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23.11_o both_o priest_n and_o prophet_n be_v profane_a yea_o in_o my_o house_n have_v i_o find_v their_o wickedness_n say_v the_o lord_n but_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o accuse_v the_o clergy_n for_o every_o man_n mouth_n be_v open_a against_o they_o and_o your_o sacrilegious_a abuse_n of_o they_o be_v not_o the_o least_o of_o these_o sin_n which_o god_n now_o call_v to_o remembrance_n yet_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o as_o it_o be_v say_v mal._n 2.8_o we_o have_v break_v the_o covenant_n of_o levi_n and_o therefore_o have_v god_n make_v we_o contemptible_a and_o base_a before_o all_o the_o people_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o go_v through_o all_o estate_n and_o condition_n of_o man_n and_o show_v that_o sin_n like_o a_o epidemical_a disease_n possess_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o land_n so_o that_o from_o the_o sole_n of_o the_o foot_n even_o unto_o the_o head_n there_o be_v no_o foundnesse_n in_o it_o but_o wound_n and_o bruise_n and_o putrify_a sore_n as_o be_v say_v of_o judah_n isa_n 1.6_o and_o as_o our_o sin_n be_v general_a so_o be_v they_o commit_v with_o great_a freedom_n man_n be_v not_o restrain_v either_o with_o shame_n or_o fear_v of_o punishment_n which_o make_v our_o case_n yet_o more_o desperate_a when_o phince_n draw_v the_o sword_n and_o smite_v the_o adulterous_a person_n he_o turn_v away_o god_n wrath_n and_o cause_v the_o plague_n to_o cease_v but_o where_o there_o be_v not_o a_o phince_n to_o draw_v the_o sword_n for_o the_o punishment_n of_o vice_n there_o the_o guilt_n of_o these_o fin_n lie_v upon_o the_o land_n and_o draw_v down_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o nation_n and_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o we_o now_o for_o judgement_n be_v not_o execute_v all_o sin_n be_v either_o venial_a or_o venal_a even_o the_o blood_n of_o many_o thousand_o innocent_n shed_v by_o rebel_n cry_v unto_o the_o heaven_n for_o a_o vengeance_n because_o there_o be_v none_o in_o earth_n to_o revenge_v it_o and_o final_o do_v we_o not_o continue_v in_o our_o sin_n without_o repentance_n harden_v our_o heart_n against_o all_o god_n admonition_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o we_o as_o be_v say_v of_o ahaz_n 28.22_o 2_o chron._n 28.22_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o our_o distress_n we_o trespass_v yet_o more_o against_o the_o lord_n now_o shall_v i_o not_o visit_v for_o these_o thing_n say_v the_o lord_n shall_v not_o my_o soul_n be_v avenge_v on_o such_o a_o nation_n as_o this_o yes_o almighty_a god_n have_v already_o begin_v to_o visit_v he_o be_v come_v down_o to_o execute_v vengeance_n upon_o our_o sinful_a nation_n in_o ireland_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o ruin_n desolation_n and_o woe_n dii_o multa_fw-la neglecti_fw-la dederunt_fw-la besperiae_fw-la male_a luctuosae_fw-la we_o of_o that_o sinful_a land_n do_v provoke_v god_n and_o he_o have_v stretch_v over_o we_o the_o line_n of_o sodom_n the_o plummet_n of_o samariae_n and_o as_o he_o have_v do_v to_o ireland_n so_o be_v he_o like_v to_o do_v to_o england_n for_o he_o have_v kindle_v a_o fire_n in_o your_o bosom_n he_o have_v send_v such_o a_o evil_a spirit_n between_o the_o king_n and_o his_o people_n 9.25_o judg._n 9.25_o as_o he_o do_v between_o abimelech_n and_o the_o man_n of_o sechem_n this_o kingdom_n which_o be_v secure_v by_o sea_n from_o foreign_a invasion_n be_v now_o like_a to_o destroy_v itself_o for_o there_o be_v such_o a_o bloody_a cruel_a and_o unnatural_a rebellion_n in_o it_o as_o may_v minister_v matter_n and_o occasion_n to_o a_o new_a book_n of_o lamentation_n this_o kingdom_n be_v once_o like_o israel_n 2.15_o lam._n â—_o â—_o c._n 2.15_o great_a among_o the_o nation_n and_o princess_n among_o the_o province_n the_o perfection_n of_o beauty_n the_o joy_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n a_o refuge_n and_o shelter_n to_o stranger_n in_o distress_n but_o now_o the_o lord_n have_v cast_v down_o her_o beauty_n from_o heaven_n unto_o the_o earth_n 1.2_o v._o 1.2_o he_o have_v swallow_v up_o all_o the_o habitation_n of_o 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