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be_v not_o speak_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o lord_n they_o do_v not_o well_o therefore_o to_o cite_v one_o branch_n of_o the_o text_n and_o conceal_v a_o other_o deceive_v the_o reader_n how_o and_o in_o what_o sense_n god_n call_v they_o his_o people_n i_o have_v show_v 82._o before_o their_o former_a state_n their_o present_a pretence_n to_o be_v the_o lord_n and_o the_o future_a mercy_n that_o they_o shall_v and_o yet_o shall_v receiv_v may_v well_o and_o do_v occasion_n such_o speech_n but_o in_o deed_n and_o truth_n it_o be_v as_o god_n say_v to_o they_o 9_o you_o be_v not_o my_o people_n therefore_o will_v not_o i_o be_v you_o and_o as_o for_o god_n remember_v his_o covenant_n it_o be_v true_a even_o to_o this_o day_n for_o they_o be_v 11.28_o belove_v for_o their_o father_n sake_n and_o shall_v again_o have_v the_o benefit_n of_o their_o first_o 45._o covenant_n and_o so_o may_v still_o becaled_a god_n people_n as_o the_o prophet_n foretell_v their_o return_n do_v 49.13_o 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