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peradventure_o will_v give_v they_o repentance_n etc._n etc._n 2.25.26_o 2_o tim._n 2.25.26_o be_v the_o apostle_n cannon_n to_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o the_o word_n therefore_o the_o prophet_n do_v call_v they_o to_o serious_a and_o seasonable_a humiliation_n and_o repentance_n for_o though_o the_o word_n seem_v to_o speak_v only_o a_o bare_a prohibition_n of_o joy_n and_o rejoice_v yet_o 1._o that_o be_v to_o convince_v they_o of_o &_o reprove_v they_o for_o their_o unseasonable_a mirth_n and_o jollity_n that_o they_o shall_v rejoice_v when_o their_o god_n be_v so_o high_o displease_v with_o they_o for_o their_o manifold_a apostasy_n and_o the_o repetition_n of_o the_o word_n rejoice_v not_o for_o joy_n or_o as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hebrew_n rejoice_v not_o to_o exultation_n be_v for_o the_o great_a locum_fw-la great_a habet_fw-la haec_fw-la repetitio_fw-la emphasin_n quandam_fw-la i._n e._n majorem_fw-la increpationem_fw-la 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