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the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o i_o be_o no_o long_a meat_n for_o the_o serpent_n for_o dust_n must_v he_o eat_v all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n i_o be_o a_o branch_n of_o that_o vine_n christ_n be_v the_o vine_n 5._o and_o we_o be_v the_o branch_n i_o be_o a_o leaf_n of_o that_o rose_n of_o sharon_n and_o of_o that_o lily_n of_o the_o valley_n 2._o i_o be_o a_o plant_n in_o the_o orchard_n of_o pomegranate_n and_o that_o orchard_n of_o pomegranate_n be_v the_o church_n i_o be_o a_o drop_n of_o that_o dew_n that_o dew_n that_o lie_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o christ._n and_o this_o vine_n and_o this_o rose_n and_o lily_n and_o pomegranate_n of_o paradise_n and_o this_o dew_n of_o heaven_n be_v not_o dust_n and_o dust_n must_v thou_o eat_v all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n so_o then_o vitâ_fw-la the_o prophecy_n of_o isaiah_n 25._o fulfil_v itself_o that_o when_o christ_n shall_v reign_v powerful_o over_o we_o the_o wolf_n and_o the_o lamb_n shall_v feed_v together_o saul_n and_o 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