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the_o house_n of_o their_o imagery_n in_o the_o dark_a idolatry_n god_n let_v his_o prophet_n through_o a_o hole_n in_o the_o wall_n see_v seventy_o of_o the_o ancient_n worship_v idol_n 8._o and_o also_o public_a on_o every_o hill_n and_o under_o every_o green_a tree_n play_v the_o harlot_n say_v to_o a_o stock_n thou_o be_v my_o father_n and_o to_o a_o stone_n thou_o have_v bring_v i_o forth_o 27._o yea_o in_o the_o city_n of_o judah_n and_o street_n of_o jerusalem_n offer_v cake_n to_o the_o queen_n of_o heaven_n and_o pour_v out_o drink_v offering_n to_o other_o god_n 18._o yea_o they_o set_v their_o abomination_n in_o the_o house_n which_o be_v call_v by_o my_o name_n to_o defile_v it_o 34._o see_v how_o idolatry_n grow_v from_o chamber_n to_o hill_n from_o hill_n in_o the_o country_n to_o street_n in_o the_o city_n yea_o into_o the_o temple_n this_o be_v that_o spiritual_a whoredom_n which_o all_o the_o prophet_n with_o open_a mouth_n cry_v out_o against_o and_o no_o marvel_n 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which_o be_v call_v by_o my_o name_n be_v this_o house_n become_v a_o den_n of_o robber_n in_o your_o eye_n behold_v i_o have_v see_v it_o say_v the_o lord_n 11._o and_o he_o tell_v his_o prophet_n ezechiel_n the_o people_n will_v say_v one_o to_o another_o come_v let_v we_o hear_v what_o be_v the_o word_n that_o come_v forth_o from_o the_o lord_n and_o they_o come_v and_o sit_v before_o thou_o and_o hear_v thy_o word_n but_o they_o will_v not_o do_v they_o for_o with_o their_o mouth_n they_o show_v much_o love_n but_o their_o heart_n go_v after_o their_o covetousness_n 30._o and_o again_o treacherous_a judah_n have_v not_o turn_v unto_o i_o with_o her_o sabbath_n whole_a heart_n but_o fained_o say_v the_o lord_n 10._o profanation_n of_o
pererius_n to_o which_o with_o our_o prophet_n i_o do_v feel_o say_v amen_o amen_n god_n grant_v it_o yea_o i_o do_v hope_n though_o the_o sin_n of_o england_n be_v many_o and_o great_a yet_o the_o sin_n of_o it_o be_v not_o opinion_n so_o full_a but_o that_o god_n hear_v and_o will_v hear_v the_o prayer_n of_o his_o servant_n for_o it_o and_o that_o the_o decree_n be_v not_o so_o far_o forth_o but_o it_o may_v be_v still_o suspend_v or_o recall_v as_o a_o great_a argument_n to_o persuade_v i_o so_o it_o be_v argument_n that_o god_n do_v both_o stir_n up_o many_o his_o faithful_a servant_n by_o word_n and_o writing_n preach_v and_o print_v public_o private_o and_o every_o way_n they_o can_v to_o provoke_v man_n and_o woman_n to_o repentance_n and_o also_o for_o that_o we_o see_v man_n and_o woman_n general_o to_o take_v to_o heart_n the_o affliction_n of_o their_o brethren_n and_o to_o help_v they_o with_o their_o prayer_n and_o purse_n and_o every_o way_n they_o can_v yea_o i_o 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desire_n if_o but_o in_o one_o if_o in_o none_o but_o myself_o my_o labour_n be_v not_o lose_v in_o the_o lord_n i_o shall_v be_v find_v a_o sweet_a savour_n unto_o god_n even_o in_o those_o that_o perish_v and_o at_o the_o least_o save_o my_o own_o soul_n and_o so_o to_o his_o blessing_n from_o who_o i_o have_v receive_v it_o i_o do_v commend_v it_o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la quod_fw-la amatur_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aut_fw-la labour_n ipse_fw-la amatur_fw-la august_n