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spirit_n and_o thou_o will_v abhor_v a_o mere_a bodily_a service_n and_o tremble_v to_o let_v thy_o lip_n go_v when_o thy_o heart_n imagine_v deceit_n and_o be_v not_o employ_v in_o his_o worship_n and_o thou_o will_v worship_v he_o in_o spirit_n and_o in_o truth_n john_n 4.23_o 24._o therefore_o man_n worship_v he_o they_o know_v not_o how_o nor_o care_v not_o in_o what_o manner_n because_o they_o worship_v they_o know_v not_o what_o ver._n 22._o man_n will_v not_o dare_v to_o offer_v up_o to_o he_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o fool_n if_o they_o do_v but_o consider_v with_o who_o they_o have_v to_o do_v eccles_n 5.1_o neither_o will_v they_o come_v with_o dead_a heart_n before_o the_o live_a god_n this_o be_v the_o
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