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unfeigned_a penitence_n of_o prince_n and_o people_n become_v the_o object_n of_o god_n antecedent_n will_v and_o fall_v under_o the_o former_a part_n of_o god_n covenant_n with_o david_n the_o enemy_n shall_v not_o exact_v upon_o he_o nor_o the_o son_n of_o wickedness_n afflict_v he_o and_o i_o will_v beat_v down_o his_o foe_n before_o his_o face_n and_o plague_v they_o that_o hate_v he_o psal_n 89._o vers_fw-la 22_o 23._o the_o assyrian_a by_o go_v beyond_o his_o commission_n in_o dare_a not_o hezekiah_n only_o but_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n unto_o who_o protection_n hezekiah_n have_v flee_v become_v the_o object_n of_o god_n consequent_a will_n which_o by_o divine_a appointment_n he_o be_v at_o that_o time_n to_o execute_v upon_o jerusalem_n but_o upon_o jerusalem_n fall_v away_o by_o disobedience_n not_o upon_o jerusalem_n return_v in_o heart_n unto_o she_o god_n 6_o that_o this_o people_n may_v have_v some_o time_n of_o breathe_v and_o respite_n to_o gather_v themselves_o for_o the_o better_a accomplish_n of_o so_o great_a a_o work_n as_o hezekiah_n have_v begin_v the_o lord_n in_o his_o wisdom_n so_o dispose_v that_o tirhakah_n king_n of_o cush_n shall_v make_v forward_o to_o entertain_v senacherib_n with_o battle_n at_o that_o very_a instant_n wherein_o he_o have_v purpose_v to_o give_v the_o on_o set_v upon_o jerusalem_n this_o unexpected_a removal_n of_o present_a terror_n be_v no_o doubt_n a_o sure_a pledge_n unto_o the_o people_n for_o strengthen_v their_o reliance_n on_o god_n promise_n for_o settle_v their_o heart_n and_o continue_v their_o constancy_n in_o fervent_a prayer_n during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o enemy_n absence_n and_o see_v the_o force_n of_o egypt_n and_o cush_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o dissipate_v senacheribs_n mighty_a army_n perhaps_o not_o able_a to_o hold_v he_o play_v any_o long_o the_o lord_n send_v hezekiah_n and_o his_o people_n deliverance_n from_o heaven_n then_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n go_v forth_o and_o smite_v in_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o assyrian_n a_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o five_o thousand_o and_o when_o they_o arise_v early_o in_o the_o morning_n behold_v they_o be_v all_o dead_a corpse_n isaiah_n 37._o vers_fw-la 36._o the_o noise_n of_o this_o great_a overthrow_n be_v as_o the_o joyful_a sound_n of_o a_o jubilee_n unto_o jerusalem_n and_o do_v portend_v another_o more_o admirable_a and_o victorious_a jubilee_n to_o be_v accomplish_v in_o the_o same_o place_n of_o which_o john_n elsewhere_o this_o for_o the_o present_n may_v witness_v to_o hezekiah_n and_o the_o people_n that_o rather_o than_o one_o tittle_n of_o god_n covenant_n with_o david_n shall_v fall_v to_o the_o ground_n the_o host_n of_o heaven_n shall_v leave_v their_o station_n and_o keep_v garrison_n on_o earth_n a_o little_a after_o this_o miraculous_a deliverance_n the_o sun_n be_v compel_v to_o go_v fifteen_o degree_n backward_o for_o set_v forward_o the_o course_n of_o hezekiah_n his_o life_n who_o death_n and_o 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