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erant_fw-la ut_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d oculi_fw-la eorum_fw-la seu_fw-la amasij_fw-la buxtorâ_n in_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d jer._n 2._o 13._o hier._n in_o loc_n see_v diod._n in_o loc_n expos_fw-la 2._o polanus_fw-la in_o loc_n expos_fw-la 3._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d expos_fw-la 4._o calvin_n as_o engl._n and_o scotl._n in_o the_o late_a war_n obs_n hooper_n &_o ridley_n apply_v to_o professor_n now_o expos_fw-la deut._n 25._o 4._o apply_v to_o the_o ten_o tribe_n obs_n 1._o obs_n 2._o vbi_fw-la non_fw-la vident_fw-la quaestum_fw-la rident_fw-la christum_fw-la ubi_fw-la datur_fw-la ut_fw-la edant_fw-la adduci_fw-la possunt_fw-la ut_fw-la credant_fw-la ternov_n in_o loc_n obs_n 3._o all_o our_o life_n we_o shall_v plough_v in_o hope_n in_o duty_n we_o shall_v persevere_v thouh_o there_o be_v no_o present_a comfort_n this_o â1th_a verse_n of_o special_a use_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d expos_fw-la obs_n the_o evil_a of_o bare_a neck_n and_o breast_n black_a 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