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grave_n we_o put_v off_o our_o filth_n deformity_n defect_n infirmity_n and_o mortality_n itself_o it_o be_v our_o attire_v house_n to_o fit_v we_o for_o immortality_n and_o glory_n 3_o it_o be_v not_o perpetual_a it_o be_v but_o a_o sleep_a till_o the_o general_a resurrection_n rom._n 8._o 10_o 11._o our_o conquest_n over_o death_n be_v inchoate_n in_o fieri_fw-la and_o partly_o fulfil_v in_o this_o life_n but_o it_o shall_v be_v consummate_a in_o facto_fw-la and_o full_o complete_v at_o the_o resurrection_n then_o shall_v they_o awake_v and_o sing_v that_o dwell_v in_o the_o dust_n resurrection_n isa._n 26._o 19_o this_o uphold_v job_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o his_o sorrow_n i_o know_v that_o my_o redeemer_n live_v my_o comfort_n be_v though_o i_o die_v yet_o i_o have_v one_o to_o right_v i_o that_o live_v for_o ever_o job_n 19_o 25._o david_n comfort_v himself_o with_o this_o that_o god_n will_v redeem_v he_o from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o grave_n and_o from_o the_o hand_n 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etc._n etc._n and_o slay_v himself_o 1_o sam._n 31._o 4._o 2_o *_o david_n reign_v forty_o year_n 2_o sam_n 2._o 4._o etc._n etc._n 3_o *_o solomon_n reign_v forty_o year_n i_o king_n 11._o 42._o 4_o *_o rehoboam_n reign_v seventeen_o year_n i_o king_n 14._o 21._o 5_o *_o abijah_n reign_v two_o year_n 1_o king_n 15._o 6_o *_o asa_n reign_v one_o and_o forty_o year_n 1_o king_n 15._o 9_o 10._o 7_o *_o jeâ—osaphat_n reign_v five_o and_o twenty_o year_n 1_o king_n 22._o 42._o 8_o jehoram_n reign_v eight_o year_n 2_o king_n 8._o 17._o q._n athâ—liâ—h_o ahab'_v daughter_n and_o jehorams_fw-mi widow_n usurp_v the_o kingdom_n for_o six_o year_n 2_o king_n 11._o 1_o 3._o 9_o †_o joash_n reign_v forty_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 11._o 4_o etc._n etc._n 10_o †_o amaziah_n reign_v nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 14._o 2._o 11_o uzziah_n alias_o azâ—riah_n be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 15._o 1_o 2_o 13._o 2_o chron._n 26._o 3._o he_o reign_v two_o and_o fifty_o year_n 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