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unto_o god_n oh_o then_o let_v we_o run_v to_o god_n house_n it_o will_v be_v the_o more_o comfortable_a unto_o we_o and_o then_o may_v we_o look_v to_o meet_v the_o lord_n in_o his_o own_o ordinance_n when_o ready_o and_o cheerful_o we_o set_v ourselves_o to_o meet_v he_o therein_o but_o understand_v thou_o what_o thou_o read_v philip_n may_v seem_v to_o want_v discretion_n great_o to_o begin_v thus_o blunt_o with_o this_o nobleman_n much_o unlike_o be_v this_o deal_n of_o his_o to_o other_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n who_o when_o they_o have_v be_v to_o speak_v unto_o great_a personage_n have_v seem_v to_o use_v more_o reverence_n and_o to_o give_v they_o better_o respect_n thus_o one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o the_o prophet_n when_o he_o come_v to_o anoint_v jehu_n king_n come_v with_o reverence_n to_o he_o say_v i_o have_v a_o arrant_a unto_o thou_o 9.5_o 2._o king_n 9.5_o o_o captain_n and_o thus_o daniel_n with_o his_o o_o king_n so_o often_o in_o his_o mouth_n 4.18_o dan._n 4.18_o 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be_v philip_n so_o much_o the_o more_o welcome_a unto_o he_o and_o thus_o again_o the_o lord_n use_v sometime_o to_o speak_v unto_o his_o servant_n 21._o 1._o king_n 21._o as_o eliah_n to_o ahab_n it_o be_v thou_o and_o thy_o father_n house_n that_o trouble_v israel_n 4.1_o amos_n 4.1_o so_o amos_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o his_o time_n call_v they_o that_o fat_a kine_n of_o bashan_n that_o feed_v upon_o the_o mountain_n of_o samaria_n now_o this_o deal_n of_o god_n servant_n thus_o commend_v unto_o we_o this_o instruction_n that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o measure_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o message_n
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