lord_n behold_v i_o be_o against_o thou_o and_o will_v draw_v forth_o my_o sword_n out_o of_o his_o sheath_n and_o will_v cut_v off_o from_o thou_o the_o righteous_a and_o the_o wicked_a these_o time_n in_o which_o we_o now_o live_v be_v time_n of_o war_n and_o rumour_n of_o war_n which_o do_v abound_v and_o prevail_v in_o they_o in_o which_o respect_n a_o text_n of_o war_n will_v not_o be_v unfit_a or_o unsuitable_a to_o we_o especial_o of_o such_o a_o war_n which_o if_o it_o be_v due_o and_o right_o consider_v be_v the_o cause_n and_o occasion_n of_o all_o other_o war_n beside_o which_o be_v that_o of_o god_n himself_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n with_o the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o we_o have_v propound_v unto_o we_o here_o in_o this_o scripture_n god_n controversy_n with_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o publish_n and_o declare_v of_o it_o to_o they_o by_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n who_o in_o these_o two_o verse_n which_o i_o have_v read_v be_v 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