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21_o jehoram_fw-la 22._o alaziah_n 27._o joash_n 25._o amaziah_n 28._o ahaz_n 25._o manasseh_n 28._o jehoahaz_n jehoiakim_n jehoiachin_n and_o zedâ—chiah_n who_o history_n trouble_n captivity_n and_o punishment_n you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a with_o other_o witness_n or_o else_o cause_v their_o own_o servant_n subject_n enemy_n to_o rise_v up_o against_o they_o to_o slay_v they_o as_o be_v evident_a by_o e_z king_n ahaziah_n joash_n amaziah_n ammon_n and_o other_o all_o which_o be_v unanswerable_a evidence_n and_o experimental_a demonstration_n that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n be_v both_o hold_v of_o god_n upon_o condition_n and_o that_o for_o the_o breach_n of_o these_o condition_n they_o may_v be_v and_o oft_o time_n be_v by_o god_n justice_n on_o they_o both_o lawful_o deprive_v of_o their_o crown_n and_o their_o posterity_n disinherit_v yea_o total_o cut_v off_o for_o ever_o and_o in_o conclusion_n both_o these_o most_o eminent_a kingdom_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o 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