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father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n p._n 101_o sermon_n iu._n i_o king_n xiii_o 33_o 34._o after_o this_o thing_n jeroboam_n return_v not_o from_o his_o evil_a way_n but_o make_v again_o of_o the_o low_a of_o the_o people_n priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n whosoever_o will_v he_o consecrate_v he_o and_o he_o become_v one_o of_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n and_o this_o thing_n become_v sin_n unto_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n even_o to_o cut_v it_o off_o and_o to_o destroy_v it_o from_o off_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n p._n 155_o sermon_n v._o titus_n ii_o ult_n these_o thing_n speak_v and_o exhort_v and_o rebuke_v with_o all_o authority_n let_v no_o man_n despise_v thou_o p._n 223_o sermon_n vi_o john_n vii_o 17_o if_o any_o man_n will_v do_v his_o will_n he_o shall_v know_v of_o the_o doctrine_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o god_n or_o whether_o i_o speak_v of_o myself_o p._n 269_o sermon_n vii_o psalm_n lxxxvii_o 2_o god_n have_v love_v the_o gate_n of_o zion_n more_o than_o all_o the_o dwelling_n of_o jacob_n p._n 323_o sermon_n viii_o prov._n xvi_o 33_o the_o lot_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o lap_n but_o the_o whole_a dispose_n of_o it_o be_v of_o the_o lord_n p._n 373_o sermon_n ix_o 1_o cor._n iii_o 19_o for_o the_o wisdom_n of_o this_o world_n be_v foolishness_n with_o god_n p._n 425_o sermon_n x._o 2_o cor._n viii_o 12_o for_o if_o there_o be_v first_o a_o willing_a mind_n it_o be_v accept_v according_a to_o that_o a_o man_n have_v and_o not_o according_a to_o that_o he_o have_v not_o p._n 477_o sermon_n xi_o judge_n viii_o 34_o 35._o and_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n remember_v not_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n who_o have_v deliver_v they_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o all_o their_o enemy_n on_o every_o side_n neither_o show_v they_o kindness_n to_o the_o house_n of_o jerubbaal_n namely_o gideon_n according_a to_o all_o the_o goodness_n which_o he_o have_v show_v unto_o israel_n p._n 535_o sermon_n xii_o prov._n xii_o 22_o lie_v lip_n be_v 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