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be_v salt_v with_o fire_n and_o every_o sacrifice_n shall_v be_v salt_v with_o salt_n serm._n 6_o &_o 7._o pag._n 104._o on_o 2_o thess._n 3._o 5._o and_o the_o lord_n direct_v your_o heart_n into_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o into_o the_o patient_a wait_a for_o christ._n serm._n 8._o pag._n 142._o on_o ephes._n 1._o 8._o wherein_o he_o have_v abound_v towards_o we_o in_o all_o wisdom_n and_o prudence_n serm._n 9_o pag._n 157._o on_o mat._n 27._o 46._o and_o about_o the_o nine_o hour_n jesus_n cry_v with_o a_o loud_a voice_n say_v eli_n eli_n lama_fw-la sabacthani_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o serm._n 10._o pag._n 175._o on_o rom._n 1._o part_v of_o the_o 29_o &_o 30_o verse_n whisperer_n backbiter_n serm._n 11._o pag._n 192._o on_o gal._n 5._o 16._o this_o i_o say_v then_o walk_v in_o the_o spirit_n and_o you_o shall_v not_o fulfil_v the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh._n serm._n 12._o pag._n 207._o on_o job_n 19_o 25._o for_o i_o 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