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dreamer of dreams: for the LORD [ that he hath done shall ye do;

your God proveth you, to know whether you love the LonD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deut. xviii, 20-22. But the prophet, whichshall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the

thing follow not, nor come to pass,

that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

1 Kings xxii, 28. And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.

2 Chron. xviii, 27. And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

and when this cometh, ye shall
know that I am the Lord GOD.

2 Kings ili, 13. And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

neighbour. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, tha use their tongues, and say. He saith. Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, sub the LORD, and do tell them, cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall t profit this people at all, saith the

LORD.

Jer. xxviil, 15-17. Then saldth: Jer. xxxvii, 19. Where are now prophet Jeremiah unto Hanasa the prophet, Hear now, Hanania!: your prophets which prophesied The LORD hath not sent thee; but unto you saying, The king of Ba-thou makest this people to trast bylon shall not come against you, in a lie. Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast the nor agalust this laud? from off the face of the earth: year thou shalt die, because the hast taught rebellion against the LORD. So Hananiah the propert died the same year, in the seveni month.

THE PENALTY.

Deut. xviii, 20. But the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

Jer. xxix. 15-17, 20-22. 31 Because ye have said, The Len hath raised us up prophets Babylon; Know that thus s the LORD of the king that shed upon the throne of David, and ( all the people that dwellethi

Zech. xiii, 2 3. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, bered; and also I will cause the and they shall no more be remem-city, and of your brethren 15 prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. And it shall come to pass, that when any shall happen: let them shew the former yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the lat-say unto him, Thou shalt not live;

Isa. xli, 21, 22. Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring

them forth, and shew us what shall

ter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

Isa. xliii, 8, 9. Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Jer. xxviii, 7-9. Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; the prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly

sent him.

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for thou speakest lies in the name
of the LORD: and his father and
bis mother that begat him shall
thrust him through when he pro-
phesieth.

REPROOF.

Jer. xiv, 15. Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

Jer. xx, 6. And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house, shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

Jer. xxiii, 9, 13, 30-32. Mine heart within me is broken because of Pan like a drunken man, of the prophets; all my bones and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Loup, that steal my words every one from his

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unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD: Thus saith the Lord GoD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Becanse ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Micah ii, 11. If a man, walking in the spirit and falsehood, do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

PUNISHMENT OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR DUPES.

Jer. xiv, 16. And the people to

whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them; them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

Micah iii, 5-7. Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him: Therefore Ezek. xii, 15. And they shall night shall be unto you, that ye know that I am the LORD, when I shall not have a vision; and it scatter them among the nations, shall be dark unto you, that ye and disperse them in the coun-shall not divine; and the sun shall tries. go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips: for there is no answer of God.

Ezek. xiii, 23. Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezek. xiv, 10, 11. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him, That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my 675

Zech. xiii, 4, 5. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the

prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

1st-THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT IN TEMPORAL THINGS.

IN INDIVIDUALS.

Gen. xxxi, 29. It is in the power of my hand to do you burt: but the God of your father spike unto me yesternight, saying, Take: thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Gen. xlv, 5-8. Now therefore be not grieved With nor angry yourselves that ye sold me bither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now, it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaol;, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Gen. 1, 19, 20. And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

1 Sam. xxv, 29. Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them❘ shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

Job xxiii, 14. For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

Proc. xvi, 9. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Prov. xix, 21. There are many devices in a man's heart; never

theless the counsel of the LORD,

that shall stand.

Prov. xx, 24, 25. Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? It is a snare to the man who devour

eth that which is holy, and after Vows to make enquiry.

Prov. xxi, 1. The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Prov. xxix, 26, 27. Many seek the ruler's favour: but every man's

PROVIDENCE.

judgment cometh from the Lord." of more value than many gu
An unjust man is an abomination, rows.
to the just; and he that is upright John vil, 30. Then they songh
in the way is abomination to the to take him: but no man
wicked.
hands on him, because his bot
was not yet come.

Eccles. iii, 1-0. To every thing,
there is a season, and a time to
every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to
die: a time to plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted:
A time to kill, and a time to heal:
a time to break down, and a time
to build up: A time to weep, and
a time to laugh: a time to mourn,
and a time to dance: A time to
cast away stones, and a time to
gather stones together: a time to
embrace, and a time to refrain
from embracing: A time to get,
and a time to lose: a time to keep,
and a time to cast away: A time
to rend, and a time to sew: a time
to keep silence, and a time to
speak: A time to love, and a
time to hate: a time of war, and a
time of peace. What profit hath
be that worketh in that wherein
he laboureth?

