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nay_o in_o the_o 13._o of_o saint_n mark_v and_o 32._o verse_n he_o except_v against_o himself_o to_o leave_v the_o high_a knowledge_n thereof_o to_o his_o father_n of_o that_o day_n and_o hour_n know_v no_o man_n no_o not_o the_o angel_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n neither_o the_o son_n himself_o as_o he_o be_v man_n only_o save_o the_o father_n and_o therefore_o that_o the_o world_n may_v be_v the_o better_o resolve_v in_o this_o point_n in_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o his_o come_n unto_o judgement_n beside_o those_o many_o watchword_n of_o his_o to_o the_o world_n it_o be_v not_o for_o you_o to_o know_v the_o time_n and_o season_n which_o the_o father_n have_v put_v in_o his_o own_o power_n 13.33_o math._n 24.42_o math._n 25.13_o mark_n 13.33_o you_o know_v not_o what_o hour_n your_o master_n will_v come_v you_o know_v not_o the_o day_n nor_o the_o hour_n when_o the_o son_n of_o man_n will_v come_v you_o know_v not_o when_o the_o time_n be_v and_o the_o like_a he_o have_v in_o the_o 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