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thou_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n zechariah_n the_o argument_n the_o prophet_n haggai_n have_v spend_v some_o time_n in_o preach_v to_o these_o who_o have_v return_v from_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n the_o lord_n send_v forth_o this_o prophet_n zechariah_n to_o assist_v he_o in_o the_o work_n and_o to_o declare_v further_o of_o his_o mind_n to_o the_o church_n partly_o in_o vision_n partly_o in_o doctrinal_a sermon_n and_o partly_o in_o prophetical_a prediction_n who_o have_v exhort_v the_o people_n unto_o repentance_n propound_v divers_a vision_n for_o the_o encouragement_n of_o that_o people_n in_o their_o low_a condition_n and_o to_o go_v on_o in_o the_o work_n they_o have_v begin_v withal_o declare_v that_o he_o be_v ill_o please_v with_o their_o sin_n and_o will_v punish_v the_o guilty_a however_o the_o church_n and_o his_o work_n prosper_v chap._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o then_o he_o resolve_v their_o case_n of_o conscience_n concern_v their_o former_a fasting_n show_v 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this_o prophet_n time_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n in_o these_o particular_n 1._o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n with_o the_o judgement_n and_o mercy_n in_o that_o stroke_n v._o 1.2_o 2._o it_o be_v clear_v that_o the_o instrument_n of_o this_o stroke_n shall_v not_o go_v unpunished_a v._o 〈◊〉_d noâ—_n the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d by_o this_o stroke_n for_o the_o way_n of_o salvation_n shall_v be_v make_v clear_a unto_o the_o gentile_n v._o 4._o to_o which_o the_o elect_a jew_n shall_v join_v v._o 5.3_o it_o be_v foreâ—old_a that_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o church_n and_o elect_n under_o the_o day_n of_o the_o gospel_n shall_v be_v unsettle_a and_o mix_v of_o variety_n of_o dispensation_n yet_o so_o as_o in_o end_n and_o when_o man_n will_v least_o expect_v it_o shall_v prove_v better_o v._o 6.7_o 4._o it_o be_v fore-prophesied_n that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o salvation_n and_o the_o refreshment_n follow_v thereupon_o shall_v spread_v to_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n v._o 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come_v and_o thy_o spoil_n shall_v be_v divide_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o thou_o the_o chapter_n begin_v with_o a_o more_o clear_a prediction_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n then_o before_o wherein_o god_n be_v judge_n and_o avenger_n of_o his_o son_n blood_n which_o they_o shall_v shed_v will_v bring_v a_o day_n of_o special_a vengeance_n upon_o that_o city_n put_v it_o whole_o in_o the_o power_n of_o enemy_n who_o without_o fear_n of_o ambush_n or_o surprisal_n shall_v divide_v the_o spoil_n of_o the_o city_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o lt_n and_o by_o this_o doctrine_n he_o clear_v what_o have_v be_v say_v chap._n 13.8_o of_o cut_v off_o two_o part_n and_o leave_v a_o three_o part_n doct._n 1._o it_o be_v the_o church_n advantage_n to_o be_v ordinary_o warn_v of_o a_o stroke_n before_o it_o come_v that_o she_o wise_o consider_v god_n judgement_n may_v labour_v to_o prevent_v or_o prepare_v for_o it_o that_o the_o godly_a be_v not_o surprise_v with_o such_o a_o judgement_n 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