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place_n but_o they_o mock_v the_o messenger_n of_o god_n and_o despise_v his_o word_n and_o misuse_v his_o prophet_n until_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n arise_v against_o they_o and_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n then_o do_v the_o overflow_a scourge_n come_v roll_v upon_o they_o fire_n and_o sword_n and_o captivity_n desolation_n and_o utter_a subversion_n god_n of_o his_o infinite_a mercy_n have_v compassion_n upon_o his_o people_n and_o his_o dwell_a place_n and_o turn_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o despiser_n and_o disobedient_a to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o just_a that_o we_o may_v not_o despise_v ourselves_o and_o nation_n into_o such_o a_o dismal_a and_o inevitable_a ruin_n chap._n ix_o thus_o have_v i_o show_v the_o necessity_n that_o there_o be_v in_o every_o national_a church_n of_o unity_n in_o point_n of_o government_n as_o well_o as_o faith_n upon_o a_o religious_a account_n let_v we_o now_o come_v to_o examine_v what_o necessity_n there_o be_v upon_o a_o politic_a account_n as_o 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