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good_n take_v from_o enemy_n read_v in_o numb_a xxxi_o 28._o and_o ver_fw-la 50._o etc._n etc._n and_o jos._n vi_o 17._o and_o 19_o and_o to_o omit_v the_o custom_n of_o other_o nation_n in_o consecrate_v spoil_n take_v from_o their_o enemy_n to_o their_o god_n nabuchadnezzar_n may_v seem_v to_o have_v consecrate_v the_o vessel_n take_v out_o of_o the_o lord_n house_n to_o his_o idol_n for_o he_o carry_v of_o the_o vessel_n out_o of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o babylon_n and_o put_v they_o in_o his_o temple_n at_o babylon_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 7._o in_o the_o house_n of_o his_o god_n ezra_n i._n 7._o that_o which_o we_o take_v notice_n of_o be_v that_o the_o consecrate_v and_o devote_v the_o good_n and_o spoil_n of_o the_o enemy_n import_v and_o be_v a_o signal_n and_o memorial_n of_o their_o defeat_n and_o destruction_n so_o that_o the_o tirinus_n word_n be_v a_o repetition_n or_o continuation_n of_o god_n promise_n of_o victory_n to_o his_o people_n over_o those_o many_o 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the_o apostle_n peter_n act_n ii_o 36._o therefore_o let_v all_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n know_v assure_o that_o god_n have_v make_v that_o same_o jesus_n who_o you_o crucify_v both_o lord_n and_o christ._n those_o that_o do_v otherwise_o and_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v he_o so_o do_v not_o prove_v he_o not_o to_o be_v so_o but_o themselves_o not_o to_o be_v the_o 6._o israel_n of_o god_n though_o insist_v on_o the_o outward_a privilege_n of_o the_o flesh_n they_o call_v themselves_o israel_n that_o be_v the_o true_a israel_n in_o which_o he_o rule_v not_o by_o a_o carnal_a sceptre_n or_o weapon_n but_o by_o his_o word_n of_o which_o his_o sceptre_n the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o world_n have_v so_o many_o year_n see_v and_o acknowledge_v the_o power_n and_o that_o therefore_o which_o most_o concern_v we_o be_v not_o be_v move_v by_o the_o groundless_a cavil_n of_o jew_n or_o any_o other_o against_o his_o dominion_n by_o yield_v he_o willing_a obedience_n to_o approve_v 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