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not_o such_o meat_n as_o he_o will_v have_v he_o wâ—ll_n take_v no_o meat_n at_o all_o and_o so_o deprive_v himself_o of_o god_n comfort_n this_o we_o see_v often_o into_o little_a child_n note_n other_o more_z foolish_o will_v make_v vow_n not_o to_o eat_v till_o they_o have_v do_v a_o evil_a turn_n like_o these_o jew_n who_o band_v together_o and_o bind_v themselves_o under_o a_o curse_n 12._o that_o they_o will_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v till_o they_o have_v kill_v paul_n this_o be_v saul_n folly_n he_o discharge_v the_o people_n all_o sort_n of_o meat_n tiâ—l_v the_o battle_n be_v end_v he_o band_n they_o under_o a_o curse_n but_o what_o come_v of_o it_o the_o people_n vex_v with_o hunger_n do_v eat_v flesh_n with_o blood_n 37._o thus_o god_n command_n be_v break_v by_o occasion_n of_o such_o a_o foolish_a injunction_n note_n five_o god_n can_v scourge_v man_n in_o meat_n while_o he_o curse_v the_o meat_n which_o man_n desire_v against_o his_o will_n it_o be_v say_v of_o israel_n 19_o that_o they_o tempt_v god_n in_o their_o heart_n by_o ask_v meat_n for_o their_o lust_n yea_o they_o speak_v against_o god_n they_o say_v can_v god_n furnish_v a_o table_n in_o the_o wilderness_n thereafter_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o lord_n hear_v this_o and_o be_v wroth_a 21._o what_o do_v he_o into_o his_o wrath_n by_o his_o power_n he_o bring_v in_o the_o south_n wind_n 26._o he_o rain_v flesh_n upon_o they_o as_o dust_n and_o feather_a fowl_n like_o as_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n 25._o so_o that_o they_o do_v eat_v &_o be_v fill_v but_o how_o soon_o come_v judgement_n the_o psalmist_n say_v that_o while_o their_o meat_n be_v in_o their_o mouth_n 30_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n come_v upon_o they_o and_o slay_v the_o fat_a of_o they_o 31._o and_o smite_v down_o the_o choose_a man_n of_o israel_n behold_v the_o end_n of_o all_o their_o good_a cheer_n behold_v how_o short_o their_o green_v be_v cool_v note_n six_o god_n can_v scourge_v man_n in_o meat_n when_o he_o make_v meat_n to_o discord_n with_o man_n from_o this_o be_v the_o proverb_n that_o which_o be_v one_o man_n meat_n be_v a_o other_o man_n poison_n it_o be_v a_o righteous_a thing_n with_o god_n to_o put_v discord_n between_o man_n and_o his_o creature_n when_o man_n have_v sin_v against_o his_o god_n the_o least_o discord_n between_o man_n and_o food_n declare_v that_o man_n be_v at_o feade_n with_o his_o god_n note_n seven_o god_n can_v afflict_v man_n in_o meat_n by_o withdraw_v all_o meat_n from_o man_n this_o be_v famine_n a_o fearful_a plague_n jeremy_n call_v it_o a_o punishment_n great_a than_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o sodom_n 12._o in_o that_o famine_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o tender_a heart_a weeman_n for_o lack_n of_o bread_n do_v eat_v their_o child_n of_o a_o span_n long_o the_o little_a child_n come_v to_o their_o mother_n cry_v where_o be_v bread_n and_o after_o that_o they_o swoon_v and_o fall_v down_o dead_a and_o their_o mother_n do_v eat_v they_o 7._o these_o who_o in_o time_n of_o abundance_n be_v nazarit_n pure_a than_o the_o snow_n 8._o and_o white_a than_o milk_n in_o time_n of_o famine_n their_o visage_n become_v black_a than_o a_o coal_n their_o skin_n wither_v and_o become_v like_o a_o stick_n in_o samariah_n two_o weeman_n make_v paction_n for_o to_o eat_v their_o two_o child_n first_o the_o one_o and_o then_o the_o other_o note_n eight_o god_n can_v scourge_v man_n in_o meat_n while_o he_o let_v he_o eat_v till_o he_o surfeit_n thus_o when_o israel_n lust_v after_o flesh_n the_o lord_n give_v they_o flesh_n and_o they_o do_v eat_v until_o it_o come_v out_o at_o their_o nostril_n 23._o but_o