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etc._n etc._n isaiah_n 65.2_o and_o hosea_n 10.9_o ob_fw-la israel_n thou_o have_v sin_v from_o the_o day_n of_o gibeah_n that_o be_v either_o from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n when_o they_o make_v war_n against_o the_o benjamite_n touch_v the_o levite_n wife_n from_o which_o time_n they_o continue_v idolatry_n or_o as_o some_o from_o the_o time_n of_o saul_n or_o solomon_n example_n of_o david_n sin_n for_o many_o month_n for_o not_o repent_v he_o continue_v it_o but_o solomon_n many_o year_n because_o the_o preserver_n of_o man_n from_o sin_n be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n reason_n 1_o either_o general_a as_o in_o abimelech_n gen._n 20._o or_o particular_a as_o isaiah_n 30.21_o restrain_v or_o sanctify_a grace_n now_o this_o the_o apostle_n call_v fire_n 1._o thessaly_n 5.19_o or_o compare_v it_o to_o it_o that_o as_o fire_n by_o withdraw_v of_o matter_n oil_n from_o lamp_n or_o fuel_n from_o fire_n or_o by_o add_v contrary_a as_o water_n so_o the_o spirit_n be_v quench_v or_o 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