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will_v put_v enmity_n between_o thou_o and_o the_o woman_n and_o between_o thy_o seed_n and_o her_o seed_n it_o shall_v bruise_v thy_o head_n and_o thou_o shall_v bruise_v his_o heel_n can_v it_o be_v suspect_v here_o that_o without_o the_o forego_n penitence_n of_o man_n these_o word_n shall_v never_o be_v accomplish_v on_o the_o contrary_a it_o be_v to_o excite_v our_o repentance_n which_o otherwise_o will_v have_v remain_v dead_a for_o they_o be_v the_o promise_n of_o grace_n which_o alone_o as_o we_o have_v say_v elsewhere_o can_v awaken_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n to_o true_a repentance_n in_o like_a manner_n when_o the_o patriarch_n jacob_n say_v the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n etc._n etc._n do_v he_o understand_v that_o shiloh_n shall_v come_v only_o provide_v judah_n and_o israel_n repent_v certain_o he_o have_v no_o regard_n to_o that_o but_o put_v this_o among_o the_o absolute_a pure_a prediction_n which_o the_o spirit_n ennable_v he_o to_o make_v concern_v his_o posterity_n and_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o happen_v to_o every_o tribe_n be_v it_o repentant_a or_o not_o and_o thus_o it_o be_v also_o in_o all_o the_o rest_n deut._n 18.18_o i_o will_v raise_v they_o up_o a_o prophet_n among_o their_o brethren_n like_v unto_o thou_o and_o will_v put_v my_o word_n in_o his_o mouth_n and_o he_o shall_v speak_v unto_o they_o all_o that_o i_o shall_v command_v he_o verse_n 19_o and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o whosoever_o will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o my_o word_n which_o he_o shall_v speak_v in_o my_o name_n i_o will_v require_v it_o of_o he_o psal_n 2._o i_o have_v set_v my_o king_n upon_o zion_n the_o mountain_n of_o my_o holiness_n and_o 7._o the_o lord_n have_v say_v to_o i_o thou_o be_v my_o son_n this_o day_n have_v i_o beget_v thou_o 8._o ask_v of_o i_o and_o i_o shall_v give_v thou_o
the_o nation_n for_o thy_o inheritance_n and_o the_o uttermost_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o thy_o possession_n 9_o thou_o shall_v break_v they_o with_o a_o rod_n of_o iron_n thou_o shall_v dash_v they_o in_o piece_n like_o a_o potter_n vessel_n etc._n etc._n and_o isaiah_n 7.14_o behold_v a_o virgin_n shall_v conceive_v and_o bear_v a_o son_n and_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n immanuel_n also_o chap._n 11.1_o and_o there_o shall_v come_v forth_o a_o rod_n out_o of_o the_o stemne_v of_o jesse_n and_o a_o branch_n shall_v grow_v out_o of_o his_o root_n 2._o and_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v rest_v upon_o he_o etc._n etc._n also_o chap._n 32.1_o behold_v a_o king_n shall_v reign_v in_o righteousness_n etc._n etc._n and_o likewise_o in_o that_o celebrate_a 53._o chapter_n and_o malachi_n have_v end_v the_o second_o chapter_n with_o a_o complaint_n of_o the_o murmur_n of_o the_o jew_n against_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n and_o likewise_o of_o their_o blasphemy_n he_o 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of_o divine_a institution_n in_o the_o world_n or_o that_o some_o other_o have_v be_v establish_v by_o god_n in_o its_o place_n for_o as_o to_o what_o they_o allege_v that_o in_o several_a place_n of_o their_o book_n it_o be_v say_v that_o their_o law_n ought_v to_o endure_v to_o perpetuity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o have_v be_v answer_v a_o thousand_o time_n that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v simple_o do_v not_o necessary_o signify_v the_o perpetuity_n of_o a_o thing_n or_o eternity_n of_o time_n but_o oftentimes_o a_o long_a duration_n only_o which_o begin_v or_o be_v terminate_v at_o some_o certain_a and_o remarkable_a period_n as_o of_o the_o deluge_n of_o the_o descent_n into_o egypt_n of_o a_o jubilee_n and_o the_o like_a example_n of_o which_o be_v very_o ordinary_a now_o it_o will_v be_v a_o thing_n too_o unsuitable_a to_o that_o great_a goodness_n which_o god_n have_v always_o testify_v to_o man_n and_o to_o that_o special_a care_n he_o have_v 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