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〈◊〉_d prodigia_fw-la quòd_fw-la porrò_fw-la dicant_fw-la some_o call_v they_o praedicidia_fw-la because_o they_o do_v praedicere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la mali_fw-la terrible_a miracle_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o judgement_n as_o the_o strike_n of_o ananias_n and_o sapphira_n with_o sudden_a death_n the_o kill_n of_o herod_n by_o the_o angel_n the_o blindness_n of_o elymas_n the_o sorcerer_n but_o it_o be_v sometime_o take_v also_o for_o miracle_n of_o mercy_n and_o with_o diverse_a miracle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereby_o the_o power_n of_o god_n be_v show_v to_o the_o world_n act._n 2.43_o cap._n 5.12_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 1._o because_o they_o be_v free_o and_o frank_o bestow_v by_o he_o 2._o because_o liberal_o and_o bountiful_o vid._n 1_o cor._n 12.8_o 9_o 10._o the_o reason_n move_v he_o to_o this_o distribution_n be_v no_o merit_n in_o we_o but_o his_o own_o bless_a will_n his_o gracious_a goodness_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o both_o of_o send_v 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