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learning_n idem_fw-la ex_fw-la cornel._n de_fw-fr lapide_fw-la 25._o i_o know_v say_v peter_n martyr_n there_o be_v many_o that_o will_v never_o believe_v what_o we_o say_v of_o the_o power_n of_o god_n word_n hide_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o not_o a_o few_o that_o will_v jeer_v we_o and_o think_v that_o we_o be_v mad_a for_o say_v so_o but_o oh_o that_o they_o will_v be_v please_v but_o to_o make_v trial_n malè_fw-la mihi_fw-la sit_fw-la ita_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o tantâ_fw-la causâ_fw-la juvare_fw-la ausim_fw-la nisi_fw-la tandem_fw-la capiantur_fw-la let_v it_o never_o go_v well_o with_o i_o for_o i_o be_o bold_a to_o swear_v in_o so_o weighty_a a_o business_n if_o they_o find_v not_o themselves_o strange_o take_v and_o transform_v into_o the_o same_o image_n if_o they_o pass_v not_o into_o the_o likeness_n of_o this_o heavenly_a pattern_n so_o ephes_n 1.13_o 1_o thes_n 1.5_o 8._o ibid._n 26._o in_o all_o the_o bible_n say_v the_o reverend_a mr._n burgess_n in_o his_o sermon_n in_o 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