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that_o i_o give_v to_o jacob_n their_o father_n wherein_o their_o father_n dwell_v they_o shall_v dwell_v there_o even_o they_o and_o their_o child_n and_o child_n child_n for_o ever_o fifteenth_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o perfect_a union_n between_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o the_o two_o tribe_n and_o the_o hatred_n shall_v depart_v that_o breach_n be_v never_o yet_o make_v up_o but_o then_o the_o stick_n shall_v become_v one_o ezek._n 37.19_o the_o envy_n of_o judah_n shall_v depart_v and_o ephraim_n shall_v vex_v judah_n no_o more_o i_o will_v gather_v they_o out_o of_o all_o country_n whither_o i_o have_v drive_v they_o in_o my_o anger_n and_o i_o will_v give_v they_o one_o heart_n and_o one_o way_n and_o then_o jehovah_n shall_v be_v one_o and_o his_o name_n one_o etc._n etc._n 32.39_o jer._n 32.39_o sixteenth_o they_o shall_v be_v the_o great_a instrument_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o to_o ruin_v and_o destroy_v the_o turkish_a empire_n when_o the_o lord_n shall_v 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end_n he_o give_v himself_o that_o thou_o may_v be_v without_o spot_n or_o wrinkle_n or_o any_o such_o thing_n eph._n 5.25,27_o and_o shall_v not_o a_o man_n strive_v to_o have_v all_o the_o price_n out_o of_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n consider_v the_o perfect_a cleanse_n be_v the_o price_n of_o blood_n it_o be_v a_o great_a undervalue_v of_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n and_o not_o the_o least_o pitch_n of_o profaneness_n not_o to_o seek_v after_o that_o which_o our_o high_a priest_n have_v purchase_v at_o so_o dear_a a_o rate_n shall_v it_o not_o grieve_v man_n to_o see_v lust_n possess_v that_o which_o he_o so_o dear_o buy_v impius_fw-la have_v segetes_fw-la
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