o have_v any_o life_n in_o i_o your_o life_n shall_v go_v for_o it_o as_o i_o live_v it_o shall_v cost_v you_o your_o life_n a_o discontent_a murmur_a fit_a of_o you_o may_v cost_v you_o your_o life_n you_o see_v how_o it_o provoke_v god_n there_o be_v more_o evil_a in_o it_o than_o you_o be_v aware_a of_o it_o may_v cost_v you_o your_o life_n and_o therefore_o look_v to_o yourselves_o and_o learn_v to_o be_v humble_v at_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o such_o distemper_n in_o the_o heart_n so_o in_o psal_n 106.24_o 25._o yea_o they_o despise_v the_o pleasant_a land_n they_o believe_v not_o his_o word_n but_o murmur_v in_o their_o tent_n and_o hearken_v not_o unto_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n therefore_o be_v lift_v up_o his_o hand_n against_o they_o to_o overthrow_v they_o in_o the_o wilderness_n here_o be_v divers_a thing_n observable_a in_o this_o scripture_n first_o that_o which_o we_o speak_v to_o before_o how_o a_o murmur_a heart_n do_v slight_a god_n mercy_n so_o it_o be_v here_o they_o 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upon_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a one_o that_o they_o shall_v grudge_v if_o they_o be_v not_o satisfy_v and_o in_o deut._n 28.27_o there_o it_o be_v threaten_v as_o a_o curse_n of_o god_n upon_o man_n that_o they_o can_v be_v content_a with_o their_o present_a condition_n but_o they_o shall_v say_v in_o the_o morning_n will_v god_n it_o be_v even_o and_o at_o even_o will_v god_n it_o be_v morning_n and_o so_o they_o lie_v toss_v up_o and_o down_o and_o can_v be_v content_a with_o any_o condition_n that_o they_o be_v in_o because_o of_o the_o sore_a affliction_n that_o be_v upon_o they_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v further_o threaten_v as_o a_o curse_n upon_o they_o in_o the_o 34._o verse_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v mad_a for_o the_o sight_n of_o their_o eye_n which_o they_o shall_v see_v this_o be_v but_o the_o extremity_n of_o their_o discontentednesse_n that_o be_v they_o shall_v be_v so_o discontent_v as_o they_o shall_v be_v even_o mad_a many_o man_n and_o woman_n in_o discontent_a 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