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place_n unto_o all_o generation_n and_o so_o call_v your_o house_n after_o your_o own_o name_n 12._o rom._n 12._o the_o gospel_n call_v upon_o we_o to_o present_v ourselves_o as_o sacrifice_n unto_o god_n and_o therefore_o much_o more_o our_o child_n which_o be_v but_o piece_n of_o ourselves_o hannah_n return_v her_o son_n samuel_n who_o name_n declare_v he_o the_o answer_n of_o her_o prayer_n 1._o 1_o sam._n 1._o and_o a_o free_a boon_n from_o god_n as_o free_o as_o he_o be_v give_v unto_o she_o and_o he_o be_v preserve_v the_o lord_n faithful_a prophet_n and_o call_v to_o be_v a_o mighty_a judge_n over_o israel_n when_o eli_n and_o his_o posterity_n be_v cut_v off_o in_o nature_n transplant_v tree_n become_v most_o fruitful_a and_o child_n be_v plant_n which_o flourish_v best_a in_o god_n garden_n david_n be_v a_o man_n much_o acquaint_v with_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n and_o he_o find_v no_o way_n so_o safe_a in_o his_o dangerous_a flight_n from_o his_o unnatural_a son_n as_o 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