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13._o daniel_n c._n 6._o v._n 10._o 10._o st._n stephen_n act_v 7._o 60._o st._n petër_fw-la act_n 9_o 40._o sy_n paul_n act_v 20_o 36._o &_o 21._o 5._o 5._o dr._n cave_n prim._n christ._n part_n 1._o c._n 9_o tertull._n de_fw-fr orat._n c._n 12._o p._n 134._o contra_fw-la scripturam_fw-la fecerit_fw-la fi_fw-la quis_fw-la in_o cathedrâ_fw-la aut_fw-la subsellio_n sederit_fw-la factum_fw-la isthud_o irreligiosum_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la exprobramus_fw-la deo_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la ordtio_fw-la fatigaverit_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n 2_o chron._n 6._o 8._o 8._o st._n luke_n 7._o 5._o 5._o st._n jam._n 5._o 16._o 16._o ver._n 17_o 18._o 18._o apol._n 39_o a._n a._n st._n matt._n 18._o 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epist._n ad_fw-la ephes._n p._n 122._o 122._o st._n matt._n 18._o 20._o 20._o st._n luk_n 11._o ver_n 9_o 9_o ver._n 13._o 13._o exod._n 3._o 5._o 5._o joshua_n 5._o 15._o 15._o v._o pool_n synopsis_n on_o exod._n exod._n aynsworth_n on_o exod._n 30._o 19_o 19_o mr._n 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