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god_n have_v call_v out_o for_o his_o own_o and_o do_v admonish_v they_o to_o circumcise_v the_o foreskin_n of_o their_o heart_n deut._n 10.16_o chief_o to_o imprint_v into_o they_o that_o the_o promise_a seed_n shall_v come_v from_o that_o stock_n in_o who_o all_o nation_n shall_v be_v bless_v when_o abraham_n seed_n become_v a_o national_a church_n before_o they_o can_v get_v out_o of_o egypt_n the_o blood_n of_o a_o lamb_n be_v sprinkle_v upon_o their_o door_n with_o a_o statute_n give_v upon_o it_o that_o from_o thenceforth_o every_o family_n at_o that_o time_n of_o the_o year_n shall_v give_v account_n for_o a_o lamb_n slay_v and_o be_v eat_v within_o their_o house_n till_o john_n baptist_n lamb_n be_v slay_v to_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n under_o the_o like_a discipline_n they_o be_v train_v up_o for_o a_o while_n in_o the_o wilderness_n when_o moses_n set_v up_o the_o figure_n of_o a_o serpent_n upon_o a_o pole_n that_o they_o may_v look_v upon_o it_o and_o 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