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A11591 An exposition with notes vpon the first Epistle to the Thessalonians. By William Sclater D.D. and Minister of the Word of God at Pitmister in Sommerset Sclater, William, 1575-1626. 1619 (1619) STC 21834; ESTC S116799 377,588 577

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shall_v punish_v their_o oppression_n of_o nabeth_n the_o lord_n take_v the_o cause_n into_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o there_o be_v blood_n for_o blood_n and_o a_o utter_a extinction_n of_o achabs_n posterity_n hence_o be_v salomon_n advice_n rob_v not_o the_o poor_a because_o he_o be_v poor_a let_v not_o his_o poverty_n encourage_v thou_o to_o oppression_n 23_o oppression_n pro._n 22.22_o 23_o the_o lord_n will_v plead_v his_o cause_n though_o man_n be_v negligent_a and_o enter_v not_o into_o the_o field_n of_o the_o fatherless_a for_o their_o 11._o their_o pro._n 23.10_o 11._o redeemer_n be_v mighty_a though_o themselves_o be_v impotent_a he_o shall_v plead_v their_o cause_n against_o thou_o 1._o ambros_n de_fw-fr nabat_fw-la jezraelit_fw-la cap._n 1._o nabathe_n historia_fw-la tempore_fw-la vetus_fw-la est_fw-la usu_fw-la quotidiana_fw-la say_v saint_n ambrose_n non_fw-la unus_fw-la achab_n natus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la peius_fw-la est_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la achab_n 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