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vers_fw-la 19_o which_o be_v not_o mean_v so_o much_o of_o a_o temporal_a subdue_a as_o of_o a_o spiritual_a join_n with_o they_o in_o seek_v of_o the_o lord_n yet_o so_o as_o the_o chief_a sovereignty_n and_o stroke_n of_o keep_v man_n within_o the_o list_n of_o their_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n unto_o christ_n shall_v remain_v among_o the_o jew_n and_o so_o james_n teach_v we_o to_o expound_v those_o phrase_n act._n 15._o 17._o where_o that_o which_o amos_n say_v that_o they_o the_o israelite_n may_v possess_v the_o remnant_n of_o edom_n james_n render_v that_o the_o residue_n of_o man_n may_v seek_v after_o the_o lord_n the_o enemy_n who_o indeed_o they_o shall_v conquer_v root_n out_o and_o destroy_v after_o they_o have_v groan_v long_o under_o his_o hard_a yoke_n and_o bondage_n be_v not_o always_o represent_v by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n but_o sometime_o more_o obscure_o by_o one_o or_o other_o of_o the_o capital_a enemy_n of_o god_n people_n moab_n edom_n rabath_n 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