16._o cum_fw-la gen._n 6.1_o 2._o so_o ishmael_n cast_v out_o and_o the_o ishmaelite_n gal._n 4_o 30._o gen._n 21.10_o 14._o psal_n 83.6_o which_o last_o place_n mention_n the_o edomite_n also_o which_o be_v the_o posterity_n of_o abraham_n yea_o all_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n which_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n be_v cast_v off_o at_o the_o last_o and_o yet_o their_o be_v beget_v after_o the_o flâ—sh_n and_o be_v circumcise_v in_o the_o flesh_n be_v a_o help_n not_o a_o hindrance_n to_o their_o be_v beget_v of_o the_o promise_n or_o to_o circumcision_n in_o the_o spirit_n jacob_n be_v of_o isaac_n and_o rebecca_n after_o the_o flesh_n and_o yet_o also_o the_o heir_n of_o promise_n and_o as_o then_o some_o be_v bear_v only_o after_o the_o flesh_n as_o ishmael_n esau_n and_o some_o be_v also_o bear_v after_o the_o spirit_n as_o isaac_n jacob_n so_o the_o apostle_n look_v not_o only_o to_o the_o parallel_n but_o to_o the_o history_n say_v so_o it_o be_v now_o some_o even_o in_o the_o 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