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in_o case_n of_o public_a extremity_n which_o may_v be_v and_o be_v afterward_o repaid_a 1_o king_n 15.18_o cap._n 18.15_o 2_o chron._n 16.2_o yea_o the_o scripture_n express_o record_v that_o in_o the_o great_a famine_n in_o egypt_n when_o all_o other_o sell_v their_o land_n to_o buy_v bread_n to_o king_n pharaoh_n only_o the_o land_n of_o the_o priest_n buy_v he_o not_o for_o the_o priest_n have_v a_o portion_n assign_v they_o of_o pharaoh_n and_o do_v eat_v their_o portion_n which_o pharaoh_n give_v they_o wherefore_o they_o sell_v not_o their_o land_n gen._n 47.20_o to_o 27._o 7._o that_o the_o idolatrous_a usurper_n jeroboam_n out_o of_o a_o carnal_a fear_n and_o policy_n to_o keep_v the_o people_n from_o return_v to_o their_o rightful_a sovereign_n and_o establish_v the_o crown_n on_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n be_v the_o first_o man_n we_o read_v of_o and_o his_o idolatrous_a son_n and_o successor_n after_o he_o who_o cast_v out_o god_n priest_n and_o levite_n out_o of_o 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