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unto_o he_o nor_o hearken_v unto_o he_o neither_o shall_v thy_o eye_n pity_v he_o neither_o shall_v thou_o spare_v neither_o shall_v thou_o conceal_v he_o but_o thou_o shall_v sure_o kill_v he_o thy_o hand_n shall_v be_v first_o upon_o he_o to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n &_o afterward_o the_o hand_n of_o all_o the_o people_n vers_fw-la 6_o 8._o the_o second_o we_o have_v zech._n 13.1_o 3._o express_o relate_v unto_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o that_o day_n viz_o after_o the_o come_v of_o the_o messiah_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n when_o the_o family_n of_o the_o tribe_n shall_v mourn_v chapt._n 12.11_o the_o family_n of_o the_o house_n of_o david_n apart_o &_o the_o family_n of_o the_o house_n of_o nathan_n apart_o &c_n &c_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o fountain_n open_v i.e._n the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n under_o moses_n dispensation_n be_v compare_v to_o a_o fountain_n veil_v 2_o cor_n 3.13_o &c_n &c_n under_o the_o gospel-dispensation_n unto_o a_o fountain_n open_v 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