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that_o in_o his_o extremity_n he_o sin_v yet_o more_o and_o more_o therefore_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v brand_v he_o with_o this_o infamous_a note_n this_o be_v that_o king_n ahaz_n that_o be_v he_o that_o affliction_n can_v not_o mend_v nor_o make_v better_o and_o indeed_o when_o as_o it_o be_v so_o that_o affliction_n do_v man_n no_o good_a it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v that_o they_o have_v reject_v the_o last_o remedy_n that_o god_n mean_v to_o bestow_v upon_o they_o and_o god_n may_v say_v to_o they_o why_o shall_v i_o smite_v they_o any_o more_o 1.5_o isa_n 1.5_o 3_o the_o spirit_n set_v home_o example_n of_o good_a man_n and_o make_v they_o mean_n to_o mortify_v our_o sin_n when_o we_o see_v man_n wean_v from_o the_o world_n upright_o in_o their_o way_n charitable_a to_o the_o poor_a temperate_a in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o creature_n holy_a humble_a and_o full_a of_o good_a fruit_n such_o a_o man_n life_n when_o god_n please_v to_o set_v it_o on_o do_v make_v other_o man_n repent_v 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