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shelter_n and_o safety_n in_o that_o will_v not_o profit_v we_o and_o so_o general_o put_v away_o from_o we_o what_o ever_o evil_a in_o heart_n or_o hand_n way_n or_o work_v be_v discover_v to_o we_o to_o be_v in_o and_o with_o we_o deny_v all_o ungodliness_n and_o worldly_a lust_n so_o as_o to_o confess_v they_o to_o be_v such_o and_o no_o better_a than_o that_o divine_a light_n discover_v they_o to_o be_v and_o look_v to_o god_n to_o cleanse_v and_o deliver_v we_o from_o they_o and_o as_o he_o be_v help_v and_o strengthen_v we_o lay_v they_o aside_o and_o renounce_v they_o prov._n 1.23_o and_o 6.23_o tit._n 2.11_o jam._n 1.21_o 1_o joh._n 1.9_o prov._n 28.13_o and_o 4._o in_o take_v notice_n what_o that_o heavenly_a word_n and_o testimony_n and_o the_o holy_a spirit_n therein_o and_o therethrough_a discover_v of_o christ_n and_o the_o fullness_n richness_n and_o freeness_n of_o the_o grace_n in_o he_o and_o in_o god_n in_o and_o by_o he_o as_o that_o discover_v affect_n and_o work_n 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