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a_o saint_n or_o a_o angel_n but_o christ_n jesus_n the_o lord_n of_o life_n and_o glory_n himself_o if_o i_o have_v not_o come_v and_o speak_v they_o have_v have_v no_o 22._o sin_n behold_v he_o neither_o sit_v nor_o walk_v nor_o run_v but_o stand_v as_o most_o desirous_a to_o enter_v and_o patient_o expect_v the_o sinner_n 10._o leisure_n behold_v he_o stand_v not_o in_o the_o hall_n parlour_n or_o chamber_n place_n and_o room_n for_o friend_n and_o of_o comfort_n entertainment_n and_o content_a but_o at_o the_o door_n in_o the_o open_a air_n a_o place_n for_o stranger_n and_o enemy_n where_o the_o head_n be_v fill_v with_o dew_n and_o the_o lock_n defile_v with_o the_o drop_n of_o the_o 2._o night_n behold_v he_o stand_v at_o the_o door_n not_o mute_a still_o and_o silent_a but_o most_o friendly_a and_o love_o call_v and_o 24._o knock_v yea_o behold_v all_o these_o together_o and_o as_o the_o prophet_n say_v it_o will_v make_v you_o even_o shout_n for_o wonder_n and_o 9_o joy_n oh_o 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fol._n 365._o &_o 510._o 510._o urbi_fw-la erat_fw-la celeberima_fw-la in_o asia_n ecphras_n pet._n bulleng_fw-mi trecons_n in_o apoealips_n apoealips_n plin._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 29._o 29._o ut_fw-la referâ—_n bulleng_fw-mi in_o ecph._n fol_n 110._o 110._o his_o videtur_fw-la paulâ—s_fw-la predicavisse_fw-la euangelium_fw-la hen._n bulleng_fw-mi in_o apoc_n fol._n 27._o 27._o coloss_n 4._o 16._o 16._o m._n cudworth_n comment_fw-fr on_o gall._n 6._o pag._n 657_o 657_o coloss_n 2._o 1._o 1._o socrates_n eusebius_n alexandrinus_n anatolius_n stephanuâ—_n &_o theodore_n euseb_n pamph._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 32._o 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d populus_fw-la justus_n general_n division_n division_n necplane_n host_n nec_fw-la veer_fw-la amicised_a neutrale_n particular_a division_n sub-division_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o part._n 1._o use_v use_v john_n