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look_v to_o our_o sin_n 1_o cor._n 11.30_o esay_n 64.5.7_o lam._n 3.39.40_o levit._fw-la 26._o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o joshua_n get_v thou_o up_o wherefore_o lie_v thou_o thus_o upon_o thy_o face_n israel_n have_v sin_v and_o they_o have_v also_o trespass_v my_o covenant_n which_o i_o command_v they_o for_o they_o have_v even_o take_v of_o the_o accurse_a thing_n and_o have_v also_o steal_v and_o dissemble_v also_o nay_o as_o we_o increase_v our_o sin_n in_o number_n and_o measure_n he_o will_v not_o only_o continue_v his_o judgement_n but_o increase_v they_o also_o and_o if_o we_o will_v not_o for_o all_o this_o harken_v unto_o he_o but_o walk_v contrary_a unto_o he_o he_o will_v walk_v
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