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and_o shall_v deal_v with_o thou_o according_a to_o what_o he_o have_v threaten_v in_o mat._n 24.51_o but_o i_o shall_v leave_v what_o i_o have_v write_v to_o the_o lord_n dispose_v and_o thy_o consideration_n r._n b._n the_o new_a birth_n etc._n etc._n john_n 1.12_o 13._o but_o as_o many_o as_o receive_v he_o to_o they_o give_v he_o power_n or_o jus_o or_o hoc_fw-la jus_o privilege_n to_o become_v or_o fieri_fw-la or_o fieri_fw-la to_o be_v make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n even_o to_o they_o that_o believe_v on_o his_o name_n which_o be_v bear_v not_o of_o blood_n nor_o of_o the_o will_n of_o the_o flesh_n nor_o of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n but_o of_o god_n the_o evangelist_n st_n john_n have_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o chapter_n declare_v the_o eternal_a power_n and_o godhead_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n as_o verse_n 1_o 2_o 3._o he_o afterward_o come_v to_o treat_v concern_v his_o manhood_n as_o verse_n 14._o compare_v with_o the_o 11._o in_o the_o 14_o verse_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o word_n which_o be_v in_o the_o begin_n with_o god_n and_o be_v god_n be_v make_v flesh_n and_o come_v and_o dwell_v among_o we_o and_o therefore_o in_o the_o 11_o verse_n it_o be_v say_v he_o come_v unto_o his_o own_o but_o his_o own_o receive_v he_o not_o he_o come_v unto_o his_o own_o that_o be_v to_o the_o jew_n his_o own_o peculiar_a people_n he_o come_v to_o his_o own_o nation_n the_o place_n which_o he_o have_v choose_v for_o to_o set_v up_o his_o name_n and_o therefore_o the_o word_n be_v in_o the_o neuter_n gender_n venit_fw-la gender_n ad_fw-la sva_fw-la venit_fw-la but_o his_o own_o receive_v he_o not_o that_o be_v his_o own_o people_n of_o that_o