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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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father_n give_v i_o shall_v come_v to_o i_o and_o he_o that_o come_v to_o i_o i_o will_v in_o no_o wise_a cast_v out_o ver._n 39_o and_o this_o be_v the_o father_n will_n which_o send_v i_o that_o of_o all_o which_o he_o have_v give_v i_o i_o shall_v lose_v nothing_o but_o shall_v raise_v it_o up_o again_o at_o the_o last_o day_n john_n 17.2_o as_o thou_o have_v give_v he_o power_n over_o all_o flesh_n that_o he_o shall_v give_v eternal_a life_n to_o as_o many_o as_o thou_o have_v give_v he_o v._o if_o we_o understand_v that_o promise_n i_o will_v be_v thy_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o seed_n of_o abraham_n and_o every_o godly_a man_n natural_a seed_n and_o interpret_v the_o promise_n conditional_o provide_v that_o thy_o seed_n walk_v in_o the_o step_n of_o thy_o faith_n rom._n 4.12_o and_o walk_v before_o i_o with_o perfect_a and_o upright_a heart_n as_o i_o require_v thou_o to_o do_v when_o i_o promise_v to_o make_v my_o covenant_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o gen._n 17.1_o 2._o 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