august_n ambo._fw-la verbum_fw-la praediâ—ion_n hic_fw-la quidem_fw-la scripto_fw-la ille_fw-la vero_fw-la voce_fw-la clem._n alex._n stromat_n lib._n 1._o euangelizo_fw-la manu_fw-la &_o scriptâ—â—â—â—e_n reinold_n praesat_fw-la in_o lib._n de_fw-fr rom._n eccles_n idolat_a idolat_a solet_fw-la acceptior_fw-la esse_fw-la sermo_fw-la vivus_fw-la quam_fw-la scriptus_fw-la bern._n bern._n 2_o pet._n 1._o 13._o 13._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 2._o 2._o isaiah_n â—â—_o 9_o 9_o matth._n 3._o 7_o 8._o luke_n 13._o 5._o 5._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 16._o 16._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 11._o 11._o matth._n 25._o 27._o 27._o jerem._n 6._o 4._o 4._o matth._n 24._o 46._o 46._o prov._n 16._o 31._o 31._o psal_n 92._o 14._o 14._o rev._n 2._o 19_o 19_o 2_o pet._n 1._o 14._o 14._o eccles_n 12._o 3._o 3._o luke_n 16._o 2._o 2._o luke_n 19_o 17._o 17._o alterius_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la evocatus_fw-la minimè_fw-la vobis_fw-la solitum_fw-la studium_fw-la dependisse_fw-la videor_fw-la amb._n serm._n 28._o 28._o 1_o thess_n 2._o 8._o 8._o nou._n 11._o 1618._o 1618._o in_o christchurch_n cant._n cant._n mat._n 2._o 2._o 2._o jer._n 7._o 16._o 16._o ezech._n 22._o 30._o 30._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lachrymae_fw-la auditorum_fw-la sint_fw-la laudes_fw-la tuus_fw-la jerom._n ad_fw-la nepot_n nepot_n in_o ch._n church_n and_o saint_n george_n canterb._n aug._n 11._o 1622._o 1622._o carpere_fw-la vei_fw-la noli_fw-la nostra_fw-la well_fw-mi ede_fw-mi tua_fw-la martial_a martial_a psal_n 52._o 4._o 4._o vndique_fw-la 〈◊〉_d adest_fw-la undique_fw-la miuâ—â—_fw-la abest_fw-la abest_fw-la mal._n 2._o 7._o 7._o act._n 15._o 21._o 21._o 1_o sam_n 9_o 9_o amos_n 7._o 12._o 12._o numb_a 12._o 6._o 6._o only_o five_o in_o the_o old_a and_o four_o in_o the_o new_a or_o at_o most_o but_o ten_o in_o both_o if_o the_o bless_a virgin_n be_v number_v for_o one_o dan._n fore-note_n pag._n 44._o 44._o luke_n 1._o 70._o 70._o dan._n sup_v p._n 86._o 86._o mat._n 11._o 13._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dialog_n cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 308._o 308._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 14._o lumen_fw-la propheticum_fw-la bellar._n t._n 1._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 15._o the_o not_o be_v ecclesiae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la d._n will_n synop._n cont._n 2._o quaest_n 3._o 3._o psal_n 74._o 9_o 9_o jer._n 11._o 7._o 35._o 15._o 15._o jirmijah_n ram._n jah_n excel_v dom._n jeron_n jeron_n concionator_n admirabilis_fw-la keckerm_n de_fw-fr rhetorica_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la cap._n ult_n ult_n projectio_fw-la domini_fw-la isidor_n pelâ—usiot_n chrysost_n discipulus_fw-la discipulus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d castro_n isag_n in_o jer._n jer._n 2_o cor._n 11._o 22._o 22._o josh_n 21._o 18._o 18._o dan._n fore-note_n cap._n 11._o pag._n 60._o the_o whole_a time_n betwixt_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o of_o judah_n be_v 130._o year_n towards_o the_o latter_a end_n whereof_o our_o prophet_n be_v send_v and_o so_o continue_v till_o the_o captivity_n josep_n ant._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 11._o 11._o jer._n 1._o 1_o 2_o 3._o 3._o 2_o kin._n 17._o in_o the_o day_n