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whose<00:14:16.179><c> heart</c><00:14:16.539><c> is</c><00:14:16.860><c> my</c><00:14:17.100><c> law.</c>

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Fear<00:14:19.899><c> ye</c><00:14:20.600><c> not</c><00:14:21.240><c> the</c><00:14:21.600><c> reproach</c><00:14:22.159><c> of</c><00:14:22.340><c> men,</c><00:14:25.080><c> neither</c><00:14:25.360><c> be</c><00:14:25.679><c> afraid</c><00:14:26.500><c> of</c>

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their<00:14:27.259><c> revilings,</c><00:14:30.200><c> for</c><00:14:30.360><c> the</c><00:14:30.559><c> moth</c><00:14:30.960><c> shall</c><00:14:31.259><c> eat</c><00:14:31.460><c> them</c><00:14:31.679><c> up</c><00:14:32.460><c> like</c>

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a<00:14:33.159><c> garment,</c><00:14:34.659><c> and</c><00:14:34.860><c> the</c><00:14:35.080><c> worm</c><00:14:35.679><c> shall</c><00:14:36.039><c> eat</c><00:14:36.240><c> them</c><00:14:36.799><c> like</c><00:14:37.519><c> wool.</c>

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The<00:14:44.100><c> point,</c><00:14:44.500><c> brothers</c><00:14:44.600><c> and</c><00:14:44.899><c> sisters,</c><00:14:46.899><c> those</c><00:14:47.820><c> who</c><00:14:48.740><c> have</c><00:14:49.419><c> messages</c><00:14:50.019><c> to</c><00:14:50.539><c> deliver</c><00:14:51.139><c> from</c><00:14:51.559><c> God,</c><00:14:54.139><c> I</c>

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pray<00:14:54.360><c> God</c><00:14:54.639><c> that's</c><00:14:54.980><c> us,</c><00:14:56.860><c> must</c><00:14:57.100><c> not</c><00:14:57.399><c> be</c><00:14:57.679><c> afraid</c><00:14:58.460><c> of</c><00:14:59.820><c> the</c><00:15:00.000><c> face</c><00:15:00.179><c> of</c><00:15:00.399><c> man.</c>

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Now<00:15:07.860><c> I</c><00:15:08.740><c> suspect</c><00:15:09.440><c> that</c><00:15:11.240><c> each</c><00:15:11.480><c> one</c><00:15:11.639><c> of</c><00:15:11.799><c> you</c><00:15:11.899><c> in</c><00:15:12.039><c> this</c><00:15:12.259><c> room</c><00:15:13.100><c> have</c>

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had<00:15:14.879><c> occasions,</c><00:15:17.220><c> more</c><00:15:17.379><c> or</c><00:15:17.659><c> less,</c><00:15:19.100><c> where</c><00:15:19.200><c> you</c><00:15:19.379><c> have</c><00:15:19.580><c> been</c><00:15:19.899><c> confronted</c><00:15:20.379><c> with</c>

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the<00:15:21.259><c> proposition</c><00:15:22.539><c> of</c><00:15:25.559><c> facing</c><00:15:25.960><c> man</c><00:15:26.759><c> who</c><00:15:27.600><c> is</c><00:15:27.779><c> impudent</c><00:15:28.820><c> and</c><00:15:29.519><c> or</c>

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hard<00:15:30.299><c>-hearted.</c>

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In<00:15:31.240><c> terms</c><00:15:31.559><c> of</c><00:15:31.820><c> you</c><00:15:32.240><c> carrying</c><00:15:32.639><c> the</c><00:15:32.879><c> message,</c><00:15:33.460><c> and</c><00:15:33.600><c> I'm</c><00:15:33.700><c> not</c><00:15:33.919><c> talking</c><00:15:34.259><c> about</c><00:15:34.519><c> a</c><00:15:34.740><c> lecture</c><00:15:34.960><c> platform</c><00:15:35.419><c> either,</c><00:15:37.759><c> I'm</c><00:15:38.120><c> talking</c><00:15:38.360><c> about</c><00:15:39.740><c> the</c><00:15:40.980><c> walk</c><00:15:41.159><c> a</c>

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day,<00:15:41.500><c> work</c><00:15:41.679><c> a</c><00:15:41.840><c> day</c><00:15:41.960><c> life,</c><00:15:44.179><c> whether</c><00:15:44.399><c> it's</c><00:15:44.559><c> in</c><00:15:44.759><c> your</c><00:15:45.080><c> school</c><00:15:45.559><c> or</c>

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your<00:15:46.059><c> office</c><00:15:46.460><c> or</c><00:15:46.759><c> your</c><00:15:47.419><c> retirement</c><00:15:47.899><c> village</c><00:15:48.340><c> or</c><00:15:48.679><c> what</c><00:15:48.919><c> have</c><00:15:49.159><c> you.</c>

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I<00:15:51.500><c> just</c><00:15:51.720><c> had</c><00:15:51.840><c> a</c><00:15:52.039><c> recent</c><00:15:52.539><c> occasion</c><00:15:53.840><c> in</c><00:15:55.440><c> carrying</c><00:15:55.620><c> out</c><00:15:56.159><c> a</c><00:15:56.460><c> professional</c><00:15:56.919><c> lecture</c><00:15:57.259><c> in</c>

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Denver,<00:15:58.100><c> Colorado.</c>

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The<00:15:59.919><c> man</c><00:16:00.240><c> who</c><00:16:00.659><c> had</c><00:16:01.980><c> proffered</c><00:16:02.200><c> me</c><00:16:02.519><c> the</c><00:16:02.799><c> contract</c><00:16:03.259><c> is</c><00:16:03.460><c> a</c><00:16:03.600><c> brilliant</c><00:16:03.840><c> individual,</c><00:16:05.620><c> and</c><00:16:06.639><c> I</c>

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think<00:16:06.820><c> he</c><00:16:07.000><c> likes</c><00:16:07.259><c> me.</c>

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And<00:16:09.379><c> from</c><00:16:09.559><c> a</c><00:16:09.980><c> secular</c><00:16:10.299><c> viewpoint,</c><00:16:10.799><c> I</c><00:16:11.019><c> like</c><00:16:11.200><c> him.</c><00:16:11.480><c> He's</c><00:16:11.700><c> a</c><00:16:11.840><c> very</c>

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worthwhile<00:16:14.580><c> fellow,</c><00:16:15.639><c> quote</c><00:16:15.799><c> unquote.</c>

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But<00:16:20.320><c> he</c><00:16:20.500><c> proclaimed</c><00:16:20.919><c> in</c><00:16:21.100><c> my</c><00:16:21.399><c> presence</c><00:16:21.740><c> to</c><00:16:21.919><c> be</c><00:16:22.059><c> an</c><00:16:22.259><c> atheist.</c>

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If<00:16:25.179><c> you</c><00:16:25.320><c> don't</c><00:16:25.480><c> think</c><00:16:25.580><c> that</c><00:16:25.759><c> didn't</c><00:16:26.019><c> light</c><00:16:26.200><c> my</c><00:16:26.559><c> fuse,</c><00:16:26.879><c> think</c><00:16:27.120><c> again.</c>

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But<00:16:30.399><c> a</c><00:16:30.539><c> brilliant</c><00:16:30.799><c> man,</c><00:16:33.399><c> somebody</c><00:16:33.799><c> that</c><00:16:34.179><c> you</c><00:16:34.360><c> would</c><00:16:34.539><c> have</c><00:16:34.639><c> to</c>

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be<00:16:35.019><c> very,</c><00:16:35.519><c> very</c><00:16:35.879><c> careful</c><00:16:36.340><c> with</c><00:16:36.700><c> in</c><00:16:36.919><c> terms</c><00:16:37.320><c> of</c><00:16:37.559><c> any</c><00:16:38.100><c> protestations.</c>

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And<00:16:39.500><c> I</c><00:16:39.620><c> thought</c><00:16:39.799><c> of</c><00:16:39.960><c> these</c><00:16:40.120><c> scriptures.</c>

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Bill,<00:16:41.840><c> do</c><00:16:42.000><c> you</c><00:16:42.120><c> be</c><00:16:42.399><c> silent</c><00:16:42.679><c> and</c><00:16:42.899><c> ignore</c><00:16:43.179><c> this</c><00:16:43.399><c> situation</c><00:16:43.919><c> or</c>

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do<00:16:44.399><c> you</c><00:16:45.080><c> speak</c><00:16:45.519><c> your</c><00:16:45.820><c> peace?</c>

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Well,<00:16:47.460><c> it</c><00:16:47.559><c> was</c><00:16:47.799><c> at</c><00:16:47.940><c> the</c><00:16:48.059><c> height</c><00:16:48.220><c> of</c><00:16:48.360><c> the</c><00:16:48.460><c> Persian</c><00:16:48.879><c> Gulf</c><00:16:49.440><c> uprising</c><00:16:49.960><c> just</c><00:16:50.340><c> a</c>

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few<00:16:50.539><c> weeks</c><00:16:50.840><c> ago.</c>

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So<00:16:52.840><c> speak</c><00:16:53.080><c> my</c><00:16:53.399><c> peace,</c><00:16:53.720><c> I</c><00:16:53.940><c> did.</c>

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Point,<00:16:55.659><c> brothers</c><00:16:55.820><c> and</c><00:16:56.100><c> sisters,</c><00:16:57.820><c> he</c><00:16:58.080><c> was</c><00:16:58.440><c> floored,</c><00:17:01.419><c> stopped</c>

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in<00:17:01.740><c> his</c><00:17:02.019><c> tracks,</c><00:17:03.000><c> not</c><00:17:03.259><c> by</c><00:17:03.559><c> Bill</c><00:17:03.879><c> Butts,</c><00:17:06.859><c> but</c><00:17:07.059><c> by</c><00:17:07.319><c> the</c><00:17:07.440><c> Word</c><00:17:07.539><c> of</c>

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God,<00:17:09.099><c> atheists</c><00:17:09.480><c> though</c><00:17:09.700><c> he</c><00:17:09.900><c> claimed</c><00:17:10.099><c> to</c><00:17:10.319><c> be.</c>

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And<00:17:12.099><c> I</c><00:17:12.200><c> know,</c><00:17:13.519><c> and</c><00:17:13.599><c> atheism</c><00:17:14.039><c> is</c><00:17:14.240><c> not</c><00:17:14.480><c> necessarily</c><00:17:14.880><c> the</c><00:17:15.119><c> case,</c>

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I<00:17:15.460><c> know</c><00:17:15.700><c> each</c><00:17:15.940><c> of</c><00:17:16.140><c> you</c><00:17:16.519><c> have</c><00:17:16.819><c> run</c><00:17:17.039><c> into</c><00:17:17.220><c> that</c><00:17:17.519><c> kind</c><00:17:17.819><c> of</c><00:17:18.099><c> situation.</c>

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This<00:17:21.420><c> takes</c><00:17:21.720><c> us</c><00:17:22.299><c> now,</c><00:17:22.839><c> brothers</c><00:17:23.079><c> and</c><00:17:23.359><c> sisters,</c><00:17:24.160><c> to</c><00:17:24.220><c> some</c><00:17:24.480><c> comments</c><00:17:24.859><c> on</c>

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the<00:17:25.400><c> 20th</c><00:17:25.819><c> chapter</c><00:17:26.160><c> of</c><00:17:26.380><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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We're<00:17:30.079><c> not</c><00:17:30.319><c> quite</c><00:17:30.539><c> there</c><00:17:30.740><c> in</c><00:17:30.839><c> our</c><00:17:31.000><c> daily</c><00:17:31.259><c> readings,</c><00:17:31.660><c> but</c><00:17:31.900><c> we'll</c><00:17:32.099><c> be</c>

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there<00:17:32.519><c> next</c><00:17:32.799><c> week.</c>

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So<00:17:35.680><c> you</c><00:17:35.839><c> might</c><00:17:36.079><c> agree</c><00:17:36.400><c> or</c><00:17:36.539><c> disagree</c><00:17:36.960><c> with</c><00:17:37.180><c> me</c><00:17:37.700><c> when</c><00:17:37.920><c> you</c><00:17:38.119><c> get</c>

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there<00:17:38.539><c> next</c><00:17:38.839><c> week,</c><00:17:39.500><c> but</c><00:17:39.640><c> we'll</c><00:17:39.839><c> give</c><00:17:39.960><c> you</c><00:17:40.140><c> something</c><00:17:40.539><c> to</c><00:17:41.200><c> chew</c>

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on<00:17:41.619><c> possibly.</c>

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In<00:17:43.819><c> the</c><00:17:44.059><c> context</c><00:17:44.480><c> of</c><00:17:44.660><c> what</c><00:17:44.859><c> we</c><00:17:45.200><c> are</c><00:17:45.500><c> addressing,</c><00:17:47.859><c> I'm</c><00:17:50.380><c> going</c><00:17:50.480><c> to</c><00:17:50.599><c> read</c><00:17:50.799><c> with</c><00:17:51.079><c> you</c><00:17:51.339><c> verses</c><00:17:51.660><c> 7</c>

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through<00:17:52.799><c> 18.</c>

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Oh,<00:17:59.940><c> Lord,</c><00:18:00.200><c> thou</c><00:18:00.200><c> hast</c><00:18:00.539><c> deceived</c><00:18:01.220><c> me.</c><00:18:01.720><c> Oh,</c><00:18:02.200><c> boy,</c><00:18:03.440><c> those</c><00:18:03.980><c> words</c>

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scare<00:18:04.779><c> me.</c>

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Can<00:18:05.619><c> you</c><00:18:05.940><c> put</c><00:18:06.240><c> yourself</c><00:18:06.720><c> in</c><00:18:06.880><c> a</c><00:18:06.940><c> position</c><00:18:07.400><c> of</c><00:18:07.980><c> telling</c><00:18:08.200><c> God</c>

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that<00:18:08.819><c> he's</c><00:18:09.160><c> deceived</c><00:18:09.440><c> you?</c>

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That's<00:18:13.180><c> what</c><00:18:13.339><c> Jeremiah</c><00:18:13.720><c> says</c><00:18:14.359><c> right</c><00:18:14.740><c> there.</c>

