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not_o return_v and_o you_o shall_v know_v that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n ezek._n 35.3_o 4._o etc._n etc._n chap._n ii_o several_a remarkable_a judgement_n of_o god_n which_o have_v befall_v several_a persecutor_n for_o conscience_n sake_n from_o christ_n time_n until_o the_o end_n of_o the_o ten_o first_o persecution_n under_o the_o persecute_v roman_a emperor_n herod_n king_n herod_n herod_n the_o great_a so_o call_v the_o great_a persecutor_n of_o christ_n who_o that_o he_o may_v kill_v christ_n in_o the_o cradle_n send_v and_o slay_v all_o the_o child_n in_o bethlem_n from_o two_o year_n old_a and_o under_o who_o afterward_o as_o history_n relate_v be_v give_v up_o of_o god_n to_o wickedness_n slay_v his_o own_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o near_a kindfolk_n and_o familiar_a friend_n but_o it_o be_v not_o long_o but_o the_o remarkablâ—_n judgement_n of_o god_n meet_v with_o he_o for_o he_o be_v smite_v of_o god_n with_o a_o grievous_a sickness_n viz._n a_o fire_n be_v kindle_v in_o 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