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rebuke_v yet_o they_o will_v bless_v they_o afterwards_o if_o god_n blesâ—_n the_o rebuke_n and_o other_o will_v curse_v they_o that_o will_v not_o rebuke_v they_o in_o their_o evil_a way_n 2._o if_o we_o refer_v this_o rebuker_n unto_o god_n himself_o i_o have_v be_v a_o rebuker_n that_o be_v not_o i_o the_o prophet_n only_o but_o i_o the_o lord_n have_v be_v a_o rebuker_n of_o they_o all_o from_o thence_o the_o note_n be_v that_o god_n do_v rebuke_v people_n in_o his_o word_n in_o his_o minister_n observe_v observe_v when_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n rebuke_n in_o a_o way_n of_o god_n god_n do_v then_o rebuke_v sinner_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o mean_n in_o the_o world_n to_o humble_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o sinner_n word_n god_n rebuke_n 1._o by_o word_n it_o be_v this_o to_o see_v that_o god_n rebuke_n he_o in_o his_o word_n you_o may_v put_v these_o two_o note_n together_o god_n rebuke_n in_o his_o word_n and_o this_o be_v a_o great_a mean_n â—f_o humble_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o sinner_n to_o see_v that_o god_n rebuke_n he_o in_o his_o word_n thou_o come_v unto_o the_o word_n and_o â—â—ndest_v thyself_o rebuke_v for_o such_o and_o such_o evil_n that_o thou_o be_v conscious_a unto_o thyself_o of_o know_v it_o be_v god_n rebuke_v thou_o that_o day_n and_o he_o will_v call_v thou_o to_o account_v for_o those_o rebuke_n he_o give_v thou_o there_o thou_o come_v perhaps_o to_o hear_v what_o the_o minister_n will_v say_v but_o thou_o find_v before_o thou_o go_v that_o thou_o be_v rebuke_v for_o such_o and_o such_o secret_a evil_n thou_o be_v conscious_a to_o thyself_o of_o know_v i_o say_v god_n rebuke_v thou_o at_o that_o time_n and_o look_v to_o it_o god_n will_v call_v thou_o to_o a_o account_n for_o his_o rebuke_n god_n rebuke_n not_o only_o by_o his_o word_n but_o sometime_o by_o his_o work_n too_o work_n 2._o by_o work_n when_o he_o do_v appear_v against_o sinner_n when_o he_o suit_v his_o work_n so_o as_o he_o do_v evident_o show_v that_o he_o set_v himself_o against_o such_o and_o such_o sinner_n than_o i_o say_v god_n rebuke_n they_o for_o such_o and_o such_o evil_n howsoever_o they_o will_v not_o see_v it_o isa_n 26.11_o 12._o lord_z when_o thy_o hand_n be_v lift_v up_o they_o will_v not_o see_v but_o they_o shall_v see_v god_n lift_v up_o his_o hand_n to_o rebuke_v wicked_a and_o carnal_a man_n and_o evident_o set_v himself_o against_o they_o and_o they_o will_v not_o see_v but_o they_o shall_v see_v obser_n obser_n again_o further_o hence_o note_v the_o stubbornesâ—_n of_o man_n heart_n especial_o of_o idolater_n they_o be_v profound_a to_o make_v slaughter_n in_o their_o way_n of_o superstition_n though_o i_o be_v a_o rebuker_n of_o they_o all_o they_o care_v not_o for_o my_o rebuke_n they_o regard_v not_o my_o word_n their_o heart_n be_v stubborn_a and_o stout_a against_o they_o verbi_fw-la contemptus_fw-la idolatriae_fw-la comes_fw-la say_v mercer_n mercer_n mercer_n upon_o the_o place_n the_o contempt_n of_o godâ—_n 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this_o but_o we_o must_v not_o stand_v to_o that_o but_o rather_o take_v the_o word_n at_o they_o be_v literal_o only_o for_o the_o read_n of_o they_o a_o word_n or_o two_o first_o with_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n in_o the_o hebrew_n be_v which_o be_v translate_v with_o be_v as_o much_o sometime_o as_o for_z in_o that_o tongue_n for_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o 5._o chapter_n and_o the_o 5_o vers_n israel_n and_o ephraim_n shall_v fall_v in_o their_o iniquity_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o their_o iniquity_n there_o it_o be_v be_v too_o so_o that_o if_o we_o shall_v translate_v it_o so_o for_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n than_o we_o may_v have_v this_o note_n obser_n obser_n here_o we_o may_v see_v the_o poor_a condition_n that_o we_o be_v in_o that_o when_o but_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n and_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n be_v destroy_v our_o comfort_n be_v go_v quick_o the_o comfort_n of_o natural_a man_n depend_v 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of_o sin_n ibid._n 4_o there_o be_v no_o stand_v out_o against_o god_n ibid._n 5_o god_n be_v worthy_a of_o all_o he_o can_v do_v ibid._n 6_o slight_a sorrow_n will_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n page_n 696_o 7_o god_n have_v power_n to_o raise_v the_o soul_n ibid._n 8_o there_o be_v enough_o in_o god_n to_o make_v he_o bless_v ib._n a_o exposition_n of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o hosea_n chap._n vi_o verse_n i._n come_v and_o let_v we_o return_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o he_o have_v tear_v and_o he_o will_v heal_v we_o he_o have_v smite_v and_o he_o will_v bind_v we_o up_o in_o this_o chapter_n we_o have_v these_o thing_n considerable_a first_o chap._n parr_n of_o the_o chap._n the_o work_n of_o israel_n true_a repentance_n from_o the_o first_o verse_n to_o the_o three_o verse_n second_o a_o sad_a complaint_n of_o the_o overly_o repentance_n of_o many_o in_o israel_n in_o the_o four_o verse_n then_o here_o be_v a_o further_o upbrade_n of_o israel_n for_o their_o unkind_a deal_n with_o god_n 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