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be_v a_o flame_n and_o the_o house_n of_o joseph_n a_o fire_n not_o â—â—â—â—substant_a be_v into_o fire_n and_o flame_n as_o a_o papist_n may_v prove_v as_o well_o out_o of_o this_o text_n as_o he_o have_v the_o corporeal_a presence_n of_o christ_n out_o of_o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la meum_fw-la this_o be_v my_o body_n but_o by_o way_n of_o similitute_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o effect_n that_o shall_v follow_v for_o they_o shall_v consume_v the_o house_n of_o edom_n who_o god_n will_v make_v as_o stubble_n for_o they_o easy_a to_o take_v fire_n it_o be_v balaams_n prophecy_n of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n then_o in_o distress_n 23.24_o num._n 23.24_o behold_v the_o people_n shall_v rise_v up_o as_o a_o great_a lion_n and_o lift_v up_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d a_o young_a lion_n he_o shall_v not_o lie_v down_o till_o he_o eat_v of_o the_o prey_n and_o drink_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o slay_a which_o be_v begin_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o moses_n continue_v by_o joshuah_n further_o 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