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You<00:18:15.920><c> have</c><00:18:16.279><c> deceived</c><00:18:17.140><c> me,</c><00:18:18.119><c> and</c><00:18:19.259><c> I</c><00:18:19.660><c> was</c><00:18:20.180><c> deceived.</c>

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Thou<00:18:22.980><c> art</c><00:18:23.240><c> stronger</c><00:18:23.599><c> than</c><00:18:23.859><c> I,</c><00:18:25.819><c> and</c><00:18:26.140><c> hast</c><00:18:26.380><c> prevailed.</c>

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I<00:18:28.960><c> am</c><00:18:29.200><c> in</c><00:18:29.420><c> derision</c><00:18:29.740><c> daily.</c>

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Everyone<00:18:33.119><c> mocketh</c><00:18:33.740><c> me.</c>

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For<00:18:35.839><c> since</c><00:18:36.099><c> I</c><00:18:36.440><c> spake,</c><00:18:36.720><c> I</c><00:18:37.099><c> cried</c><00:18:37.319><c> out,</c><00:18:37.700><c> I</c><00:18:37.940><c> cried</c><00:18:38.240><c> violence</c><00:18:38.799><c> and</c>

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spoil,<00:18:40.200><c> because</c><00:18:40.500><c> the</c><00:18:40.779><c> word</c><00:18:41.039><c> of</c><00:18:41.200><c> the</c><00:18:41.359><c> Lord</c><00:18:41.539><c> was</c><00:18:41.799><c> made</c><00:18:42.000><c> a</c><00:18:42.240><c> reproach</c><00:18:42.740><c> unto</c><00:18:42.960><c> me,</c><00:18:43.660><c> and</c><00:18:43.859><c> a</c>

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derision<00:18:44.819><c> daily.</c>

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Then<00:18:48.160><c> I</c><00:18:48.440><c> said,</c><00:18:49.940><c> I</c><00:18:50.160><c> will</c><00:18:50.480><c> not</c><00:18:51.079><c> make</c><00:18:51.779><c> mention</c><00:18:52.140><c> of</c><00:18:52.319><c> him,</c><00:18:54.579><c> nor</c><00:18:54.740><c> speak</c><00:18:55.220><c> any</c>

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more<00:18:55.799><c> in</c><00:18:55.960><c> his</c><00:18:56.220><c> name.</c>

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Can't<00:18:56.759><c> you</c><00:18:56.960><c> see</c><00:18:57.519><c> the</c><00:18:57.880><c> wheel</c><00:18:58.099><c> spinning</c><00:18:58.539><c> in</c><00:18:58.740><c> his</c><00:18:59.019><c> mind?</c>

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I've<00:19:01.119><c> been</c><00:19:01.240><c> subjected</c><00:19:01.660><c> to,</c><00:19:01.880><c> I'm</c><00:19:02.099><c> not</c><00:19:02.359><c> going</c><00:19:02.519><c> to</c><00:19:02.720><c> say</c><00:19:02.880><c> a</c><00:19:03.059><c> word</c>

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about<00:19:03.559><c> this</c><00:19:03.880><c> anymore.</c>

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I'm<00:19:05.940><c> going</c><00:19:06.039><c> to</c><00:19:06.140><c> be</c><00:19:06.359><c> silent.</c>

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I'm<00:19:07.740><c> not</c><00:19:08.039><c> going</c><00:19:08.220><c> to</c><00:19:08.420><c> run</c><00:19:08.920><c> the</c><00:19:09.759><c> risk</c><00:19:10.200><c> of</c><00:19:10.579><c> being</c><00:19:10.799><c> put</c><00:19:11.180><c> down,</c><00:19:12.660><c> laughed</c><00:19:12.940><c> at,</c>

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held<00:19:14.200><c> in</c><00:19:14.440><c> derision</c><00:19:14.720><c> daily.</c>

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I<00:19:16.559><c> know</c><00:19:16.859><c> I</c><00:19:17.119><c> won't</c><00:19:17.339><c> say</c><00:19:17.500><c> anything</c><00:19:17.640><c> more</c><00:19:17.880><c> about</c><00:19:18.099><c> it.</c>

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But,<00:19:22.359><c> but</c><00:19:22.359><c> his</c><00:19:22.680><c> word</c><00:19:23.119><c> was</c><00:19:23.440><c> in</c><00:19:23.640><c> my</c><00:19:23.839><c> heart</c><00:19:24.140><c> as</c><00:19:24.319><c> a</c><00:19:24.579><c> burning</c><00:19:24.839><c> fire</c><00:19:25.599><c> shut</c><00:19:26.119><c> up</c><00:19:26.299><c> in</c><00:19:26.500><c> my</c><00:19:26.799><c> bones,</c><00:19:27.259><c> and</c><00:19:27.259><c> I</c>

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was<00:19:27.759><c> weary</c><00:19:28.019><c> with</c><00:19:28.380><c> forbearing,</c><00:19:29.079><c> and</c><00:19:29.079><c> I</c><00:19:29.299><c> could</c><00:19:29.640><c> not</c><00:19:29.980><c> stay.</c>

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For<00:19:32.079><c> I</c><00:19:32.359><c> heard</c><00:19:32.579><c> the</c><00:19:32.880><c> defaming</c><00:19:33.180><c> of</c><00:19:33.400><c> many,</c><00:19:34.819><c> fear</c><00:19:34.960><c> on</c><00:19:35.200><c> every</c><00:19:35.480><c> side.</c>

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Reports<00:19:37.099><c> say</c><00:19:37.440><c> they,</c><00:19:37.819><c> and</c><00:19:37.940><c> we</c><00:19:38.299><c> will</c><00:19:38.559><c> report</c><00:19:38.799><c> it.</c>

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All<00:19:40.299><c> my</c><00:19:40.720><c> familiars</c><00:19:41.259><c> watched</c><00:19:41.680><c> for</c><00:19:41.980><c> my</c><00:19:42.259><c> halting,</c><00:19:43.079><c> saying</c><00:19:43.740><c> peradventure</c><00:19:44.460><c> he</c><00:19:44.579><c> will</c><00:19:44.759><c> be</c>

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enticed,<00:19:45.460><c> and</c><00:19:45.559><c> we</c><00:19:45.700><c> shall</c><00:19:45.859><c> prevail</c><00:19:46.119><c> against</c><00:19:46.500><c> him,</c><00:19:46.980><c> and</c><00:19:47.779><c> we</c><00:19:47.900><c> shall</c><00:19:48.059><c> take</c><00:19:48.519><c> our</c>

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revenge<00:19:49.319><c> on</c><00:19:49.579><c> him.</c>

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But<00:19:51.819><c> the</c><00:19:51.980><c> Lord</c><00:19:52.119><c> is</c><00:19:52.380><c> with</c><00:19:52.579><c> me,</c><00:19:54.279><c> God</c><00:19:54.640><c> with</c><00:19:54.859><c> us.</c>

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The<00:19:55.980><c> Lord</c><00:19:56.180><c> is</c><00:19:56.440><c> with</c><00:19:56.619><c> me</c><00:19:56.920><c> as</c><00:19:57.119><c> a</c><00:19:57.319><c> mighty,</c><00:19:57.920><c> terrible</c><00:19:58.599><c> one.</c>

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Therefore<00:20:00.779><c> my</c><00:20:01.240><c> persecutors</c><00:20:01.900><c> shall</c><00:20:02.220><c> stumble,</c><00:20:03.460><c> and</c><00:20:03.740><c> they</c><00:20:03.900><c> shall</c><00:20:04.119><c> not</c><00:20:04.359><c> prevail.</c>

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They<00:20:05.980><c> shall</c><00:20:06.140><c> be</c><00:20:06.359><c> greatly</c><00:20:06.720><c> ashamed,</c><00:20:07.359><c> for</c><00:20:07.519><c> they</c><00:20:07.740><c> shall</c><00:20:08.039><c> not</c><00:20:08.440><c> prosper.</c>

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Their<00:20:09.940><c> everlasting</c><00:20:10.599><c> confusion</c><00:20:11.700><c> shall</c><00:20:12.339><c> never</c><00:20:12.680><c> be</c><00:20:12.980><c> forgotten.</c>

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But<00:20:15.319><c> O</c><00:20:15.519><c> Lord</c><00:20:15.720><c> of</c><00:20:15.920><c> hosts,</c><00:20:17.480><c> that</c><00:20:17.680><c> triest</c><00:20:18.000><c> the</c><00:20:18.220><c> righteous,</c><00:20:19.700><c> and</c>

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seeth<00:20:20.220><c> the</c><00:20:20.539><c> reigns</c><00:20:20.960><c> in</c><00:20:21.079><c> the</c><00:20:21.299><c> heart,</c><00:20:21.960><c> let</c><00:20:22.099><c> me</c><00:20:22.299><c> see</c><00:20:22.599><c> thy</c><00:20:22.839><c> vengeance</c><00:20:23.240><c> on</c><00:20:23.539><c> them.</c>

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For<00:20:24.960><c> unto</c><00:20:25.240><c> thee</c><00:20:25.880><c> have</c><00:20:27.000><c> I</c><00:20:27.200><c> opened</c><00:20:27.440><c> my</c><00:20:27.859><c> cause.</c>

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Sing<00:20:30.420><c> unto</c><00:20:30.680><c> the</c><00:20:30.880><c> Lord,</c><00:20:32.220><c> praise</c><00:20:32.480><c> ye</c><00:20:32.799><c> the</c><00:20:32.980><c> Lord,</c><00:20:33.880><c> for</c><00:20:34.000><c> he</c><00:20:34.279><c> hath</c>

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delivered<00:20:34.779><c> the</c><00:20:35.059><c> soul</c><00:20:35.220><c> of</c><00:20:35.380><c> the</c><00:20:35.579><c> poor</c><00:20:35.759><c> from</c><00:20:36.000><c> the</c><00:20:36.200><c> hand</c><00:20:36.339><c> of</c><00:20:36.500><c> the</c><00:20:36.660><c> evildoers.</c>

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It's<00:20:40.119><c> too</c><00:20:40.240><c> bad</c><00:20:40.319><c> we</c><00:20:40.460><c> can't</c><00:20:40.680><c> stop</c><00:20:41.000><c> there,</c><00:20:43.799><c> but</c><00:20:43.940><c> we</c><00:20:44.140><c> can.</c>

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He<00:20:46.640><c> goes</c><00:20:46.839><c> on</c><00:20:47.059><c> to</c><00:20:47.259><c> say,</c><00:20:49.000><c> cursed</c><00:20:49.359><c> be</c><00:20:50.900><c> the</c><00:20:51.099><c> day</c><00:20:51.420><c> wherein</c><00:20:51.700><c> I</c><00:20:51.940><c> was</c><00:20:52.220><c> born.</c>

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Let<00:20:55.819><c> not</c><00:20:56.140><c> the</c><00:20:56.279><c> day</c><00:20:56.519><c> wherein</c><00:20:56.740><c> my</c><00:20:57.039><c> mother</c><00:20:57.319><c> bare</c><00:20:57.619><c> me</c><00:20:57.859><c> be</c><00:20:58.099><c> blessed.</c>

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Cursed<00:21:01.339><c> be</c><00:21:01.579><c> the</c><00:21:01.819><c> man</c><00:21:02.099><c> who</c><00:21:02.279><c> brought</c><00:21:02.539><c> tidings</c><00:21:02.920><c> to</c><00:21:03.119><c> my</c><00:21:03.380><c> father,</c><00:21:03.920><c> saying,</c><00:21:04.259><c> A</c>

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man<00:21:04.740><c> child</c><00:21:05.000><c> was</c><00:21:05.240><c> born</c><00:21:05.420><c> unto</c><00:21:05.680><c> thee,</c><00:21:06.839><c> making</c><00:21:07.140><c> him</c><00:21:07.720><c> very</c><00:21:08.099><c> glad.</c>

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And<00:21:11.539><c> let</c><00:21:11.740><c> that</c><00:21:12.059><c> man</c><00:21:12.339><c> be</c><00:21:12.599><c> as</c><00:21:12.819><c> the</c><00:21:13.000><c> cities</c><00:21:13.220><c> which</c><00:21:13.519><c> the</c><00:21:13.700><c> Lord</c><00:21:13.980><c> overthrew</c><00:21:14.819><c> and</c>

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repented<00:21:15.539><c> not.</c>

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And<00:21:16.859><c> let</c><00:21:17.000><c> him</c><00:21:17.140><c> hear</c><00:21:17.279><c> the</c><00:21:17.579><c> cry</c><00:21:17.799><c> in</c><00:21:17.980><c> the</c><00:21:18.140><c> morning</c><00:21:18.400><c> and</c><00:21:18.559><c> the</c><00:21:18.779><c> shouting</c><00:21:18.980><c> at</c><00:21:19.259><c> noontide,</c><00:21:21.539><c> because</c><00:21:21.819><c> he</c>

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slew<00:21:22.880><c> me</c><00:21:23.359><c> not</c><00:21:23.680><c> from</c><00:21:24.059><c> the</c><00:21:24.259><c> womb.</c>

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For<00:21:26.420><c> that</c><00:21:26.680><c> my</c><00:21:27.000><c> mother</c><00:21:27.359><c> might</c><00:21:27.680><c> have</c><00:21:27.839><c> been</c><00:21:28.059><c> my</c><00:21:28.700><c> grave,</c><00:21:30.619><c> and</c><00:21:31.019><c> her</c>

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womb<00:21:31.599><c> to</c><00:21:31.799><c> be</c><00:21:32.000><c> always</c><00:21:32.380><c> great</c><00:21:32.640><c> with</c><00:21:32.920><c> me.</c>

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Wherefore<00:21:35.720><c> came</c><00:21:35.960><c> I</c><00:21:36.319><c> forth</c><00:21:36.619><c> out</c><00:21:36.839><c> of</c><00:21:36.920><c> the</c><00:21:37.160><c> womb,</c><00:21:39.180><c> to</c><00:21:39.640><c> see</c><00:21:39.880><c> labor</c>

