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another_o take_v from_o their_o own_o misery_n for_o thou_o have_v fall_v by_o thy_o iniquity_n again_o in_o the_o exhortation_n consider_v first_o the_o people_n exhort_v o_fw-la israel_n &_o then_o the_o duty_n require_v return_v unto_o the_o lord_n o_o israel_n return_n unto_o the_o lord_n they_o god_n for_o thou_o have_v fall_v by_o thy_o iniquity_n the_o people_n exhort_v be_v israel_n whereby_o we_o may_v understand_v either_o the_o ten_o tribe_n who_o make_v defection_n from_o the_o house_n of_o david_n follow_v after_o jeroboam_fw-la against_o who_o the_o judgement_n be_v denounce_v in_o the_o former_a verse_n under_o the_o name_n of_o samaria_n because_o samaria_n be_v the_o metropolitan_a city_n of_o that_o kingdom_n or_o else_o by_o israel_n we_o may_v understand_v that_o israel_n which_o be_v in_o the_o land_n of_o judah_n for_o these_o two_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n be_v often_o call_v israel_n by_o a_o synecdoche_n if_o by_o israel_n we_o understand_v the_o 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die_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o god_n many_o time_n seem_v to_o repeal_v his_o sentence_n according_a to_o that_o of_o gregory_n nevit_fw-la deus_fw-la aliquando_fw-la mutare_fw-la sententiam_fw-la sed_fw-la numquam_fw-la novit_fw-la mutare_fw-la consilium_fw-la he_o change_v his_o sentence_n not_o his_o purpose_n it_o be_v god_n sentence_n against_o nineveh_n yet_o forty_o day_n 4._o jonah_n 3_o 4._o &_o nineveh_n shall_v be_v destroy_v it_o be_v god_n sentence_n to_o hezekiah_n put_v thy_o house_n in_o order_n for_o thou_o shall_v die_v and_o not_o live_v 1._o isai_n 38_o 1._o and_o yet_o neither_o of_o these_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o that_o time_n do_v this_o argue_v any_o inconstancy_n in_o god_n or_o want_v of_o power_n that_o he_o can_v not_o perform_v what_o he_o have_v speak_v no_o 19_o numb_a 23_o 19_o god_n forbid_v god_n be_v not_o as_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v lie_v neither_o as_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v repent_v have_v he_o say_v and_o shall_v he_o not_o 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wander_v from_o god_n be_v the_o only_a way_n and_o mean_n to_o bring_v we_o to_o god_n notitia_fw-la peccati_fw-la initium_fw-la salutis_fw-la the_o right_a understanding_n and_o true_a acknowledgement_n of_o our_o own_o misery_n be_v the_o first_o step_n to_o salvation_n for_o if_o israel_n must_v return_v to_o the_o lord_n than_o she_o must_v be_v possess_v with_o a_o opinion_n of_o her_o own_o wander_a from_o the_o lord_n she_o must_v see_v that_o she_o have_v go_v astray_o and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o true_a comfort_n to_o be_v find_v in_o those_o path_n of_o sin_n in_o which_o she_o walk_v for_o how_o can_v a_o man_n frame_v himself_o to_o enter_v into_o a_o right_a course_n till_o he_o be_v full_o resolve_v and_o persuade_v within_o himself_o that_o he_o have_v be_v mistake_v in_o his_o former_a course_n of_o life_n so_o the_o prodigal_a son_n a_o true_a pattern_n of_o a_o penitent_a sinner_n never_o seek_v to_o his_o father_n till_o that_o he_o come_v to_o himself_o â—â—_o 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