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unto_o i_o in_o righteousness_n love_v kindness_n judgement_n and_o faithfulness_n christâ—akes_v â—akes_z a_o spouse_n among_o the_o captive_n and_o when_o any_o israelite_n will_v do_v so_o deut._n 21.10_o he_o be_v to_o briâ—g_v she_o to_o his_o house_n she_o be_v to_o shave_v her_o head_n pare_v her_o nail_n put_v off_o the_o raiment_n of_o her_o captivity_n and_o to_o bewail_v her_o father_n and_o mother_n a_o full_a month_n so_o such_o as_o be_v take_v from_o among_o the_o captive_n to_o sin_n and_o satan_n to_o be_v betroth_a to_o christ_n must_v put_v off_o the_o old_a man_n and_o lay_v aside_o all_o superfluity_n of_o naughtiness_n that_o be_v all_o sin_n for_o every_o sin_n be_v a_o superfluity_n and_o bewail_v father_n and_o mother_n i._n e._n that_o they_o be_v conceive_v and_o boâ—n_v in_o sin_n and_o be_v in_o christ_n house_n so_o he_o betroth_v in_o righteousness_n etc._n etc._n and_o will_v not_o be_v like_o â—he_n hard_o heart_v jew_n that_o give_v a_o bill_n of_o 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