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that_o be_v clear_a the_o apostle_n meet_v together_o in_o jerusalem_n with_o one_o accord_n as_o christ_n have_v appoint_v and_o the_o cleave_a tongue_n which_o come_v from_o heaven_n sit_v upon_o each_o of_o they_o that_o be_v their_o commission_n to_o take_v their_o bishopric_n upon_o they_o that_o the_o word_n be_v deliver_v unto_o they_o which_o they_o shall_v preach_v and_o elocution_n to_o impart_v that_o word_n to_o every_o kingdom_n and_o language_n that_o be_v as_o clear_v eight_o time_n in_o this_o one_o chapter_n st._n peter_n quote_v the_o scripture_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o with_o divers_a tongue_n according_a to_o the_o capacity_n of_o all_o the_o nation_n and_o language_n that_o be_v meet_v together_o and_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v infuse_v with_o much_o abundance_n at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o be_v as_o clear_a and_o pregnant_a as_o the_o rest_n it_o be_v twice_o go_v over_o in_o my_o text_n both_o in_o the_o beginning_n and_o in_o the_o end_n 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