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A28339 Eben-ezer, or, Profitable truths after pestilential times being some meditations upon Isaiah 4, 2, shewing the mercy and the duty of those that have escap'd the slaughtering pestilence : as also, that all slaughter shall end in the exhaltation of Christ and the setting up of his kingdom : together with an epistolary preface to the citizens of London & Westminster / by Thomas Blake. Blake, Thomas. 1666 (1666) Wing B3140; ESTC R24659 97,235 207

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canaan_n they_o be_v circumcise_v and_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v circumcise_v be_v call_v gilgal_n and_o the_o reason_n give_v josh_n 5.9_o for_o there_o he_o roll_v away_o the_o reproach_n of_o egypt_n the_o lot_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v to_o be_v reproach_v in_o egypt_n but_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o time_n and_o day_n and_o a_o place_n also_o which_o he_o will_v name_v gilgal_n a_o time_n and_o place_n when_o and_o where_o he_o will_v roll_v away_o the_o reproach_n of_o his_o people_n for_o the_o present_a sometime_o god_n give_v his_o people_n unto_o reproach_n as_o you_o have_v it_o isa_n 43.28_o therefore_o i_o have_v profane_v the_o prince_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o have_v give_v jacob_n to_o the_o curse_n and_o israel_n to_o reproach_n but_o there_o be_v also_o a_o time_n when_o reproach_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o then_o will_v the_o lord_n be_v jealous_a for_o his_o land_n and_o pity_v his_o people_n yea_o the_o lord_n will_v answer_v and_o say_v unto_o his_o 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