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〈◊〉_d seem_v to_o denote_v with_o some_o obscurity_n with_o some_o mistinesse_n or_o as_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor_n 13._o 12._o but_o now_o we_o see_v as_o through_o a_o glass_n dark_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o riddle_n not_o perfect_o and_o full_o now_o as_o we_o shall_v hereafter_o as_o follow_v in_o the_o same_o verse_n for_o than_o we_o shall_v know_v eveâ—_n as_o we_o be_v know_v 1_o cor_n 13._o 12._o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n not_o the_o essential_a glory_n of_o god_n as_o exod_a 33._o 18._o which_o no_o mortal_a man_n can_v see_v and_o live_v ver_fw-la 20._o not_o the_o glorious_a excellency_n of_o christ_n person_n only_o reveal_v or_o discover_v in_o man_n nature_n though_o that_o fundamental_o of_o which_o the_o evangelist_n john_n speak_v so_o glorious_o chap_n 1._o the_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n and_o dwell_v among_o we_o and_o we_o behold_v his_o glory_n as_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o only_o beget_v of_o the_o father_n full_a of_o grace_n and_o truth_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joh_n 1._o 14._o as_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o only_o beget_v of_o the_o father_n that_o be_v be_v indeed_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o only_o beget_v of_o the_o father_n last_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n or_o as_o learned_a beza_n more_o emphatical_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o lord_n the_o spirit_n which_z tremelius_fw-la excellent_o render_v a_o spiritu_fw-la dominatore_fw-la denote_v remarkable_o god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n in_o the_o unity_n of_o essence_n who_o only_o whole_o efficacious_o inward_o and_o spiritual_o change_v all_o his_o saint_n true_o sanctify_v by_o himself_o into_o that_o same_o image_n forementioned_a in_o the_o text._n and_o thus_o brief_o for_o explication_n now_o for_o observation_n not_o to_o involve_v ourselves_o too_o much_o with_o those_o many_o folding_n
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