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his_o seed_n shall_v be_v set_v free_a after_o it_o be_v a_o stranger_n in_o a_o heathen_a land_n for_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o so_o it_o fall_v out_o 12.42_o gen._n 15.13_o exod._n 12.42_o when_o the_o time_n come_v that_o god_n deliver_v they_o what_o say_v the_o text_n that_o self_n same_o day_n of_o that_o term_v expire_v the_o lord_n bring_v forth_o israel_n with_o her_o army_n so_o in_o the_o gospel_n mark_v how_o curious_a the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v in_o express_v of_o the_o faithfulness_n of_o god_n in_o each_o passage_n of_o christ_n his_o nativity_n his_o parentage_n his_o dwell_n his_o person_n life_n betray_v passion_n death_n burial_n etc._n see_v throughout_o the_o gospel_n mat._n 1.2_o etc._n etc._n forty_o several_a time_n one_o or_o other_o of_o the_o evangelist_n refer_v the_o passage_n that_o fall_v out_o to_o the_o promise_n themselves_o that_o it_o may_v be_v fulfil_v which_o be_v say_v and_o thou_o bethlem_n be_v not_o the_o least_o of_o the_o 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