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himself_o in_o samuel_n body_n orthodoxus_n i_o wonder_v you_o will_v be_v so_o confident_a in_o impossibility_n 1._o for_o samuel_n he_o die_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n creation_n codmanni_n three_o thousand_o sixty_o eight_o and_o saul_n he_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o year_n three_o thousand_o and_o seventy_o so_o that_o there_o be_v full_o two_o year_n and_o better_a between_o samuel_n death_n 4._o and_o these_o desperate_a deal_n of_o saul_n 39_o now_o then_o if_o lazarus_n body_n lie_v but_o four_o day_n dead_a in_o the_o grave_n be_v subject_a to_o stink_a the_o body_n of_o samuel_n lie_v dead_a three_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o day_n at_o the_o least_o must_v much_o more_o be_v subject_a to_o corruption_n and_o rottenness_n and_o therefore_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a the_o