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stranger_n howbeit_o here_o be_v one_o thing_n first_o of_o all_o to_o be_v note_v of_o we_o that_o he_o have_v be_v already_o constitute_v and_o ordain_v to_o be_v lord_n and_o master_n of_o this_o country_n and_o although_o the_o possession_n thereof_o be_v not_o as_o yet_o give_v he_o yet_o for_o all_o that_o the_o right_a and_o title_n thereof_o belong_v unto_o he_o for_o god_n have_v pronounce_v it_o by_o his_o own_o mouth_n say_v behold_v this_o land_n be_v thou_o and_o to_o thy_o posterity_n 13.15_o deu._n 12.7_o &_o 13.15_o and_o therefore_o abram_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v of_o as_o of_o the_o rest_n see_v that_o god_n himself_o have_v testify_v unto_o he_o that_o he_o give_v he_o the_o possession_n of_o this_o land_n although_o he_o present_o enjoy_v it_o not_o now_o than_o we_o must_v look_v into_o the_o difference_n that_o be_v between_o abram_n and_o other_o for_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v reply_v and_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o that_o he_o be_v the_o 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