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and_o power_n be_v make_v subject_a to_o he_o matt._n 28.18_o all_o power_n be_v give_v i_o in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n joh._n 15.16_o all_o thing_n that_o the_o father_n have_v be_v i_o joh._n 15.5_o without_o i_o you_o can_v do_v nothing_o he_o command_v the_o sea_n the_o wind_n the_o devil_n etc._n etc._n he_o gives_z to_z other_o the_o power_n that_o he_o have_v mark_n 16.17_o 18._o in_o my_o name_n shall_v they_o cast_v out_o devil_n etc._n etc._n all_o this_o look_n like_o omnipotency_n if_o he_o be_v not_o god_n man_n be_v natural_o lead_v to_o idolatry_n by_o see_v in_o a_o man_n all_o that_o we_o adore_v in_o god_n and_o by_o which_o he_o be_v know_v to_o we_o 2_o some_o man_n be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n as_o adam_n the_o angel_n and_o just_a man_n who_o be_v all_o god_n adopt_a son_n but_o christ_n be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n so_o very_o often_o so_o very_o emphatical_o with_o so_o great_a a_o solemnity_n that_o it_o be_v unconceivable_a how_o this_o can_v be_v 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