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to_o save_v thou_o a_o vile_a wretch_n from_o eternal_a damnation_n which_o thou_o deserve_v by_o thy_o sin_n the_o love_n of_o god_n herein_o appear_v to_o be_v most_o wonderful_a in_o that_o he_o spare_v not_o his_o own_o son_n but_o give_v he_o to_o death_n even_o for_o we_o and_o in_o our_o stead_n who_o be_v not_o his_o friend_n but_o his_o very_a enemy_n see_v what_o love_n the_o father_n have_v show_v 6.7.8_o rom._n 6.7.8_o that_o thou_o a_o imp_n of_o the_o devil_n by_o sin_n shall_v have_v the_o blood_n of_o god_n own_o son_n shed_v to_o make_v thou_o his_o son_n or_o daughter_n let_v i_o speak_v unto_o thou_o in_o the_o word_n of_o ezra_n 9.13.14_o ez._n 9.13.14_o which_o word_n he_o speak_v from_o the_o occasion_n of_o a_o mean_a deliverance_n see_v god_n have_v keep_v thou_o from_o be_v beneath_o for_o thy_o iniquity_n and_o have_v grant_v thou_o such_o deliverance_n shall_v thou_o continue_v in_o sin_n shall_v thou_o rebel_v and_o return_v to_o break_v the_o commandment_n 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