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and_o therefore_o that_o still_o remain_v to_o be_v give_v 4._o exhortation_n we_o must_v labour_v to_o enter_v god_n rest_n verse_n 11._o reason_n 1._o because_o if_o we_o take_v example_n of_o their_o unbelief_n in_o the_o wilderness_n we_o shall_v be_v make_v example_n of_o their_o destruction_n 2._o because_o god_n penal_a decree_n be_v very_o active_a and_o powerful_a to_o take_v heavy_a vengeance_n upon_o unbeliever_n verse_n 12._o 3._o because_o christ_n our_o high_a priest_n be_v pass_v into_o that_o heavenly_a rest_n before_o we_o v._o 14._o 4._o because_o we_o have_v free_a access_n by_o prayer_n to_o his_o throne_n which_o be_v a_o throne_n of_o grace_n and_o mercy_n to_o help_v we_o thither_o vers_fw-la ult_n chapter_n v._n 1._o for_o every_o high_a priest_n be_v take_v from_o among_o man_n here_o he_o express_v some_o general_a requisite_n of_o a_o high_a priest_n which_o afterward_o he_o apply_v to_o christ_n in_o a_o reverse_a order_n the_o first_o requisite_a of_o a_o 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