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this_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o his_o apology_n in_o the_o xxvi_o act_n from_o which_o place_n we_o may_v learn_v two_o thing_n which_o be_v very_o considerable_a first_o that_o when_o our_o lord_n appear_v to_o s._n paul_n he_o have_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o discourse_n with_o he_o and_o do_v not_o say_v so_o little_a as_o only_o those_o word_n i_o be_o jesus_n who_o thou_o persecute_v etc._n etc._n but_o add_v those_o word_n which_o follow_v ver_fw-la 16_o 17_o 18._o rise_v and_o stand_v upon_o thy_o foot_n for_o i_o have_v appear_v unto_o thou_o for_o this_o purpose_n to_o make_v thou_o a_o minister_n and_o a_o witness_n both_o of_o these_o thing_n which_o thou_o have_v see_v and_o of_o those_o in_o the_o which_o i_o will_v appear_v unto_o thou_o deliver_v thou_o from_o the_o people_n and_o the_o gentile_n unto_o who_o now_o i_o send_v thou_o to_o open_v their_o eye_n and_o to_o turn_v they_o from_o darkness_n to_o light_n and_o from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n unto_o god_n 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