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not_o only_o call_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n but_o because_o they_o be_v in_o so_o great_a place_n and_o set_v about_o so_o good_a work_n god_n have_v be_v please_v to_o put_v upon_o they_o his_o own_o name_n as_o we_o find_v in_o sundry_a place_n of_o scripture_n exod._n 22.28_o thou_o shall_v not_o revile_v the_o god_n nor_o curse_v the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n where_o the_o latter_a expression_n the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n be_v exegetical_a and_o explanative_a of_o the_o former_a the_o god_n and_o according_o the_o chaldee_n translation_n render_v it_o the_o judges_z so_o again_o psalm_n 82.1_o god_n stand_v in_o the_o congregation_n of_o the_o mighty_a and_o judge_v among_o the_o go_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o which_o some_o indeed_o understand_v the_o angel_n as_o 1_o sam._n 28.13_o when_o the_o witch_n have_v raise_v up_o the_o devil_n a_o fall_v angel_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o samuel_n she_o say_v to_o saul_n i_o see_v god_n ascend_v out_o of_o the_o 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