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the_o lord_n he_o hide_v a_o hundred_o of_o they_o by_o fifty_n in_o a_o cave_n and_o feed_v they_o with_o bread_n and_o water_n yet_o when_o elias_n for_o all_o that_o command_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v tell_v the_o king_n he_o be_v there_o he_o obey_v but_o ahab_n go_v with_o not_o good_a mind_n to_o meet_v elias_n when_o he_o understand_v by_o abdias_n that_o he_o be_v there_o for_o at_o the_o first_o meeting_n he_o ask_v he_o whether_o he_o be_v not_o that_o elias_n that_o trouble_v the_o state_n which_o when_o he_o do_v not_o only_o deny_v but_o on_o the_o contrary_n maintain_v that_o ahab_n be_v he_o who_o neglect_v god_n command_n do_v worship_n baalim_fw-la with_o his_o whole_a family_n as_o his_o ancestor_n have_v do_v he_o bid_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v call_v together_o all_o the_o israelite_n and_o the_o prophet_n of_o the_o god_n baal_n to_o mount_n carmel_n where_o when_o they_o be_v meet_v all_o those_o thing_n fall_v out_o which_o be_v well_o know_v and_o set_v forth_o 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number_n of_o word_n but_o long_o for_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o sentence_n he_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o own_o land_n although_o st_n hierome_n write_v that_o his_o sepulchre_n together_o with_o the_o monument_n of_o elissaeus_n the_o prophet_n and_o john_n the_o baptist_n be_v have_v in_o honour_n and_o reverence_n in_o the_o city_n schasto_n which_o be_v sometime_o call_v samaria_n the_o life_n of_o the_o prophet_n hosea_n or_o osee_n chap._n xvi_o saint_n hierome_n think_v that_o osee_n be_v the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o prophet_n he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o beeri_n and_o discharge_v his_o office_n of_o prophecy_n when_o hieroboam_n the_o son_n of_o joas_n be_v king_n of_o israel_n and_o vzzia_n joatham_n ahaz_n and_o hezekiah_n be_v king_n of_o judah_n whereby_o it_o may_v be_v conceive_v that_o he_o live_v long_o for_o whereas_o hieroboam_n reign_v two_o and_o twenty_o year_n ozias_n fifty_o and_o two_o joatham_n sixteen_o ahaz_n sixteen_o and_o hezekias_n twenty_o 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former_a time_n out_o of_o their_o country_n that_o he_o may_v place_v his_o own_o people_n in_o they_o as_o he_o have_v promise_v abraham_n will_v hear_v he_o and_o he_o in_o this_o sad_a time_n of_o danger_n that_o the_o ammonite_n and_o moabite_n come_v against_o he_o with_o a_o hostile_a army_n be_v unthankful_a for_o and_o unmindful_a of_o their_o deliverance_n when_o at_o his_o command_n their_o elder_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o moses_n spare_v those_o two_o nation_n when_o other_o people_n be_v destroy_v he_o know_v well_o that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o stand_v against_o such_o a_o multitude_n unless_o god_n almighty_n do_v help_v he_o nor_o do_v the_o king_n alone_o pray_v to_o god_n but_o also_o all_o the_o jew_n with_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n there_o be_v among_o they_o this_o jehaziel_n the_o son_n of_o zachary_n a_o levite_n who_o by_o a_o long_a descent_n be_v come_v from_o asaph_n david_n singer_n he_o be_v move_v by_o the_o spirit_n 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dissemble_v it_o esaias_n chide_v he_o and_o they_o that_o obey_v he_o because_o they_o have_v not_o only_o weary_v man_n but_o god_n also_o esa_n 7.13_o foretell_v that_o such_o a_o sign_n as_o this_o shall_v be_v give_v they_o he_o say_v a_o virgin_n shall_v conceive_v and_o bring_v forth_o