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and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v if_o you_o diligent_o hearken_v unto_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n to_o bring_v in_o no_o burden_n through_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n but_o hallow_v the_o sabbath_n to_o do_v no_o work_n therein_o then_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o gate_n of_o this_o city_n king_n and_o prince_n sit_v on_o the_o throne_n of_o david_n ride_v on_o chariot_n and_o horse_n they_o and_o their_o prince_n the_o man_n of_o judah_n and_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o that_o city_n shall_v remain_v for_o ever_o here_o be_v a_o promise_n of_o outward_a prosperity_n and_o a_o stability_n in_o it_o and_o they_o shall_v come_v from_o the_o city_n of_o judah_n and_o from_o the_o place_n about_o jerusalem_n and_o from_o the_o land_n of_o benjamin_n and_o from_o the_o plain_a and_o from_o the_o mountain_n and_o from_o the_o south_n bring_v burnt-offering_n and_o sacrifice_n and_o meat-offering_n and_o incense_n and_o bring_v sacrifice_n of_o 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not_o last_v long_o for_o the_o apostle_n tell_v the_o galatian_n act_v 15.2_o that_o if_o they_o be_v circumcise_v christ_n shall_v profit_v they_o nothing_o and_o in_o this_o very_a point_n of_o day_n gal._n 4.13_o he_o tell_v they_o that_o he_o be_v afraid_a of_o they_o because_o they_o observe_v day_n and_o month_n and_o year_n it_o be_v manifest_a this_o epistle_n to_o the_o galathian_o be_v one_o of_o his_o last_o it_o be_v write_v from_o rome_n where_o as_o he_o tell_v we_o he_o be_v then_o in_o bond_n and_o as_o judicious_a interpreter_n think_v not_o above_o two_o year_n before_o his_o death_n which_o be_v about_o 65_o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n that_o to_o the_o roman_n be_v write_v long_o before_o so_o be_v his_o circumcise_n timothy_n act_v 16._o
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