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i_o will_v plant_v in_o the_o wilderness_n the_o cedar_n the_o shittah-tree_n and_o the_o myrtle_n and_o the_o oil-tree_n and_o i_o will_v set_v in_o the_o desert_n the_o fir-tree_n and_o the_o pine_n and_o the_o boxtree_n together_o moreover_o the_o ploughman_n shall_v overtake_v the_o reaper_n and_o the_o treader_n of_o grape_n he_o that_o sow_v seed_n and_o the_o mountain_n shall_v drop_v down_o sweet_a wine_n amos_n 9.13_o isa._n 41.18_o 19_o cap._n 35.1_o 2._o ezek._n 36.35_o isa._n 51.3_o from_o hence_o we_o may_v see_v that_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v restore_v into_o its_o primitive_a purity_n obj._n but_o if_o it_o be_v object_v and_o say_v that_o here_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o plough_v and_o reap_v and_o therefore_o can_v be_v a_o perfect_a redemption_n to_o the_o which_o i_o answer_v ans._n first_o that_o adam_n himself_o when_o he_o be_v in_o his_o innocency_n be_v to_o dress_v the_o garden_n and_o to_o receive_v the_o fruit_n thereof_o and_o whether_o or_o no_o this_o 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