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whatever_o it_o be_v it_o have_v like_o to_o have_v cost_v he_o his_o life_n god_n begin_v to_o take_v some_o vengeance_n upon_o his_o neglect_n ver._n 24._o 3._o in_o the_o five_o chapter_n he_o do_v in_o a_o manner_n expostulate_v with_o god_n in_o a_o kind_n of_o discontent_n and_o distrust_n as_o though_o god_n have_v not_o do_v well_o in_o send_v he_o to_o pharaoh_n who_o take_v occasion_n by_o that_o to_o oppress_v israel_n the_o more_o and_o no_o deliverance_n likely_a to_o come_v which_o yet_o he_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o count_v strange_a if_o he_o have_v well_o remember_v and_o observe_v what_o god_n have_v say_v to_o he_o chapt._n 3._o that_o pharaoh_n heart_n will_v be_v harden_v and_o he_o will_v not_o let_v they_o go_v at_o the_o first_o but_o moses_n have_v forget_v this_o and_o so_o complain_v as_o if_o god_n have_v do_v he_o and_o israel_n both_o wrong_n in_o it_o ver._n 22_o 23._o 4._o in_o numb._n 11._o 11_o etc._n etc._n 14._o 15._o we_o find_v another_o fit_a 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and_o boldfaced_a opposition_n against_o it_o must_v needs_o aggravare_fw-la the_o transgression_n and_o increase_v the_o mischief_n but_o the_o prophet_n meaning_n be_v that_o god_n will_v have_v a_o observation_n make_v 1._o that_o all_o the_o misery_n of_o the_o land_n though_o there_o be_v very_o few_o so_o wise_a as_o to_o consider_v it_o be_v for_o sin_n for_o the_o transgression_n of_o god_n law_n and_o every_o one_o do_v too_o much_o what_o they_o list_v and_o then_o that_o in_o the_o second_o place_n inquiry_n shall_v be_v make_v for_o what_o special_a provocation_n it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v such_o heavy_a judgement_n on_o the_o land_n they_o have_v walk_v say_v god_n after_o baalim_fw-la which_o their_o father_n teach_v they_o whether_o any_o old_a superstition_n or_o any_o profane_a custom_n and_o practice_n receive_v by_o tradition_n from_o our_o father_n or_o any_o other_o new_a invent_a idol_n or_o fancy_n any_o imagination_n of_o our_o own_o heart_n be_v the_o 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