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p._n 8._o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o sense_n of_o its_o natural_a rest_v p._n 9_o 10._o 2._o the_o part_n of_o the_o text._n 1_o the_o earthquake_n p._n 12._o 2_o the_o greatness_n of_o it_o 13._o by_o 1._o shake_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o prison_n ibid._n by_o 2._o immediate_n open_v of_o the_o door_n 14._o by_o 3._o loose_v the_o prisoner_n bond_n ibid._n 3_o the_o suddenness_n of_o it_o 15._o 3._o doctrine_n i._o god_n many_o time_n work_v wonder_n for_o the_o deliverance_n of_o his_o suffer_a saint_n in_o order_n to_o the_o propagate_a of_o the_o gospel_n 15_o 16_o 17_o ii_o god_n need_v not_o length_n of_o time_n to_o do_v the_o most_o great_a and_o wonderful_a work_n the_o suddenness_n of_o the_o late_a earthquake_n 18_o 19_o 20._o iii_o though_o a_o earthquake_n sudden_o come_v and_o quick_o go_v &_o nothing_o be_v destroy_v thereby_o yet_o it_o be_v and_o may_v be_v true_o call_v a_o great_a earthquake_n 8_o question_n to_o such_o as_o think_v the_o late_a earthquake_n 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