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bind_v do_v vindicate_v and_o maintain_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n phinehas_n have_v turn_v my_o anger_n away_o from_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n 19.10_o numb_a 25.11_o 1_o king_n 19.10_o while_o he_o be_v zealous_a for_o my_o sake_n among_o they_o i_o have_v be_v very_o jealous_a for_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o host_n etc._n etc._n unto_o zeal_n for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n be_v oppose_v glory_n cowardliness_n in_o maintain_v god_n glory_n in_o the_o defect_n cowardliness_n vice_n vice_n or_o lithernesse_n in_o maintain_v god_n glory_n which_o be_v either_o not_o to_o be_v strike_v with_o a_o grief_n when_o god_n be_v reproachea_fw-mi and_o so_o neglect_v god_n glory_n or_o not_o to_o have_v and_o show_v in_o word_n and_o deed_n a_o desire_n to_o hinder_v according_a to_o his_o place_n and_o calling_n the_o reproach_v of_o god_n name_n they_o run_v into_o this_o vice_n who_o forbid_v not_o when_o they_o may_v rash_a oath_n and_o blasphemy_n of_o god_n name_n because_o they_o be_v 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