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in_o the_o mean_a time_n 2._o cor._n 15.57_o rev._n 7_o 17._o hos_fw-la 13.14_o 1_o cor._n 3_o 22._o use_v 1_o death_n a_o enemy_n only_o to_o the_o wicked_a 1_o king_n 21.20_o death_n to_o the_o believer_n be_v 1._o a_o subdue_a enemy_n gant_n 8.3_o psal_n 41.3_o phil._n 1.23_o job_n 19.27_o phil._n 3.21_o heb._n 12.23_o psal_n 16.11_o 2._o cor._n 5._o 2._o a_o reconcile_a enemy_n 3._o a_o enemy_n that_o at_o last_o shall_v be_v destroy_v rev._n 20._o rom._n 6.9_o use_v 2._o for_o instruction_n how_o to_o be_v prepare_v for_o death_n 1._o die_v to_o sin_n 2._o live_v to_o god_n 3._o be_v oft_o in_o the_o meditation_n of_o death_n 4._o settle_v all_o thing_n before_o hand_n that_o concern_v the_o outward_a man_n the_o inward_a tit._n