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this_o be_v my_o comfort_n in_o my_o affliction_n and_o verse_n 143_o 162._o trouble_v and_o anguish_n have_v take_v hold_v of_o i_o yet_o thy_o commandment_n be_v my_o delight_n i_o rejoice_v at_o thy_o word_n as_o one_o that_o find_v great_a spoil_n 2._o acquaintance_n with_o the_o word_n of_o god_n will_v keep_v our_o child_n from_o take_v evil_a and_o destructive_a course_n from_o go_v in_o those_o path_n that_o will_v bring_v they_o to_o destruction_n psal_n 17.4_o concern_v the_o work_n of_o man_n by_o the_o word_n of_o thy_o lip_n i_o have_v keep_v i_o from_o the_o path_n of_o the_o destroyer_n the_o word_n of_o god_n lay_v up_o in_o their_o heart_n will_v keep_v they_o from_o associate_a themselves_o with_o evil_a man_n and_o evil_a woman_n it_o will_v so_o over-awe_n their_o heart_n that_o they_o will_v not_o only_o not_o run_v of_o themselves_o into_o evil_a company_n but_o also_o shun_v and_o avoid_v they_o though_o they_o use_v many_o flatter_a speech_n to_o entice_v they_o 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gross_a sin_n for_o 1._o except_o they_o abide_v in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n they_o can_v have_v no_o enjoyment_n of_o god_n 2_o john_n 9_o whosoever_o transgress_v and_o abide_v not_o in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n have_v not_o god_n he_o that_o abide_v in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n he_o have_v both_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n 2._o heresy_n be_v manifest_a work_n of_o the_o flesh_n as_o well_o as_o adultery_n and_o murder_n and_o suchlike_a sin_n and_o will_v as_o certain_o exclude_v man_n from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n as_o the_o gross_a sin_n as_o we_o may_v see_v gal._n 5.19_o 20_o 21._o 4._o if_o we_o instruct_v our_o child_n in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n word_n that_o will_v guide_v and_o direct_v they_o how_o to_o carry_v on_o all_o their_o undertake_n and_o how_o to_o manage_v the_o great_a turn_v and_o change_v of_o their_o life_n and_o all_o their_o other_o affair_n psal_n 119.105_o thy_o word_n be_v a_o lamp_n unto_o my_o foot_n and_o a_o light_n unto_o my_o path_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v promise_v to_o such_o as_o converse_v much_o with_o his_o word_n and_o treasure_n it_o up_o in_o their_o heart_n that_o his_o word_n shall_v lead_v and_o guide_v they_o in_o all_o their_o way_n and_o they_o shall_v have_v such_o plain_a direction_n from_o his_o word_n how_o to_o order_v their_o affair_n as_o if_o they_o hear_v one_o talk_v with_o they_o and_o say_v this_o be_v the_o way_n walk_v therein_o prov._n 6.21_o 22_o 23._o bound_v they_o continual_o upon_o thy_o heart_n when_o thou_o go_v it_o shall_v lead_v thou_o when_o thou_o sleep_v it_o shall_v keep_v thou_o when_o thou_o wake_v it_o shall_v talk_v with_o thou_o for_o the_o commandment_n be_v a_o lamp_n and_o the_o law_n be_v light_a and_o reproof_n of_o instruction_n be_v the_o way_n of_o life_n isa_n 30.21_o thy_o ear_n shall_v hear_v a_o word_n behind_o thou_o say_v this_o be_v the_o way_n walk_v you_o in_o it_o when_o you_o turn_v to_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o 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because_o you_o have_v have_v child_n that_o die_v in_o their_o sin_n for_o isaac_n be_v in_o covenant_n with_o god_n leu._n 26.42_o then_o will_v i_o remember_v my_o covenant_n with_o jacob_n and_o also_o my_o covenant_n with_o isaac_n and_o yet_o esau_n isaac_n son_n live_v and_o die_v a_o profane_a man_n heb._n 12.16_o 17._o lest_o there_o be_v any_o fornicator_n or_o profane_a person_n as_o esau_n who_o for_o one_o morsel_n of_o meat_n sell_v his_o birthright_n for_o you_o know_v how_o that_o afterward_o when_o he_o will_v have_v inherit_v the_o blessing_n he_o be_v reject_v and_o find_v no_o place_n for_o repentance_n though_o he_o seek_v it_o careful_o with_o tear_n iii_o god_n fulfil_v his_o promise_n in_o be_v the_o god_n of_o your_o seed_n if_o he_o take_v any_o of_o your_o seed_n into_o covenant_n with_o himself_o although_o he_o shall_v not_o bestow_v his_o grace_n upon_o all_o of_o they_o iv_o if_o we_o shall_v interpret_v that_o promise_v make_v to_o abraham_n i_o will_v 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