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and<00:21:41.799><c> sorrow,</c><00:21:42.900><c> that</c><00:21:43.119><c> my</c><00:21:43.579><c> day</c><00:21:43.859><c> should</c><00:21:44.099><c> be</c><00:21:44.359><c> consumed</c><00:21:44.960><c> with</c><00:21:45.359><c> shame?</c>

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Why<00:21:46.880><c> me?</c>

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Brothers<00:21:56.619><c> and</c><00:21:56.859><c> sisters,</c><00:21:58.880><c> it</c><00:21:59.380><c> certainly</c><00:21:59.980><c> appears,</c><00:22:01.819><c> at</c><00:22:01.980><c> least</c>

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on<00:22:02.380><c> the</c><00:22:02.579><c> surface,</c><00:22:04.359><c> that</c><00:22:04.519><c> the</c><00:22:04.700><c> physical</c><00:22:05.420><c> injury</c><00:22:06.380><c> and</c><00:22:07.859><c> general</c>

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indignation<00:22:09.380><c> that</c><00:22:09.819><c> Pasher</c><00:22:10.160><c> had</c><00:22:10.400><c> visited</c><00:22:10.740><c> upon</c><00:22:11.079><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:22:11.660><c> and</c><00:22:11.819><c> we</c>

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find<00:22:12.180><c> that</c><00:22:12.380><c> in</c><00:22:12.440><c> the</c><00:22:12.619><c> first</c><00:22:12.779><c> two</c><00:22:12.980><c> verses</c><00:22:13.259><c> of</c><00:22:13.420><c> that</c><00:22:13.579><c> 20th</c><00:22:13.900><c> chapter,</c>

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Boy,<00:22:19.059><c> that</c><00:22:19.400><c> disturbs</c><00:22:19.839><c> me,</c><00:22:20.119><c> too.</c><00:22:20.240><c> I'll</c><00:22:20.460><c> comment</c><00:22:20.720><c> on</c><00:22:20.859><c> that</c><00:22:21.180><c> in</c><00:22:21.279><c> just</c><00:22:21.539><c> a</c><00:22:21.680><c> moment.</c>

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Here's<00:22:34.059><c> Pasher,</c><00:22:34.859><c> the</c><00:22:35.079><c> son</c><00:22:35.339><c> of</c><00:22:35.799><c> Emma</c><00:22:35.920><c> the</c><00:22:36.259><c> priest,</c><00:22:37.319><c> who</c><00:22:37.380><c> was</c><00:22:37.599><c> the</c><00:22:37.779><c> chief</c><00:22:38.039><c> governor</c><00:22:38.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:38.640><c> house</c><00:22:38.859><c> of</c><00:22:39.019><c> the</c><00:22:39.180><c> Lord,</c><00:22:39.680><c> who</c><00:22:39.779><c> did</c><00:22:39.960><c> all</c><00:22:40.180><c> of</c><00:22:40.299><c> this</c><00:22:40.599><c> to</c><00:22:41.420><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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So<00:22:43.160><c> what</c><00:22:43.640><c> probably</c><00:22:45.259><c> is</c><00:22:46.160><c> that</c><00:22:46.339><c> physical</c><00:22:46.980><c> injury</c><00:22:47.819><c> and</c><00:22:49.039><c> general</c>

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indignation<00:22:50.200><c> visited</c><00:22:50.680><c> upon</c><00:22:51.059><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:22:51.680><c> in</c><00:22:51.839><c> this</c><00:22:52.000><c> instance</c>

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by<00:22:52.720><c> Pasher,</c><00:22:54.500><c> that</c><00:22:54.720><c> really</c><00:22:55.099><c> had</c><00:22:55.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:56.099><c> talking</c><00:22:56.720><c> pro</c><00:22:57.240><c> and</c>

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con<00:22:58.160><c> within</c><00:22:58.500><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:23:00.259><c> that's</c><00:23:00.500><c> precisely</c><00:23:00.880><c> what</c><00:23:01.079><c> we</c><00:23:01.339><c> read</c><00:23:01.480><c> in</c><00:23:01.960><c> verses</c><00:23:02.200><c> 7</c><00:23:02.519><c> through</c>

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20.<00:23:03.359><c> I</c><00:23:03.660><c> will,</c><00:23:03.839><c> I</c><00:23:04.000><c> won't,</c><00:23:04.279><c> I</c><00:23:04.400><c> will,</c><00:23:04.779><c> I</c><00:23:04.880><c> won't.</c>

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He<00:23:05.980><c> didn't</c><00:23:06.119><c> know</c><00:23:06.200><c> which</c><00:23:06.319><c> way</c><00:23:06.440><c> to</c><00:23:06.640><c> go,</c><00:23:06.880><c> in</c><00:23:07.079><c> effect,</c><00:23:07.539><c> in</c><00:23:07.700><c> his</c>

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mental<00:23:08.680><c> manipulations.</c>

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And<00:23:11.920><c> I</c><00:23:12.200><c> suspect</c><00:23:12.700><c> that</c><00:23:12.940><c> if</c><00:23:13.059><c> we</c><00:23:13.220><c> were</c><00:23:13.400><c> in</c><00:23:13.500><c> a</c><00:23:13.640><c> similar</c><00:23:13.920><c> position,</c>

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and<00:23:14.640><c> we</c><00:23:14.839><c> had</c><00:23:15.180><c> caught</c><00:23:15.359><c> that</c><00:23:15.680><c> kind</c><00:23:15.859><c> of</c><00:23:15.980><c> business</c><00:23:16.279><c> for</c><00:23:16.539><c> speaking</c>

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the<00:23:17.039><c> word</c><00:23:17.160><c> of</c><00:23:17.380><c> God,</c><00:23:18.000><c> as</c><00:23:18.220><c> did</c><00:23:18.400><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:23:20.240><c> and</c><00:23:20.420><c> had</c><00:23:20.660><c> somebody,</c>

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now<00:23:21.660><c> watch</c><00:23:21.920><c> this,</c>

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had<00:23:23.359><c> somebody</c><00:23:23.880><c> in</c><00:23:24.039><c> the</c><00:23:24.220><c> household</c><00:23:24.579><c> of</c><00:23:24.839><c> God</c><00:23:25.140><c> to</c><00:23:25.400><c> lower</c><00:23:25.579><c> the</c><00:23:25.799><c> boom</c><00:23:25.980><c> on</c>

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us,<00:23:29.180><c> we'd</c><00:23:29.519><c> be</c><00:23:29.640><c> in</c><00:23:29.720><c> might</c><00:23:29.819><c> unhappy.</c>

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And<00:23:32.940><c> I</c><00:23:33.079><c> would</c><00:23:33.279><c> suggest</c><00:23:33.660><c> to</c><00:23:33.940><c> you</c><00:23:34.440><c> that</c><00:23:34.700><c> that</c><00:23:34.940><c> may</c><00:23:35.240><c> very</c><00:23:35.759><c> well</c><00:23:36.019><c> be</c>

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the<00:23:36.440><c> situation</c><00:23:36.960><c> we</c><00:23:37.299><c> have</c><00:23:37.480><c> here.</c>

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That's<00:23:38.660><c> why</c><00:23:38.859><c> I</c><00:23:39.180><c> reread</c><00:23:40.240><c> the</c><00:23:40.559><c> position</c><00:23:40.980><c> of</c><00:23:41.259><c> Pasher.</c>

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Wrong<00:23:43.880><c> as</c><00:23:44.059><c> he</c><00:23:44.200><c> might</c><00:23:44.440><c> have</c><00:23:44.619><c> been,</c><00:23:44.819><c> I'm</c><00:23:45.059><c> not</c><00:23:45.299><c> suggesting</c><00:23:45.900><c> any</c>

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rightness<00:23:46.680><c> there,</c><00:23:48.079><c> but</c><00:23:48.279><c> he</c><00:23:48.579><c> was</c><00:23:48.839><c> an</c><00:23:49.160><c> official</c><00:23:49.799><c> in</c><00:23:50.420><c> the</c><00:23:50.619><c> household</c><00:23:51.400><c> of</c><00:23:52.079><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:54.640><c> it</c><00:23:54.720><c> was</c><00:23:54.940><c> he</c><00:23:56.099><c> who</c><00:23:56.759><c> upbraided</c><00:23:57.799><c> and</c><00:23:58.220><c> physically</c><00:23:58.680><c> abused</c><00:23:59.559><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:24:01.980><c> a</c>

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chief<00:24:03.000><c> governor</c><00:24:03.359><c> in</c><00:24:03.619><c> the</c><00:24:03.839><c> house</c><00:24:04.119><c> of</c><00:24:04.400><c> the</c><00:24:04.619><c> Lord.</c>

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Makes<00:24:09.319><c> you</c><00:24:09.559><c> wonder</c><00:24:09.740><c> sometimes</c><00:24:10.339><c> if</c><00:24:10.500><c> there</c><00:24:10.700><c> wasn't</c><00:24:10.900><c> a</c><00:24:11.079><c> real</c><00:24:11.460><c> conflict</c><00:24:12.220><c> in</c>

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God's<00:24:14.759><c> household.</c>

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A<00:24:18.180><c> real</c><00:24:18.660><c> conflict.</c>

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Was<00:24:21.119><c> then,</c><00:24:21.460><c> and</c><00:24:21.619><c> I</c><00:24:21.779><c> hope</c><00:24:21.920><c> it</c><00:24:22.119><c> isn't</c><00:24:22.299><c> now.</c>

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:32.660
But<00:24:24.380><c> nonetheless,</c><00:24:26.700><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:24:27.299><c> discourse</c><00:24:27.640><c> with</c><00:24:27.880><c> himself</c><00:24:28.519><c> and</c><00:24:30.160><c> his</c><00:24:30.480><c> God</c><00:24:30.819><c> certainly</c><00:24:31.259><c> reflected</c><00:24:31.759><c> perplexity,</c><00:24:32.500><c> if</c>

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it<00:24:32.779><c> didn't</c><00:24:33.220><c> reflect</c><00:24:33.680><c> anything</c><00:24:34.099><c> else.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:24:35.319><c> was</c><00:24:35.799><c> perplexed.</c>

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He<00:24:38.420><c> surely</c><00:24:38.859><c> tempted</c><00:24:39.559><c> to</c><00:24:40.039><c> quarrel</c><00:24:40.299><c> with</c><00:24:40.500><c> God</c><00:24:40.779><c> for</c><00:24:41.000><c> making</c><00:24:41.299><c> him</c>

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a<00:24:41.839><c> prophet.</c>

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Verse<00:24:42.599><c> 7,</c><00:24:43.380><c> Oh,</c><00:24:43.839><c> Lord,</c><00:24:44.039><c> thou</c><00:24:44.259><c> hast</c><00:24:44.579><c> deceived</c><00:24:45.059><c> me,</c><00:24:46.339><c> and</c><00:24:46.740><c> I</c><00:24:46.980><c> was</c><00:24:47.319><c> deceived.</c>

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Thou<00:24:51.039><c> art</c><00:24:51.180><c> stronger</c><00:24:51.559><c> than</c><00:24:51.759><c> I,</c><00:24:51.960><c> and</c><00:24:52.079><c> hast</c><00:24:52.259><c> prevailed.</c>

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But<00:24:53.319><c> I'm</c><00:24:53.559><c> in</c><00:24:53.740><c> derision</c><00:24:54.000><c> daily.</c>

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Everyone<00:24:57.200><c> mocketh</c><00:24:57.779><c> me.</c>

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But<00:24:59.779><c> brothers</c><00:25:00.099><c> and</c><00:25:00.339><c> sisters,</c><00:25:01.720><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:02.000><c> should</c><00:25:02.259><c> have</c><00:25:02.400><c> known,</c>

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and<00:25:02.759><c> I</c><00:25:02.940><c> think</c><00:25:03.079><c> we</c><00:25:03.380><c> do,</c><00:25:03.539><c> and</c><00:25:03.680><c> I'm</c><00:25:03.839><c> simply</c><00:25:04.119><c> reminding</c><00:25:04.519><c> you</c><00:25:04.839><c> of</c><00:25:04.960><c> it,</c>

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that<00:25:06.200><c> God</c><00:25:06.640><c> had</c><00:25:07.119><c> expressly</c><00:25:07.819><c> told</c><00:25:08.359><c> him</c><00:25:09.480><c> what</c><00:25:10.680><c> he</c><00:25:10.799><c> would</c><00:25:10.980><c> be</c><00:25:11.160><c> up</c>

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against<00:25:11.839><c> in</c><00:25:12.779><c> chapter</c><00:25:13.180><c> 1.</c>

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Let's<00:25:14.099><c> turn</c><00:25:14.279><c> back</c><00:25:14.519><c> and</c><00:25:14.680><c> take</c><00:25:14.839><c> a</c><00:25:14.980><c> quick</c><00:25:15.119><c> peek</c><00:25:15.299><c> at</c><00:25:15.500><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:25:18.599><c> interesting</c><00:25:18.920><c> to</c><00:25:19.140><c> note</c><00:25:19.319><c> that</c><00:25:19.480><c> this</c><00:25:19.660><c> is</c><00:25:19.900><c> 20</c><00:25:20.220><c> chapters</c><00:25:20.599><c> into</c><00:25:20.980><c> the</c><00:25:21.279><c> prophecy.</c>

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This<00:25:22.539><c> is</c><00:25:22.799><c> some</c><00:25:23.059><c> time</c><00:25:23.319><c> later.</c>

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Time<00:25:24.920><c> had</c><00:25:25.299><c> passed</c><00:25:26.180><c> when</c><00:25:26.480><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:27.119><c> was</c><00:25:27.619><c> expressing</c><00:25:28.039><c> this</c><00:25:28.400><c> kind</c><00:25:28.700><c> of</c><00:25:29.019><c> mindset.</c>

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But<00:25:31.200><c> God</c><00:25:31.339><c> had</c><00:25:31.599><c> told</c><00:25:31.720><c> him</c><00:25:32.099><c> very</c><00:25:32.559><c> plainly</c><00:25:33.220><c> what</c><00:25:33.359><c> he</c><00:25:33.460><c> might</c><00:25:33.740><c> be</c><00:25:33.980><c> up</c><00:25:34.160><c> against.</c>

