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be_v make_v christ_n do_v destroy_v the_o temple_n by_o the_o roman_n and_o abrogate_a the_o ceremony_n give_v by_o moses_n because_o they_o have_v make_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o forefather_n sin_n who_o persecute_v jeremy_n for_o say_v no_o more_o in_o effect_n than_o they_o lay_v to_o s._n stephen_n charge_n and_o that_o which_o jeremy_n threaten_v be_v in_o part_n fulfil_v not_o long_o after_o his_o persecution_n and_o imprisonment_n for_o zion_n become_v like_o shiloh_n a_o desolate_a place_n and_o forsake_v of_o god_n for_o a_o long_a time_n yet_o re-edify_v again_o within_o the_o age_n or_o generation_n then_o live_v so_o be_v not_o shiloh_n until_o this_o day_n nor_o have_v jerusalem_n or_o zion_n be_v restore_v since_o they_o forsake_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o their_o father_n when_o he_o come_v to_o visit_v his_o temple_n as_o jeremy_n have_v do_v and_o to_o be_v anoint_v king_n over_o zion_n 4._o all_o that_o i_o have_v to_o add_v unto_o the_o former_a testimony_n 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say_v more_o true_o than_o samuel_n do_v who_o ox_n or_o ass_n have_v i_o take_v yet_o now_o when_o he_o come_v to_o visit_v his_o temple_n he_o give_v his_o disciple_n commission_n more_o than_o royal_a to_o take_v a_o ass_n and_o her_o colt_n for_o his_o service_n to_o ride_v on_o they_o in_o triumph_n as_o the_o prophet_n zachary_n have_v foretell_v unto_o jerusalem_n and_o to_o zion_n and_o this_o he_o do_v jure_fw-la dominii_fw-la by_o right_a of_o dominion_n the_o tenor_n of_o the_o commission_n and_o the_o execution_n of_o it_o you_o have_v distinct_o set_v down_o matt._n 21._o 1_o 2_o 3._o and_o when_o they_o draw_v nigh_o unto_o jerusalem_n and_o be_v come_v to_o bethphage_n unto_o the_o mount_n of_o olive_n thou_o send_v jesus_n two_o disciple_n say_v unto_o they_o go_v into_o the_o village_n over_o against_o you_o and_o straight_o way_n you_o shall_v find_v a_o ass_n tie_v and_o a_o colt_n with_o she_o lose_v they_o and_o bring_v they_o to_o i_o and_o if_o any_o man_n say_v 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