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that_o can_v prattle_v to_o his_o father_n yea_o and_o talk_v wise_o too_o gen._n 22.7_o conceive_a to_o be_v about_o fifteen_o year_n of_o age_n â—5_n â—5_n 9_o this_o son_n must_v be_v sacrifice_v as_o a_o burnt-offering_a jephthah_n be_v much_o trouble_v when_o according_a to_o his_o vow_n he_o do_v consecrate_v his_o only_a daughter_n for_o he_o have_v no_o child_n beside_o she_o judg._n 11.34_o unto_o the_o lord_n etc._n see_v dr._n brown_n vulg_n error_n lib._n 5._o p._n 309._o etc._n etc._n i_o suppose_v he_o do_v not_o sacrifice_v she_o but_o devote_v she_o as_o a_o virgin_n to_o serve_v god_n in_o a_o single_a life_n judg._n 11.38_o 39_o yet_o he_o be_v much_o trouble_v because_o utter_o hopeless_a of_o any_o posterity_n v._o 35._o but_o abraham_n son_n here_o must_v be_v sacrifice_v his_o throat_n must_v be_v cut_v his_o bowel_n rip_v up_o and_o his_o quarter_n be_v burn_v to_o ash_n on_o the_o altar_n so_o it_o be_v in_o burnt-offering_n levit._n 1.6_o 8_o 9_o 10_o this_o 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his_o neck_n break_v and_o he_o die_v 1_o sam._n 4.18_o so_o that_o good_a king_n josiah_n 2_o king_n 22.19_o 20._o be_v sudden_o cut_v off_o in_o war_n 2_o king_n 23.29_o 30._o so_o the_o prophet_n that_o come_v out_o of_o judah_n whether_o shemaiah_n mention_v 1_o king_n 12.22_o or_o some_o other_o prophet_n i_o know_v not_o neither_o ought_v we_o curious_o to_o inquire_v or_o positive_o determine_v any_o thing_n where_o scripture_n be_v silent_a yet_o he_o be_v a_o true_a prophet_n as_o appear_v by_o his_o title_n 1_o king_n 13.1_o call_v a_o man_n of_o god_n by_o the_o message_n itself_o and_o confirmation_n thereof_o by_o miracle_n ver_fw-la 4_o 5_o 6._o and_o as_o a_o true_a prophet_n so_o questionless_a a_o pious_a man_n yet_o because_o he_o be_v too_o credulous_a in_o believe_v the_o lie_n of_o the_o old_a prophet_n and_o do_v eat_v and_o drink_v contrary_a to_o god_n command_n a_o lion_n meet_v he_o and_o slay_v he_o v._o 24._o so_o bless_a stephen_n stone_v in_o a_o popular_a fury_n be_v put_v to_o a_o sudden_a and_o violent_a death_n act._n 7.57_o 59_o let_v we_o not_o conclude_v any_o to_o be_v in_o a_o damnable_a state_n mere_o because_o they_o die_v sudden_o indeed_o god_n threaten_v the_o wicked_a with_o sudden_a destruction_n as_o job_n 15.32_o 33_o 34._o so_o job_n 22.15_o 16._o psal_n 37.35_o 36_o 38._o &_o 55.23_o prov._n 10.27_o eccl._n 7.17_o and_o elsewhere_o and_o i_o know_v that_o wicked_a man_n many_o time_n be_v sudden_o cut_v off_o in_o their_o wickedness_n when_o they_o may_v have_v live_v much_o long_o as_o to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n but_o all_o that_o die_v sudden_o be_v not_o to_o be_v repute_v wicked_a man_n for_o the_o godly_a as_o you_o have_v hear_v may_v die_v sudden_a violent_a and_o untimely_a death_n and_o the_o wiseman_n tell_v you_o eccl._n 9.1_o 2._o no_o man_n know_v either_o love_n or_o hatred_n by_o all_o that_o be_v before_o he_o all_o thing_n come_v alike_o to_o all_o there_o be_v one_o event_n to_o the_o 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