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cast_v out_o the_o bond_n woman_n and_o her_o son_n out_o with_o he_o say_v god_n for_o he_o shall_v never_o be_v heir_n with_o my_o son_n this_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o seventeen_a year_n before_o ismael_n death_n and_o so_o god_n take_v saul_n five_o and_o thirty_o or_o six_o and_o thirty_o year_n before_o he_o die_v according_a to_o josephus_n chronology_n if_o it_o be_v true_a nowsoever_o he_o take_v he_o divers_a year_n before_o his_o death_n for_o so_o the_o scripture_n make_v it_o plain_a 1_o sam._n 15._o 29._o the_o strength_n of_o israel_n will_v not_o lie_v nor_o repent_v for_o he_o be_v not_o a_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v repent_v therefore_o because_o thou_o have_v reject_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o lord_n also_o have_v reject_v thou_o from_o be_v a_o king_n and_o do_v not_o think_v that_o thou_o by_o thy_o prayer_n and_o cry_v god_n mercy_n can_v ever_o alter_v he_o for_o his_o counsel_n be_v immutable_a and_o he_o be_v strong_a in_o his_o decree_n and_o can_v change_v hitherto_o orace_n and_o mercy_n have_v be_v offer_v thou_o which_o if_o thou_o have_v embrace_v thou_o may_v have_v find_v mercy_n from_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o kingdom_n shall_v have_v be_v establish_v and_o confirm_v unto_o thou_o but_o now_o it_o be_v too_o late_a for_o the_o strength_n of_o israel_n can_v lie_v god_n take_v esau_n fifty_o year_n before_o his_o death_n for_o so_o long_o he_o live_v after_o he_o seek_v the_o blessing_n with_o tear_n but_o he_o be_v a_o hunt_n when_o god_n be_v a_o calling_n he_o be_v follow_v his_o profaneness_n when_o god_n be_v woo_v he_o to_o repentance_n at_o last_o when_o he_o call_v for_o repentance_n and_o seek_v it_o earnest_o yea_o his_o soul_n be_v careful_a for_o to_o get_v it_o yet_o he_o can_v never_o obtain_v it_o though_o he_o seek_v it_o earnest_o with_o tear_n of_o fifty_o year_n before_o he_o die_v now_o if_o the_o lord_n so_o severe_o punish_v contempt_n of_o temporal_a blessing_n o_o how_o will_v hâ—_z punish_v the_o 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spirit_n and_o thou_o refuse_v to_o open_v to_o he_o thou_o be_v condemn_v already_o for_o the_o strength_n of_o israel_n can_v lie_v nor_o repent_v oh_o therefore_o take_v heed_n now_o while_o his_o word_n sound_v in_o thy_o ear_n while_o his_o spirit_n secret_o whisper_v in_o thy_o heart_n to_o thou_o open_a to_o he_o for_o else_o thou_o be_v condemn_v for_o ever_o take_v notice_n then_o that_o god_n do_v common_o give_v man_n a_o day_n and_o no_o man_n or_o angel_n do_v know_v how_o long_o this_o day_n last_v to_o some_o it_o last_v to_o their_o lash_n gasp_n to_o some_o to_o their_o old_a age_n and_o to_o some_o it_o be_v cut_v off_o in_o their_o childhood_n god_n give_v the_o angel_n a_o day_n the_o which_o because_o they_o neglect_v they_o be_v reserve_v in_o chain_n of_o darkness_n until_o the_o great_a judgement_n day_n god_n give_v cain_n a_o day_n gen._n 4._o during_o all_o the_o time_n of_o this_o day_n though_o cain_n sin_v again_o and_o again_o and_o go_v on_o in_o his_o sin_n a_o great_a while_n yet_o hear_v nothing_o but_o a_o still_a voice_n if_o thou_o do_v well_o cain_n shall_v thou_o not_o be_v accept_v but_o if_o thou_o do_v ill_a sin_n lie_v at_o the_o door_n but_o when_o no_o mean_n will_v prevail_v but_o cain_n will_v go_v on_o add_v sin_n to_o sin_n and_o murder_n unto_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o so_o let_v go_v the_o season_n of_o mercy_n the_o lord_n tell_v he_o from_o heaven_n that_o the_o day_n of_o grace_n be_v past_a the_o gate_n of_o mercy_n be_v shut_v against_o thou_o for_o thou_o be_v now_o accurse_v from_o the_o earth_n as_o if_o the_o lord_n shall_v say_v before_o i_o give_v thou_o a_o day_n of_o salvation_n and_o offer_v thou_o mercy_n but_o thou_o will_v not_o accept_v of_o it_o but_o now_o i_o have_v clap_v a_o curse_n upon_o thy_o soul_n that_o thou_o shall_v never_o claw_v it_o off_o so_o god_n give_v niniveh_n a_o day_n to_o repent_v jonnah_n 3._o yet_o forty_o day_n and_o niniveh_n shall_v be_v destroy_v god_n give_v the_o fig-trée_n a_o day_n even_o three_o year_n before_o he_o will_v have_v it_o cut_v down_o god_n give_v the_o old_a world_n a_o day_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n during_o this_o time_n god_n send_v unto_o they_o noah_n a_o preacher_n of_o righteousness_n to_o call_v upon_o they_o to_o repent_v and_o so_o set_v it_o down_o also_o that_o his_o spirit_n shall_v not_o always_o strive_v with_o man_n but_o his_o time_n shall_v be_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n yet_o one_o writ_n that_o the_o lord_n cut_v off_o twenty_o of_o the_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n because_o of_o