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people_n and_o her_o belove_a which_o be_v not_o belove_v 26._o and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o in_o the_o place_n where_o it_o be_v say_v unto_o they_o you_o be_v not_o my_o people_n there_o shall_v they_o be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o the_o live_a god_n by_o the_o rehearsal_n of_o these_o word_n it_o make_v it_o also_o plain_o appear_v that_o st._n paul_n have_v his_o â—eference_n whole_o to_o the_o time_n when_o the_o lord_n again_o come_v in_o that_o he_o say_v where_o it_o be_v say_v unto_o they_o you_o be_v not_o my_o people_n there_o shall_v they_o be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o the_o live_a god_n now_o to_o who_o be_v this_o speak_v it_o be_v to_o israel_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canan_n unto_o which_o at_o the_o restitution_n they_o shall_v be_v again_o restore_v and_o there_o shall_v they_o be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o the_o live_a god_n as_o in_o hos_n 9.10_o then_o say_v god_n call_v his_o name_n loammi_n for_o you_o be_v not_o my_o people_n and_o i_o will_v 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imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n be_v only_o evil_a continual_o then_o the_o lord_n say_v in_o the_o 6._o v._o it_o repent_v he_o that_o he_o have_v make_v man_n on_o the_o earth_n and_o therefore_o for_o man_n sinfulness_n god_n destroy_v they_o from_o off_o the_o earth_n only_o save_v noah_n who_o god_n have_v find_v to_o walk_v upright_o before_o he_o gen._n 6.9_o and_o after_o the_o flood_n from_o noah_n three_o son_n spring_v three_o seed_n and_o saran_n get_v foot_n into_o the_o heart_n of_o ham_n so_o as_o to_o make_v a_o mockery_n of_o his_o father_n as_o in_o gen._n 9.22,25_o for_o which_o he_o curse_v he_o and_o so_o his_o offspring_n take_v after_o he_o prove_v a_o viperous_a brood_n and_o thereby_o become_v more_o estrange_v from_o god_n than_o the_o other_o two_o seed_n although_o afterward_o they_o all_o almost_o fall_v from_o god_n yet_o still_o the_o race_n of_o ham_n be_v the_o worst_a because_o of_o their_o second_o fall_n in_o their_o father_n 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