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deliver_v thy_o enemy_n into_o thy_o hand_n and_o he_o give_v he_o ten_o of_o all_o this_o history_n be_v thus_o recite_v and_o amplify_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n heb._n 6.20_o &_o 7.1_o etc._n etc._n jesus_n make_v a_o high_a priest_n for_o ever_o after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedec_n king_n of_o salem_n priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n who_o meet_v abraham_n return_v from_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o king_n and_o bless_a he_o to_o who_o abraham_n give_v a_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o first_o being_n by_o interpretation_n king_n of_o righteousness_n and_o after_o that_o also_o king_n of_o salem_n which_o be_v king_n of_o peace_n without_o father_n without_o mother_n without_o descent_n have_v neither_o begin_n of_o day_n nor_o end_n of_o life_n but_o make_v like_a unto_o the_o son_n of_o god_n abide_v a_o priest_n continual_o now_o consider_v
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in_o case_n of_o public_a extremity_n which_o may_v be_v and_o be_v afterward_o repaid_a 1_o king_n 15.18_o cap._n 18.15_o 2_o chron._n 16.2_o yea_o the_o scripture_n express_o record_v that_o in_o the_o great_a famine_n in_o egypt_n when_o all_o other_o sell_v their_o land_n to_o buy_v bread_n to_o king_n pharaoh_n only_o the_o land_n of_o the_o priest_n buy_v he_o not_o for_o the_o priest_n have_v a_o portion_n assign_v they_o of_o pharaoh_n and_o do_v eat_v their_o portion_n which_o pharaoh_n give_v they_o wherefore_o they_o sell_v not_o their_o land_n gen._n 47.20_o to_o 27._o 7._o that_o the_o idolatrous_a usurper_n jeroboam_n out_o of_o a_o carnal_a fear_n and_o policy_n to_o keep_v the_o people_n from_o return_v to_o their_o rightful_a sovereign_n and_o establish_v the_o crown_n on_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n be_v the_o first_o man_n we_o read_v of_o and_o his_o idolatrous_a son_n and_o successor_n after_o he_o who_o cast_v out_o god_n priest_n and_o levite_n out_o of_o 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