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32._o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o moses_n i_o have_v see_v this_o people_n and_o behold_v it_o be_v a_o stiff-necked_a people_n now_o therefore_o let_v i_o alone_o that_o i_o may_v destroy_v they_o and_o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n and_o moses_n beseech_v the_o lord_n say_v lord_n why_o do_v thy_o wrath_n wax_v hot_a turn_v i_o pray_v thou_o and_o repent_v of_o this_o evil_n against_o they_o numb_a 14._o 11_o 22._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o moses_n how_o long_o will_v this_o people_n provoke_v i_o and_o how_o long_o will_v it_o be_v ere_o they_o believe_v i_o now_o therefore_o let_v i_o alone_o that_o i_o may_v destroy_v they_o three_o prayer_n excellency_n appear_v in_o that_o in_o no_o condition_n we_o can_v be_v bar_v from_o it_o daniel_n in_o the_o lion_n den_n chap._n 6._o jonah_n in_o the_o whale_n belly_n chap._n 1._o 2._o then_o jonah_n pray_v to_o the_o lord_n his_o god_n out_o of_o the_o fish_n belly_n and_o say_v i_o cry_v 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thought_n have_v to_o do_v so_o as_o to_o like_v of_o those_o vain_a shady_a delight_n that_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v apt_a to_o set_v up_o to_o themselves_o as_o uncleanness_n covetousness_n etc._n etc._n have_v as_o great_a force_n on_o the_o conversation_n to_o carry_v it_o hellward_n it_o high_o concern_v christian_n therefore_o to_o be_v upon_o the_o examination_n of_o their_o state_n as_o to_z thrive_a or_o decay_v and_o to_o see_v to_o the_o thought_n what_o branch_n it_o bear_v the_o beginning_n of_o sin_n inward_o be_v there_o and_o be_v certain_a to_o pass_v this_o judgement_n upon_o yourselves_o that_o if_o to_o your_o thought_n your_o former_a dear_a lust_n in_o any_o branch_n of_o it_o or_o any_o other_o sin_n be_v pleasant_a to_o you_o that_o be_v tall_a lovely_a comely_a or_o desirable_a and_o not_o rather_o hateful_a frightful_a burdensome_a black_a and_o hellish_a you_o be_v a_o die_a or_o decay_v to_o heaven_n and_o heavenly_a thing_n and_o very_o seasonable_a 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