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Verses<00:25:35.480><c> 18</c><00:25:36.039><c> and</c><00:25:36.200><c> 19</c><00:25:37.220><c> of</c><00:25:38.420><c> chapter</c><00:25:38.839><c> 1.</c>

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For<00:25:41.880><c> behold,</c><00:25:42.559><c> I</c><00:25:42.660><c> have</c><00:25:42.839><c> made</c><00:25:43.119><c> thee</c><00:25:43.380><c> this</c><00:25:43.680><c> day</c><00:25:44.039><c> a</c><00:25:44.380><c> defenced</c><00:25:45.000><c> city</c>

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and<00:25:47.440><c> an</c><00:25:47.819><c> iron</c><00:25:48.180><c> pillar</c>

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and<00:25:50.299><c> brazen</c><00:25:50.859><c> walls</c><00:25:51.440><c> against</c><00:25:51.859><c> the</c><00:25:52.119><c> whole</c><00:25:52.420><c> land,</c><00:25:54.039><c> against</c><00:25:54.339><c> the</c>

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kings<00:25:54.859><c> of</c><00:25:55.180><c> Judah,</c>

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against<00:25:56.519><c> the</c><00:25:56.799><c> princes</c><00:25:57.079><c> thereof,</c><00:25:58.319><c> against</c><00:25:58.640><c> the</c><00:25:58.960><c> priests</c><00:25:59.180><c> thereof,</c>

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and<00:26:00.240><c> against</c><00:26:00.500><c> the</c><00:26:00.799><c> people</c><00:26:01.039><c> of</c><00:26:01.220><c> the</c><00:26:01.420><c> land,</c><00:26:03.220><c> and</c><00:26:03.740><c> they</c><00:26:04.039><c> shall</c>

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fight<00:26:04.799><c> against</c><00:26:05.359><c> thee.</c>

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He<00:26:06.059><c> should</c><00:26:06.220><c> have</c><00:26:06.319><c> known</c><00:26:06.460><c> it.</c>

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He<00:26:08.119><c> should</c><00:26:08.319><c> have</c><00:26:08.440><c> known</c><00:26:08.920><c> that</c><00:26:09.380><c> the</c><00:26:09.559><c> priest</c><00:26:09.839><c> and</c><00:26:10.039><c> the</c><00:26:10.180><c> chief</c><00:26:10.400><c> governor</c><00:26:10.859><c> might</c><00:26:11.200><c> have</c><00:26:11.299><c> been</c><00:26:11.400><c> on</c>

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his<00:26:11.940><c> case,</c><00:26:12.200><c> as</c><00:26:12.380><c> we'd</c><00:26:12.680><c> say</c><00:26:12.779><c> today.</c>

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God<00:26:14.859><c> let</c><00:26:15.000><c> him</c><00:26:15.160><c> know</c><00:26:15.220><c> it</c><00:26:15.339><c> right</c><00:26:15.480><c> up</c><00:26:15.700><c> front.</c>

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He<00:26:18.000><c> said,</c><00:26:18.140><c> but</c><00:26:18.220><c> I've</c><00:26:18.460><c> also</c><00:26:18.839><c> defenced</c><00:26:19.359><c> you.</c>

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So<00:26:20.299><c> why</c><00:26:20.660><c> was</c><00:26:20.940><c> he</c><00:26:21.779><c> complaining?</c>

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Why<00:26:22.940><c> was</c><00:26:23.119><c> he</c><00:26:23.359><c> saying,</c><00:26:23.579><c> why</c><00:26:23.799><c> me?</c>

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Why<00:26:24.359><c> was</c><00:26:24.519><c> he</c><00:26:24.700><c> saying,</c><00:26:24.839><c> why</c><00:26:25.079><c> should</c><00:26:25.259><c> I</c><00:26:25.480><c> take</c><00:26:25.660><c> this</c><00:26:25.920><c> action?</c>

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Why<00:26:26.680><c> was</c><00:26:26.839><c> he</c><00:26:27.059><c> saying,</c><00:26:27.460><c> do</c><00:26:27.960><c> I</c><00:26:28.059><c> have</c><00:26:28.220><c> to</c><00:26:28.339><c> do</c><00:26:28.460><c> it?</c>

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He'd<00:26:30.740><c> been</c><00:26:30.940><c> told</c><00:26:31.240><c> up</c><00:26:31.539><c> front</c><00:26:31.680><c> that</c><00:26:31.839><c> it</c><00:26:31.980><c> would</c><00:26:32.140><c> happen,</c><00:26:32.559><c> and</c><00:26:32.799><c> he'd</c><00:26:33.000><c> also</c><00:26:33.220><c> been</c><00:26:33.440><c> told</c><00:26:33.740><c> that</c><00:26:33.900><c> he</c>

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would<00:26:34.220><c> be</c><00:26:34.559><c> protected.</c>

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And<00:26:36.839><c> he'd</c><00:26:37.079><c> also</c><00:26:37.259><c> been</c><00:26:37.579><c> told</c><00:26:37.920><c> that</c><00:26:38.059><c> they</c><00:26:38.200><c> would</c><00:26:38.440><c> not</c><00:26:38.599><c> prevail</c>

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against<00:26:39.319><c> him.</c>

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For<00:26:40.839><c> I</c><00:26:41.079><c> am</c><00:26:41.240><c> with</c><00:26:41.460><c> thee</c><00:26:41.619><c> saith</c><00:26:41.880><c> the</c><00:26:42.079><c> Lord</c><00:26:42.339><c> to</c><00:26:42.599><c> deliver</c><00:26:42.920><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:26:43.539><c> yet,</c><00:26:43.920><c> what</c><00:26:44.059><c> do</c><00:26:44.160><c> we</c><00:26:44.359><c> find</c><00:26:44.839><c> in</c><00:26:45.880><c> that</c><00:26:46.140><c> 20th</c><00:26:46.599><c> chapter</c><00:26:47.799><c> of</c><00:26:49.740><c> Jeremiah?</c>

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We<00:26:53.819><c> should</c><00:26:54.000><c> take</c><00:26:54.500><c> such</c><00:26:54.839><c> to</c><00:26:55.079><c> heart</c><00:26:55.220><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:55.960><c> brothers</c><00:26:56.220><c> and</c><00:26:56.500><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:03.400
when<00:26:58.680><c> tempted</c><00:26:59.160><c> to</c><00:26:59.500><c> say,</c><00:27:00.680><c> why</c><00:27:00.680><c> me,</c><00:27:01.200><c> in</c><00:27:01.519><c> some</c><00:27:01.859><c> trying</c><00:27:02.660><c> conditions.</c>

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And<00:27:03.559><c> we</c><00:27:03.740><c> all</c><00:27:04.359><c> have</c><00:27:05.079><c> trying</c><00:27:05.579><c> conditions.</c>

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We<00:27:08.539><c> all</c><00:27:08.920><c> have</c><00:27:09.180><c> them.</c>

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And<00:27:10.440><c> we've</c><00:27:10.640><c> got</c><00:27:10.779><c> to</c><00:27:11.039><c> remember</c><00:27:11.460><c> what</c><00:27:12.460><c> God</c><00:27:12.759><c> says</c><00:27:13.140><c> to</c><00:27:13.319><c> those</c><00:27:13.960><c> who</c>

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are<00:27:14.779><c> His.</c>

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In<00:27:16.339><c> John</c><00:27:16.660><c> chapter</c><00:27:17.019><c> 16,</c><00:27:17.700><c> Jesus</c><00:27:18.079><c> had</c><00:27:18.299><c> something</c><00:27:18.619><c> to</c><00:27:18.880><c> say,</c><00:27:19.099><c> as</c><00:27:19.319><c> we</c>

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all<00:27:19.779><c> know,</c>

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to<00:27:20.960><c> those</c><00:27:21.559><c> followers</c><00:27:22.140><c> of</c><00:27:22.380><c> His</c><00:27:22.559><c> that</c><00:27:22.859><c> fall</c><00:27:23.000><c> into</c><00:27:23.240><c> this</c><00:27:23.440><c> general</c><00:27:23.819><c> arena.</c>

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Chapter<00:27:25.539><c> 16,</c><00:27:26.160><c> the</c><00:27:26.259><c> first</c><00:27:26.420><c> three</c><00:27:26.680><c> verses,</c><00:27:27.279><c> which</c><00:27:27.519><c> read</c><00:27:27.740><c> as</c><00:27:27.960><c> follows.</c>

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These<00:27:30.759><c> things</c><00:27:31.140><c> have</c><00:27:31.359><c> I</c><00:27:31.539><c> spoken</c><00:27:31.900><c> unto</c><00:27:32.180><c> you,</c><00:27:32.460><c> that</c><00:27:32.619><c> you</c><00:27:32.819><c> should</c>

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not<00:27:33.420><c> be</c><00:27:33.660><c> offended.</c>

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Now,<00:27:36.779><c> we're</c><00:27:36.940><c> dealing</c><00:27:37.099><c> with</c><00:27:37.279><c> the</c><00:27:37.480><c> principle</c><00:27:37.859><c> here.</c>

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He<00:27:38.380><c> was</c><00:27:38.559><c> dealing</c><00:27:38.839><c> with</c><00:27:39.140><c> a</c><00:27:39.339><c> specific</c><00:27:39.779><c> reality</c><00:27:40.359><c> in</c><00:27:41.319><c> front</c><00:27:41.539><c> of</c>

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His<00:27:41.839><c> immediate</c><00:27:42.259><c> followers,</c>

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where<00:27:43.700><c> He</c><00:27:43.799><c> says,</c><00:27:44.099><c> they</c><00:27:44.160><c> shall</c><00:27:44.359><c> put</c><00:27:44.640><c> you</c><00:27:45.720><c> out</c><00:27:46.220><c> of</c><00:27:46.359><c> the</c><00:27:46.539><c> synagogues,</c>

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out<00:27:50.839><c> of</c><00:27:51.000><c> the</c><00:27:51.160><c> apostate</c><00:27:51.680><c> church.</c>

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Yea,<00:27:55.440><c> the</c><00:27:55.599><c> time</c><00:27:55.920><c> cometh</c><00:27:56.200><c> that</c><00:27:56.359><c> whosoever</c><00:27:56.859><c> killeth</c><00:27:57.180><c> you</c><00:27:58.200><c> will</c>

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think<00:27:58.940><c> that</c><00:27:59.119><c> he</c><00:27:59.299><c> doeth</c><00:27:59.539><c> God's</c><00:28:00.220><c> service.</c>

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:05.680
And<00:28:02.539><c> these</c><00:28:02.920><c> things</c><00:28:03.319><c> they</c><00:28:03.519><c> will</c><00:28:03.759><c> do</c><00:28:03.960><c> unto</c><00:28:04.240><c> you</c><00:28:04.819><c> because</c><00:28:05.420><c> they</c>

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:10.839
have<00:28:06.200><c> not</c><00:28:06.900><c> known</c><00:28:07.660><c> the</c><00:28:08.019><c> Father</c><00:28:09.000><c> nor</c><00:28:09.859><c> me.</c>

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:14.119
Brothers<00:28:11.619><c> and</c><00:28:11.880><c> sisters,</c><00:28:12.220><c> if</c><00:28:12.440><c> we</c><00:28:12.579><c> are</c><00:28:12.740><c> not</c><00:28:12.880><c> in</c><00:28:13.059><c> a</c><00:28:13.240><c> posture</c><00:28:13.599><c> of</c>

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:16.220
knowing<00:28:14.420><c> the</c><00:28:14.720><c> Father</c><00:28:15.240><c> and</c><00:28:15.480><c> Jesus</c><00:28:15.839><c> Christ,</c>

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:20.559
we<00:28:16.740><c> are</c><00:28:17.259><c> wasting</c><00:28:17.779><c> every</c><00:28:18.799><c> second</c><00:28:19.119><c> we</c><00:28:19.400><c> sit</c><00:28:19.579><c> here.</c>

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:25.339
So<00:28:21.319><c> that</c><00:28:21.619><c> principle</c><00:28:22.039><c> we</c><00:28:22.259><c> must</c><00:28:22.619><c> take</c><00:28:23.500><c> unto</c><00:28:23.920><c> ourselves.</c>

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:34.160
It's<00:28:30.519><c> very</c><00:28:30.779><c> interesting</c><00:28:31.119><c> to</c><00:28:31.420><c> note</c><00:28:31.599><c> as</c><00:28:31.859><c> we</c><00:28:32.099><c> move</c><00:28:32.279><c> along</c><00:28:32.720><c> that</c><00:28:32.980><c> Jeremiah,</c>

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:37.720
in<00:28:35.220><c> his</c><00:28:35.519><c> complaint,</c><00:28:36.019><c> chooses</c><00:28:36.400><c> to</c><00:28:36.660><c> make</c><00:28:36.859><c> use</c><00:28:37.119><c> of</c><00:28:37.299><c> the</c><00:28:37.500><c> same</c>

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:40.700
words<00:28:38.059><c> that</c><00:28:38.359><c> David</c><00:28:38.700><c> used</c><00:28:39.079><c> centuries</c><00:28:39.599><c> before</c><00:28:40.240><c> him.</c>

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:45.420
I'm<00:28:41.299><c> referring</c><00:28:41.660><c> to</c><00:28:41.920><c> verse</c><00:28:42.259><c> 10</c><00:28:42.940><c> of</c><00:28:43.299><c> that</c><00:28:44.519><c> 20th</c><00:28:44.880><c> chapter</c><00:28:45.200><c> where</c>

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.920
he<00:28:45.599><c> says,</c>

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I<00:28:46.200><c> have</c><00:28:46.420><c> heard</c><00:28:46.619><c> the</c><00:28:46.900><c> defaming</c><00:28:47.279><c> of</c><00:28:47.440><c> many,</c><00:28:47.980><c> fear</c><00:28:48.099><c> on</c><00:28:48.339><c> every</c><00:28:48.640><c> side.</c>

