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this_o same_o conjugal_a relation_n and_o of_o our_o join_n to_o christ_n see_v chap._n 3.3_o and_o i_o say_v thou_o shall_v be_v for_o i_o many_o day_n and_o shall_v not_o be_v for_o another_o so_o will_v i_o be_v for_o thou_o christ_n promise_v to_o be_v for_o the_o saint_n and_o he_o engage_v the_o saint_n to_o be_v for_o he_o ephes_n 2.12_o stranger_n to_o the_o covenant_n of_o promise_n without_o god_n and_o without_o hope_n in_o the_o world_n till_o such_o time_n as_o a_o man_n be_v bring_v into_o covenant_n with_o god_n he_o be_v a_o stranger_n to_o god_n and_o therefore_o have_v no_o communion_n with_o he_o he_o stand_v at_o the_o great_a distance_n from_o this_o fellowship_n with_o the_o father_n and_o with_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n but_o now_o when_o a_o man_n be_v bring_v within_o the_o verge_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n then_o have_v he_o communion_n in_o all_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o covenant_n the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n have_v two_o property_n peculiar_a 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