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rupture_n for_o else_o he_o will_v not_o have_v impute_v it_o to_o a_o ibid._n divine_a virtue_n as_o he_o do_v and_o more_o full_o and_o express_o in_o another_o place_n he_o declare_v his_o mind_n thus_o 31._o the_o effect_n of_o thunder_n if_o you_o consider_v they_o well_o be_v of_o that_o wonderful_a nature_n that_o we_o can_v possible_o doubt_v but_o that_o there_o be_v a_o divine_a subtle_a power_n in_o they_o and_o then_o he_o proceed_v particular_o to_o reckon_v up_o the_o strange_a phaenomena_n of_o this_o sort_n of_o meteor_n which_o indeed_o be_v very_o surprise_v and_o amaze_a and_o will_v be_v think_v altogether_o incredible_a if_o several_a other_o writer_n of_o good_a note_n have_v not_o attest_v the_o same_o and_o if_o at_o this_o very_a day_n we_o have_v not_o instance_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o reality_n of_o they_o this_o naturalist_n add_v further_a that_o thunder_n be_v make_v partly_o to_o scare_n and_o affright_v the_o world_n this_o terrible_a noise_n say_v 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