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the_o sound_n thereof_o into_o their_o own_o country_n into_o parthia_n media_n persia_n mesopotamia_n pontus_n cyrene_n and_o the_o other_o place_n there_o mention_v as_o tâ—rtullian_n above_o true_o say_v atone_v sermon_n act_n 2._o be_v convert_v three_o thousand_o soul_n and_o act_n 4.6_o other_o in_o number_n five_o thousand_o the_o frequent_a sermon_n of_o the_o apostle_n doubtless_o convert_v many_o more_o we_o read_v act._n 21.20_o that_o many_o miriads_n or_o many_o time_n ten_o thousand_o jew_n believe_v if_o the_o apostle_n and_o other_o teach_v the_o gospel_n in_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o it_o please_v god_n to_o work_v wonderful_o with_o they_o as_o we_o read_v in_o express_a scripture_n he_o do_v with_o some_o of_o they_o doubtless_o in_o all_o part_n where_o they_o come_v many_o of_o several_a tribe_n be_v convert_v second_o more_o particular_o for_o the_o ten_o tribe_n first_o many_o of_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n and_o simeon_n fall_v to_o
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god_n servant_n oppress_v they_o these_o one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o year_n and_o not_o bare_o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a and_o in_o all_o this_o time_n god_n have_v have_v witness_n to_o his_o truth_n the_o allusion_n both_o to_o the_o place_n and_o the_o time_n be_v most_o elegant_a and_o comfortable_a they_o that_o suffer_v with_o christ_n shall_v also_o reign_v with_o he_o six_o if_o the_o settle_n of_o the_o day_n one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o count_v they_o so_o many_o year_n as_o above_o be_v faulty_a then_o mr._n archer_n addition_n of_o forty_o five_o year_n unto_o they_o which_o be_v the_o overplus_n of_o one_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o thirty_o five_o day_n by_o he_o count_v year_n dan._n 12.12_o must_v also_o be_v erroneous_a beside_o mr._n archer_n mistake_v by_o make_v those_o forty_o five_o year_n to_o be_v a_o time_n of_o great_a affliction_n to_o the_o jew_n for_o their_o welfare_n begin_v at_o the_o end_n of_o one_o thousand_o two_o 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