the_o title_n el_fw-es which_o as_o a_o learned_a jew_n affirm_v do_v not_o less_o clear_o express_v his_o influence_n than_o jehovah_n do_v his_o essence_n el_n and_o elohim_n 41._o abarbanel_n apud_fw-la joann_n buxtorf_n fill_n in_o dissertat_fw-la de_fw-fr nominibus_fw-la dei_fw-la hebraicè_fw-la thes_n 39_o &_o 41._o in_o their_o most_o proper_a notion_n as_o he_o tell_v we_o signify_v the_o author_n and_o producer_n of_o thing_n by_o a_o infinite_a power_n of_o this_o relative_n goodness_n there_o be_v sundry_a distinct_a branch_n mention_v in_o this_o superexcellent_a text_n which_o be_v speak_v to_o in_o their_o order_n §_o 3._o the_o first_o be_v mercy_n the_o nature_n 78._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intra_fw-la viscera_fw-la recepit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luc._n 1._o 78._o whereof_o may_v receive_v much_o light_n from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n which_o be_v here_o make_v use_n of_o it_o come_v from_o a_o root_n that_o 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