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of_o god_n himself_o be_v send_v and_o when_o he_o come_v to_o do_v the_o will_n of_o he_o that_o send_v he_o he_o say_v lex_fw-la tua_fw-la scripta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o cord_n meo_fw-la he_o profess_v to_o nicodemus_n very_o very_o i_o say_v unto_o thou_o we_o speak_v that_o we_o know_v and_o testify_v that_o we_o have_v see_v 3.11_o john_n 3.11_o and_o the_o baptist_n say_v i_o see_v and_o bare_a record_n christ_n give_v this_o account_n to_o his_o father_n in_o his_o holy_a prayer_n i_o have_v give_v they_o the_o word_n which_o thou_o give_v i_o 34_o john_n 1_o 34_o for_o so_o saint_n peter_n admonish_v if_o any_o man_n speak_v let_v he_o speak_v as_o the_o oracle_n of_o god_n 17.8_o john_n 17.8_o if_o any_o man_n minister_n let_v he_o do_v it_o as_o of_o the_o ability_n which_o god_n give_v 4.11_o 1_o pet._n 4.11_o that_o god_n in_o all_o thing_n may_v be_v glorify_v if_o any_o man_n build_v upon_o this_o foundation_n of_o jesus_n christ_n either_o timber_n hay_n or_o stubble_n the_o fire_n of_o god_n spirit_n will_v soon_o consume_v it_o if_o we_o build_v gold_n or_o silver_n this_o fire_n will_v try_v and_o refine_v it_o sure_o this_o vision_n be_v not_o oculare_a but_o mentale_a a_o divine_a revelation_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o eye_n be_v the_o most_o noble_a of_o the_o sense_n and_o the_o most_o sure_a of_o the_o object_n therefore_o he_o in_o the_o comedy_n say_v oculatus_fw-la testis_fw-la unus_fw-la pluris_fw-la est_fw-la faciendus_fw-la quà m_fw-la auriti_fw-la decem_fw-la s._n john_n that_o which_o we_o have_v see_v with_o our_o eye_n that_o declare_v we_o unto_o you_o the_o understanding_n be_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o that_o see_v much_o more_o perfect_o than_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o body_n for_o as_o the_o poet_n say_v fallunt_fw-la nos_fw-la oculi_fw-la vagique_a sensus_fw-la ut_fw-la turris_fw-la prope_fw-la quae_fw-la quadrata_fw-la surgit_fw-la detritis_fw-la procul_fw-la angulis_fw-la rotetur_fw-la the_o distance_n of_o 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