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^ Deut. xxix. 4. Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
^' Matth. xiii. J 2. For whosoever
, to him shall be given, and he
have more abundance : but
-never hath not, from him shall
.ikeu away even that he hath.
rh. XXV. '29. Tor unto every one
hath shall be given, and he
• :i have abundance: but from him
that hath not, shall be taken away
even that which he hath.
^ Deut. ii. 30. But Sihon king of Heshbon weuld not let us pa him { for the I.ortl thy (iod hardened his spirit, and made iiis heart obsti- nate, that he mipht deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. :' Kings viii. 12. And Hnzael s;iid, y- weejHjth my Lord ? And he • eredj Because I know the evil • thou wilt do unto the children Israel : their strong holds wilt tli'ju Kct on fire, and their young nu-n wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt da»h tl:eir children, and xip up their women with child. Ver. 1 '^. And Hazael said, Hut what ! is thy servant a dog, that he should iitljdo this great thing ? And Elisha an- swered. The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
^ Psal. Ixxxi. II. But my people would not hearken to my voice, and Israel would none of me. Ver. 12. So I gave Uiem up vnto their ovm
hearts' lust ; and they walked in their own counsels. 2 Thess. ii. 10. And with all deceivablenes? of un- righteousness in them tliat perish; because tliey received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Ver. 11. An! for this cause God shall send thent strong d- lusion, that they should believe a lie ; V. 12, That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had plea- sure in unrighteousness.
b Exod. vii. I?, And I will harden Pharaoh's lieart, and nniltiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Kgypt. With Exod. viii. 15. But when Pharaoh -a.v that ther • was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto thmi ; as tlia Lord had said, V. :JL?. And Pijaraoh hardened his heart at this time also, neitlier would he let the people go. 2 Cor. ii. \5. For we are unto Go a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in theni tliat perisli. Ver. 1 6. 'I'o the one we ara. the savour of death unto death, and to tlie other tlie savour of life uiito life ; and who is sufficient for thenj things? Isa. viii. 14. And he shall be ior a sanctuary : but for a store of stumbling, and ior a rock of oftence, to both the houses of Israel ; fcijr a gin, and for a snare, to the inhabitant* of Jerusalem. 1 Pet. ii. 7. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious : but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the C 2 bull :er«i
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