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be_v a_o travail_n in_o foreign_a country_n out_o of_o any_o certain_a and_o settle_a dwelling_n as_o himself_o profess_v gen._n 47.9_o the_o whole_a time_n of_o mypilgrimage_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n 2._o who_o be_v this_o stranger_n david_n say_v i_o be_o a_o stranger_n which_o may_v seem_v strange_a if_o we_o consider_v that_o david_n be_v a_o king_n and_o that_o in_o his_o own_o country_n and_o that_o the_o country_n of_o judea_n in_o comparison_n of_o who_o inhabitant_n all_o the_o world_n beside_o be_v stranger_n as_o matth._n 27.7_o for_o david_n be_v not_o now_o in_o flight_n before_o saul_n 21.23_o 2_o sam._n 21.23_o as_o when_o he_o play_v the_o fool_n in_o the_o philistines_n country_n before_o acbish_a to_o save_v his_o life_n nor_o in_o likelihood_n in_o chase_n before_o absalon_n as_o when_o be_v drive_v from_o home_n he_o go_v up_o to_o the_o mount_n of_o olive_n and_o weep_v neither_o undertake_v he_o any_o meritorious_a journey_n in_o a_o pilgrim_n 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