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:53.819
In<00:28:51.839><c> the</c><00:28:51.920><c> 31st</c><00:28:52.380><c> Psalm,</c><00:28:52.700><c> verse</c><00:28:52.900><c> 13,</c><00:28:53.579><c> it</c><00:28:53.579><c> says,</c>

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:56.839
for<00:28:54.099><c> I</c><00:28:54.339><c> heard</c><00:28:54.579><c> the</c><00:28:54.880><c> slander</c><00:28:55.180><c> of</c><00:28:55.359><c> many,</c><00:28:55.779><c> fear</c><00:28:55.859><c> on</c><00:28:56.079><c> every</c><00:28:56.359><c> side.</c>

00:28:57.099 --> 00:29:00.400
The<00:28:57.220><c> only</c><00:28:57.380><c> difference</c><00:28:57.700><c> is</c><00:28:57.920><c> the</c><00:28:58.000><c> word</c><00:28:58.160><c> slander</c><00:28:58.980><c> versus</c><00:28:59.660><c> defaming.</c>

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:02.619
And<00:29:00.700><c> same</c><00:29:00.880><c> thing,</c><00:29:01.240><c> when</c><00:29:01.400><c> somebody</c><00:29:01.700><c> defames</c><00:29:02.140><c> you,</c><00:29:02.400><c> they're</c>

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.099
slandering<00:29:02.920><c> you.</c>

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When<00:29:03.279><c> somebody</c><00:29:03.579><c> slanders</c><00:29:03.900><c> you,</c><00:29:04.079><c> they're</c><00:29:04.299><c> defaming</c><00:29:04.680><c> you.</c>

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:08.480
So<00:29:05.839><c> what</c><00:29:06.000><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:06.480><c> did</c><00:29:06.779><c> was</c><00:29:07.039><c> pick</c><00:29:07.259><c> up</c><00:29:07.400><c> what</c><00:29:07.599><c> he</c><00:29:07.839><c> knew</c><00:29:08.019><c> existed</c>

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.740
in<00:29:08.759><c> the</c><00:29:08.960><c> Psalms.</c>

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In<00:29:10.099><c> fact,</c><00:29:10.220><c> I</c><00:29:11.099><c> think</c><00:29:11.500><c> in</c><00:29:11.960><c> this</c><00:29:12.500><c> discourse</c><00:29:12.960><c> with</c><00:29:13.180><c> himself</c>

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:19.200
that<00:29:14.519><c> he</c><00:29:14.660><c> found</c><00:29:14.980><c> it</c><00:29:15.319><c> comforting</c><00:29:15.640><c> to</c><00:29:15.980><c> know</c><00:29:17.099><c> that</c><00:29:17.779><c> other</c><00:29:18.099><c> good</c><00:29:18.380><c> men,</c>

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:24.460
certainly<00:29:20.359><c> King</c><00:29:20.720><c> David,</c><00:29:22.500><c> had</c><00:29:22.720><c> suffered</c><00:29:23.019><c> abuses</c><00:29:23.420><c> before</c><00:29:23.920><c> him.</c>

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:27.140
And<00:29:25.079><c> what</c><00:29:25.180><c> I</c><00:29:25.299><c> would</c><00:29:25.420><c> suggest</c><00:29:25.759><c> at</c><00:29:25.920><c> this</c><00:29:26.099><c> stage,</c><00:29:26.579><c> brothers</c><00:29:26.660><c> and</c><00:29:26.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:31.940
that<00:29:27.380><c> that</c><00:29:27.619><c> teaches</c><00:29:27.880><c> you</c><00:29:28.200><c> and</c><00:29:28.420><c> me</c><00:29:29.140><c> to</c><00:29:29.440><c> make</c><00:29:29.619><c> use</c><00:29:29.839><c> of</c><00:29:30.059><c> David's</c><00:29:30.819><c> Psalms</c>

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:35.640
in<00:29:32.119><c> application</c><00:29:32.940><c> to</c><00:29:34.339><c> ourselves.</c>

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:41.180
Now<00:29:38.839><c> a</c><00:29:38.940><c> point</c><00:29:39.079><c> or</c><00:29:39.200><c> two</c><00:29:39.319><c> about</c><00:29:39.559><c> verse</c><00:29:39.920><c> 9.</c>

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:44.079
Verse<00:29:43.619><c> 9</c><00:29:43.859><c> says,</c>

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:46.779
Then<00:29:44.240><c> I</c><00:29:44.460><c> said,</c><00:29:44.660><c> I</c><00:29:44.759><c> will</c><00:29:44.980><c> not</c><00:29:45.180><c> make</c><00:29:45.420><c> mention</c><00:29:45.640><c> of</c><00:29:45.779><c> him,</c><00:29:46.079><c> nor</c><00:29:46.220><c> speak</c><00:29:46.559><c> any</c>

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more<00:29:46.960><c> in</c><00:29:47.079><c> his</c><00:29:47.259><c> name.</c>

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:52.019
But<00:29:49.200><c> his</c><00:29:49.440><c> word</c><00:29:49.660><c> was</c><00:29:49.940><c> in</c><00:29:50.099><c> mine</c><00:29:50.259><c> heart</c><00:29:50.539><c> as</c><00:29:50.779><c> a</c><00:29:50.900><c> burning</c><00:29:51.160><c> fire.</c>

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:56.420
Shut<00:29:54.059><c> up</c><00:29:54.240><c> in</c><00:29:54.400><c> my</c><00:29:54.619><c> bones,</c><00:29:54.940><c> and</c><00:29:55.079><c> I</c><00:29:55.220><c> was</c><00:29:55.460><c> weary</c><00:29:55.619><c> with</c><00:29:55.940><c> forbearing,</c>

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and<00:29:56.579><c> I</c><00:29:56.799><c> could</c><00:29:57.099><c> not</c><00:29:57.839><c> stay.</c>

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Again,<00:30:01.400><c> we</c><00:30:01.660><c> find</c><00:30:01.980><c> a</c><00:30:02.220><c> condition</c><00:30:02.799><c> of</c><00:30:03.400><c> heart</c><00:30:03.619><c> and</c><00:30:04.059><c> mind</c><00:30:04.480><c> probably</c>

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:07.819
not<00:30:05.519><c> unlike</c><00:30:06.039><c> our</c><00:30:06.579><c> own.</c>

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At<00:30:09.200><c> times,</c><00:30:09.720><c> at</c><00:30:09.960><c> least,</c><00:30:13.039><c> a</c><00:30:13.240><c> true</c><00:30:13.440><c> feeling</c><00:30:14.059><c> like</c><00:30:15.480><c> throwing</c><00:30:16.259><c> up</c>

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our<00:30:16.880><c> hands</c>

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due<00:30:20.680><c> to</c><00:30:20.920><c> pressure</c><00:30:21.200><c> in</c><00:30:21.500><c> whatever</c><00:30:21.799><c> form,</c>

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:26.759
secular<00:30:25.240><c> or</c><00:30:25.539><c> otherwise,</c>

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:30.000
domestic<00:30:28.700><c> or</c><00:30:29.000><c> otherwise,</c>

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:32.779
job<00:30:31.180><c>-related</c><00:30:31.539><c> or</c><00:30:31.779><c> otherwise,</c>

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ecclesially<00:30:35.200><c>-related</c><00:30:35.700><c> or</c><00:30:36.000><c> otherwise,</c>

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:38.859
throw<00:30:37.059><c> up</c><00:30:37.279><c> your</c><00:30:37.539><c> hands.</c>

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I've<00:30:41.859><c> felt</c><00:30:41.960><c> that</c><00:30:42.259><c> way.</c><00:30:42.940><c> I'll</c><00:30:43.339><c> confess</c><00:30:43.660><c> it.</c>

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:47.920
And<00:30:45.819><c> I</c><00:30:45.940><c> know</c><00:30:46.220><c> in</c><00:30:46.400><c> your</c><00:30:46.559><c> heart</c><00:30:46.759><c> of</c><00:30:46.960><c> hearts</c><00:30:47.140><c> every</c><00:30:47.400><c> one</c><00:30:47.599><c> of</c><00:30:47.759><c> you</c>

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have,<00:30:48.319><c> too.</c>

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I'm<00:30:54.339><c> just</c><00:30:54.700><c> not</c><00:30:55.279><c> going</c><00:30:55.559><c> to</c><00:30:55.779><c> say</c><00:30:55.940><c> anything</c><00:30:56.440><c> more</c><00:30:57.059><c> about</c><00:30:57.559><c> God</c><00:30:58.259><c> or</c>

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:01.819
his<00:30:59.900><c> revealed</c><00:31:00.319><c> plan</c><00:31:00.579><c> of</c><00:31:00.859><c> salvation.</c>

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:04.400
My<00:31:02.839><c> lips</c><00:31:03.160><c> are</c><00:31:03.460><c> sealed.</c>

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Not<00:31:05.519><c> going</c><00:31:05.839><c> to</c><00:31:05.980><c> do</c><00:31:06.119><c> it.</c>

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:13.960
But<00:31:11.059><c> what</c><00:31:11.240><c> do</c><00:31:11.420><c> we</c><00:31:11.480><c> see</c><00:31:11.660><c> here</c><00:31:11.920><c> as</c><00:31:12.059><c> an</c><00:31:12.259><c> example</c><00:31:12.640><c> of</c><00:31:12.859><c> what</c><00:31:13.099><c> we</c><00:31:13.619><c> know</c>

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.480
to<00:31:14.140><c> be</c><00:31:14.359><c> true</c><00:31:14.579><c> in</c><00:31:14.819><c> ourselves</c>

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:20.720
if<00:31:16.319><c> honestly</c><00:31:17.539><c> we</c><00:31:18.059><c> mesh</c><00:31:18.359><c> in</c><00:31:19.339><c> God's</c><00:31:19.900><c> Word?</c>

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:24.119
The<00:31:21.700><c> why</c><00:31:22.039><c> me</c><00:31:22.420><c> rises</c><00:31:22.839><c> again.</c>

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:28.960
His<00:31:26.119><c> word</c><00:31:26.720><c> was</c><00:31:27.019><c> in</c><00:31:27.160><c> my</c><00:31:27.599><c> heart</c><00:31:27.819><c> as</c><00:31:28.059><c> a</c><00:31:28.299><c> burning</c><00:31:28.539><c> fire.</c>

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:31.900
Shut<00:31:29.180><c> up</c><00:31:29.299><c> in</c><00:31:29.519><c> my</c><00:31:29.779><c> bones,</c><00:31:30.180><c> and</c><00:31:30.299><c> I</c><00:31:30.460><c> was</c><00:31:30.779><c> weary</c><00:31:31.000><c> with</c><00:31:31.359><c> forbearing,</c>

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:35.259
and<00:31:32.059><c> I</c><00:31:32.400><c> could</c><00:31:32.859><c> not</c><00:31:33.940><c> stay.</c>

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:39.859
Jeremiah<00:31:36.259><c> found</c><00:31:36.700><c> himself,</c><00:31:37.240><c> and</c><00:31:37.420><c> I</c><00:31:37.579><c> suspect</c><00:31:37.940><c> some</c><00:31:38.259><c> of</c><00:31:38.400><c> us</c><00:31:38.539><c> at</c><00:31:38.839><c> times,</c>

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:43.619
like<00:31:40.619><c> a</c><00:31:40.940><c> man</c><00:31:41.460><c> in</c><00:31:41.819><c> a</c><00:31:42.079><c> burning</c><00:31:42.359><c> fever,</c>

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:50.319
uneasy<00:31:47.579><c> and</c><00:31:48.140><c> in</c><00:31:48.380><c> continual</c><00:31:49.039><c> agitation.</c>

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:56.440
In<00:31:53.099><c> one</c><00:31:53.279><c> aspect</c><00:31:53.900><c> of</c><00:31:55.000><c> such</c><00:31:55.240><c> a</c><00:31:55.400><c> feeling,</c><00:31:55.660><c> our</c><00:31:55.920><c> mind,</c><00:31:56.200><c> or</c><00:31:56.359><c> at</c>

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.240
least<00:31:56.640><c> mine,</c>

00:31:57.460 --> 00:32:01.279
and<00:31:57.680><c> I</c><00:31:57.940><c> am</c><00:31:58.140><c> now</c><00:31:58.420><c> going</c><00:31:58.619><c> to</c><00:31:58.819><c> try</c><00:31:58.960><c> to</c><00:31:59.160><c> draw</c><00:31:59.380><c> yours</c><00:31:59.819><c> that</c><00:32:00.220><c> way,</c>

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:04.359
has<00:32:01.880><c> been</c><00:32:02.079><c> drawn</c><00:32:02.380><c> to</c><00:32:02.619><c> a</c><00:32:02.960><c> particular</c><00:32:03.460><c> Psalm</c><00:32:03.799><c> of</c><00:32:04.000><c> David.</c>

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:09.500
Remember<00:32:04.740><c> what</c><00:32:04.960><c> I</c><00:32:05.160><c> said</c><00:32:05.299><c> just</c><00:32:05.599><c> a</c><00:32:05.720><c> moment</c><00:32:05.940><c> ago</c><00:32:06.240><c> about</c><00:32:06.559><c> using</c><00:32:06.960><c> those</c><00:32:07.299><c> Psalms,</c><00:32:07.640><c> and</c><00:32:07.799><c> I'm</c><00:32:07.960><c> sure</c><00:32:08.220><c> we</c><00:32:08.500><c> do.</c>

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:13.740
I'm<00:32:10.460><c> talking</c><00:32:10.779><c> about</c><00:32:11.140><c> the</c><00:32:11.359><c> 39th</c><00:32:12.000><c> Psalm,</c><00:32:12.380><c> brothers</c><00:32:12.500><c> and</c><00:32:12.779><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:16.240
so<00:32:14.019><c> let's</c><00:32:14.259><c> take</c><00:32:14.519><c> the</c><00:32:14.759><c> time</c><00:32:14.940><c> to</c><00:32:15.200><c> read</c><00:32:15.480><c> that</c><00:32:15.799><c> together.</c>

