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20._o the_o god_n of_o peace_n shall_v tread_v satan_n under_o your_o foot_n short_o the_o grace_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n be_v with_o you_o amen_n errata_fw-la pag._n 4._o c._n 1._o â—_o read_v job._n 36._o 5._o pag._n 18_o col_fw-fr 1._o marg_n read_v mark_n 1._o 24._o 25._o pag._n 21._o c._n 2._o lin_v 15._o read_v bodily_a substance_n of_o pag._n 25._o the_o number_n be_v 19_o for_o 25._o pag._n 30._o c._n 1._o marg_n read_v ezek._n 18._o 27._o pag._n 32._o c._n 1._o marg_n read_v nehem._n 8._o 8._o pag._n 43._o in_o the_o title_n read_v mat._n 4._o 10._o pag._n 47._o c._n 1._o l._n 50._o read_v despise_v a_o table_n of_o the_o place_n of_o scripture_n here_o cite_v the_o first_o number_n note_v the_o chapter_n the_o second_o the_o verse_n the_o three_o the_o page_n the_o letter_n c_o the_o column_n genesis_n chap._n verse_n page_n 2_o 18_o 6._o c._n 2._o 3_o 1_o 7._o c._n 1._o &_o 51._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 4_o 9_o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 5_o 28._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 6_o 37._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 15_o 17._o c._n 1._o 4_o 13_o 11._o c._n 2._o 19_o 1_o 45._o c._n 1._o 22_o 1_o 7._o c._n 2._o 23_o 7_o 45._o c._n 1._o 24_o 63_o 7._o c._n 1._o 33_o 3_o 45._o c._n 1._o exodus_fw-la 2_o 15_o 2._o c._n 2._o 4_o 11._o 12._o 6._o c._n 1._o 12_o 23_o 31._o c._n 2._o 17_o 7_o 33._o c._n 2._o 34_o 28_o 10._o c._n 1._o 35_o 30._o 31._o 6._o c._n 1._o levit._n 24_o 14_o 43._o c._n 1._o 26_o 26_o 21._o c._n 2._o number_n 11_o 29_o 3â—_n c_o 2._o 14_o 22_o 34._o c._n 2._o deut._n 6_o 13_o 44_o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 14_o 44._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 16_o 32._o c._n 1._o &_o 33._o c._n 1._o 8_o 3_o 20._o c._n 1._o 13_o 1_o 37._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 6-9_a 43._o c._n 2._o 34_o 1._o 2._o 36._o c._n 1._o josua_n 5_o 14_o 40._o c._n 1._o judge_n 6_o 17_o 34._o c._n 1._o 20_o 26_o 10._o c._n 1._o 1._o samuel_n 7_o 6._o 10._o c._n 1._o 10_o 9_o 5._o c._n 1._o 17_o 45._o 6._o c._n 1._o 18_o 9_o 11._o 2._o c._n 2._o 26_o 7_o 19_o c._n 2._o 28._o 14_o 37._o c._n 1._o 30_o 6_o 22._o c._n 2._o 31_o 13_o 10._o c._n 1._o 2._o samuel_n 7_o 14_o 48._o c._n 2._o 11._o 2_o 38._o c._n 1._o 23._o 16_o 35._o c._n 1._o 1._o king_n 1_o 39_o 40._o c._n 1._o 17_o 14_o 23._o c._n 1._o 19_o 8_o 10._o c._n 1._o 21_o 9_o 10_o 43._o c._n 1._o 22_o 22._o 3._o c._n 1._o &_o 41._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 31._o 3._o c._n 1._o 2._o king_n 2_o 11_o 3._o c._n 2._o 6_o 17_o 40._o c._n 2._o 19_o 1_o 43._o c._n 1._o 20_o 8_o 34._o c._n 1._o 1._o chron._n 10_o 12_o 10._o c._n 1._o nehem._n 8_o 8_o 32._o c._n 1._o hester_n 4_o 16_o 10._o c._n 1._o job._n 1_o 7_o 39_o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 12_o 4._o c._n 1._o &_o 29._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 19_o 25._o c._n 1._o 2_o 3_o 9_o c._n 1._o 13_o 15_o 23._o c._n 1._o 23_o 10_o 31._o c._n 2._o 27_o 5_o 51._o c._n 1._o 29_o 6_o 23._o c._n 1._o 31_o 1_o 37._o c._n 2._o 36_o 5_o 4._o c._n 1._o psal._n 15_o 4â—_n 39_o c._n 2._o 19_o 13_o 28._o c._n 1._o 27_o 8_o 4._o c._n 1._o 34_o 8_o 34._o c._n 1._o 37_o 5_o 34._o c._n 1._o 42_o 3_o 43._o c._n 1._o 78_o 18._o 19_o 7._o c._n 2._o &_o 33._o c._n 2._o &_o 34._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 22._o 33._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 30._o 31._o 22._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 41._o 34._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 71._o 72._o 5._o c._n 1._o 84_o 1._o 2._o 3._o 53._o c._n 1._o 91_o 11_o 30._o c._n 1._o &_o 31._o c._n 2._o 95_o 9_o 33._o c._n 1._o 101_o 7_o 43._o c._n 1._o 105_o 16._o 17._o 31._o c._n 2._o 119_o 11_o 19_o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 37_o 37._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 