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we_o triumphant_o say_v with_o they_o thou_o be_v worthy_a o_o lord_n to_o receive_v glory_n and_o honour_n and_o power_n who_o have_v make_v we_o unto_o our_o god_n king_n and_o priest_n to_o thou_o therefore_o with_o the_o father_n and_o the_o bless_a spirit_n be_v ascribe_v the_o crown_n and_o the_o kingdom_n for_o ever_o for_o ever_o finis_fw-la of_o god_n husbandry_n a_o sermon_n by_o barten_n holiday_n doctor_n of_o divinity_n oxford_z print_v by_o leonard_n lichfield_n 1657._o 1_o cor._n 3.9_o you_o be_v god_n husbandry_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o husbandry_n be_v sin_n the_o painful_a tillage_n of_o the_o ground_n be_v impose_v on_o man_n for_o his_o transgression_n since_o otherwise_o even_o good_a thing_n have_v grow_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n and_o this_o punishment_n be_v so_o necessary_o lay_v upon_o man_n that_o as_o a_o labour_n it_o be_v make_v a_o duty_n god_n send_v he_o forth_o of_o paradise_n to_o till_o the_o ground_n gen._n 3.23_o so_o that_o now_o for_o man_n 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