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which_o be_v no_o guile_n now_o he_o see_v his_o own_o image_n in_o you_o this_o draw_v god_n heart_n towards_o you_o likeness_n draw_v love_n but_o one_o god._n quest._n v._o the_o five_o question_n be_v be_v there_o more_o god_n then_o one_o answ._n there_o be_v but_o one_o only_o the_o live_n and_o true_a god_n that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n have_v be_v prove_v and_o those_o that_o will_v not_o believe_v the_o verity_n of_o his_o essence_n shall_v feel_v the_o severity_n of_o his_o wrath_n deut._n 6.4_o hear_v o_o israel_n the_o lord_n our_o god_n be_v one_o lord._n he_o be_v the_o only_a god_n deut._n 4.39_o know_v therefore_o this_o day_n and_o consider_v it_o in_o thy_o heart_n that_o the_o lord_n he_o be_v god_n in_o heaven_n above_o and_o upon_o the_o earth_n beneath_o there_o be_v none_o else_o isa._n 45.21_o a_o just_a god_n and_o a_o saviour_n there_o be_v none_o beside_o i_o there_o be_v many_o titular_a god_n king_n represent_v god_n their_o regal_a sceptre_n be_v a_o 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