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21_o &_o 22._o sr_n walt._n raleigh_n lib._n 5._o pag._n 374_o &_o 393._o by_o their_o oracle_n if_o good_a historian_n may_v be_v credit_v even_o by_o those_o of_o the_o sibyl_n which_o be_v of_o great_a esteem_n for_o sanctity_n but_o the_o frame_n of_o scripture_n be_v according_a to_o godliness_n piety_n sparkle_v in_o every_o leaf_n and_o throughout_o the_o whole_a there_o run_v a_o constant_a exaltation_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n well_o nigh_o all_o sort_n of_o poem_n to_o instance_n in_o they_o with_o which_o we_o meet_v in_o humane_a writing_n have_v their_o parallel_n in_o the_o canonical_a book_n but_o they_o be_v such_o as_o carry_v in_o they_o a_o genius_n and_o strain_n of_o godliness_n far_o beyond_o any_o thing_n that_o occur_v in_o the_o poem_n of_o man_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d song_n of_o victory_n but_o such_o as_o exalt_v not_o the_o prowess_n of_o man_n but_z the_o glory_n of_o god_n so_o exodus_fw-la the_o fifteen_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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