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than_o shall_v you_o go_v after_o vain_a thing_n which_o can_v profit_v nor_o deliver_v for_o they_o be_v vain_a 1_o sam._n 12._o 20_o 21._o here_o it_o be_v express_o say_v that_o if_o people_n turn_v aside_o from_o follow_v the_o lord_n than_o they_o go_v after_o vain_a thing_n which_o can_v profit_v nor_o deliver_v for_o they_o be_v vain_a but_o further_a even_o in_o the_o thing_n pertain_v to_o god_n and_o religion_n if_o people_n walk_v in_o a_o way_n that_o be_v not_o good_a after_o their_o own_o thought_n isa_n 65._o 2._o and_o go_v according_a to_o their_o own_o imagination_n and_o not_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n and_o direction_n of_o god_n write_a word_n here_o also_o they_o go_v after_o vain_a thing_n which_o can_v profit_v that_o be_v not_o avail_v to_o the_o save_n of_o their_o soul_n nor_o deliver_v from_o the_o wrath_n to_o come_v and_o from_o the_o fierceness_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o almighty_a god_n for_o they_o be_v vain_a and_o yet_o how_o many_o nevertheless_o 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the_o day_n long_o have_v i_o stretch_v forth_o my_o hand_n unto_o a_o disobedient_a and_o gainsay_v people_n rom._n 10._o 21._o so_o it_o be_v unto_o the_o name_v israel_n for_o all_o be_v not_o israel_n who_o be_v of_o israel_n rom._n 9_o 6._o unto_o the_o professor_n and_o those_o who_o call_v themselves_o christian_n and_o not_o altogether_o to_o the_o profane_a and_o ungodly_a sort_n he_o say_v i_o have_v stretch_v forth_o my_o hand_n all_o the_o day_n unto_o a_o disobedient_a and_o gainsay_v people_n as_o true_o such_o be_v the_o people_n of_o this_o my_o generation_n and_o country_n who_o reject_v and_o receive_v not_o my_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n for_o the_o same_o and_o
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