Isa. x, 5-7. O Assyrian, the rod
of mine anger, and the staff in
their hand is mine indignation.
I will send him against an hypo-
critical nation, and against the
people of my wrath will I give
him a charge, to take the spoil,
and to take the prey, and to tread
them down like the mire of the
streets. Howbeit he meaneth not
so, neither doth his heart think
so; but it is in his heart to de-
stroy and cut off nations not a
few.

Jer. x, 23. O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Dan. xii, 1. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Matth. x, 29, 30. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Luke xil, 6, 7. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? and not one of them is forgotten before God: But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are 576

John vili, 20. These words qu Jesus in the treasury, as he talen in the temples and no man a hands on him; for his hour w not yet come.

IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

1 Kings xi 23. And God stirred him up another adversary, Berm the son of Eliadah, which from his lord Hadadezer king u

Zobah.

2 Kings xix, 25. Hast then heard long ago, how I have da it, and of ancient times the have formed it? Dow Late brought it to pass, that th shouldest be to lay waste f cities into ruinous heaps.

Neh. vi, 16. And it came to p that when all our enemies b thereof, and all the heathen t were about us saw these th they were much cast dow their own eyes: for they perce that this work was wrought

our God.

Ps. Ix, 6-8. God hath spok his holiness, I will rejoice. It divide Shechem, and mete out Gilead valley of Succoth. mine, and Manasseh is Ephraim also is the strength mine head: Judah is my law Moab is my washpot; over Es will I cast out my shoe: Phil triumph thou because of me.

Ps. cxxvii, 1, 2. Except the s build the house, they labo 2 vain that build it: except the keep the city, the watch waketh but in vain. It is v you to rise up early, to sit up dat to eat the bread of sorrows/ so he giveth his beloved sleep Prov. xxi, 30. There is no 2 dom, nor understanding, counsel, against the LORD.

Isa. x, 15. Shall the ax be itself against him that bec therewith? or shall the sa nify itself against him that su eth it? as if the rod should sh itself against them that lift or as if the staff should Li A itself, as if it were no wood.

Isa. xiv, 26, 27. This is the pose that is purposed upon -whole earth; and this is the that is stretched out upon al nations. For the Loud of b hath purposed, and who sha

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annul it? and his hand is stretch- [ not be afraid? shall there be evil | be smitten? Then the prophet

ed out, and who shall turn it back?

Isa. xxxvii, 26. Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

in a city, and the LORD hath not
done it?

Hab. i, 12.
O LORD, thou
hast ordained them for judgment;
and, O mighty God, thou hast es-
tablished them for correction.
the LORD of hosts that the people
Hab. ii, 13. Behold, is it not of
shall labour in the very fire, and
the people shall weary themselves
for very vanity?

forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he sought after the gods of Edom. might deliver them into the hands of their enemies, because they

Isa. xix, 14. The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the caused Egypt to err in every work midst thereof: and they have thereof, as a drunken man stag

Jer. xxvii, 6, 7. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him, And all counsel or this work be of men, it/gereth in his vomit.

nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come; and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

Jer. 11, 20-23. Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

Lam. ii, 17. The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old......

Lam. iii, 38. Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Dan. iv, 15, 24, 25. Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven. This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High; which is come upon my lord the king: That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field....

Dan. xi, 22. And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the

covenant.

Joel i, 15. Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Amos ili, 6. Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people

Acts v, 38, 39. And now I say
unto you, Refrain from these men,
and let them alone; for if this

will come to nought: But if it be
of God, ye cannot overthrow it;
lest haply ye be found even to
fight against God.

Deut. ii, 30. But Sihon king of
Heshbon would not let us pass by
him: for the LORD thy God har-
dened his spirit, and made his
heart obstinate, that he might de-
liver him into thy hand, as ap-
peareth this day.

Josh. xi, 19, 20. There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel save the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon; all other they took in battle: For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them,

as the LORD commanded Moses.

Judges ix, 22, 23. When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the Shechem dealt treacherously with men of Shechem; and the men of

Abimelech.

