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60.21_o yea_o and_o that_o they_o may_v be_v call_v tree_n of_o righteousness_n the_o plant_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o he_o may_v be_v glorify_v as_o the_o garden_n cause_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v sow_o in_o it_o to_o spring_v forth_o so_o the_o lord_n will_v cause_v righteousness_n and_o praise_n to_o spring_v forth_o before_o they_o isai_n 61.3_o 11._o again_o christ_n can_v replenish_v we_o with_o fruit_n of_o paradise_n alas_o why_o shall_v we_o savour_v those_o fruit_n unto_o death_n rom._n 7_o 5._o from_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n be_v thy_o fruit_n find_v hos_fw-la 14.8_o even_o the_o twelve_o manner_n of_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n enough_o for_o all_o the_o tribe_n and_o the_o leaf_n of_o the_o tree_n be_v for_o the_o heal_n of_o the_o nation_n rev._n 22.1_o 2._o 2._o 2._o compare_v ezek._n 47_o 8.12_o with_o rev_n 22.1_o 2._o here_o be_v food_n and_o physic_n life_n and_o heal_a for_o jew_n and_o for_o gentile_a sure_o the_o wilderness_n and_o the_o solitary_a 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