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11.20.27_o and_o the_o lord_n table_n not_o only_o because_o this_o be_v institute_v by_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n but_o also_o because_o he_o be_v there_o most_o true_o present_v and_o do_v there_o whole_o offer_v himself_o unto_o we_o to_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o he_o and_o because_o we_o minister_a and_o receive_v of_o it_o do_v yield_v he_o that_o service_n which_o he_o require_v of_o we_o according_a to_o his_o commandment_n 22.19_o luc._n 22.19_o do_v this_o in_o the_o remembrance_n of_o i_o even_o so_o it_o be_v call_v the_o lord_n day_n both_o in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n because_o of_o the_o service_n in_o it_o do_v unto_o the_o lord_n as_o the_o church_n also_o therefore_o be_v call_v the_o lord_n house_n 21.13_o 1._o tim._n 3_o 15._o matth._n 21.13_o because_o it_o be_v the_o house_n of_o prayer_n unto_o he_o all_o which_o place_n several_o by_o themselves_o and_o joint_o together_o do_v bear_v witness_n unto_o the_o thing_n we_o have_v in_o hand_n 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