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iniquity_n grievance_n pervert_v of_o judgement_n there_o be_v in_o his_o day_n that_o the_o prophet_n habakkuk_n who_o some_o think_v be_v one_o of_o those_o that_o god_n send_v to_o admonish_v he_o 2_o king_n 21.10_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o behold_v it_o and_o seem_v to_o be_v weary_v with_o cry_v to_o god_n against_o it_o as_o you_o may_v see_v if_o you_o read_v habak_v 1.2_o 3_o 4._o whereupon_o god_n threaten_v to_o raise_v up_o with_o such_o speed_n that_o no_o body_n will_v believe_v it_o the_o chaldean_a nation_n to_o destroy_v they_o ver_fw-la 5._o and_o this_o he_o do_v not_o long_o after_o the_o time_n of_o manasseh_n when_o the_o chaldean_n bring_v the_o assyrian_a power_n under_o their_o foot_n of_o which_o only_o the_o jew_n stand_v in_o fear_n 6._o if_o we_o draw_v near_o to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o first_o captivity_n into_o babylon_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o chaldean_n which_o they_o little_o dream_v of_o we_o shall_v hear_v no_o new_a sermon_n but_o the_o 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the_o same_o josiah_n and_o likewise_o of_o jehoiakim_n and_o zedekiah_n in_o the_o time_n of_o both_o the_o first_o and_o second_o captivity_n and_o afterward_o also_o he_o i_o say_v speak_v the_o very_a same_o word_n as_o will_v be_v very_o evident_a to_o those_o who_o will_v do_v themselves_o so_o much_o right_n for_o the_o understanding_n of_o this_o truth_n as_o to_o ponder_v these_o place_n of_o his_o pprophecy_n he_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o 3._o chap._n ver_fw-la 10._o that_o judah_n do_v not_o return_v to_o god_n with_o her_o whole_a heart_n but_o fained_o which_o word_n be_v speak_v as_o you_o may_v see_v for_o 6._o in_o the_o day_n of_o josiah_n who_o have_v make_v a_o covenant_n to_o serve_v the_o lord_n with_o all_o their_o heart_n and_o all_o their_o soul_n and_o all_o the_o people_n stand_v unto_o it_o 2_o king_n 23.3_o this_o be_v the_o return_v which_o the_o prophet_n say_v be_v but_o feign_v because_o notwithstanding_o this_o great_a profession_n they_o be_v not_o 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