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oppress_a israel_n can_v prevail_v for_o present_a deliverance_n we_o shall_v interpret_v our_o friend_n to_o be_v a_o sleep_n if_o we_o cry_v but_o he_o will_v not_o answer_v and_o thus_o we_o interpret_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n as_o if_o they_o suppose_v he_o to_o be_v a_o sleep_n when_o he_o neither_o hear_v our_o cry_n nor_o regard_v our_o affliction_n psal._n 59_o 3_o 4._o they_o lie_v in_o wait_n for_o my_o soul_n the_o mighty_a be_v gather_v together_o against_o i_o they_o run_v and_o prepare_v themselves_o without_o my_o fault_n awake_v to_o help_v i_o and_o behold_v and_o thus_o the_o psalmist_n represent_v the_o matter_n in_o psal._n 78.65_o he_o give_v his_o people_n over_o unto_o the_o sword_n and_o be_v wrath_n with_o his_o inheritance_n their_o breast_n fall_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o their_o widow_n make_v no_o lamentation_n these_o be_v those_o astonish_a dispensation_n when_o the_o enemy_n roar_v and_o his_o people_n pray_v and_o yet_o god_n seem_v unconcern_v in_o both_o but_o at_o last_o god_n appear_v god_n answer_v the_o supplication_n of_o the_o one_o silence_n the_o blasphemy_n of_o the_o other_o v_o 65._o then_o the_o lord_n awake_v as_o one_o out_o of_o sleep_n and_o like_o a_o mighty_a man_n that_o shout_v by_o reason_n of_o wine_n and_o smite_v his_o enemy_n in_o their_o hinder_a part_n and_o put_v they_o to_o a_o perpetual_a reproach_n thus_o we_o can_v be_v persuade_v that_o our_o god_n be_v awake_a till_o he_o give_v visible_a sensible_a demonstration_n of_o his_o concernedness_n 2._o inquiry_n let_v we_o therefore_o inquire_v how_o we_o may_v awaken_v our_o god_n when_o he_o seem_v to_o sleep_v i._o direct_v search_v out_o diligent_o those_o sin_n which_o cause_n god_n to_o act_v as_o if_o he_o be_v a_o sleep_n isa._n 59.1_o the_o prophet_n lay_v it_o down_o as_o a_o eternal_a truth_n the_o lord_n hand_n be_v not_o shorten_v that_o it_o can_v save_v neither_o his_o ear_n heâ—vy_a that_o it_o can_v hear_v and_o this_o we_o must_v acknowledge_v that_o he_o be_v always_o able_a to_o save_v and_o always_o ready_a to_o hear_v but_o yet_o v._n 2._o he_o proceed_v your_o iniquity_n have_v separate_v between_o you_o and_o your_o god_n and_o your_o sin_n have_v hide_v his_o face_n from_o you_o that_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v when_o omnipotency_n save_v not_o when_o omniscience_n see_v not_o when_o infinite_a bowel_n pity_v not_o yearn_v not_o there_o must_v be_v a_o diligent_a scrutiny_n make_v into_o the_o reason_n of_o such_o a_o dispensation_n now_o the_o cause_n must_v needs_o be_v sin_n but_o the_o question_n be_v what_o sin_n and_o the_o prophet_n enumerate_v they_o v_o 3._o your_o hand_n be_v defile_v with_o blood_n and_o your_o finger_n with_o iniquity_n your_o lip_n have_v speak_v lie_n your_o tongue_n have_v mutter_v perverseness_n v_o 4._o none_o call_v for_o justice_n nor_o any_o plead_v for_o truth_n they_o trust_v in_o vanity_n and_o speak_v lie_n they_o conceive_v mischief_n and_o bring_v forth_o iniquity_n let_v we_o then_o search_v out_o repent_v of_o turn_v from_o our_o iniquity_n and_o god_n will_v hear_v he_o will_v awake_v a_o rise_n and_o save_v we_o 2._o direct_v let_v we_o watch_v unto_o prayer_n persevere_v in_o it_o with_o a_o prese_a importunity_n the_o case_n be_v deplorable_a if_o not_o desperate_a when_o god_n be_v angry_a not_o only_o with_o the_o transgression_n but_o the_o prayer_n of_o his_o people_n when_o god_n be_v displease_v that_o we_o pray_v not_o and_o yet_o displease_v though_o we_o pray_v when_o our_o incense_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o though_o we_o stretch_v out_o our_o hand_n and_o strain_v our_o voice_n towards_o his_o throne_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v and_o yet_o this_o may_v be_v the_o case_n with_o a_o lazy_a lukewarm_a fencal_a people_n psal._n 80.4_o o_o lord_n god_n of_o host_n how_o long_o will_v we_o be_v angry_a against_o the_o prayer_n of_o thy_o people_n a_o sleepy_a prayer_n make_v a_o sleep_a god_n awake_v 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