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etc._n etc._n and_o 25._o v._o 17_o etc._n etc._n wherefore_o be_v nathaneel_n call_v a_o israelite_n or_o child_n of_o israel_n rather_o than_o the_o child_n of_o jacob_n joh._n 1.47_o it_o be_v know_v that_o israel_n and_o jacob_n be_v but_o the_o same_o man_n and_o that_o his_o posterity_n be_v sometime_o call_v the_o child_n of_o jacob_n and_o sometime_o of_o israel_n not_o that_o it_o be_v indifferent_a to_o call_v they_o by_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o name_n for_o there_o be_v reason_n and_o circumstance_n for_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v call_v rather_o by_o the_o one_o than_o the_o other_o name_n but_o pass_v over_o what_o the_o learned_a have_v heretofore_o observe_v thereupon_o i_o have_v one_o observation_n to_o produce_v hence_o the_o high_a prophet_n speak_v of_o nathaneel_n say_v that_o he_o be_v very_o a_o israelite_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o guile_n this_o man_n than_o be_v praise_v as_o sincere_a and_o that_o know_v not_o what_o it_o be_v to_o 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