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psal_n 5._o 5._o &_o 11._o 5._o psal_n 146._o 9_o psal_n 1._o ult_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 19_o prov._n 15._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o they_o curse_v their_o blessing_n reject_v their_o service_n and_o count_v they_o a_o abomination_n hate_v they_o and_o walk_v contrary_a to_o they_o have_v a_o controversy_n with_o they_o proclaim_v his_o 5._o hos_fw-la 5._o 6._o jer._n 25._o 31._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 5._o displeasure_n against_o they_o and_o reâ—sts_v they_o in_o open_a battle_n array_n turn_v their_o way_n upside-down_a and_o cause_v it_o to_o perish_v they_o be_v outlaw_v enemy_n god_n have_v no_o friend_n among_o man_n until_o he_o make_v friend_n out_o of_o enemy_n he_o be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n the_o world_n unto_o himself_o 3._o darkness_n adam_n at_o first_o be_v make_v a_o son_n of_o light_n the_o candle_n of_o the_o 18._o prov._n 20._o 27._o monstrum_fw-la ingens_fw-la cvi_fw-la lumen_fw-la ademptum_fw-la eph._n 4._o 18._o lord_n be_v put_v into_o he_o but_o 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