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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nazian_n tom._n 1._o pag._n 633._o say_v nazianzene_n he_o answer_v that_o which_o cut_v off_o a_o uncurable_a person_n though_o god_n have_v do_v what_o be_v fit_a for_o his_o recoverte_a which_o you_o may_v expound_v by_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n cuncta_fw-la prius_fw-la tentanda_fw-la sed_fw-la immedicabile_fw-la unlnus_fw-la ense_n recidendum_fw-la est_fw-la when_o mild_a physic_n will_v do_v no_o good_a we_o must_v come_v to_o sear_v and_o cut_v off_o a_o rot_a member_n after_o god_n complaint_n what_o can_v i_o have_v do_v for_o my_o vine_n which_o i_o have_v not_o do_v the_o next_o news_n we_o hear_v be_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o vine_n and_o the_o instrument_n of_o desolation_n be_v the_o axe_n by_o the_o axe_n some_o understand_v god_n own_o hand_n some_o the_o army_n of_o the_o roman_n both_o say_v true_a for_o both_o do_v concur_v god_n hand_n intelligible_o and_o the_o roman_n sensible_o but_o if_o we_o parallel_v this_o place_n with_o that_o in_o 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