mind_n of_o other_o of_o old_a ezek._n 8_o verse_n 12._o for_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n see_v we_o not_o the_o lord_n have_v forsake_v the_o earth_n the_o like_a we_o have_v in_o psalm_n 94._o verse_n 6._o 7._o they_o break_v in_o piece_n thy_o people_n o_o lord_n and_o afflict_v thy_o herritage_n yet_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n shall_v not_o see_v neither_o shall_v the_o god_n of_o jacob_n regard_v it_o will_v you_o have_v the_o mighty_a and_o most_o holy_a jehovah_n so_o to_o un_fw-fr god_n himself_o with_o reverence_n be_v it_o speak_v and_o so_o to_o carry_v as_o if_o he_o have_v cast_v off_o the_o government_n of_o the_o world_n and_o regard_v not_o which_o end_n go_v forward_o or_o as_o if_o he_o be_v now_o grow_v old_a and_o impotent_a disable_v for_o manage_v affair_n as_o former_o or_o such_o a_o god_n as_o elijah_n in_o way_n of_o holy_a sarcasm_n and_o scoffing_o propound_v baal_n to_o be_v 1_o king_n 18._o v._n 27._o cry_v aloud_o for_o he_o be_v a_o god_n either_o he_o 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