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ver_fw-la 4_o 5._o do_v manifest_a and_o then_o will_v be_v fulfil_v the_o promise_n to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n to_o inherit_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o a_o everlasting_a possession_n gen._n 17.8_o wherein_o while_o he_o live_v he_o do_v but_o so_o journ_v and_o dwell_v as_o in_o a_o strange_a country_n with_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n heir_n with_o he_o of_o the_o same_o promise_n heb._n 11.8_o 9_o act._n 7.4_o 5._o these_o all_o die_v in_o faith_n and_o expectation_n of_o that_o promise_n nevertheless_o to_o be_v perform_v to_o they_o afterward_o hebr._n 11.13_o then_o will_v the_o kingdom_n of_o this_o world_n become_v the_o kingdom_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o his_o christ_n wherein_o he_o shall_v reign_v for_o ever_o and_o ever_o rev._n 11_o 15._o have_v the_o heathen_a for_o his_o inheritance_n and_o the_o utter_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o his_o possession_n psal_n 28._o and_o
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