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thy_o confinement_n with_o a_o non_fw-la ultra_fw-la yea_o what_o ever_o wicked_a man_n come_v to_o possess_v or_o inherit_v by_o adoption_n descent_n or_o succession_n from_o father_n grandfather_n ancestor_n or_o other_o allyance_n yet_o all_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n common_a providence_n and_o for_o believer_n whatsoever_o they_o have_v come_v in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n purchase_n for_o they_o and_o by_o special_a covenant_n and_o promise_v unto_o they_o 8.32_o rom._n 8.32_o for_o as_o god_n spare_v not_o his_o own_o son_n but_o give_v he_o to_o die_v for_o they_o how_o shall_v he_o not_o with_o he_o also_o free_o give_v they_o all_o thing_n which_o make_v for_o their_o good_a earth_n be_v give_v to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n to_o the_o just_a and_o to_o the_o unjust_a but_o heaven_n be_v give_v into_o the_o faint_v hand_n as_o it_o be_v benjamin_n mess_n i_o must_v go_v one_o step_n further_o yet_o and_o that_o be_v what_o wicked_a man_n do_v unlawful_o get_v rake_v ring_n cheat_z rob_z plunder_v and_o by_o violence_n and_o oppression_n recover_v and_o injurious_o wrest_v from_o other_o be_v in_o a_o sense_n the_o gift_n of_o god_n viz._n he_o permit_v they_o to_o range_v a_o while_n to_o prey_v upon_o the_o poor_a innocen_n the_o fatherless_a orphan_n widow_n and_o stranger_n so_o he_o permit_v wicked_a ahab_n to_o kill_v 22.13_o 1_o king_n 21._o jer._n 22.13_o and_o take_v possession_n of_o innocent_a naboth_n vineyard_n and_o he_o permit_v shallum_n to_o build_v his_o house_n by_o unrighteousness_n and_o his_o chamber_n by_o wrong_n to_o use_v his_o neighbour_n service_n without_o wage_n and_o say_v to_o he_o by_o his_o prophet_n thy_o eye_n and_o thy_o heart_n be_v not_o but_o for_o thy_o covetousness_n and_o for_o to_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n and_o for_o oppression_n and_o for_o violence_n to_o do_v it_o all_o this_o do_v our_o alwise_a god_n order_n in_o his_o common_a providence_n to_o last_v a_o while_n till_o shallum_n have_v run_v his_o course_n and_o fill_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o his_o iniquity_n but_o then_o the_o lord_n send_v a_o cruel_a adversary_n like_o a_o raven_a wolf_n of_o the_o evening_n to_o execute_v his_o just_a judgement_n upon_o shallum_n according_a to_o that_o prediction_n in_o the_o seven_o vers_fw-la of_o the_o two_o &_o twenty_o of_o jeremiah_n say_v 7._o ver_fw-la 7._o i_o will_v prepare_v destroyer_n against_o thou_o every_o one_o with_o his_o weapon_n and_o they_o shall_v cut_v down_o thy_o choice_a cedar_n and_o shallum_n the_o son_n of_o josiah_n king_n of_o judah_n he_o shall_v die_v in_o the_o place_n whither_o they_o have_v lead_v he_o captive_a 12._o ver_fw-la 12._o and_o he_o shall_v see_v his_o land_n no_o more_o now_o mark_v how_o the_o lord_n speak_v of_o this_o destroyer_n nabuchadnezzar_n by_o name_n 27.6_o jer._n 27.6_o i_o have_v give_v all_o these_o land_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o king_n of_o babylon_n my_o servant_n and_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n have_v i_o give_v also_o to_o serve_v he_o and_o all_o nation_n shall_v serve_v he_o and_o his_o son_n name_v evilmerodach_n 5.1_o 2_o king_n 25.27_o jer._n 52.31_o dan._n 5.1_o and_o his_o son_n namely_o belshazzar_n the_o lord_n dispose_v of_o those_o country_n by_o donat_fw-la on_o to_o he_o yet_o nabuchadnezzar_n invade_v and_o spoil_n and_o take_v they_o and_o they_o by_o violence_n upon_o which_o say_v the_o annotation_n well_o that_o the_o great_a god_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n send_v he_o against_o a_o people_n of_o the_o lord_n wrath_n and_o gâ—ve_v he_o a_o charge_n to_o take_v the_o spoil_n 10.6_o isa_n 10.6_o and_o to_o take_v the_o prey_n and_o to_o tread_v they_o down_o like_o the_o mire_n of_o the_o street_n and_o he_o go_v
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sell_v for_o ever_o 25.25_o leu._n 25.25_o for_o the_o land_n be_v i_o and_o yea_o be_v stranger_n and_o sojourner_n with_o i_o but_o if_o necessity_n require_v any_o to_o sell_v his_o estate_n of_o land_n than_o he_o must_v sell_v it_o to_o one_o that_o be_v next_o ally_v in_o blood_n unto_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v redeem_v that_o which_o his_o brother_n sell_v and_o at_o the_o jubilee_n he_o shall_v return_v to_o his_o possession_n and_o be_v no_o long_o in_o bondage_n which_o though_o it_o be_v not_o our_o rule_n yet_o the_o reason_n be_v weighty_a why_o the_o heir_n shall_v not_o be_v disinherit_v unless_o in_o some_o special_a case_n and_o those_o extraordinary_a 5.1_o gen._n 21.10_o judg._n 11.2_o judg._n 9.18_o gen._n 49.4_o 1_o chr._n 5.1_o as_o illegitimacy_n in_o ishmael_n the_o son_n of_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o jephtha_n the_o son_n of_o a_o strange_a woman_n and_o abimilech_n the_o son_n of_o a_o handmaid_n or_o deboistness_n as_o profane_a reuben_n who_o defile_v his_o 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i_o thou_o will_v not_o weep_v nor_o mourn_v nor_o repent_v in_o the_o time_n thereof_o therefore_o now_o thy_o portion_n be_v weep_v howl_a gnash_v of_o the_o tooth_n oh_o this_o shall_v cut_v thou_o to_o the_o very_a heart_n to_o see_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n receive_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o thyself_o cast_v out_o to_o see_v those_o who_o thou_o cursedst_v save_v and_o those_o who_o thou_o abhorrede_v glorify_v thou_o who_o waste_v ashamed_a of_o christ_n 8.38_o mar._n 8.38_o and_o of_o his_o word_n the_o son_n of_o man_n shall_v be_v also_o ashamed_a of_o thou_o when_o he_o come_v in_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o father_n with_o the_o holy_a angel_n satan_n the_o delivery_n up_o of_o such_o condemn_a one_o to_o satan_n then_o also_o consider_v the_o delivery_n
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