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oil_n of_o gladness_n above_o his_o fellow_n this_o exact_o set_v forth_o the_o august_n character_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o his_o anoint_v to_o be_v the_o king_n of_o all_o nation_n their_o prophet_n and_o their_o priest_n psalm_n xlv_o 1._o my_o heart_n be_v indite_v a_o good_a matter_n i_o speak_v of_o the_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v make_v touch_v the_o king_n my_o tongue_n be_v the_o pen_n of_o a_o ready_a writer_n verse_n 7_o 8._o thy_o throne_n o_o god_n be_v for_o ever_o and_o ever_o the_o sceptre_n of_o thy_o kingdom_n be_v a_o right_a sceptre_n thou_o love_v righteousness_n and_o hate_v wickedness_n therefore_o god_n thy_o god_n have_v anoint_v thou_o with_o oil_n of_o gladness_n above_o thy_o fellow_n verse_n 16._o instead_o of_o thy_o father_n shall_v be_v thy_o child_n who_o thou_o may_v make_v prince_n in_o all_o the_o earth_n one_o see_v we_o the_o same_a prophet_n invite_v all_o nation_n in_o the_o xlvii_o psalm_n to_o acknowledge_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n 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as_o the_o sun_n and_o man_n shall_v be_v bless_v in_o he_o all_o nation_n shall_v call_v he_o bless_v bless_a be_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n who_o only_o do_v wondrous_a thing_n and_o bless_v be_v his_o glorious_a name_n for_o ever_o and_o let_v the_o whole_a earth_n be_v fill_v with_o all_o his_o glory_n amen_o and_o amen_o one_o see_v that_o ethan_n the_o ezrahite_a who_o be_v represent_v to_o we_o as_o the_o wise_a man_n in_o that_o age_n after_o solomon_n explain_v the_o promise_n make_v to_o david_n of_o a_o son_n who_o shall_v reign_v for_o ever_o and_o who_o throne_n shall_v be_v immovable_a in_o the_o lxxxix_o psalm_n this_o agree_v to_o none_o but_o the_o messiah_n who_o he_o describe_v as_o the_o first-born_a of_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o as_o the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o a_o manner_n which_o be_v not_o applicable_a to_o any_o of_o david_n posterity_n except_o only_o to_o the_o messiah_n verse_n 19_o 20._o then_o thou_o speak_v in_o vision_n to_o the_o 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