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the_o angel_n be_v charge_v and_o command_v to_o attend_v and_o wait_v upon_o they_o he_o have_v give_v his_o angel_n charge_v over_o thou_o etc._n etc._n psal_n 91._o 11._o they_o be_v not_o only_a fellow-servant_n with_o the_o angel_n as_o john_n the_o divine_a call_v they_o but_o they_o be_v servant_n to_o the_o child_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v say_v they_o be_v minister_a spirit_n send_v forth_o to_o minister_v to_o they_o that_o be_v heir_n of_o salvation_n heb._n 1._o last_o thus_o have_v you_o see_v the_o dignity_n of_o the_o regenerate_v the_o superlative_a honour_n of_o the_o child_n of_o god_n in_o some_o kind_n above_o the_o angel_n for_o 1._o christ_n take_v not_o the_o seed_n or_o nature_n of_o angel_n but_o the_o sâ—ed_z of_o abraham_n and_o david_n man_n subject_a to_o infirmity_n 2._o he_o be_v conceive_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o a_o virgin_n and_o in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n make_v of_o a_o woman_n and_o make_v under_o the_o law_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o by_o 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