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weary_a etc._n etc._n yea_o god_n incourage_v his_o people_n to_o hope_v in_o their_o most_o desperate_a case_n jer_n 31.16_o 17._o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n refrain_v thy_o voice_n from_o weep_v and_o thy_o eye_n from_o tear_n for_o there_o be_v hope_n in_o thy_o end_n jer._n 29.11_o i_o know_v the_o thought_n that_o i_o think_v towards_o thou_o thought_n of_o peace_n &_o not_o of_o evil_a to_o give_v you_o a_o expect_a end_n god_n sometime_o give_v his_o people_n the_o valley_n of_o anchor_n for_o a_o door_n of_o hope_n hos_n 2.15_o open_v to_o they_o a_o door_n of_o hope_n in_o the_o great_a depth_n of_o distress_n there_o be_v always_o hope_v in_o israel_n in_o the_o most_o desperate_a case_n ezra_n 10.2_o yet_o now_o there_o be_v hope_n in_o israel_n concern_v this_o thing_n 2._o that_o we_o have_v not_o only_a hope_n but_o a_o sure_a foundation_n of_o faith_n &_o confidence_n in_o god_n for_o salvation_n viz._n his_o covenant_n and_o all_o his_o promise_n whereby_o we_o be_v assure_v that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o able_a but_o gracious_o will_v to_o save_o we_o reserve_v to_o himself_o the_o absolute_a liberty_n of_o his_o sovereignty_n either_o to_o save_v or_o destroy_v jer._n 18.16_o o_o house_n of_o israel_n can_v i_o do_v with_o you_o as_o the_o potter_n but_o god_n have_v not_o yet_o take_v away_o his_o covenant_n from_o we_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o say_v of_o we_o as_o of_o this_o people_n in_o our_o text_n either_o loruhamah_n i_o will_v no_o more_o have_v mercy_n or_o loammi_n you_o be_v not_o my_o people_n i_o will_v not_o be_v your_o god_n nor_o break_v the_o staff_n of_o beauty_n or_o of_o band_n he_o do_v yet_o own_v we_o and_o call_v we_o his_o people_n and_o give_v we_o leave_v to_o call_v he_o our_o god_n yea_o our_o father_n and_o our_o father_n god_n also_o we_o may_v yet_o pray_v in_o faith_n as_o the_o church_n isa_n 63.15_o look_v down_o from_o heaven_n and_o behold_v from_o the_o habitation_n of_o thy_o holiness_n and_o thy_o glory_n 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and_o welfare_n and_o of_o their_o own_o salvation_n either_o from_o sin_n or_o judgement_n as_o be_v senseless_a of_o both_o not_o mind_v nor_o care_v which_o way_n thing_n go_v nor_o what_o do_v become_v of_o themselves_o or_o of_o the_o main_a interest_n of_o god_n of_o christ_n or_o of_o the_o church_n ready_a to_o speak_v as_o they_o ezek._n 33.10_o if_o our_o transgression_n and_o iniquity_n be_v upon_o we_o and_o we_o pine_v away_o in_o they_o how_o then_o can_v we_o live_v as_o if_o they_o shall_v have_v say_v there_o be_v no_o hope_n we_o shall_v perish_v in_o our_o sin_n and_o thus_o they_o conclude_v careless_o and_o desperate_o and_o as_o they_o isa_n 3.6_o in_o that_o day_n shall_v he_o swear_v say_v i_o will_v not_o be_v a_o healer_n make_v i_o not_o a_o ruler_n of_o the_o people_n it_o follow_v verse_n 8._o for_o jerusalem_n be_v ruin_v and_o judah_n be_v fall_v thus_o they_o give_v up_o themselves_o as_o desperate_a 2._o when_o those_o who_o be_v sincere_o concern_v 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time_n to_o cry_v help_v lord_n psal_n 12.15_o 3._o when_o god_n seem_v to_o have_v wrought_v and_o do_v for_o a_o people_n all_o that_o can_v ordinary_o be_v do_v by_o the_o improvement_n of_o mean_n to_o save_o they_o from_o all_o destroy_a evil_n especial_o from_o their_o sin_n and_o to_o reclaim_v and_o reduce_v they_o to_o himself_o and_o to_o secure_v