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of_o the_o godly_a be_v a_o go_v out_o but_o from_o sin_n and_o sorrow_n to_o glory_n and_o immortality_n as_o israel_n go_v out_o of_o egypt_n whence_o the_o second_o book_n of_o moses_n be_v call_v exodus_fw-la be_v no_o destruction_n and_o cessation_n of_o their_o be_v but_o a_o go_v out_o of_o the_o house_n of_o bondage_n into_o liberty_n paul_n say_v i_o desire_v to_o be_v dissolve_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phil._n 1._o 23._o a_o set_a sail_n for_o the_o other_o world_n in_o scripture_n language_n the_o body_n be_v the_o house_n the_o soul_n be_v the_o inhabitant_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 1._o we_o know_v that_o if_o our_o earthly_a house_n of_o this_o tabernacle_n be_v disslolve_v we_o have_v a_o build_n of_o god_n a_o house_n not_o make_v with_o hand_n eternal_a in_o the_o heaven_n the_o soul_n dwell_v in_o the_o body_n as_o a_o man_n in_o a_o house_n and_o death_n be_v but_o a_o departure_n out_o of_o one_o house_n into_o another_o not_o a_o extinction_n but_o a_o go_n from_o 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