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city_n as_o the_o name_n of_o barbarian_a to_o a_o grecian_a and_o the_o name_n of_o turk_n to_o a_o christian._n the_o reason_n be_v the_o gentile_n be_v great_a idolater_n and_o the_o thing_n which_o they_o sacrifice_v they_o do_v sacrifice_n to_o devil_n and_o not_o to_o god_n 1_o cor._n 10.20_o also_o for_o that_o world_n of_o wickedness_n which_o they_o be_v give_v unto_o it_o be_v such_o as_o may_v not_o be_v name_v that_o be_v which_o they_o can_v not_o speak_v of_o for_o shame_n 1_o cor._n 5.1_o and_o when_o our_o saviour_n christ_n will_v put_v they_o to_o the_o worst_a that_o will_v not_o hear_v the_o church_n the_o worst_a name_n he_o give_v they_o as_o the_o worst_a that_o can_v be_v give_v they_o be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o heathen_a mat._n 18.17_o so_o the_o apostle_n in_o this_o epistle_n exhort_v these_o ephesian_n to_o watch_v over_o their_o life_n and_o themselves_o with_o some_o care_n and_o diligence_n forbid_v they_o to_o walk_v as_o other_o gentile_n that_o be_v as_o the_o worst_a sort_n of_o man_n ephes_n 4.17_o no_o less_o opprobrious_a be_v the_o name_n that_o the_o apostle_n give_v they_o in_o the_o second_o place_n ephes_n 2.11_o by_o call_v they_o the_o uncircumcision_n it_o be_v the_o mark_n by_o which_o they_o be_v distinguish_v and_o know_v from_o god_n peculiar_a people_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v that_o no_o strange_a that_o be_v uncircumcised_a in_o heart_n or_o uncircumcised_a in_o flesh_n shall_v enter_v into_o the_o sanctuary_n of_o god_n account_v all_o to_o be_v stranger_n from_o god_n and_o god_n peculiar_a inheritance_n that_o be_v such_o ezech._n 44.9_o for_o this_o cause_n do_v david_n call_v golijah_n the_o uncircumcised_a philistim_o 1_o sam._n 17.26_o and_o saul_n desire_v his_o armour-bearer_n to_o kill_v he_o lest_o he_o shall_v fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o uncircumcised_a philistines_n 1_o sam._n 31.4_o and_o steven_n draw_v a_o metaphor_n from_o hence_o act._n 7.51_o call_v the_o desperate_a jew_n man_n of_o uncircumcised_a heart_n and_o ear_n three_o he_o call_v they_o when_o they_o be_v heathen_a man_n without_o christ_n ephes_n 2.12_o that_o be_v without_o the_o hope_n and_o grace_n of_o the_o bless_a seed_n in_o christ_n and_o not_o so_o only_o but_o alienes_n from_o the_o common_a wealth_n of_o israel_n that_o be_v from_o the_o external_a profession_n and_o outward_a fellowship_n of_o the_o church_n and_o thereby_o stranger_n from_o the_o covenant_n of_o promise_n because_o they_o know_v not_o his_o judgement_n psalm_n 147.20_o and_o hereof_o ensue_v that_o which_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o last_o place_n that_o they_o be_v not_o only_a without_o hope_n because_o without_o the_o law_n and_o word_n in_o which_o be_v the_o promise_n by_o which_o hope_n
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in_o sin_n and_o trespass_n and_o not_o people_n of_o god_n but_o child_n of_o wrath_n and_o give_v up_o not_o to_o the_o darkness_n but_o blindness_n of_o their_o understanding_n to_o walk_v in_o all_o not_o wantonness_n only_o but_o uncleanness_n not_o through_o infirmity_n of_o nature_n but_o with_o greediness_n of_o will_n and_o affection_n which_o be_v so_o and_o a_o great_a deal_n worse_o than_o either_o the_o tongue_n of_o man_n can_v express_v or_o his_o heart_n conceive_v my_o word_n nay_o my_o thought_n be_v swallow_v up_o with_o the_o due_a consideration_n of_o this_o first_o benefit_n be_v the_o new-birth_n of_o our_o christianity_n that_o we_o be_v no_o more_o stranger_n and_o no_o more_o foreigner_n and_o yet_o what_o be_v this_o to_o that_o which_o now_o follow_v that_o we_o shall_v become_v citizen_n with_o the_o saint_n and_o of_o the_o household_n of_o god_n though_o these_o two_o be_v couple_v together_o with_o so_o necessary_a a_o chain_n of_o coherence_n that_o 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