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it_o so_o again_o prov._n 22._o 9_o he_o that_o have_v a_o bountiful_a eye_n shall_v be_v bless_v for_o he_o give_v of_o his_o bread_n to_o the_o poor_a where_o the_o affirmative_a promise_n be_v most_o punctual_a and_o the_o reason_n to_o confirm_v it_o most_o remarkable_a be_v but_o the_o repetition_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o as_o principle_n be_v fain_o to_o be_v prove_v by_o themselves_o the_o bountiful_a mind_a man_n shall_v be_v bless_v why_o because_o he_o be_v bountiful_a i._n e._n no_o other_o argument_n needful_a to_o prove_v it_o but_o this_o the_o promise_n infallible_a promise_n belong_v peculiar_o to_o such_o and_o prov._n 28._o 27._o he_o that_o give_v to_o the_o poor_a shall_v not_o lack_v a_o most_o definitive_a large_a rule_n from_o whence_o no_o exception_n be_v imaginable_a if_o we_o have_v but_o faith_n to_o depend_v upon_o it_o and_o lest_o you_o shall_v think_v that_o this_o refer_v only_o to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o jew_n under_o the_o old_a testament_n 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