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ãâã_d cujus_fw-la ignis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o zion_n esay_n 31._o 9_o psal_n 34._o 19_o num._n 12_o 3._o exod._n 7._o 1._o exod._n 3._o 10._o act_n 7._o 35_o act_n 7._o 30._o 1_o sam._n 13._o 14._o ur_fw-la in_o that_o language_n signify_v fire_n and_o show_v we_o this_o lesson_n that_o many_o be_v the_o trouble_n of_o the_o righteous_a though_o the_o lord_n deliver_v they_o out_o of_o all_o what_o think_v you_o of_o moses_n the_o meek_a man_n alive_a before_o he_o can_v become_v a_o god_n to_o pharaoh_n and_o a_o leader_n of_o israel_n he_o must_v be_v wean_v for_o forty_o year_n together_o from_o the_o vice_n of_o egypt_n and_o the_o dalliance_n of_o pharaoh_n court_n what_o say_v you_o to_o david_n the_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n take_v he_o from_o the_o sheepcote_n to_o the_o throne_n and_o you_o shall_v find_v he_o either_o 10._o 1_o sam_n 17_o 36_o 37_o 50_o 51._o 1_o sam._n 19_o 10._o in_o the_o jaw_n of_o the_o lion_n or_o the_o paw_n of_o the_o bear_n or_o the_o sword_n 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