from ills and difficulties in the Church,

from private interpretation,

from innovation in things sacred,
from heterodox teaching;

from unhealthy enquiries and interminable disputes,
from heresies, schisms, scandals,
public and private,

from making gods of kings, from flattering of the people, from the indifference of Saul, from the scorn of Michal, from the greediness of Hophni, from the plunder of Athaliah,

from the priesthood of Micah,

from the brotherhood of Simon and Judas,
from the doctrine of men unlearned
and unestablished,

from the pride of novices,

from the people resisting the priest :
from ills and difficulties in the state,

from anarchy, many rulers, tyranny,

from Asher, Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Gallio, Haman, the profligacy of Ahithophel,

the foolishness of Zoane,

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the statutes of Omri,

the justice of Jezebel, the overflowings of Belial',

the courage of Peor,

the valley of Achor,
pollution of blood or seed,

incursion of enemies,
a civil war,

bereavement of good governors; accession of evil and unprincipled governors; from an intolerable life,

in despondence, sickness, ill-fame, distress, peril, slavery, restlessness: from death

in sin, shame, tortures,

desperateness, defilement, violence, treachery; from death unexpected,

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