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and_o those_o yet_o unborn_a of_o you_o and_o what_o be_v like_a to_o become_v of_o they_o twenty_o year_n hence_o if_o the_o glory_n of_o israel_n and_o thâ—_n power_n of_o godliness_n shall_v now_o depart_v from_o we_o but_o be_v cut_v my_o heart_n with_o pity_n for_o they_o and_o can_v you_o altogether_o hold_v your_o peace_n at_o thâ—_n time_n certain_o it_o be_v no_o such_o indifferent_a case_n 〈◊〉_d the_o world_n account_v it_o who_o will_v plead_v with_o god_n in_o such_o a_o time_n as_o this_o if_o you_o will_v not_o can_v these_o dunghil-bird_n set_v a_o due_a rate_n on_o jewel_n what_o be_v thy_o beloved_a more_o than_o another_o belove_n 5.9_o cant._n 5.9_o they_o can_v see_v no_o such_o beauty_n in_o he_o nor_o advantage_n by_o he_o that_o they_o shall_v desire_v he_o their_o corn_n and_o wine_n and_o lust_n be_v better_o to_o they_o than_o all_o that_o be_v in_o god_n or_o christ_n and_o be_v these_o the_o person_n then_o that_o be_v like_a to_o appease_v a_o provoke_v 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to_o turn_v the_o captivity_n of_o his_o people_n under_o cyrus_n darius_n and_o artaxerxes_n and_o have_v wonderful_o restore_v they_o with_o a_o strange_a and_o unhop'd-for_a deliverance_n see_v chap._n 9.1_o the_o prince_n come_v unto_o ezra_n say_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o levite_n have_v not_o separate_v themselves_o from_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n for_o they_o have_v take_v of_o their_o daughter_n for_o themselves_o and_o for_o their_o son_n which_o they_o be_v express_o forbid_v to_o do_v deut._n 7.3_o on_o this_o report_n see_v how_o his_o loyal_a zeal_n do_v burn_v for_o god_n when_o i_o
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