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for_o you_o be_v dead_a and_o your_o life_n be_v have_v with_o christ_n in_o god_n when_o christ_n who_o be_v your_o life_n shall_v appear_v then_o shall_v you_o also_o appear_v with_o he_o in_o glory_n mortify_v therefore_o your_o member_n which_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n fornication_n uncleanness_n inordinate_a affection_n evil_a concupiscence_n and_o covetousness_n which_o be_v idolatry_n for_o which_o thing_n sake_n the_o wrath_n of_o god_n come_v on_o the_o child_n of_o disobedience_n for_o we_o be_v not_o only_o to_o shun_v the_o do_v evil_a but_o we_o must_v also_o learn_v to_o do_v well_o and_o whereas_o the_o apostle_n say_v 9.31,32_o rom._n 9.31,32_o but_o israel_n which_o follow_v after_o the_o law_n of_o righteousness_n have_v not_o attain_v to_o the_o law_n of_o righteousness_n
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i_o shall_v be_v light_o esteem_v v._o 31._o behold_v the_o day_n be_v come_v that_o i_o will_v cut_v off_o thy_o arm_n and_o the_o arm_n of_o thy_o father_n house_n that_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o old_a man_n in_o thy_o house_n here_o we_o see_v it_o be_v sin_n that_o do_v disappoint_v they_o of_o a_o promise_a blessing_n and_o also_o the_o good_a king_n josiah_n do_v forfeit_v his_o temporal_a promise_a blessing_n the_o which_o be_v that_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o peace_n but_o he_o unadvised_o go_v out_o to_o fight_v with_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n when_o he_o be_v forewarn_v by_o the_o same_o king_n from_o the_o lord_n to_o forbear_v as_o be_v say_v in_o chron._n 34.27_o because_o thy_o heart_n be_v tender_a and_o thou_o do_v humble_v thyself_o before_o god_n when_o thou_o hear_v his_o word_n against_o this_o place_n and_o against_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o and_o humble_a thyself_o before_o i_o and_o do_v rend_v thy_o clothes_n and_o weep_v before_o i_o i_o have_v even_o 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paul_n start_v the_o question_n in_o that_o he_o say_v have_v they_o stumble_v because_o they_o shall_v fall_v he_o fear_v lest_o they_o shall_v fall_v under_o that_o dangerous_a mistake_n to_o which_o he_o answer_v himself_o god_n forbid_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v it_o be_v not_o so_o and_o have_v a_o care_v you_o think_v not_o so_o and_o also_o we_o see_v that_o the_o scripture_n do_v full_o make_v it_o appear_v to_o the_o contrary_a in_o show_v we_o how_o they_o first_o fall_v and_o after_o which_o god_n say_v he_o will_v lay_v in_o zion_n a_o stumble_a stone_n so_o as_o that_o which_o shall_v have_v be_v for_o their_o welfare_n become_v a_o trap._n at_o which_o stone_n they_o stumble_v as_o they_o then_o miss_v of_o the_o salvation_n purchase_v by_o he_o and_o christ_n say_v matt._n 21.44_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v fall_v on_o this_o stone_n shall_v be_v break_v but_o on_o whosoever_o it_o shall_v fall_v it_o will_v grind_v he_o to_o powder_n now_o it_o be_v the_o jew_n that_o 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