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may_v declare_v himself_o in_o leviathan_n hence_o note_n the_o part_n power_n and_o comely_a proportion_n of_o the_o creature_n clear_o evidence_n the_o excellency_n of_o god_n the_o lord_n chief_o proclaim_v his_o own_o name_n when_o he_o proclaim_v the_o name_n of_o leviathan_n rom._n 1.20_o the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o he_o from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v clear_o see_v be_v understand_v by_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v even_o his_o eternal_a power_n and_o godhead_n the_o unseen_a god_n have_v make_v all_o thing_n that_o he_o may_v be_v see_v in_o they_o when_o he_o make_v a_o comment_n upon_o his_o own_o work_n why_o be_v it_o but_o that_o he_o may_v make_v a_o comment_n upon_o himself_o and_o expound_v his_o own_o glory_n in_o they_o and_o as_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v see_v in_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n so_o in_o the_o work_n of_o providence_n and_o he_o have_v therefore_o make_v so_o many_o declaration_n of_o they_o to_o we_o that_o 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