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:20.359
It's<00:32:16.519><c> not</c><00:32:16.680><c> all</c><00:32:16.900><c> that</c><00:32:17.200><c> long,</c><00:32:18.079><c> but</c><00:32:18.279><c> it</c><00:32:18.460><c> fits</c><00:32:18.579><c> into</c><00:32:18.819><c> this</c><00:32:19.079><c> context</c><00:32:19.599><c> beautifully,</c>

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:24.619
at<00:32:21.299><c> least</c><00:32:21.519><c> in</c><00:32:21.720><c> the</c><00:32:21.819><c> way</c><00:32:22.339><c> I</c><00:32:23.700><c> think.</c>

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:31.480
I<00:32:29.119><c> like</c><00:32:29.359><c> the</c><00:32:29.500><c> way</c><00:32:29.640><c> Brother</c><00:32:29.900><c> Morris</c><00:32:30.259><c> uses</c><00:32:30.660><c> the</c><00:32:30.960><c> phrase</c><00:32:31.200><c> over</c>

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.640
and<00:32:31.539><c> over</c><00:32:31.700><c> again.</c>

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:35.640
It's<00:32:32.880><c> important.</c><00:32:34.259><c> I</c><00:32:34.359><c> believe.</c>

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.720
And<00:32:36.660><c> I</c><00:32:36.839><c> do.</c>

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.920
I<00:32:39.960><c> said,</c>

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:45.799
I<00:32:41.799><c> will</c><00:32:42.039><c> take</c><00:32:42.339><c> heed</c><00:32:42.460><c> to</c><00:32:42.720><c> my</c><00:32:42.980><c> ways</c><00:32:43.319><c> that</c><00:32:43.539><c> I</c><00:32:43.799><c> sin</c><00:32:43.960><c> not</c><00:32:44.259><c> with</c><00:32:44.559><c> my</c><00:32:44.880><c> tongue.</c>

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:49.819
I<00:32:47.099><c> will</c><00:32:47.339><c> keep</c><00:32:47.579><c> my</c><00:32:47.960><c> mouth</c><00:32:48.259><c> with</c><00:32:48.519><c> a</c><00:32:48.720><c> bridle</c><00:32:49.000><c> while</c><00:32:49.259><c> the</c><00:32:49.519><c> wicked</c>

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:51.720
is<00:32:50.140><c> before</c><00:32:50.539><c> me.</c>

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:54.460
Let's<00:32:52.980><c> stop</c><00:32:53.200><c> right</c><00:32:53.460><c> there</c><00:32:53.619><c> a</c><00:32:53.720><c> moment.</c>

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:56.779
What's<00:32:55.539><c> the</c><00:32:55.619><c> psalmist</c><00:32:55.900><c> saying?</c>

00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:00.180
I'm<00:32:57.700><c> not</c><00:32:57.880><c> going</c><00:32:58.000><c> to</c><00:32:58.099><c> say</c><00:32:58.220><c> a</c><00:32:58.420><c> thing.</c>

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:04.759
While<00:33:01.859><c> the</c><00:33:02.039><c> wicked</c><00:33:02.200><c> is</c><00:33:02.339><c> before</c><00:33:02.680><c> me,</c><00:33:02.960><c> I</c><00:33:03.160><c> zip</c><00:33:03.380><c> my</c><00:33:03.720><c> lip.</c>

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:08.119
I<00:33:06.440><c> bridle</c><00:33:06.799><c> my</c><00:33:07.180><c> tongue.</c>

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:13.319
I<00:33:10.380><c> was</c><00:33:10.640><c> dumb</c><00:33:10.859><c> with</c><00:33:11.079><c> silence,</c><00:33:11.480><c> he</c><00:33:11.660><c> says</c><00:33:11.859><c> in</c><00:33:12.019><c> verse</c><00:33:12.299><c> 2.</c>

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:18.480
I<00:33:13.980><c> held</c><00:33:14.339><c> my</c><00:33:14.819><c> peace</c><00:33:15.500><c> even</c><00:33:16.700><c> from</c><00:33:17.180><c> good.</c>

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:20.460
My<00:33:19.299><c> goodness.</c>

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:24.839
And<00:33:22.779><c> my</c><00:33:23.140><c> sorrow</c><00:33:23.559><c> was</c><00:33:23.940><c> stirred.</c>

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:28.660
My<00:33:25.660><c> heart</c><00:33:26.039><c> was</c><00:33:26.400><c> hot</c><00:33:26.680><c> within</c><00:33:27.039><c> me</c><00:33:27.400><c> while</c><00:33:27.619><c> I</c><00:33:27.839><c> was</c><00:33:28.079><c> musing</c><00:33:28.420><c> the</c>

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.460
fire<00:33:29.019><c> burned.</c>

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:32.759
Then<00:33:30.400><c> spake</c><00:33:30.759><c> I</c><00:33:31.099><c> with</c><00:33:31.380><c> my</c><00:33:31.799><c> tongue.</c>

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:36.920
Lord,<00:33:33.940><c> make</c><00:33:34.119><c> me</c><00:33:34.440><c> to</c><00:33:34.660><c> know</c><00:33:34.900><c> mine</c><00:33:35.240><c> end</c><00:33:35.519><c> in</c><00:33:35.700><c> the</c><00:33:35.880><c> measure</c><00:33:36.079><c> of</c><00:33:36.319><c> my</c><00:33:36.579><c> days,</c>

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:39.960
what<00:33:37.140><c> it</c><00:33:37.380><c> is</c><00:33:37.539><c> that</c><00:33:37.700><c> I</c><00:33:37.880><c> may</c><00:33:38.019><c> know</c><00:33:38.299><c> how</c><00:33:38.740><c> frail</c><00:33:39.039><c> I</c><00:33:39.380><c> am.</c>

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:43.980
Behold,<00:33:40.960><c> thou</c><00:33:41.119><c> hast</c><00:33:41.400><c> made</c><00:33:41.640><c> my</c><00:33:42.079><c> days</c><00:33:42.480><c> as</c><00:33:42.740><c> a</c><00:33:42.940><c> hand</c><00:33:43.200><c> breath,</c>

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.980
and<00:33:44.200><c> mine</c><00:33:44.380><c> ages</c><00:33:44.779><c> as</c><00:33:45.059><c> nothing</c><00:33:45.299><c> before</c><00:33:45.779><c> thee.</c>

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:49.940
Verily,<00:33:46.420><c> every</c><00:33:46.720><c> man</c><00:33:47.220><c> at</c><00:33:47.819><c> his</c><00:33:48.140><c> best</c><00:33:48.420><c> state</c><00:33:48.579><c> is</c><00:33:48.819><c> altogether</c><00:33:49.319><c> vanity.</c>

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:53.460
Surely,<00:33:51.180><c> every</c><00:33:51.299><c> man</c><00:33:51.799><c> walketh</c><00:33:52.180><c> in</c><00:33:52.400><c> a</c><00:33:52.579><c> vain</c><00:33:52.980><c> show.</c>

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:56.059
Surely,<00:33:54.259><c> they</c><00:33:54.460><c> are</c><00:33:54.779><c> disquieted</c><00:33:55.480><c> in</c><00:33:55.740><c> vain.</c>

00:33:56.400 --> 00:34:00.000
He<00:33:56.579><c> heapeth</c><00:33:56.960><c> up</c><00:33:57.160><c> riches</c><00:33:57.420><c> and</c><00:33:57.740><c> knoweth</c><00:33:58.019><c> not</c><00:33:58.200><c> who</c><00:33:58.359><c> shall</c><00:33:58.599><c> gather</c><00:33:58.920><c> them.</c>

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:03.559
And<00:34:00.380><c> now,</c><00:34:00.619><c> Lord,</c><00:34:01.640><c> what</c><00:34:02.000><c> wait</c><00:34:02.220><c> I</c><00:34:02.579><c> for?</c>

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:05.579
My<00:34:04.500><c> hope</c><00:34:04.720><c> is</c><00:34:04.980><c> in</c><00:34:05.180><c> thee.</c>

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:08.280
Deliver<00:34:06.380><c> me</c><00:34:06.779><c> from</c><00:34:06.980><c> all</c><00:34:07.299><c> my</c><00:34:07.700><c> transgressions.</c>

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:10.900
Make<00:34:08.559><c> me</c><00:34:08.900><c> not</c><00:34:09.139><c> the</c><00:34:09.340><c> reproach</c><00:34:09.780><c> of</c><00:34:09.920><c> the</c><00:34:10.099><c> foolish.</c>

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:13.400
I<00:34:12.119><c> was</c><00:34:12.380><c> dumb.</c>

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:18.940
I<00:34:14.139><c> opened</c><00:34:14.440><c> not</c><00:34:14.699><c> my</c><00:34:15.000><c> mouth</c><00:34:15.679><c> because</c><00:34:17.079><c> thou</c><00:34:17.480><c> ditched</c><00:34:17.820><c> it.</c>

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:22.280
Remove<00:34:19.599><c> thy</c><00:34:20.239><c> stroke</c><00:34:20.719><c> away</c><00:34:21.099><c> from</c><00:34:21.340><c> me.</c>

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:24.980
I<00:34:22.559><c> am</c><00:34:22.800><c> consumed</c><00:34:23.460><c> by</c><00:34:23.719><c> the</c><00:34:23.880><c> blow</c><00:34:24.039><c> of</c><00:34:24.260><c> thine</c><00:34:24.420><c> hand.</c>

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:28.199
When<00:34:25.519><c> thou</c><00:34:25.860><c> with</c><00:34:26.079><c> rebukes</c><00:34:26.559><c> dost</c><00:34:26.780><c> correct</c><00:34:27.139><c> man</c><00:34:27.400><c> for</c><00:34:27.639><c> iniquity,</c>

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:32.420
thou<00:34:28.699><c> makest</c><00:34:29.159><c> his</c><00:34:29.579><c> beauty</c><00:34:29.980><c> to</c><00:34:30.420><c> consume</c><00:34:30.780><c> away</c><00:34:31.039><c> like</c><00:34:31.360><c> a</c><00:34:31.659><c> moth.</c>

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:35.360
Surely,<00:34:33.119><c> every</c><00:34:33.400><c> man</c><00:34:34.039><c> is</c><00:34:34.460><c> vanity.</c>

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:39.820
Hear<00:34:36.260><c> my</c><00:34:36.599><c> prayer,</c><00:34:37.000><c> O</c><00:34:37.260><c> Lord,</c><00:34:37.579><c> and</c><00:34:37.860><c> give</c><00:34:38.079><c> ear</c><00:34:38.320><c> unto</c><00:34:38.559><c> my</c><00:34:38.920><c> cry.</c>

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:43.760
Hold<00:34:40.260><c> not</c><00:34:40.659><c> thy</c><00:34:41.000><c> peace</c><00:34:41.760><c> at</c><00:34:42.300><c> my</c><00:34:42.659><c> tears,</c>

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:47.880
for<00:34:44.000><c> I</c><00:34:44.260><c> am</c><00:34:44.480><c> a</c><00:34:44.699><c> stranger</c><00:34:45.019><c> with</c><00:34:45.340><c> thee</c><00:34:45.940><c> and</c><00:34:46.699><c> a</c><00:34:46.960><c> sojourner,</c>

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:51.320
as<00:34:48.219><c> all</c><00:34:48.940><c> my</c><00:34:49.380><c> fathers</c><00:34:49.900><c> were.</c>

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:55.860
That's<00:34:52.860><c> a</c><00:34:53.019><c> pro</c><00:34:53.219><c> and</c><00:34:53.500><c> con</c><00:34:53.840><c> on</c><00:34:54.260><c> the</c><00:34:54.420><c> part</c><00:34:54.539><c> of</c><00:34:54.699><c> the</c><00:34:54.820><c> psalmist.</c>

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.420
Talking<00:34:57.380><c> with</c><00:34:57.639><c> himself.</c>

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.219
Do<00:34:59.719><c> I</c><00:35:00.059><c> or</c><00:35:00.179><c> don't</c><00:35:00.420><c> I?</c>

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.679
Do<00:35:03.840><c> I</c><00:35:04.039><c> remain</c><00:35:04.300><c> silent?</c>

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.800
Do<00:35:04.920><c> I</c><00:35:05.059><c> throw</c><00:35:05.219><c> my</c><00:35:05.400><c> hands</c><00:35:05.619><c> up?</c>

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:07.360
Do<00:35:05.960><c> I</c><00:35:06.099><c> walk</c><00:35:06.420><c> away?</c>

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:11.719
Of<00:35:09.440><c> course,</c><00:35:09.659><c> there's</c><00:35:09.840><c> a</c><00:35:10.000><c> very</c><00:35:10.239><c> important</c><00:35:10.679><c> point</c><00:35:10.920><c> in</c><00:35:11.119><c> the</c><00:35:11.300><c> same</c>

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.360
wide<00:35:12.039><c> arena</c>

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:16.719
I<00:35:12.579><c> would</c><00:35:12.719><c> suggest,</c><00:35:13.340><c> brothers</c><00:35:13.440><c> and</c><00:35:13.719><c> sisters,</c><00:35:14.739><c> in</c><00:35:15.539><c> 1</c><00:35:15.760><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:16.139><c> chapter</c><00:35:16.519><c> 9.</c>

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:19.920
I'd<00:35:16.980><c> like</c><00:35:17.039><c> to</c><00:35:17.219><c> read</c><00:35:17.360><c> this</c><00:35:17.639><c> to</c><00:35:17.880><c> you</c><00:35:18.380><c> from</c><00:35:18.659><c> the</c><00:35:18.960><c> RSV.</c>

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:22.579
1<00:35:20.280><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:20.960><c> chapter</c><00:35:22.219><c> 9.</c>

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:25.099
Follow<00:35:22.900><c> it</c><00:35:23.119><c> in</c><00:35:23.239><c> your</c><00:35:23.460><c> version</c><00:35:23.920><c> if</c><00:35:24.639><c> you'd</c><00:35:25.019><c> like.</c>