71_o 31._o c._n 2._o 120_o 5_o 53._o c._n 1._o 137_o 1._o 5._o 6._o 53._o c._n 1._o 147_o 18._o 20._o c._n 2._o prou._n 1_o 10_o 5._o c._n 1._o 4_o 23_o 37._o c._n 2._o 10_o 19_o 31._o c._n 1._o 13_o 20_o 5._o c._n 1._o 16_o 3_o 23._o c._n 1._o 19_o 27_o 43._o c._n 2._o 22_o 24_o 5._o c._n 1._o eccles._n 4._o 10_o 6._o c._n 2._o 9_o 2_o 25._o c._n 1._o isai._n 1_o 14._o 15._o 47._o c._n 2._o 3_o 1._o 21._o c._n 2._o 7_o 11._o 12._o 13._o 34._o c._n 1._o 11_o 6._o 7._o 8._o 11._o c._n 1._o 30_o 21_o 28._o c._n 2._o 37_o 36_o 40._o c._n 2._o 40_o 3_o 11._o c._n 1._o 66_o 3_o â—8_o c._n 1._o jerem._n 13_o 4_o 24._o c._n 1._o ezek._n 8_o 3_o 24._o c._n 1._o 9_o 4._o 6._o 31._o c._n 2._o 18_o 27_o 30._o c._n 1._o 40_o 2_o 36._o c._n 1._o daniel_n 4_o 22_o 40._o c._n 2._o 10_o 2._o 3._o 10._o c._n 1._o hosea_n 4_o 1._o 2._o 19_o c._n 2._o micha_n 6_o 6._o 7._o 8._o 48._o c._n 1._o habacuck_n 1_o 2._o 3._o 49._o c._n 1._o 2_o 3_o 49._o c._n 1._o haggai_n 1_o 6_o 21._o c._n 2._o zacharie_n 3_o 1_o 3._o c._n 1._o &_o 26._o c._n 2._o &_o 41._o c._n 1._o 13_o 4_o 37._o c._n 1._o malac._n 3_o 10_o 33._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 15_o 34._o c._n 2._o matth._n 5_o 21_o 25._o c._n 2._o 7_o 24._o 25._o 14._o c._n 1._o 8_o 23._o 24._o 2._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 32_o 4._o c._n 1._o 12_o 38_o 34._o c._n 1._o 13_o 39_o 41._o c._n 1._o 15_o 22_o 24._o c._n 2._o 16_o 23_o 13._o c._n 2._o &_o 43._o c._n 2._o 17_o 15_o 14._o c._n 2._o 23_o 13._o 14._o 25._o c._n 2._o 25_o 1._o 2._o 28._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 41_o 50._o c._n 1._o mark_n 1_o 12_o 3._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 17_o 5._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 24._o 25._o 18._o c._n 1._o 5_o 5_o 6._o c._n 2._o 6_o 41._o 52._o 53._o c._n 2._o 15_o 32._o 28._o c._n 2._o luke_n 2_o 52_o 6._o c._n 1._o 4_o 1_o 3._o c._n 1._o &_o 5._o 2._o  _fw-fr 3_o 11._o c._n 2._o &_o 18._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 5_o 38._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 13_o 50._o c._n 1._o &_o 51._o c._n 1._o 5_o 16_o 7._o c._n 1._o 9_o 23_o 24._o c._n 1._o 11_o 16_o 34_o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 42_o 28._o c._n 2._o 12_o 19_o 22._o c._n 1._o 13_o 16_o 24._o c._n 2._o 16_o 19_o 20._o 23._o c._n 1._o 18_o 22_o 7._o c._n 2._o 21_o 34_o 10._o c._n 1._o 22_o 31_o 3._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 43_o 52._o c._n 2._o 23_o 8_o 28._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 42_o 30._o c._n 1._o john_n 1_o 1_o 20._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 51_o 52._o c._n 1._o 3_o 16_o 35._o c._n 2._o 4_o 44_o 52._o c._n 1._o 6_o 53_o 12._o c._n 1._o 8_o 44_o 13._o c._n 1._o 13_o 27_o 8._o c._n 1._o 14_o 30_o 49._o c._n 1._o 16_o 22_o 16._o c._n 1._o acts._n 4_o 13_o 5._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 24._o 25._o 3._o c._n 2._o 8_o 21._o 35._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 39_o 40._o 3._o c._n 2._o 9_o 9_o 10._o c._n 1._o 13_o 10_o 9_o c._n 2._o 13._o c._n 2._o 15_o 10_o 34._o c._n 1._o 16_o 17._o 18._o 18._o c._n 1._o 20_o 22._o 4._o c._n 2._o 27_o 33_o 10._o c._n 1._o rom._n 3_o 24_o 48._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 28_o 48._o c._n 1._o 6_o 1_o 27._o c._n 2._o 8_o 14_o 4._o c._n 1._o 1._o cor._n 2_o 5_o 33._o c._n 1._o 4_o 9_o 4._o c._n 1._o 10_o 13_o 4._o c._n 1._o &_o 49._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 20_o 42._o c._n 1._o 2._o cor._n 1_o 4_o 3._o c._n 1._o 2_o 7._o 11._o 28._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 11_o 31._o c._n 1._o 3_o 6_o 5._o c._n 1._o 4_o 4_o 42._o c._n 1._o 10_o 4._o 5._o 48._o c._n 2._o galat._n 2_o 16_o 48._o c._n 1._o 5_o 25_o 39_o c._n 2._o ephes._n 2_o 2_o 9_o c._n 1._o 4_o 13_o 28._o c._n 1._o  _fw-fr 27_o 18._o c._n 2._o 6_o 11_o 2._o c._n 2._o  _fw-fr 17_o 19_o c._n 1._o philip._n 3_o 8_o 16._o c._n