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incisionem_fw-la pro_fw-la anima_fw-la non_fw-la dobitis_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la vestra_fw-la you_o shall_v make_v no_o cut_n in_o your_o flesh_n for_o the_o soul_n dead_a so_o psal_n 16.10_o thou_o shall_v not_o leave_v my_o soul_n in_o hell_n i._n e._n i_o dead_a in_o the_o grave_n 2._o these_o soul_n be_v those_o very_a soul_n that_o do_v cry_v under_o the_o altar_n for_o the_o avenge_a of_o theiâ—_n blood_n and_o wait_v for_o the_o redemption_n of_o their_o body_n rev._n 6.9_o 10._o which_o appear_v not_o only_o from_o the_o anaphorical_a article_n here_o twice_o repeat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d illas_fw-la animas_fw-la illorum_fw-la the_o very_a soul_n of_o they_o but_o chief_o from_o the_o identical_a description_n of_o those_o soul_n apoc._n 6_o â—0_n and_o these_o here_o apoc._n 20_o 4._o soul_n of_o they_o that_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o former_a text_n soul_n of_o they_o that_o be_v behead_v in_o this_o viz._n the_o martyr_n of_o the_o first_o period_n under_o the_o 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