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those_o that_o turn_v unto_o he_o as_z appeareth_z by_o the_o mouth_n of_o ezechiell_n i_o will_v not_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n but_o rather_o that_o he_o turn_v from_o his_o wickedness_n and_o live_v wherefore_o ionas_n fear_v in_o vain_a that_o god_n in_o spare_v the_o ninivet_n shall_v lose_v the_o credit_n and_o authority_n of_o his_o word_n and_o as_o touch_v the_o circumcision_n and_o law_n of_o moses_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v adventure_v because_o god_n receive_v the_o ninivet_n into_o his_o favour_n without_o those_o ionas_n declare_v again_o his_o ignorance_n for_o circumcision_n and_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n so_o far_o as_o it_o contain_v the_o ceremonial_a and_o judicial_a right_n pertain_v not_o to_o the_o gentile_n but_o only_o to_o the_o extern_a posterity_n of_o abraham_n and_o god_n be_v not_o only_o the_o god_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o also_o the_o god_n of_o the_o gentile_n for_o although_o the_o jew_n only_o have_v a_o promise_n that_o christ_n shall_v 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