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they_o give_v i_o vinegar_n to_o drink_v now_o these_o text_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n mat._n 27.34_o 35._o be_v express_o apply_v to_o christ_n be_v christ_n therefore_o david_n likewise_o it_o be_v say_v hosea_n 11.1_o when_o israel_n be_v a_o child_n than_o i_o love_v he_o and_o call_v my_o son_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o this_o be_v apply_v to_o christ_n mat._n 2.15_o be_v christ_n therefore_o all_o israel_n and_o because_o the_o lord_n say_v mal._n 4.5_o behold_v i_o will_v send_v you_o elijah_n the_o prophet_n which_o be_v express_o apply_v to_o john_n the_o baptist_n mat._n 11.14_o and_o luke_n 1.17_o will_v it_o therefore_o infallible_o prove_v john_n to_o be_v elias_n many_o will_v look_v upon_o this_o to_o be_v strange_a and_o absurd_a argue_v as_o to_o mr._n tailor_n be_v last_a three_o reason_n because_o i_o haste_v to_o have_v do_v and_o because_o i_o think_v when_o what_o i_o have_v write_v be_v consider_v they_o will_v do_v neither_o good_a nor_o hurt_n to_o our_o 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