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so_o matth._n 2._o 15._o out_o of_o egypt_n have_v i_o call_v my_o son_n speak_v by_o hosea_n chap._n 11._o 1._o matth._n 14._o matth._n 2._o 15._o hos_fw-la 11._o 1._o matth._n 9_o 13._o hos_fw-la 6._o 6._o rom._n 9_o 25._o hos_fw-la 2._o 23._o 1._o cor._n 15._o 55._o hos_fw-la 13._o 14._o 9_o 13._o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n and_o not_o sacrifice_v speak_v by_o hosea_n chap._n 6._o 6._o rom._n 9_o 25._o as_o he_o say_v also_o in_o hosea_n i_o will_v call_v they_o my_o people_n which_o be_v not_o my_o people_n etc._n etc._n hose_n 2._o 23._o 1._o cor._n 15._o 55._o o_o death_n i_o will_v be_v thy_o death_n o_o grave_n where_o be_v thy_o victory_n hos_fw-la 13._o 14._o second_o the_o authority_n of_o this_o prophecy_n be_v sufficient_o approve_a by_o the_o certainty_n of_o the_o event_n which_o be_v a_o certain_a sign_n that_o it_o be_v inspire_v by_o god_n and_o a_o infallible_a note_n to_o distinguish_v true_a prophecy_n from_o those_o which_o be_v false_a deut._n 18._o 21_o 22._o 22_o deut._n 18._o 21_o 22_o the_o second_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v be_v the_o time_n in_o which_o he_o prophesy_v but_o of_o this_o i_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v in_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o this_o prophecy_n last_o we_o be_v to_o set_v down_o the_o sum_n of_o this_o prophecy_n which_o consist_v in_o these_o point_n first_o he_o severe_o reprehend_v prophecy_n the_o sum_n of_o this_o prophecy_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o israelite_n especial_o their_o sin_n of_o idolatry_n for_o whereas_o the_o lord_n have_v restrain_v his_o public_a worship_n and_o service_n to_o be_v perform_v in_o the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n these_o ten_o tribe_n by_o the_o instigation_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la make_v choice_n of_o two_o other_o place_n dan_o and_o bethel_n for_o this_o purpose_n where_o they_o erect_v golden_a calf_n and_o other_o idol_n and_o build_v strange_a altar_n that_o they_o may_v as_o the_o papist_n do_v in_o their_o image_n worship_n god_n in_o these_o idol_n whereas_o 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the_o lord_n condemn_v image_n that_o it_o be_v a_o heinous_a sin_n to_o worship_n image_n it_o as_o a_o heinous_a sin_n to_o worship_v image_n and_o to_o ask_v counsel_n of_o stock_n &_o stone_n and_o in_o truth_n what_o grose_a idolatry_n can_v be_v imagine_v then_o to_o give_v that_o honour_n and_o worship_n which_o be_v proper_a the_o unto_o lord_n to_o the_o work_n of_o man_n hand_n as_o to_o fall_v down_o before_o a_o base_a idol_n to_o creep_v unto_o it_o to_o invocate_v it_o and_o to_o offer_v unto_o it_o vow_n and_o oblation_n nevertheless_o how_o sottish_o absurd_a soever_o this_o idolatry_n be_v yet_o have_v it_o many_o patroness_n among_o those_o who_o make_v profession_n of_o christianity_n namely_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o rome_n who_o allow_v by_o their_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n both_o the_o make_n and_o worship_v of_o image_n not_o only_o of_o god_n himself_o and_o the_o three_o person_n in_o trinity_n but_o also_o of_o angel_n and_o saint_n but_o we_o be_v to_o 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4._o 5._o 17._o etc._n etc._n esay_n 40._o 20._o 21._o etc._n etc._n and_o 44._o ver._n 9_o to_o 21._o but_o it_o be_v object_v by_o the_o papist_n that_o image_n be_v lay_v book_n the_o papist_n confute_v who_o say_v that_o image_n be_v lay_v man_n book_n man_n book_n i_o answer_v that_o if_o lay_v man_n have_v no_o better_a book_n the_o great_a be_v the_o clergy_n sin_n for_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v the_o book_n of_o holy_a scripture_n not_o only_o unto_o they_o but_o to_o the_o laiety_n also_o that_o by_o study_v therein_o they_o may_v be_v lead_v into_o all_o truth_n but_o they_o use_v they_o like_o little_a child_n or_o fool_n for_o take_v away_o from_o they_o the_o rich_a treasure_n of_o god_n word_n in_o stead_n thereof_o they_o give_v unto_o they_o baby_n and_o picture_n to_o play_v withal_o to_o keep_v they_o as_o it_o be_v from_o cry_v and_o complain_v they_o take_v away_o from_o they_o the_o profitable_a schoolmaster_n which_o will_v thorough_o instruct_v they_o in_o 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