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be_v full_o return_v in_o that_o day_n god_n will_v pour_v out_o upon_o the_o house_n of_o david_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o david_n the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n and_o supplication_n 10._o and_o they_o shall_v look_v upon_o he_o who_o they_o have_v pierce_v and_o mourn_v and_o be_v in_o bitterness_n as_o for_o the_o first-born_a and_o as_o for_o josiah_n at_o hadadrimmon_n or_o maximianopolis_n in_o jerom_n a_o little_a town_n near_o megiddo_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o jezreel_n where_o that_o godly_a prince_n be_v slay_v that_o we_o may_v be_v further_o assure_v of_o the_o right_a application_n of_o these_o and_o the_o like_a prophecy_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v a_o most_o clear_a witness_n by_o the_o mouth_n of_o holy_a paul_n apply_v two_o text_n of_o isaiah_n to_o this_o purpose_n 20._o one_o that_o god_n great_a design_n by_o all_o the_o affliction_n of_o his_o israel_n be_v to_o purge_v iniquity_n and_o take_v away_o their_o sin_n then_o in_o that_o 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