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the_o 1_o sam._n twelve_o 25_o but_o if_o you_o shall_v still_o do_v wicked_o you_o shall_v be_v consume_v both_o you_o and_o your_o king_n sermon_n iii_o john_n two_o 4_o woman_n what_o have_v i_o to_o do_v with_o thou_o i_o hour_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v sermon_n iv._o on_o wednesday_n before_o easter_n dan._n ix_o 26_o and_o after_o threescore_o and_o two_o week_n shall_v messiah_n be_v cut_v off_o but_o not_o for_o himself_o sermon_n v._o on_o good_a friday_n zech._n xiii_o 6_o and_o one_o shall_v say_v unto_o he_o what_o be_v these_o wound_n in_o thy_o hand_n then_o shall_v he_o answer_v those_o with_o which_o i_o be_v wound_v in_o the_o house_n of_o my_o friend_n sermon_n vi_o on_o easter-day_n rom._n viij_o 11_o but_o if_o the_o spirit_n of_o he_o that_o raise_v up_o jesus_n from_o the_o dead_a dwell_v in_o you_o he_o that_o raise_v up_o christ_n from_o the_o dead_a shall_v also_o quicken_v your_o mortal_a body_n by_o his_o spirit_n that_o dwell_v in_o you_o sermon_n vii_o on_o 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