of_o hosheah_n by_o shalmanasâ—r_n use_v consideration_n the_o sum_n of_o it_o application_n application_n dan._n 5._o 6._o 6._o rom._n 15._o 4._o 4._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 6._o aggravation_n that_o i_o may_v say_v of_o it_o as_o jacob_n do_v of_o bethel_n how_o fearful_a be_v this_o place_n gen._n 32._o 1_o 1_o psal_n 50._o 15._o 2_o 2_o psal_n 65._o 2._o 3_o 3_o psal_n 122._o 6._o 4_o 4_o jona._n 3._o 8._o 8._o exod._n 14._o 13._o 13._o psal_n 6._o 8._o 5._o 5._o ezech._n 22._o penult_n 6._o 6._o isaiah_n 58._o 58._o gen._n 28._o 17._o sense_n sense_n est_fw-fr speciale_a interdictum_fw-la piscat_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la locum_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la prostatu_fw-la regni_fw-la or_o be_v calv._n 1._o reason_n he_o do_v not_o pray_v for_o they_o they_o jerem._n 14._o 20._o fortification_n fortification_n jerem._n 18._o 21._o 21._o jerem._n 20._o 12._o object_n sol._n sol._n gen._n 22._o 22._o 1_o sam._n 3._o 18._o 18._o matth._n 6._o 6._o jerem._n 18._o 20._o god_n will_v be_v do_v with_o we_o and_o on_o we_o 2._o reason_n he_o ever_o persuade_v they_o to_o yield_v yield_v jerem._n 21._o 9_o 9_o jerem._n 27._o 8._o 12._o 12._o jerem._n 29._o 7._o quest._n answ_n answ_n jerem._n 18._o 7_o 8._o 8._o jonah_n 3_o 3_o gen._n 18._o penult_n penult_n gen._n 19_o 13._o the_o
the_o sabbath_n another_o sin_n cause_v their_o captivity_n and_o much_o reprove_v and_o threaten_v by_o the_o prophet_n of_o god_n 8._o moreover_o the_o land_n be_v full_a of_o bloody_a crime_n 23._o murder_n by_o reason_n of_o murder_n man_n slaughter_n quarrel_v fight_v also_o pollute_v with_o all_o manner_n of_o carnal_a adultery_n uncleanness_n adultery_n and_o fornication_n assemble_v themselves_o by_o troop_n in_o harlot_n house_n and_o they_o be_v as_o feed_v horse_n in_o the_o morning_n every_o one_o neigh_v after_o his_o neighbour_n wife_n shall_v i_o not_o visit_v for_o these_o thing_n say_v the_o lord_n and_o shall_v not_o my_o soul_n be_v avenge_v on_o such_o a_o nation_n as_o this_o 7._o yea_o this_o be_v so_o common_a a_o sin_n that_o he_o call_v they_o all_o adulterer_n 2._o yea_o they_o commit_v incest_n humble_v their_o own_o sister_n and_o defile_v their_o daughter_n in_o law_n yea_o humble_v such_o as_o be_v set_v apart_o for_o pollution_n 11._o likewise_o they_o do_v oppress_v defraud_n and_o wrong_v oppression_n one_o another_o by_o false_a weight_n and_o measure_n and_o devour_v one_o another_o by_o cruel_a usury_n and_o unjust_a gain_n and_o do_v even_o set_v trap_n and_o snare_n to_o catch_v man_n 26._o build_v house_n by_o unrighteousness_n and_o chamber_n by_o wrong_n use_v their_o neighbour_n service_n without_o wage_n and_o not_o give_v he_o for_o his_o work_n 13._o take_v usury_n and_o increase_n and_o greedy_o gain_v by_o extortion_n 12._o and_o all_o this_o be_v spend_v in_o sumptuous_a building_n set_v their_o nest_n on_o high_a and_o make_v building_n glorious_a house_n 9_o in_o pride_n of_o apparel_n take_v up_o every_o vain_a foolish_a and_o new_a fangle_a fashion_n and_o when_o god_n prophet_n do_v most_o threaten_v vengeance_n and_o they_o shall_v have_v humble_v themselves_o in_o sackcloth_n and_o ash_n lo_o then_o do_v they_o apparel_n most_o give_v themselves_o to_o garishnesse_n trick_v prank_a and_o paint_v themselves_o 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