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be_v the_o principal_a part_n of_o it_o many_o temporal_a blessing_n as_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o multiplicity_n of_o issue_n and_o outward_a prosperity_n gen._n 15.5_o 7_o 18._o &_o 17.2_o 7_o 8._o psal._n 105.8_o deut._n 28.1_o 19_o whereas_o this_o late_a run_v whole_o upon_o the_o spiritual_a and_o celestial_a blessing_n rom._n 3.24_o 25._o &_o 5.1_o 2._o eph._n 1.3_o heb._n 8.6_o see_v ainsworth_n annotation_n on_o gen._n 21.12_o vide_fw-la gatâ—k_n discept_v de_fw-fr vi_fw-la &_o effic_fw-la inf_n baptism_n pag._n 243._o