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the_o same_o kind_n both_o in_o destroy_v their_o first_o bear_v whereby_o also_o he_o fulfil_v his_o threaten_n and_o force_v they_o to_o let_v israel_n his_o first_o bear_v goc_fw-la lade_v with_o their_o spoil_n through_o hope_n they_o will_v return_v and_o also_o by_o drown_v pharaoh_n and_o his_o host_n thereby_o also_o fulfil_v his_o promise_n to_o his_o people_n like_a as_o afterward_o the_o babylonian_n who_o in_o many_o thing_n resemble_v the_o egyptian_n in_o their_o carriage_n towards_o the_o church_n have_v their_o cruelty_n just_o retalliate_v on_o their_o own_o little_a one_o ps_n 137.8_o 9_o but_o however_o infant_n be_v cut_v off_o whether_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o violence_n as_o the_o bethlemitish_a by_o herod_n math._n 2._o prefigure_v as_o the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n declare_v or_o by_o natural_a death_n it_o be_v a_o punishment_n to_o their_o parent_n and_o relation_n the_o manner_n only_o augment_v it_o and_o not_o only_o a_o punishment_n but_o the_o great_a for_o 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the_o sear_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o which_o man_n depart_v from_o evil_n prov._n 16.6_o thus_o god_n cure_v the_o remnant_n of_o the_o jew_n of_o their_o idolatry_n which_o they_o be_v so_o addict_v to_o former_o and_o ever_o after_o detest_v above_o all_o other_o ezech._n 23._o where_o jâ—dah_n and_o israel_n be_v set_v forth_o as_o two_o spiritual_a adulteress_n be_v at_o ease_n and_o god_n say_v i_o will_v bring_v a_o company_n upon_o they_o namely_o the_o assyrian_n and_o chaldean_n that_o shall_v stone_n they_o with_o stone_n as_o the_o jew_n punish_v adulter_n and_o dispatch_v they_o with_o their_o sword_n they_o shall_v slay_v their_o son_n and_o their_o daughter_n etc._n etc._n thus_o will_v i_o cause_v lewdness_n to_o cease_v out_o of_o he_o land_n that_o all_o woman_n may_v be_v teach_v not_o to_o do_v after_o your_o wickedness_n that_o be_v other_o city_n and_o nation_n compare_v here_o to_o woman_n especial_o where_o his_o church_n shall_v be_v plant_v may_v learn_v to_o 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