1 Kings xi, 14. And the LORD lomon, Hadad the Edomite: he stirred up an adversary unto Sowas of the king's seed in Edom.

1 Kings xii, 15. Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying.

2 Kings xxiv, 20. For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judab, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

2 Chron. x, 15. So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the which he spake by the hand of LORD might perform his word, hijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam

the son of Nebat.

2 Chron. xxv, 16, 20. And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldst thou

Jer.lii, 3. For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

LESSONS.

ye will deal kindly and truly with Gen. xxiv, 49, 50. And now, if my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

1 Sam. ii, 30. Wherefore the indeed, that thy house, and the LORD God of Israel saith, I said house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for

them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Kings xii, 23, 24. Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, house of Judah and Benjamin, king of Judah, and unto all the and to the remnant of the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Ye your brethren the children of Is shall not go up, nor fight against rael: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word

of the LORD.

Esth. iv, 12-14. And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. Then Mordecal commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall their enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews thy father's house shall be defrom another place; but thon and stroyed: and who knoweth whe

ther thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Job xxii, 28. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Ps. lv, 22. 23. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in

thee.

Jer. xviii, 7-10. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant it; If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.

Zeph. ii, 1, 2. Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you.

PRESUMPTION.

2 Kings xviii, 25. Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

Isa. xxxvi, 10. Am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 2nd.-THE Divine GOVERNMENT IN SPIRITUAL THINGS.

THE DIVINE DECREES AND

CHOICE.

Exod. xxxii, 32, 33. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my

book.

Exod. xxxiii, 19. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. Prov. xvi, 3, 4. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. The LORD hath made all things for himself; yea, even the wicked for the day

of evil.

Isa. iv, 3. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion,

and he that remaineth in Jerusa- | ordained you, that ye should go
lem, shall be called holy, even and bring forth fruit, and that your
every one that is written among fruit should remain; that whatso
ever ye shall ask of the Father in
the living in Jerusalem.
my name, he may give it you.

Jer. i, 5. Before I formed thee in
the belly I knew thee; and before
thou camest forth out of the womb
I sanctified thee, and I ordained
thee a prophet unto the nations.
Matth. xxii, 14. For many are
called, but few are chosen.

Matth. xiii, 10, 11. And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Matth. xx, 16. So the last shall
be first, and the first last: for many
be called, but few chosen.

And except
Matth. xxiv, 22.
those days should be shortened,
there should no flesh be saved:
but for the elect's sake those days
shall be shortened,

Matth. xxv, 34. Then shall the
King say unto them on his right
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Fa-
ther, inherit the kingdom pre-
pared for you from the foundation
of the world.

Mark x, 31. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. Mark xiii, 20. And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved; but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Luke viii, 9, 10. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Luke x, 22. All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

Luke xviii, 7, 8. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

John vi, 44, 45. No man can come to me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

John xv, 16. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and

John xvii, 6, 9. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thos gavest me out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thes hast given me; for they are thine.

Kom. i, 6, 7. Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Fa ther, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom. ix,10-14,16. And notonlyth; but when Rebecca also had ceived by one, even by our father Isaac, (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election migh stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,) It was said unto Ser The elder shall serve the younger As it is written, Jacob have i loved, but Esau bave I hated. What shall we say then? Is ther unrighteousness with God? Go forbid. So then it is not of hin that willeth, nor of him that r neth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

1 Cor. i, 26-29. For ye see you calling, brethren, how that many wise men after the flesh. many mighty, not many noble, 671 called: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to ob found the wise; and God ha chosen the weak things of the world to confound the th which are mighty; and base thing of the world, and things which a despised, hath God chosen, pe and things which are not, to bra to nought things that are: Thu no flesh should glory in his pre

sence.

1 Cor. ii, 7, 8. But we speak the Wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God dained before the world auto our glory; Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had th known it, they would not har crucified the Lord of glory.

Eph. 1, 4-6, 10-12. According he hath chosen us in him ber the foundation of the world, we should be holy and wi blame before him in love: Havi predestinated us unto the ad tion of children by Jesus Chris himself, according to the pleasure of his will, To the pra of the glory of his grace, whe he hath made us accepted in Beloved: That in the dispens of the fulness of times, he mig gather together in one all th in Christ, both which are in be

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