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have_v make_v they_o to_o have_v abhor_v it_o for_o that_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o goodness_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n when_o man_n make_v void_a his_o law_n to_o love_v it_o the_o better_a and_o keep_v close_o to_o god_n because_o they_o see_v other_o run_v away_o from_o he_o psal_n 119._o 126_o 127_o 128._o ruth_n 1._o 15_o 16_o 17._o josh_n 6._o 68_o 3._o because_o they_o see_v before_o their_o eye_n the_o fearful_a judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o israel_n that_o be_v ruin_v carry_v into_o captivity_n 2_o king_n 18._o 9_o 11_o 12._o and_o it_o be_v say_v here_o to_o have_v a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n give_v she_o v_o 8._o by_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v warn_v but_o though_o they_o see_v all_o this_o yet_o they_o go_v on_o still_o in_o their_o evil_a way_n ezek._n 23._o 9_o 10_o 11._o nay_o they_o do_v not_o profit_n by_o their_o own_o correction_n zeph._n 3._o 1._o 27._o jer._n 2._o 30._o isa_n 1._o 5._o 4._o because_o of_o their_o pride_n they_o be_v not_o humble_v 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and_o yet_o be_v not_o better_o but_o be_v make_v worse_o by_o a_o mock_n of_o god_n it_o be_v true_a that_o josiah_n be_v a_o glorious_a reformer_n but_o the_o reformation_n be_v he_o not_o they_o it_o be_v bury_v in_o josiahs_n grave_n and_o as_o they_o be_v very_o bad_a before_o that_o reformation_n so_o they_o continue_v to_o be_v so_o in_o heart_n still_o and_o therefore_o their_o last_o destruction_n be_v fix_v on_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n wherein_o they_o have_v a_o part_n 2_o chron._n 33._o 9_o and_o whereof_o they_o do_v not_o real_o repent_v notwithstanding_o that_o josiah_n make_v they_o in_o and_o for_o his_o time_n to_o serve_v god_n but_o continue_v though_o then_o good_a in_o show_n still_o bad_a in_o truth_n ezek._n 4._o 6._o and_o so_o in_o the_o captivity_n they_o pay_v for_o all_o together_o see_v 2_o king_n 24._o 3_o 4._o jer._n 15._o 4._o hence_o it_o follow_v 1._o that_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o equal_a joh._n 19_o 11._o 2._o that_o the_o best_a of_o god_n people_n in_o some_o respect_n may_v be_v in_o other_o respect_n the_o worst_a for_o the_o ordinance_n and_o mean_n that_o they_o enjoy_v the_o mercy_n wherein_o they_o partake_v and_o the_o judgement_n whereof_o they_o be_v the_o beholder_n and_o wherein_o they_o be_v partner_n together_o with_o the_o great_a profession_n which_o they_o make_v make_v they_o the_o chief_a of_o sinner_n matt._n 11._o 20._o to_o v_o 25._o 3._o that_o howsoever_o people_n in_o the_o day_n of_o a_o josiah_n and_o when_o a_o spirit_n of_o reformation_n work_v vigorous_o cry_v up_o reformation_n with_o their_o mouth_n yet_o their_o heart_n be_v oft_o against_o it_o 2_o chron._n 20._o 33._o and_o they_o abhor_v to_o subject_v themselves_o to_o divine_a discipline_n only_o they_o be_v make_v for_o a_o time_n to_o do_v that_o to_o which_o they_o have_v no_o mind_n 2_o chron._n 34._o 33._o 4._o and_o when_o reformation_n be_v profess_v reject_v and_o sin_n resume_v then_o a_o nation_n be_v in_o danger_n to_o 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much_o command_v but_o it_o have_v no_o spirit_n in_o it_o to_o help_v they_o to_o keep_v it_o and_o so_o it_o kill_v they_o for_o not_o keep_v it_o 2_o cor._n 3._o 6._o rom._n 7._o 6._o the_o lord_n therefore_o in_o this_o new_a covenant_n take_v a_o new_a course_n here_o be_v the_o ministry_n of_o the_o spirit_n whereby_o 1._o he_o make_v the_o table_n himself_o as_o he_o do_v the_o first_o table_n deut._n 5._o 22._o only_o whereas_o they_o be_v table_n of_o stone_n now_o he_o make_v fleshy_a table_n ezek._n 36._o 26._o and_o have_v make_v they_o fit_a to_o receive_v his_o impression_n 2._o he_o do_v in_o two_o table_n to_o wit_n the_o mind_n and_o the_o heart_n and_o bowel_n write_v not_o a_o new_a law_n but_o the_o same_o law_n by_o his_o bless_a spirit_n 2_o cor._n 3._o 3._o whereby_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o regenerate_a man_n be_v form_v and_o conform_v in_o all_o obedience_n to_o the_o holy_a law_n of_o god_n so_o that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o command_v and_o keep_v in_o order_n 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