and_o advance_v both_o their_o temporal_a and_o spiritual_a welfare_n when_o god_n speak_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n as_o it_o be_v complain_v isa_n 5.4_o what_o can_v have_v be_v do_v more_o to_o my_o vineyard_n that_o i_o have_v not_o do_v in_o it_o so_o jer._n 9.7_o i_o will_v melt_v they_o and_o try_v they_o for_o what_o shall_v i_o do_v for_o the_o daughter_n of_o my_o people_n hos_fw-la 6.4_o o_o ephraim_n what_o shall_v i_o do_v unto_o thou_o o_o judah_n what_o shall_v i_o do_v unto_o thou_o god_n speak_v here_o as_o man_n do_v when_o they_o know_v not_o what_o to_o do_v more_o 4._o when_o hereupon_o god_n do_v cease_v to_o work_v in_o a_o ordinary_a way_n by_o ordinary_a mean_n and_o leave_v a_o people_n to_o themselves_o withdraw_v his_o spirit_n his_o presence_n his_o power_n his_o counsel_n his_o conduct_n his_o protection_n and_o benediction_n and_o give_v they_o up_o to_o their_o own_o will_n and_o way_n counsel_n and_o course_n to_o do_v what_o they_o will_v with_o themselves_o when_o god_n desert_n his_o own_o work_n among_o a_o people_n suffer_v his_o own_o worship_n and_o ordinance_n to_o be_v ineffectual_a if_o not_o judicial_a when_o god_n say_v of_o a_o people_n as_o of_o they_o deut._n 32.20_o i_o will_v hide_v my_o face_n from_o they_o i_o will_v see_v what_o their_o end_n will_v be_v what_o lamentable_a evil_a end_n they_o will_v bring_v themselves_o unto_o and_o as_o hos_n 4.16_o ephraim_n be_v join_v to_o idol_n let_v he_o alone_o when_o god_n appear_v only_o as_o a_o stranger_n in_o the_o land_n as_o a_o man_n astonish_v a_o mighty_a man_n that_o can_v save_v jer._n 14.8_o sure_o then_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n unless_o god_n magnify_v his_o sovereign_a grace_n in_o save_v such_o a_o people_n by_o himself_o 5._o when_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o world_n be_v espouse_v and_o exalt_v and_o the_o interest_n of_o religion_n be_v thereby_o enpose_v depose_v and_o depress_v when_o the_o spirit_n of_o worldliness_n grow_v exceed_o high_a and_o strong_a and_o the_o spirit_n of_o religion_n grow_v low_a and_o weak_a weak_a and_o weak_a languish_v even_o unto_o death_n when_o the_o world_n prevail_v against_o and_o over_o religion_n to_o strike_v it_o past_o ordinary_a hope_n of_o a_o resurrection_n when_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o world_n be_v the_o reign_v govern_v spirit_n and_o carry_v all_o before_o it_o nothing_o can_v be_v do_v but_o in_o subserviency_n
deut._n 32.6_o do_v you_o thus_o requite_v the_o lord_n your_o god_n o_o foolish_a people_n and_o unwise_a be_v not_o he_o thy_o father_n have_v not_o he_o make_v thou_o and_o establish_v thou_o remember_v the_o day_n of_o old_a ask_v thy_o father_n and_o he_o will_v show_v thou_o thy_o elder_n and_o they_o will_v tell_v thou_o now_o then_o let_v we_o further_o consider_v what_o god_n can_v have_v do_v more_o for_o we_o to_o recover_v and_o restore_v we_o and_o bring_v we_o back_o again_o to_o himself_o and_o this_o either_o by_o his_o word_n or_o by_o his_o work_n let_v we_o consider_v 1._o how_o much_o how_o long_o how_o powerful_o god_n have_v labour_v with_o we_o by_o his_o word_n and_o by_o his_o spirit_n therein_o it_o have_v be_v his_o great_a work_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o word_n to_o awaken_v convince_v and_o humble_v we_o for_o our_o sin_n by_o charge_v judge_a condemn_a threaten_a denounce_v very_o dreadful_o against_o we_o for_o they_o by_o such_o of_o his_o 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