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yea_o whole_a legion_n of_o they_o and_o ride_v in_o triumph_n through_o the_o air._n 2.15_o he_o overcome_v the_o world_n trample_v it_o under_o his_o foot_n he_o conquer_v sin_n yea_o death_n itself_o the_o woman_n bring_v forth_o the_o lion_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n portend_v nothing_o less_o than_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o devil_n kingdom_n v._o christ_n appear_v in_o his_o dispensation_n for_o some_o time_n to_o couch_v down_o as_o it_o be_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v abuse_v in_o his_o people_n and_o seem_v to_o lie_v still_o as_o if_o he_o be_v asleep_a vi_o christ_n when_o he_o be_v rouse_v up_o by_o the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o enemy_n of_o his_o church_n and_o the_o cry_v of_o his_o people_n will_v be_v very_o terrible_a 41.25_o he_o will_v come_v upon_o prince_n as_o upon_o mortar_n though_o now_o he_o seem_v still_o and_o peaceable_a like_o a_o lamb_n yet_o the_o day_n be_v at_o hand_n when_o he_o will_v rise_v up_o like_o a_o lion_n to_o destroy_v and_o devour_v 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in_o a_o great_a house_n there_o be_v not_o only_a vessel_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n etc._n etc._n 2_o tim._n 2.20_o the_o precious_a son_n of_o zion_n comparable_a to_o fine_a gold_n how_o be_v they_o esteem_v as_o earthen_a pitcher_n etc._n etc._n lam._n 4.2_o see_v vessel_n metaphor_n i._o a_o refiner_n refine_v but_o a_o little_a gold_n at_o a_o time_n comparative_o his_o furnace_n be_v of_o small_a dimension_n ii_o when_o a_o refiner_n have_v put_v gold_n into_o a_o crucible_n to_o be_v melt_v in_o order_n to_o make_v it_o pliable_a and_o fit_a to_o be_v wrought_v add_v a_o quantity_n or_o allowable_a proportion_n of_o alloy_n which_o be_v of_o less_o value_n as_o silver_n or_o copper_n disparity_n i._o christ_n many_o time_n in_o one_o furnace_n of_o affliction_n refine_v almost_o all_o the_o gold_n or_o godly_a one_o in_o a_o whole_a kingdom_n as_o he_o deal_v with_o the_o whole_a house_n of_o israel_n ii_o christ_n when_o he_o put_v his_o saint_n into_o his_o furnace_n to_o 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