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:28.619
Otherwise,<00:35:26.519><c> just</c><00:35:27.000><c> listen</c><00:35:27.219><c> to</c><00:35:27.360><c> what</c><00:35:27.519><c> I'm</c><00:35:27.760><c> going</c><00:35:27.940><c> to</c><00:35:28.099><c> read</c><00:35:28.260><c> to</c><00:35:28.460><c> you.</c>

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:35.139
1<00:35:28.880><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:29.880><c> chapter</c><00:35:31.340><c> 9</c><00:35:32.019><c> verses</c><00:35:32.460><c> 16</c><00:35:33.199><c> through</c><00:35:33.619><c> 18.</c>

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:44.300
Paul<00:35:41.199><c> says,</c><00:35:41.860><c> For</c><00:35:41.880><c> if</c><00:35:42.159><c> I</c><00:35:42.460><c> preach</c><00:35:42.699><c> the</c><00:35:42.960><c> gospel,</c>

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:47.199
that<00:35:45.019><c> gives</c><00:35:45.260><c> me</c><00:35:45.500><c> no</c><00:35:45.780><c> ground</c><00:35:46.079><c> for</c><00:35:46.360><c> boasting.</c>

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:52.079
For<00:35:49.239><c> necessity</c><00:35:49.840><c> is</c><00:35:50.380><c> laid</c><00:35:50.559><c> upon</c><00:35:50.940><c> me.</c>

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:56.519
Woe<00:35:52.679><c> to</c><00:35:52.980><c> me</c><00:35:53.139><c> if</c><00:35:53.340><c> I</c><00:35:53.559><c> do</c><00:35:53.860><c> not</c><00:35:54.199><c> preach</c><00:35:54.539><c> the</c><00:35:54.860><c> gospel,</c><00:35:55.260><c> he</c><00:35:55.500><c> says.</c>

00:35:57.320 --> 00:36:00.539
For<00:35:57.519><c> if</c><00:35:57.699><c> I</c><00:35:57.860><c> do</c><00:35:58.079><c> this</c><00:35:58.300><c> of</c><00:35:58.539><c> mine</c><00:35:58.699><c> own</c><00:35:59.059><c> will,</c><00:35:59.340><c> I</c><00:35:59.599><c> have</c><00:35:59.880><c> a</c><00:36:00.099><c> reward.</c>

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:05.400
But<00:36:00.820><c> if</c><00:36:01.179><c> not</c><00:36:01.579><c> of</c><00:36:01.840><c> my</c><00:36:02.139><c> own</c><00:36:02.440><c> will,</c><00:36:03.099><c> I</c><00:36:03.360><c> am</c><00:36:03.619><c> entrusted</c><00:36:03.980><c> with</c><00:36:04.280><c> a</c><00:36:04.440><c> commission.</c>

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:09.340
What<00:36:06.639><c> then</c><00:36:07.300><c> is</c><00:36:08.079><c> my</c><00:36:08.539><c> reward?</c>

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:16.320
Just<00:36:11.360><c> this,</c><00:36:12.840><c> that</c><00:36:13.000><c> in</c><00:36:13.219><c> my</c><00:36:13.579><c> preaching</c><00:36:14.000><c> I</c><00:36:14.599><c> may</c><00:36:14.880><c> make</c><00:36:15.179><c> the</c><00:36:15.519><c> gospel</c>

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:23.559
free<00:36:17.380><c> of</c><00:36:18.860><c> charge,</c><00:36:20.619><c> not</c><00:36:20.780><c> making</c><00:36:21.179><c> full</c><00:36:21.480><c> use</c><00:36:21.920><c> of</c><00:36:22.280><c> my</c><00:36:22.539><c> right</c><00:36:22.840><c> in</c>

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.139
the<00:36:23.760><c> gospel.</c>

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:27.139
Let<00:36:24.760><c> me</c><00:36:24.940><c> read</c><00:36:25.119><c> that</c><00:36:25.400><c> last</c><00:36:25.679><c> sentence</c><00:36:26.000><c> again.</c>

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:30.539
What<00:36:28.159><c> then</c><00:36:28.599><c> is</c><00:36:28.920><c> my</c><00:36:29.320><c> reward?</c>

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:36.679
Just<00:36:31.539><c> this,</c><00:36:33.099><c> that</c><00:36:33.239><c> in</c><00:36:33.500><c> my</c><00:36:33.860><c> preaching</c><00:36:34.320><c> I</c><00:36:34.960><c> may</c><00:36:35.239><c> make</c><00:36:35.500><c> the</c><00:36:35.820><c> gospel</c>

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:41.559
free<00:36:38.000><c> of</c><00:36:40.179><c> charge.</c>

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:46.940
Making<00:36:43.559><c> the</c><00:36:43.840><c> gospel,</c><00:36:44.239><c> brothers</c><00:36:44.579><c> and</c><00:36:44.900><c> sisters,</c><00:36:45.679><c> free</c><00:36:45.920><c> of</c><00:36:46.300><c> charge</c>

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:53.199
is<00:36:47.860><c> one</c><00:36:48.199><c> very</c><00:36:48.760><c> important</c><00:36:49.199><c> aspect</c><00:36:49.840><c> of</c><00:36:50.780><c> our</c><00:36:52.000><c> why</c><00:36:52.340><c> me.</c>

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:56.159
Remember<00:36:53.780><c> my</c><00:36:54.019><c> allusion</c><00:36:54.360><c> the</c><00:36:54.599><c> first</c><00:36:54.860><c> day</c><00:36:55.260><c> that</c><00:36:55.619><c> if</c><00:36:55.840><c> the</c><00:36:56.019><c> truth</c>

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.000
comes<00:36:56.440><c> to</c><00:36:56.699><c> us</c>

00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:01.019
and<00:36:57.420><c> God</c><00:36:57.719><c> be</c><00:36:58.059><c> praised</c><00:36:58.340><c> for</c><00:36:58.659><c> it,</c><00:36:58.920><c> it</c><00:36:59.139><c> may</c><00:36:59.440><c> not</c><00:36:59.760><c> be</c><00:37:00.019><c> for</c><00:37:00.280><c> us</c><00:37:00.619><c> alone.</c>

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:06.280
In<00:37:01.619><c> all</c><00:37:02.619><c> probability,</c><00:37:03.260><c> it</c><00:37:03.559><c> is</c><00:37:04.139><c> not</c><00:37:04.559><c> for</c><00:37:05.000><c> us</c><00:37:05.360><c> alone.</c>

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:09.739
That's<00:37:06.579><c> what</c><00:37:06.719><c> Paul's</c><00:37:07.079><c> talking</c><00:37:07.340><c> about</c><00:37:07.599><c> here</c><00:37:07.900><c> and</c><00:37:08.079><c> that's</c><00:37:08.400><c> what</c><00:37:08.539><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:14.960
should<00:37:10.199><c> have</c><00:37:10.380><c> considered</c><00:37:10.880><c> and</c><00:37:12.019><c> that's</c><00:37:12.280><c> probably</c><00:37:12.619><c> why</c><00:37:12.920><c> it</c><00:37:13.199><c> burned</c><00:37:13.420><c> in</c><00:37:13.619><c> him.</c>

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:18.719
He<00:37:16.519><c> was</c><00:37:16.739><c> arguing</c><00:37:17.139><c> with</c><00:37:17.380><c> himself</c><00:37:17.880><c> about</c><00:37:18.280><c> it.</c>

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.880
I'm<00:37:19.199><c> not</c><00:37:19.360><c> going</c><00:37:19.500><c> to</c><00:37:19.559><c> say</c><00:37:19.639><c> anything</c><00:37:19.800><c> more</c><00:37:20.000><c> about</c><00:37:20.219><c> it.</c>

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:23.519
I've<00:37:21.659><c> been</c><00:37:21.940><c> held</c><00:37:22.159><c> in</c><00:37:22.400><c> derision,</c><00:37:22.780><c> I've</c><00:37:22.900><c> been</c><00:37:23.079><c> mocked,</c><00:37:23.360><c> I've</c>

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.960
been<00:37:23.659><c> punished,</c>

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:27.719
I'm<00:37:24.179><c> going</c><00:37:24.260><c> to</c><00:37:24.480><c> be</c><00:37:24.639><c> quiet,</c><00:37:26.039><c> but</c><00:37:26.679><c> it</c><00:37:26.940><c> burns</c><00:37:27.159><c> within</c><00:37:27.420><c> us.</c>

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.800
We<00:37:28.000><c> can't</c><00:37:28.280><c> be</c><00:37:28.519><c> quiet.</c>

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:32.719
If<00:37:29.599><c> we</c><00:37:29.880><c> ever</c><00:37:30.199><c> resolve</c><00:37:30.860><c> to</c><00:37:31.000><c> be</c><00:37:31.239><c> quiet</c><00:37:31.579><c> and</c><00:37:31.900><c> don't</c><00:37:32.079><c> come</c><00:37:32.320><c> out</c><00:37:32.480><c> of</c><00:37:32.579><c> it</c>

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:36.960
because<00:37:33.139><c> our</c><00:37:33.619><c> bones</c><00:37:33.960><c> burn</c><00:37:34.300><c> within</c><00:37:34.579><c> us,</c><00:37:35.559><c> then</c><00:37:35.760><c> again</c><00:37:36.260><c> we</c><00:37:36.739><c> are</c>

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:38.800
in<00:37:37.119><c> deep</c><00:37:37.760><c> trouble.</c>

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:42.110
Deep<00:37:41.099><c> trouble.</c>

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:49.480
Going<00:37:45.920><c> back</c><00:37:46.460><c> to</c><00:37:46.820><c> the</c><00:37:46.940><c> 20th</c><00:37:47.539><c> chapter</c><00:37:48.179><c> of</c><00:37:48.460><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:59.139
In<00:37:50.559><c> verses</c><00:37:50.880><c> 14</c><00:37:51.860><c> and</c><00:37:53.179><c> 18</c><00:37:54.039><c> we</c><00:37:55.739><c> see</c><00:37:55.980><c> some</c><00:37:56.260><c> very</c><00:37:57.300><c> savage</c><00:37:57.800><c> language</c>

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:06.579
where<00:38:02.639><c> he</c><00:38:02.820><c> says,</c><00:38:03.340><c> Cursed</c><00:38:03.559><c> be</c><00:38:03.860><c> the</c><00:38:04.039><c> day</c><00:38:04.599><c> wherein</c><00:38:04.900><c> I</c><00:38:05.199><c> was</c><00:38:05.480><c> born.</c>

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:12.599
Let<00:38:07.179><c> not</c><00:38:07.559><c> the</c><00:38:07.800><c> day</c><00:38:09.019><c> wherein</c><00:38:09.500><c> my</c><00:38:09.900><c> mother</c><00:38:10.219><c> bare</c><00:38:10.500><c> me</c><00:38:11.239><c> be</c><00:38:11.800><c> blessed.</c>

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:20.599
Verse<00:38:14.219><c> 18,</c><00:38:16.840><c> and</c><00:38:17.119><c> I</c><00:38:17.400><c> still</c><00:38:18.440><c> stagger</c><00:38:18.920><c> at</c><00:38:19.119><c> this</c><00:38:19.320><c> when</c><00:38:19.519><c> I</c><00:38:19.679><c> read</c><00:38:19.800><c> it.</c>

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:22.519
I<00:38:21.099><c> really</c><00:38:21.380><c> do.</c>

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:27.880
Wherefore<00:38:24.320><c> came</c><00:38:24.599><c> I</c><00:38:24.840><c> forth</c><00:38:25.039><c> out</c><00:38:25.199><c> of</c><00:38:25.280><c> the</c><00:38:25.460><c> womb</c><00:38:25.920><c> to</c><00:38:27.340><c> see</c><00:38:27.559><c> labor</c>

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.400
and<00:38:28.139><c> sorrow</c>

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:31.219
that<00:38:28.579><c> my</c><00:38:28.860><c> days</c><00:38:29.000><c> should</c><00:38:29.219><c> be</c><00:38:29.599><c> consumed</c><00:38:29.920><c> with</c><00:38:30.199><c> shame?</c>

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:35.320
Why<00:38:32.940><c> was</c><00:38:33.239><c> I</c><00:38:33.440><c> even</c><00:38:34.679><c> born?</c>

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:41.159
You<00:38:36.019><c> see,</c><00:38:36.519><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:37.179><c> is</c><00:38:39.559><c> of</c><00:38:39.760><c> the</c><00:38:40.000><c> opinion</c>

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:46.820
that<00:38:42.280><c> his</c><00:38:42.800><c> present</c><00:38:43.159><c> calamities</c><00:38:43.920><c> justified</c><00:38:44.820><c> his</c><00:38:45.239><c> passionate</c><00:38:45.699><c> outburst.</c>

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:51.559
He<00:38:49.440><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:49.659><c> have</c><00:38:49.840><c> said</c><00:38:50.019><c> it,</c><00:38:50.219><c> it</c><00:38:50.360><c> would</c><00:38:50.539><c> not</c><00:38:50.659><c> have</c><00:38:50.780><c> been</c><00:38:50.960><c> recorded</c><00:38:51.280><c> for</c>

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.019
our<00:38:51.739><c> learning,</c>

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:54.280
were<00:38:52.280><c> that</c><00:38:52.559><c> not</c><00:38:52.800><c> the</c><00:38:53.019><c> case.</c>

00:38:55.260 --> 00:39:00.380
Verse<00:38:55.579><c> 18</c><00:38:56.280><c> particularly</c><00:38:57.320><c> conjures</c><00:38:57.820><c> up</c><00:38:59.119><c> the</c><00:38:59.699><c> possible</c><00:39:00.159><c> thought,</c>

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:02.639
and<00:39:00.559><c> I'm</c><00:39:00.699><c> going</c><00:39:00.940><c> to</c><00:39:01.099><c> paraphrase</c><00:39:01.619><c> this</c><00:39:01.920><c> possible</c><00:39:02.360><c> thought</c>

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:03.829
this<00:39:03.019><c> way,</c>

00:39:04.289 --> 00:39:09.449
that<00:39:05.130><c> in</c><00:39:05.369><c> my</c><00:39:05.730><c> mother's</c><00:39:06.289><c> womb</c><00:39:06.730><c> I</c><00:39:08.210><c> was</c><00:39:08.469><c> hidden.</c>

