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that_o they_o may_v not_o hear_v yea_o they_o make_v their_o heart_n as_o a_o adamant_n stone_n lest_o they_o shall_v hear_v the_o law_n and_o the_o word_n which_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n have_v send_v in_o his_o spirit_n by_o the_o former_a prophet_n therefore_o have_v there_o come_v great_a wrath_n from_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n 3._o god_n reveal_v himself_o to_o man_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n in_o convince_a the_o conscience_n for_o sin_n which_o be_v before_o as_o it_o be_v sear_v up_o thus_o deal_v he_o with_o ephraim_n after_o ephraim_n be_v 19_o jer._n 31._o 19_o instruct_v he_o smite_v upon_o his_o thigh_n he_o be_v ashamed_a and_o even_o confound_v because_o he_o do_v bear_v the_o reproach_n of_o his_o youth_n thus_o agrippa_n can_v not_o but_o be_v convict_v in_o conscience_n of_o the_o deity_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o preach_n of_o paul_n when_o he_o say_v almost_o thou_o persuade_v 28._o act_n 26._o 28._o i_o to_o be_v a_o christian_n such_o a_o victorious_a grace_n of_o wisdom_n have_v the_o holy_a ghost_n infuse_v into_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n felix_n also_o can_v not_o but_o be_v convict_v in_o his_o conscience_n of_o the_o dreadful_a justice_n of_o god_n when_o he_o tremble_v hear_v paul_n discourse_n 25._o act_n 24._o 25._o concern_v the_o torment_n of_o hell_n and_o judgement_n to_o come_v happy_a have_v it_o be_v for_o they_o both_o if_o they_o have_v full_o assent_v to_o the_o power_n of_o his_o preach_n tanta_fw-la est_fw-la scripturae_fw-la vis_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la hostibus_fw-la suis_fw-la verum_fw-la tilen_v tilen_v testimonium_fw-la exprimat_fw-la &_o in_o tenebrionum_fw-la latibula_fw-la fulgorem_fw-la aliquem_fw-la immittat_fw-la nimirum_fw-la ut_fw-la liquidò_fw-la constet_fw-la internam_fw-la esse_fw-la huius_fw-la lucis_fw-la proprietatem_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la &_o per_fw-la se_fw-la existere_fw-la such_o be_v the_o power_n of_o the_o scripture_n that_o it_o give_v evident_a testimony_n 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god_n say_v that_o he_o feed_v the_o young_a raven_n that_o call_v upon_o he_o if_o then_o 41._o job_n 38._o 41._o god_n take_v care_n for_o raven_n sure_a much_o more_o will_v he_o provide_v for_o those_o that_o fear_v he_o he_o will_v fulfil_v their_o desire_n and_o in_o time_n of_o adversity_n he_o will_v hear_v their_o cry_n and_o help_v they_o it_o be_v past_o the_o power_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n to_o help_v the_o woman_n that_o cry_v unto_o he_o when_o samaria_n be_v besiege_v and_o famine_n be_v sore_o in_o the_o city_n well_o may_v he_o say_v if_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o help_v thou_o whence_o shall_v i_o help_v thou_o 2_o king_n 6._o 27._o even_o king_n themselves_o must_v depend_v on_o god_n providence_n for_o their_o daily_a maintenance_n and_o although_o the_o wicked_a ofttimes_o have_v a_o large_a portion_n of_o temporal_a thing_n than_o the_o righteous_a yet_o god_n will_v in_o a_o more_o peculiar_a way_n so_o provide_v for_o his_o own_o that_o in_o time_n of_o 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