a_o son_n who_o name_n they_o shall_v call_v emmanuel_n that_o be_v god_n with_o we_o sect._n 2._o and_o when_o hezechiah_n be_v king_n esaias_n be_v sometime_o consult_v withal_o and_o send_v unto_o by_o the_o king_n who_o entreat_v his_o prayer_n for_o he_o and_o other_o time_n send_v by_o god_n on_o message_n to_o the_o king_n which_o how_o and_o wherefore_o it_o be_v do_v i_o will_v declare_v in_o few_o word_n isa_n 3.6_o senacherib_n king_n of_o assyria_n invade_v judah_n have_v take_v all_o the_o fence_a city_n thereof_o and_o have_v send_v rabshacheh_n general_n of_o his_o army_n to_o jerusalem_n that_o he_o may_v treat_v with_o hezechiah_n concern_v the_o surrender_n of_o the_o city_n hezechiah_n be_v mighty_o afraid_a send_v eliakim_n the_o son_n of_o helkiah_n the_o steward_n of_o his_o house_n shebna_n the_o scribe_n and_o joah_n the_o son_n of_o asaph_n the_o recorder_n who_o when_o they_o have_v hear_v many_o word_n tend_v both_o to_o the_o disgrace_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o dishonour_n of_o god_n as_o though_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o help_v his_o own_o people_n and_o have_v tell_v they_o to_o hezechiah_n he_o rend_v his_o clothes_n and_o be_v clad_v with_o sackcloth_n go_v into_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n and_o send_v those_o three_o in_o the_o same_o habit_n to_o isaiah_n first_o to_o relate_v to_o he_o those_o thing_n and_o afterward_o to_o increat_v he_o that_o he_o will_v pray_v to_o god_n for_o they_o that_o persevere_v trust_v in_o he_o esaias_n at_o god_n command_n bid_v they_o toll_v hezechiah_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o fear_v for_o god_n will_v send_v a_o blast_n upon_o senacherib_n and_o he_o shall_v hear_v a_o rumour_n upon_o which_o he_o shall_v return_v into_o assyria_n and_o there_o die_v by_o the_o sword_n these_o thing_n they_o tell_v to_o the_o king_n but_o because_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n senacherib_n send_v messenger_n who_o bring_v letter_n to_o hezechiab_n contain_v yet_o more_o grievous_a rail_n against_o god_n he_o first_o read_v they_o over_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v take_v they_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o ambassador_n and_o afterward_o go_v into_o the_o temple_n he_o humble_o beseech_v god_n and_o that_o at_o large_a to_o revenge_v the_o wrong_n and_o reproach_n of_o senacherib_n and_o deliver_v his_o own_o people_n god_n be_v entreat_v with_o those_o prayer_n of_o the_o king_n declare_v at_o large_a by_o esaias_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o great_a deliverance_n and_o show_v the_o token_n by_o which_o he_o shall_v know_v the_o thing_n for_o certain_a which_o when_o they_o have_v all_o come_v to_o pass_v according_o a_o hundred_o fourscore_o &_o five_o thousand_o of_o the_o assyrian_n be_v slay_v and_o senacherib_n himself_o also_o a_o while_n after_o in_o assyria_n whereupon_o ensue_v a_o happy_a peace_n sect._n 3_o the_o occasion_n afterward_o why_o he_o be_v send_v unto_o the_o king_n be_v this_o hezechias_n be_v sick_a and_o that_o with_o danger_n of_o life_n therefore_o god_n send_v esaias_n to_o he_o to_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o order_v himself_o and_o his_o affair_n because_o he_o be_v to_o die_v he_o be_v affright_v with_o this_o message_n beseech_v god_n present_o that_o he_o will_v have_v mercy_n on_o he_o whereupon_o esaias_n be_v again_o send_v by_o god_n have_v not_o yet_o go_v out_o of_o the_o court-yard_n to_o tell_v he_o that_o his_o prayer_n be_v hear_v and_o his_o tear_n see_v and_o that_o therefore_o he_o shall_v live_v fifteen_o year_n