00:39:10.309 --> 00:39:12.750
I<00:39:11.150><c> was</c><00:39:11.510><c> not</c><00:39:11.789><c> hated.</c>

00:39:13.750 --> 00:39:16.670
I<00:39:14.190><c> was</c><00:39:14.530><c> safe</c><00:39:14.929><c> from</c><00:39:15.289><c> all</c><00:39:15.550><c> evil.</c>

00:39:17.809 --> 00:39:23.090
And<00:39:18.369><c> if</c><00:39:18.570><c> I</c><00:39:18.730><c> had</c><00:39:19.030><c> expired</c><00:39:19.489><c> there</c><00:39:20.130><c> I</c><00:39:20.909><c> would</c><00:39:21.289><c> not</c><00:39:21.530><c> be</c><00:39:21.889><c> exposed</c>

00:39:22.869 --> 00:39:26.769
to<00:39:23.289><c> the</c><00:39:23.570><c> abuse</c><00:39:24.190><c> and</c><00:39:25.369><c> the</c><00:39:25.650><c> sorrow</c>

00:39:27.090 --> 00:39:30.869
which<00:39:27.510><c> is</c><00:39:27.730><c> right</c><00:39:27.909><c> now</c><00:39:28.170><c> being</c><00:39:28.510><c> visited</c><00:39:28.849><c> upon</c><00:39:29.170><c> me.</c>

00:39:35.329 --> 00:39:39.550
Ever<00:39:35.730><c> feel</c><00:39:35.929><c> that</c><00:39:36.170><c> way</c><00:39:36.269><c> in</c><00:39:36.449><c> pursuit</c><00:39:36.670><c> of</c><00:39:36.829><c> your</c><00:39:37.010><c> role</c><00:39:37.130><c> in</c><00:39:37.250><c> the</c><00:39:37.449><c> truth?</c>

00:39:44.210 --> 00:39:46.769
Or<00:39:44.349><c> for</c><00:39:44.510><c> that</c><00:39:44.769><c> matter</c><00:39:44.969><c> in</c><00:39:45.130><c> the</c><00:39:45.329><c> secular</c><00:39:45.650><c> world</c><00:39:46.050><c> where</c><00:39:46.210><c> it's</c><00:39:46.510><c> apt</c><00:39:46.510><c> to</c>

00:39:46.769 --> 00:39:48.710
happen<00:39:46.909><c> even</c><00:39:47.250><c> more?</c>

00:39:52.929 --> 00:39:54.949
We're<00:39:53.210><c> going</c><00:39:53.289><c> to</c><00:39:53.409><c> deal</c><00:39:53.510><c> with</c><00:39:53.730><c> Jonah,</c><00:39:54.030><c> God</c><00:39:54.190><c> willing,</c><00:39:54.449><c> tomorrow</c>

00:39:54.949 --> 00:39:58.130
and<00:39:55.210><c> that</c><00:39:55.630><c> question</c><00:39:55.909><c> is</c><00:39:56.030><c> going</c><00:39:56.110><c> to</c><00:39:56.190><c> be</c><00:39:56.349><c> enlarged</c><00:39:56.750><c> a</c><00:39:56.869><c> bit.</c>

00:39:58.429 --> 00:40:00.190
But<00:39:58.610><c> in</c><00:39:58.750><c> this</c><00:39:58.949><c> case,</c>

00:40:02.590 --> 00:40:04.889
Jeremiah<00:40:03.150><c> is</c><00:40:03.710><c> concerned</c><00:40:04.150><c> deeply</c>

00:40:04.889 --> 00:40:08.969
and<00:40:05.530><c> he</c><00:40:05.769><c> expresses</c><00:40:05.989><c> it</c><00:40:06.690><c> that</c><00:40:07.030><c> he</c><00:40:07.150><c> should</c><00:40:07.289><c> never</c><00:40:07.530><c> have</c><00:40:07.670><c> been</c><00:40:07.869><c> born.</c>

00:40:09.849 --> 00:40:14.730
Why<00:40:10.409><c> have</c><00:40:10.690><c> I</c><00:40:10.909><c> been</c><00:40:11.269><c> exposed</c><00:40:11.849><c> to</c><00:40:12.190><c> all</c><00:40:12.670><c> of</c><00:40:12.949><c> this</c><00:40:13.670><c> miasma?</c>

00:40:17.929 --> 00:40:19.969
I'll<00:40:18.489><c> tell</c><00:40:18.650><c> you</c><00:40:18.769><c> something,</c><00:40:19.309><c> brothers</c><00:40:19.369><c> and</c><00:40:19.630><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:19.969 --> 00:40:22.429
and<00:40:20.210><c> I</c><00:40:20.469><c> believe</c><00:40:20.710><c> in</c><00:40:20.889><c> your</c><00:40:21.210><c> heart</c><00:40:21.449><c> of</c><00:40:21.670><c> hearts</c><00:40:21.869><c> you</c><00:40:22.030><c> would</c><00:40:22.250><c> agree</c>

00:40:22.429 --> 00:40:24.010
with<00:40:22.670><c> this.</c>

00:40:24.230 --> 00:40:29.449
If<00:40:24.929><c> it</c><00:40:25.250><c> were</c><00:40:25.510><c> not</c><00:40:26.110><c> for</c><00:40:27.050><c> the</c><00:40:27.309><c> hope</c><00:40:27.530><c> of</c><00:40:27.750><c> a</c><00:40:27.969><c> life</c><00:40:28.550><c> in</c><00:40:28.949><c> the</c><00:40:29.170><c> Kingdom</c>

00:40:29.449 --> 00:40:31.039
after<00:40:29.869><c> this</c><00:40:30.190><c> existence</c>

00:40:32.170 --> 00:40:36.590
we<00:40:32.869><c> might</c><00:40:33.190><c> well</c><00:40:33.550><c> be</c><00:40:33.809><c> tempted</c><00:40:34.090><c> many</c><00:40:34.550><c> times</c><00:40:35.329><c> to</c><00:40:35.710><c> have</c><00:40:36.050><c> never</c>

00:40:36.590 --> 00:40:39.179
known<00:40:37.690><c> this</c><00:40:38.329><c> one.</c>

00:40:41.429 --> 00:40:43.449
Let<00:40:41.630><c> me</c><00:40:41.769><c> repeat</c><00:40:42.090><c> that</c><00:40:42.369><c> again.</c>

00:40:44.909 --> 00:40:49.289
If<00:40:45.090><c> it</c><00:40:45.670><c> were</c><00:40:46.030><c> not</c><00:40:46.730><c> for</c><00:40:47.170><c> the</c><00:40:47.429><c> hope</c><00:40:47.710><c> of</c><00:40:48.050><c> a</c><00:40:48.230><c> life</c><00:40:48.510><c> in</c><00:40:48.730><c> the</c><00:40:48.949><c> Kingdom</c>

00:40:49.289 --> 00:40:51.199
after<00:40:49.869><c> this</c><00:40:50.349><c> existence</c>

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:56.699
we<00:40:52.159><c> might</c><00:40:52.519><c> well</c><00:40:52.900><c> be</c><00:40:53.219><c> tempted</c><00:40:53.539><c> many</c><00:40:53.940><c> times</c><00:40:54.800><c> to</c><00:40:55.880><c> have</c><00:40:56.159><c> never</c>

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:59.480
known<00:40:57.619><c> this</c><00:40:58.239><c> one.</c>

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:05.199
For<00:40:59.820><c> it</c><00:41:00.059><c> is</c><00:41:00.320><c> inevitable</c><00:41:00.880><c> that</c><00:41:02.260><c> our</c><00:41:02.599><c> few</c><00:41:02.860><c> days</c><00:41:03.280><c> here</c><00:41:03.960><c> are</c><00:41:04.820><c> full</c>

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:06.440
of<00:41:05.440><c> trouble.</c>

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:09.820
You<00:41:08.119><c> remember</c><00:41:08.420><c> what</c><00:41:08.679><c> Solomon</c><00:41:09.019><c> had</c><00:41:09.219><c> to</c><00:41:09.500><c> say</c>

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:14.340
the<00:41:10.900><c> point</c><00:41:11.000><c> I</c><00:41:11.219><c> made</c><00:41:11.360><c> a</c><00:41:11.500><c> day</c><00:41:11.619><c> or</c><00:41:11.719><c> two</c><00:41:11.880><c> ago</c><00:41:12.199><c> in</c><00:41:12.480><c> the</c><00:41:12.739><c> first</c><00:41:12.960><c> chapter,</c><00:41:13.460><c> verse</c><00:41:13.619><c> 13</c>

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and<00:41:15.360><c> I</c><00:41:15.559><c> gave</c><00:41:15.800><c> my</c><00:41:16.159><c> heart</c><00:41:16.360><c> to</c><00:41:16.659><c> seek</c><00:41:16.820><c> and</c><00:41:17.079><c> search</c><00:41:17.320><c> out</c><00:41:17.519><c> by</c><00:41:17.820><c> wisdom</c>

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concerning<00:41:18.820><c> all</c><00:41:19.480><c> things</c><00:41:19.820><c> that</c><00:41:19.980><c> are</c><00:41:20.099><c> done</c><00:41:20.260><c> under</c><00:41:20.500><c> heaven.</c>

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This<00:41:22.579><c> sore</c><00:41:23.280><c> travail</c><00:41:24.059><c> hath</c><00:41:25.639><c> God</c><00:41:26.000><c> given</c><00:41:26.239><c> to</c><00:41:26.440><c> the</c><00:41:26.619><c> sons</c><00:41:26.860><c> of</c><00:41:27.099><c> man</c>

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to<00:41:28.480><c> be</c><00:41:28.699><c> exercised</c><00:41:29.340><c> therewith.</c>

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That<00:41:31.099><c> last</c><00:41:31.519><c> phrase,</c><00:41:32.159><c> this</c><00:41:32.420><c> sore</c><00:41:32.719><c> travail</c><00:41:33.119><c> hath</c><00:41:33.360><c> God</c><00:41:33.679><c> given</c><00:41:33.920><c> to</c>

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It<00:41:40.639><c> is</c><00:41:41.079><c> an</c><00:41:41.440><c> unhappy</c><00:41:42.099><c> business</c><00:41:42.940><c> that</c><00:41:43.539><c> God</c><00:41:43.860><c> has</c><00:41:44.219><c> given</c><00:41:44.699><c> to</c><00:41:45.320><c> the</c>

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sons<00:41:45.719><c> of</c><00:41:45.960><c> men</c><00:41:46.519><c> to</c><00:41:46.920><c> be</c><00:41:47.139><c> busy</c><00:41:47.400><c> with.</c>

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That<00:41:49.739><c> applies</c><00:41:50.139><c> to</c><00:41:50.360><c> the</c><00:41:50.599><c> secular</c><00:41:51.039><c> world,</c><00:41:52.059><c> our</c><00:41:52.280><c> existence</c><00:41:52.739><c> in</c>

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we<00:41:56.480><c> are</c><00:41:56.719><c> in</c><00:41:56.840><c> it</c><00:41:56.960><c> but</c><00:41:57.079><c> we</c><00:41:57.260><c> are</c><00:41:57.400><c> not</c><00:41:57.539><c> of</c><00:41:57.699><c> it.</c>

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It<00:41:58.320><c> doesn't</c><00:41:58.500><c> apply,</c><00:41:59.579><c> God</c><00:41:59.960><c> willing,</c><00:42:01.300><c> to</c><00:42:01.420><c> our</c><00:42:01.659><c> peace</c><00:42:01.900><c> and</c><00:42:02.159><c> understanding</c><00:42:02.639><c> in</c>

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It<00:42:11.099><c> is</c><00:42:11.599><c> an</c><00:42:11.780><c> unhappy</c><00:42:12.219><c> business</c><00:42:12.860><c> that</c><00:42:13.719><c> God</c><00:42:14.360><c> has</c><00:42:15.699><c> given</c><00:42:15.940><c> the</c><00:42:16.159><c> sons</c>

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and<00:42:21.239><c> it</c><00:42:21.440><c> is</c><00:42:21.679><c> in</c><00:42:21.800><c> this</c><00:42:22.039><c> context</c><00:42:22.800><c> that</c><00:42:26.179><c> we</c><00:42:26.380><c> are</c><00:42:26.639><c> so</c><00:42:26.960><c> blessed</c>

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We<00:42:38.639><c> have</c><00:42:39.019><c> received</c><00:42:39.719><c> a</c><00:42:40.059><c> reward</c><00:42:40.739><c> free</c><00:42:41.400><c> of</c><00:42:41.679><c> charge,</c><00:42:42.340><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:42:42.760><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:42:45.639><c> two</c><00:42:46.039><c> with</c><00:42:46.360><c> Paul</c><00:42:46.780><c> and</c><00:42:47.019><c> yes</c><00:42:47.239><c> even</c><00:42:47.539><c> a</c><00:42:47.739><c> reluctant</c><00:42:48.219><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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We<00:42:50.500><c> must</c><00:42:50.800><c> expand</c><00:42:51.360><c> that</c><00:42:51.699><c> reward</c><00:42:52.320><c> in</c><00:42:53.500><c> making</c><00:42:53.739><c> the</c><00:42:54.019><c> Gospel</c><00:42:54.960><c> available</c><00:42:55.760><c> to</c><00:42:57.300><c> others</c><00:42:57.860><c> free</c><00:42:58.980><c> of</c><00:42:59.280><c> charge.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:43:02.500><c> got</c><00:43:02.820><c> over</c><00:43:03.119><c> his</c><00:43:03.579><c> peak</c><00:43:04.199><c> P</c><00:43:04.539><c>-I</c><00:43:04.679><c>-Q</c><00:43:04.980><c>-U</c><00:43:05.239><c>-E</c>

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and<00:43:06.619><c> if</c><00:43:06.780><c> we</c><00:43:07.019><c> ever</c><00:43:07.280><c> suffer</c><00:43:07.599><c> it</c><00:43:08.239><c> we</c><00:43:08.780><c> will</c><00:43:09.139><c> too.</c>

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