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this_o danger_n must_v have_v be_v in_o any_o other_o nation_n at_o least_o in_o we_o much_o hard_a to_o be_v incur_v than_o author_n hitherto_o have_v make_v it_o to_o be_v see_v in_o this_o and_o last_o of_o all_o this_o enmity_n or_o these_o faction_n be_v without_o blood_n which_o in_o monarchys_n they_o be_v not_o as_o you_o see_v well_o in_o those_o mention_v and_o this_o nation_n in_o the_o baron_n war_n and_o in_o those_o of_o york_n and_o lancaster_n beside_o other_o have_v feel_v or_o if_o at_o length_n they_o come_v indeed_o to_o blood_n this_o be_v not_o till_o the_o foundation_n be_v destroy_v that_o be_v till_o the_o balance_n of_o popular_a government_n in_o rome_n be_v total_o ruin_v which_o be_v equal_o in_o case_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n inavoidable_a be_v the_o government_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o as_o of_o late_a year_n we_o have_v be_v sufficient_o inform_v by_o our_o own_o sad_a experience_n book_n two_o chap._n v._o show_v the_o state_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o captivity_n and_o after_o their_o return_n out_o of_o it_o with_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n sect._n 1_o captivity_n the_o state_n of_o the_o israelit_v in_o captivity_n we_o leave_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n upon_o a_o sad_a march_n even_o into_o captivity_n what_o order_n have_v be_v ancient_o observe_v by_o they_o during_o the_o time_n they_o be_v in_o egypt_n one_o of_o which_o as_o have_v be_v already_o show_v be_v their_o seventy_o elder_n the_o same_o so_o far_o as_o will_v be_v permit_v by_o the_o prince_n who_o servant_n they_o be_v continue_v in_o practice_n with_o they_o during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o captivity_n out_o of_o which_o the_o ten_o 1_o jer._n 25._o 12._o 2_o chr._n 36._o 22._o ezra_n 1_o tribe_n never_o more_o return_v the_o two_o tribe_n when_o seventy_o year_n be_v accomplish_v from_o the_o time_n that_o they_o be_v carry_v away_o by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n king_n of_o persia_n 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