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the_o angel_n that_o commune_v with_o i_o say_v unto_o i_o cry_v thou_o and_o speak_v thus_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n i_o be_o jealous_a over_o jerusalem_n and_o zion_n with_o a_o great_a zeal_n 15_o and_o be_o great_o angry_a against_o the_o careless_a heathen_a for_o i_o be_v angry_a but_o a_o little_a and_o they_o help_v forward_o the_o affliction_n 16_o therefore_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o will_v return_v unto_o jerusalem_n with_o tender_a mercy_n my_o house_n shall_v be_v build_v in_o it_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n and_o a_o line_n shall_v be_v stretch_v upon_o jerusalem_n 17_o cry_v yet_o and_o speak_v thus_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n my_o city_n shall_v yet_o be_v break_v with_o plenty_n the_o lord_n shall_v yet_o
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posterity_n can_v not_o choose_v but_o take_v notice_n and_o example_n of_o it_o but_o do_v not_o he_o appeal_v to_o their_o own_o conscience_n and_o observation_n to_o judge_v of_o it_o my_o word_n and_o my_o statute_n my_o decree_v and_o fore-appointed_n judgement_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o command_v by_o my_o servant_n the_o prophet_n viz._n to_o be_v publish_v by_o they_o and_o heed_v by_o your_o father_n take_v hold_n on_o your_o father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d overtake_v and_o catch_v they_o as_o huntsman_n the_o prey_n or_o one_o 25.5_o one_o 1._o king_n 18.27_o 2._o king_n 25.5_o enemy_n another_o in_o flight_n though_o they_o seek_v mean_n to_o make_v their_o escape_n 2._o by_o their_o own_o confession_n which_o the_o feel_n of_o god_n hand_n upon_o they_o do_v draw_v from_o they_o viz._n that_o they_o be_v punish_v according_a first_o as_o god_n threaten_v before_o and_o second_o as_o themselves_o deserve_v an_o they_o return_v it_o may_v be_v repent_v 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vision_n be_v to_o let_v the_o jew_n understand_v the_o providence_n and_o care_n which_o god_n have_v of_o they_o in_o this_o their_o miserable_a estate_n when_o god_n seem_v to_o neglect_v and_o cast_v they_o off_o here_o we_o be_v to_o note_v 1._o the_o description_n of_o the_o vision_n verse_n 8._o i_o see_v by_o night_n i_o have_v a_o vision_n in_o the_o night_n a_o time_n fit_a and_o usual_a for_o such_o revelation_n and_o behold_v a_o man_n ride_v a_o angel_n in_o man_n shape_n even_o christ_n the_o captain_n of_o the_o lord_n host_n josh_n 4.14_o and_o foremost_a of_o the_o troop_n in_o likeness_n of_o a_o horseman_n ready_o appoint_v to_o make_v out_o for_o his_o people_n good_a the_o same_o that_o dan._n 10.13.21_o be_v call_v michael_n prince_n of_o the_o jew_n upon_o a_o red_a horse_n why_o red_a in_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o this_o colour_n be_v give_v to_o his_o garment_n esa_n 63._o 1_o 2_o 3_o etc._n etc._n and_o to_o the_o angel_n horse_n rev._n 6.4_o junius_n interpret_v it_o fiery_a for_o protection_n of_o the_o church_n and_o consumption_n of_o the_o enemy_n an_o he_o stand_v among_o the_o myrtle_n trees_n in_o a_o shady_a grove_n and_o that_o that_o be_v in_o a_o bottom_n not_o lie_v to_o open_a view_n both_o shadow_a out_o how_o small_a appearance_n of_o help_n there_o be_v at_o this_o time_n for_o the_o jew_n who_o can_v hardly_o discern_v where_o and_o whence_o succour_n may_v arise_v for_o their_o relief_n which_o yet_o be_v ready_a for_o they_o though_o as_o it_o be_v lie_v in_o ambush_n to_o break_v forth_o upon_o opportunity_n interpreter_n conceive_v in_o the_o myrtle_n a_o type_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o godly_a that_o be_v leave_v among_o the_o jew_n of_o who_o god_n have_v a_o care_n sed_fw-la quaere_fw-la bottom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ordinary_o take_v for_o the_o bottom_n of_o water_n and_o therefore_o ribera_n understand_v by_o it_o a_o river_n which_o have_v myrtle_n on_o both_o the_o bank_n allege_v that_o 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