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his_o people_n for_o the_o which_o the_o psalmist_n high_o extoll_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n immediate_o and_o say_v thy_o name_n o_o lord_n endure_v for_o ever_o o_o lord_n thy_o remembrance_n be_v from_o generation_n togeneration_n for_o the_o lord_n will_v judge_v his_o people_n and_o be_v pacify_v towards_o his_o servant_n they_o the_o answer_n of_o god_n be_v that_o this_o follow_v not_o because_o he_o spare_v not_o other_o nation_n in_o their_o sin_n who_o he_o remove_v out_o of_o their_o own_o land_n as_o well_o as_o they_o but_o the_o prophet_n amos_n here_o answer_v that_o god_n bring_v other_o people_n as_o well_o as_o he_o do_v they_o yea_o and_o such_o as_o be_v their_o neighbour_n from_o one_o country_n into_o a_o other_o who_o sin_n notwithstanding_o he_o do_v not_o therefore_o leave_v unrevenged_a and_o unpunished_a as_o they_o themselves_o with_o their_o eye_n do_v see_v and_o these_o people_n which_o in_o this_o place_n he_o speak_v of_o be_v first_o the_o 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a_o dead_a body_n and_o by_o this_o mean_n have_v pollute_v or_o defile_v themselves_o which_o kind_n of_o meat_n be_v never_o bring_v into_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o be_v indeed_o pollute_v or_o unclean_a and_o not_o welcome_a unto_o god_n deut._n 12._o for_o those_o that_o have_v to_o do_v about_o dead_a body_n or_o touch_v they_o either_o witting_o or_o unwitting_o as_o the_o preparer_n of_o their_o funeral_n and_o dealer_n about_o their_o burial_n and_o such_o other_o which_o meddle_v with_o or_o about_o they_o be_v for_o a_o time_n by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n hold_v for_o separate_a person_n and_o unclean_a and_o whatsoever_o they_o touch_v all_o that_o time_n or_o do_v eat_v or_o carry_v be_v reckon_v unclean_a pollute_a and_o defile_v as_o we_o read_v agge_n 2._o vers_fw-la 14._o in_o these_o word_n then_o say_v haggai_n if_o a_o pollute_a person_n touch_v any_o of_o these_o shall_v it_o be_v unclean_a and_o the_o priest_n answer_v it_o shall_v be_v unclean_a and_o 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