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1.14_o heb._n 6.2_o 1._o joh._n 2._o â—â—_o eph._n 1.1_o tit._n 1.15_o isa_n 7.9_o mark_n 6._o â—_o num._n 20_o 1â—_n 2._o king_n â—_o luk_n 1_o â—â—_o â—â—_o psal._n 10.6.11.13_o &_o 14._o 2._o luk._n 18.11_o 12._o apoc._n 18.7_o 1._o cor._n 2.14_o math._n 12.24_o psal._n 7.8_o isa._n 28.15_o luk._n 12.19.45_o num._n 20.12_o psal._n 52._o &_o 1.6_o 11._o &_o 73._o 11_o 12._o 1._o tim._n 11.13_o heb._n 4.12_o 2._o cor._n 10._o 1._o king_n 13.2_o isa._n 44._o end_n 2._o joh._n 3.23_o 2._o cor._n 1._o â—â—_o col._n 3.27_o heb._n 11.36_o psal._n 119.49_o muk_n 16.16_o rom._n 12._o 1._o cor._n 7_o 1â—_n 1â—_n bellaâ—_n l._n 1_o de_fw-mi bapt_v c_o 4._o see_v further_o justin._n 9.56_o aug_n epist_n 23.57.105_o de_fw-mi bapt_v l._n 4._o c._n bernar._n ser._n 66._o in_o cant._n cant._n immanuel_n sa._n in_o aphorismis_n confestatiorum_fw-la upon_o mat._n 25._o ibidem_fw-la serm._n 12._o the_o passione_n 2._o cor._n 12.15_o 2._o tim._n 2._o coloss._n 3_o â—ollar_n de_fw-fr indulg_n c._n 14._o p._n 85._o