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27.6_o 27.6_o jer._n 17.8_o 17.8_o john_n 15.4_o 15.4_o john_n 15.2.3_o 15.2.3_o rom._n 2._o 2._o phil._n 1.11_o &_o 2.15.16_o doct._n there_o be_v a_o season_n for_o fruit_n fruit_n 2_o cor._n 3.2_o 3.2_o mat_n 3.10_o john_n 15.2_o 15.2_o psal._n 1.3_o ezech._n 47.12_o 47.12_o hos._n 6.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d five_o thing_n principal_o to_o be_v acknowledge_v from_o god_n grace_n that_o we_o may_v hear_v the_o word_n in_o truth_n seven_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v do_v do_v 1_o cor._n 3.18_o 3.18_o psal._n 25.14_o act_n 10.33_o 10.33_o psal._n 50_o 16._o 16._o jam._n 1.22_o isaiah_n 57.15_o 1_o chron._n 34.27_o 34.27_o deut_n 5_o 27._o 27._o heb._n 4.1_o 1_o thes._n 1.5_o how_o man_n may_v be_v say_v to_o know_v and_o yet_o not_o true_o doctr._n 1._o the_o cause_n why_o many_o hearer_n get_v not_o knowledge_n doctr._n 2._o 2._o tit._n 2.10_o 11.12.14_o 11.12.14_o zach._n 4.7_o doctr._n 3_o the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n grace_n hard_o to_o the_o most_o the_o great_a commodity_n 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