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their_o child_n also_o to_o come_v to_o he_o and_o to_o partake_v of_o the_o same_o grace_n through_o christ_n jesus_n but_o what_o be_v paul_n and_o the_o ephesian-sinner_n of_o paul_n we_o will_v speak_v anon_o these_o ephesian-sinner_n they_o be_v man_n dead_a in_o sin_n man_n that_o walk_v according_a to_o the_o dictate_v and_o motion_n of_o the_o devil_n worshipper_n of_o diana_n that_o effeminate_a goddess_n man_n far_o off_o from_o god_n alien_n and_o stranger_n to_o all_o good_a thing_n such_o as_o be_v far_o off_o from_o that_o as_o i_o sâ—id_v and_o consequent_o in_o a_o most_o deplorable_a condition_n as_o the_o jerusalem-sinner_n be_v of_o the_o high_a sort_n among_o the_o jew_n so_o these_o ephesian-sinner_n be_v of_o the_o high_a sort_n among_o the_o gentile_n ephes._n 2.1_o 2_o 3._o act_n 19.35_o ephes._n 2.11_o 12._o wherefore_o as_o by_o the_o jerusalem-sinner_n in_o save_v they_o first_o he_o have_v a_o design_n to_o provoke_v other_o to_o come_v to_o he_o for_o 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