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end_n and_o set_v down_o such_o decree_n as_o my_o bridle_n disobedient_a &_o ungodly_a person_n that_o they_o who_o fain_o will_v 2.2_o 1._o tim._n 2.2_o may_v the_o more_o quiet_o live_v in_o honesty_n and_o godliness_n such_o be_v that_o law_n or_o statute_n that_o asa_n king_n of_o judah_n make_v when_o he_o see_v how_o ready_a his_o people_n be_v to_o fall_v to_o idolatry_n and_o superstition_n and_o have_v take_v away_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o strange_a god_n and_o break_v down_o their_o image_n and_o high_a place_n 4._o 2._o chro._n 14.3_o 4._o he_o command_v judah_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o their_o father_n and_o to_o do_v according_a to_o the_o law_n &_o the_o commandment_n wherein_o it_o seem_v unto_o i_o that_o their_o case_n and_o we_o be_v very_o like_a therefore_o we_o can_v
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