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be_v unto_o you_o as_o a_o wilderness_n or_o land_n of_o darkness_n what_o iniquity_n have_v you_o find_v in_o i_o that_o you_o be_v go_v from_o i_o when_o they_o consider_v how_o patient_o the_o lord_n bear_v with_o they_o when_o they_o sin_v against_o he_o sin_v may_v have_v do_v unto_o thou_o as_o thou_o have_v donâ—_n unto_o i_o â—8_o but_o for_o my_o name_n sake_n i_o will_v refrain_v my_o wrath_n i_o may_v makâ—_n thou_o like_o admah_n and_o zeboim_n but_o my_o heart_n be_v turn_v within_o i_o and_o will_v not_o execute_v thâ—_n fierceness_n of_o my_o wrath_n upon_o thou_o and_o wheâ—_n again_o they_o consider_v how_o willing_o he_o receive_v they_o into_o his_o favour_n after_o they_o have_v sin_v sin_v they_o be_v wound_v and_o grieve_v in_o their_o spirit_n for_o that_o they_o offend_v he_o servant_n fear_v he_o for_o his_o judgement_n if_o he_o have_v no_o plague_n they_o will_v not_o regard_v he_o 130._o but_o his_o son_n fear_v he_o for_o his_o mercy_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o psalmist_n mercy_n be_v with_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v be_v fear_v and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n put_v this_o in_o the_o forefront_n of_o his_o reason_n when_o he_o exhort_v we_o to_o a_o godly_a life_n â—_o i_o beseech_v you_o brethren_n by_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n the_o lord_n stand_v not_o now_o upon_o mount_n sinai_n mercy_n with_o burn_a fire_n and_o blackness_n oâ—_n darkness_n proclaim_v the_o law_n with_o the_o fearful_a sound_n of_o trumpet_n threaten_v we_o with_o death_n if_o we_o fulfil_v it_o not_o no_o marvel_v the_o people_n do_v tremble_v at_o that_o sight_n 12.21_o for_o moseâ—_n himself_o do_v quail_v &_o fear_v to_o behold_v it_o but_o now_o he_o stand_v on_o mount_n zion_n a_o father_n allure_a we_o with_o mercy_n not_o affray_v we_o with_o judgement_n speak_v to_o we_o not_o by_o a_o terrible_a trumpet_n but_o by_o the_o meek_a mediator_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n jesus_n 12.24_o who_o blood_n cry_v for_o better_a thing_n than_o the_o 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