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shall_v come_v st._n paul_n as_o we_o read_v rom._n 9_o 3._o do_v wish_v that_o he_o himself_o may_v be_v anathema_n one_o excommunicate_v or_o separate_v from_o christ_n for_o his_o countryman_n or_o kinsman_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n but_o he_o do_v not_o wish_v himself_o to_o be_v anathema_n maranatha_n for_o their_o sake_n this_o kind_n of_o anathema_n or_o excommunication_n though_o he_o confident_o denounce_v against_o all_o such_o in_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n as_o do_v not_o love_v their_o saviour_n if_o any_o man_n say_v he_o 1_o cor._n 16._o 22._o love_n not_o the_o lord_n ièsus_fw-la christ_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n maranatha_n that_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v let_v that_o sentence_n which_o enoch_n first_o denounce_v against_o all_o ungodly_a and_o wicked_a man_n especial_o against_o all_o blasphemer_n of_o god_n of_o christ_n or_o the_o way_n of_o the_o
child_n of_o israel_n die_v not_o one_o ver_fw-la 5._o 6._o pharaoh_n experience_n of_o the_o former_a plague_n foretold_v by_o moses_n and_o accomplish_v in_o his_o own_o sight_n do_v persuade_v he_o so_o far_o to_o believe_v his_o prediction_n of_o this_o that_o he_o send_v into_o goshen_n to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o part_n of_o it_o and_o behold_v there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o the_o cattle_n of_o the_o israelite_n dead_a v._o 7._o and_o yet_o as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o same_o verse_n the_o heart_n of_o pharaoh_n be_v harden_v and_o he_o do_v not_o let_v the_o people_n go_v 17._o all_o or_o most_o of_o the_o former_a sign_n be_v respective_o rather_o more_o noisome_a and_o terrible_a then_o detrimental_a unto_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o people_n we_o do_v not_o read_v before_o this_o time_n of_o the_o death_n or_o destruction_n of_o any_o useful_a creature_n beside_o of_o fish_n when_o the_o water_n be_v turn_v into_o blood_n and_o this_o calamity_n be_v neither_o so_o 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