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i_o will_v make_v thou_o like_o the_o top_n of_o a_o rock_n thou_o shall_v be_v a_o place_n to_o spread_v net_n upon_o thou_o shall_v be_v build_v no_o more_o ezek._n 26.14_o and_o as_o the_o prophet_n concern_v babylon_n according_a to_o some_o interpreter_n thou_o have_v make_v of_o a_o city_n a_o heap_n of_o a_o defence_a city_n a_o ruin_n a_o palace_n of_o stranger_n to_o be_v no_o city_n it_o shall_v never_o be_v build_v isa_n 25.2_o but_o now_o if_o god_n have_v gracious_a design_n towards_o we_o they_o must_v have_v their_o effect_n and_o accomplishment_n in_o the_o way_n of_o prayer_n that_o scripture_n have_v be_v much_o upon_o my_o thought_n in_o ezek._n 36._o verse_n 10._o the_o city_n shall_v be_v inhabit_v and_o the_o waste_n shall_v be_v build_v and_o ver_fw-la 33_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o day_n that_o i_o shall_v have_v cleanse_v you_o from_o all_o your_o iniquity_n pray_v observe_v that_o i_o will_v also_o cause_v you_o to_o dwell_v in_o the_o city_n and_o the_o 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god_n without_o all_o base_a reserve_v god_n will_v have_v all_o or_o nothing_o reservation_n in_o this_o case_n be_v very_o dangerous_a you_o know_v what_o befall_v ananias_n and_o sapphira_n upon_o their_o reserve_v in_o keep_v back_o part_n of_o the_o price_n of_o the_o land_n act_v 5.3_o 4_o 5_o etc._n etc._n when_o you_o pretend_v to_o give_v yourselves_o to_o god_n take_v heed_n of_o keep_v back_o any_o thing_n from_o he_o the_o life_n of_o your_o soul_n will_v be_v endanger_v by_o it_o the_o holocaustis_fw-la the_o deut._n 33.10_o levit._fw-la 4.11_o 12_o levit._fw-la 7.32_o &_o 1_o 8_o 9_o differentiam_fw-la hostiarum_fw-la &_o holocaustorum_fw-la in_o levitico_fw-la pleniùs_fw-la discimus_fw-la holocausta_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la super_fw-la altar_n integra_fw-la concremantur_fw-la victimae_fw-la &_o hostiae_fw-la quarum_fw-la pars_fw-la offertur_fw-la altari_fw-la pars_fw-la sacer_fw-la dotibus_fw-la traditur_fw-la hieron_n in_o c._n 56._o psaiae_n vid._n gualtperium_n
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