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21._o 9_o mal._n 4._o 2._o exod._n 25._o 21_o 22._o esa_n 57_o 18_o 19_o jer._n 50._o 20._o jer_n 31._o 31._o esa_n 34._o 17._o &_o 44._o 22._o mica_n 7._o 9_o joh._n 1._o 29._o joh._n 3._o 14_o 15_o 16._o colos_n 1._o 14._o 1_o joh._n 1._o 7._o rev._n 1._o 5._o exod._n 25._o 21._o psal_n 40._o 7_o 8_o 9_o zach._n 3._o 4_o 5_o 8._o isa_n 61._o 10._o matth._n 3._o 15._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 30._o rom._n 3._o 21_o 22._o rom._n 5._o 18_o 19_o matth._n 22._o 11_o 12._o rev._n 3._o 17_o 18._o rev_n 3._o 18._o rom._n 13._o 14._o matth._n 5._o 20._o rom._n 10._o 3._o rom._n 9_o 30_o 31_o 32._o phil._n 3._o 6._o burrowes_n his_o book_n phil._n 3._o 8._o matth._n 26_o 41._o rom._n 7._o 21_o 22_o 23._o 1_o pe._n 1._o 20_o 21._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 7._o gal._n 5._o 17._o act_n 15._o 2_o 3_o 9_o james_n 5._o 17._o james_n 3._o 2._o 1_o joh._n 1._o 8_o 9_o 10._o 1_o joh._n 2._o 1_o 2._o rom._n 8._o 33_o 34._o heb._n 7._o 25._o esa_n 64._o 6._o phil._n 3._o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o exod._n 28._o 36_o 37_o 38._o psal_n 51._o 5._o revel_v 8._o â—_o â—_o 1_o joh._n 2._o â—3_n 2_o joh._n 7._o bâ—rrows_v the_o quaker_n neh._n 11._o 1._o rev._n 1._o 17._o gal._n 3._o 10._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 7._o rom._n 4._o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25._o 2_o cor._n 7._o 10._o rev._n 2._o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o fol._n 66._o fol._n 86._o luther_n on_o gal._n 2._o 20._o fol._n 88_o luther_n be_v a_o true_a prophet_n for_o what_o he_o foretell_v germany_n and_o england_n have_v find_v most_o true_a rom._n 5._o 20._o rom._n 6._o 1_o 2_o 15._o matth._n 18._o 7._o tit._n 2._o 11_o 12._o matth._n 12._o 47._o heb._n 11._o 4_o 6._o gen._n 4._o 4._o matth._n 12._o 33._o james_n 2._o 14._o 18._o matth._n 5._o 16._o titus_n 3._o 8._o psal_n 16._o 2_o 3._o john_n 13._o 34._o 1_o joh._n 3._o 14._o matth._n 6._o 12._o luk._n 17._o 4_o 5._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 9_o 1_o thes_n 4._o 9_o a_o better_a hangman_n than_o a_o butcher_n gen._n 3._o 24._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 9_o gal._n 3._o 24._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 14_o 15._o rom._n 9_o 31_o 32._o 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18_o 19_o 20._o act_n 2._o 4._o act._n 10._o 43_o 44_o 45_o 46_o 47_o 48._o gen._n 17._o 11._o rom._n 4._o 11._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 21_o 22._o â—_o joh._n 5._o 7_o 8._o 2_o king_n 5._o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o josh_n 6._o 4_o 20._o exod._n 4._o 24_o 25_o 26._o matth._n 3._o 15._o matth._n 3._o 16_o 17._o calvin_n instit_n chap._n 11._o sect._n 1_o ephes_n 5._o 25_o 26_o 27._o read_v those_o annotation_n in_o the_o bible_n the_o geneva_n print_n which_o e_o b._n i_o conceive_v to_o be_v edward_n â—urrowes_n the_o book_n be_v give_v i_o by_o one_o beâ—ch_n a_o quaker_n e._n b._n pag_n 2._o four_o ground_n and_o to_o show_v you_o what_o be_v and_o be_v the_o ground_n &_o reason_n that_o keep_v i_o from_o turn_v to_o the_o anabaptist_n and_o i_o hope_v shall_v ever_o keep_v i_o though_o often_o assault_v by_o they_o gen._n 17._o 7._o gal._n 3._o 29._o rom._n 4._o 12._o 〈…〉_z matth._n 28._o 19_o act_n 2._o 38_o 39_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o matth._n 15._o 27._o revel_v 22._o 15._o matth._n 11._o 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