exercitat_fw-la vii_o of_o the_o divers_a way_n how_o god_n reveal_v himself_o extraordinary_o to_o his_o church_n p._n 43_o exercitat_fw-la viii_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o word_n write_v p._n 61_o exercitat_fw-la viiii_o of_o the_o singular_a prerogative_n which_o the_o secretary_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v who_o write_v the_o scripture_n p._n 65_o exercitat_fw-la ix_o argument_n prove_v the_o scripture_n to_o be_v divine_a p._n 76_o exercitat_fw-la x._o in_o what_o language_n the_o scripture_n be_v write_v p._n 88_o exercitat_fw-la xi_o of_o the_o style_n of_o the_o scripture_n p._n 101_o exercitat_fw-la xii_o that_o the_o hebrew_n text_n be_v not_o corrupt_v p._n 109_o exercitat_fw-la xiii_o that_o no_o canonical_a book_n be_v perish_v p._n 117_o exercitat_fw-la xiiii_o that_o the_o point_n be_v not_o original_o with_o the_o letter_n from_o the_o beginning_n p._n 124_o exercitat_fw-la xv._o of_o the_o mean_n which_o god_n have_v use_v to_o make_v the_o scripture_n plain_a unto_o we_o as_o of_o translation_n of_o scripture_n p._n 131_o of_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o seventy_o p._n 143_o of_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a translation_n p._n 152_o of_o paraphrase_v of_o scripture_n p._n 158_o of_o interpretation_n of_o scripture_n p._n 162_o exercitat_fw-la xvi_o of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o scripture_n p._n 163_o exercitat_fw-la xvii_o of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o psalm_n p._n 166_o of_o the_o inscription_n of_o the_o psalm_n p._n 168_o exercitat_fw-la xviii_o of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o law_n in_o haphtaroth_fw-la and_o parashoth_v p._n 173_o exercitat_fw-la xix_o of_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n p._n 177_o the_o table_n of_o the_o place_n of_o scripture_n clear_v in_o this_o book_n the_o first_o number_n show_v the_o chapter_n the_o second_o the_o verse_n and_o the_o three_o the_o page_n genesis_n ca._n ver_fw-la pag._n 2_o 24_o 161_o 3_o 1_o 138_o  _fw-fr 21_o 160_o 4_o 26_o 159_o 9_o 4_o 41_o 12_o 5_o 161_o 22_o 17_o 133_o 31_o 4_o 92_o 32_o 26_o 160_o  _fw-fr 32_o 40_o 34_o 30_o 103_o 36_o 24_o 86_o 37_o 7_o 48_o 47_o 25_o 125_o 48_o 7_o 106_o  _fw-fr 17_o 4_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 5_o 40_o 3_o 161_o  _fw-fr 37_o ibid_fw-la exod._n 1_o 8_o 130_o 3_o 2_o 44_o 4_o 24_o ibid_fw-la 10_o 17_o 103_o 11_o 5_o 29_o  _fw-fr 10_o 2_o  _fw-fr 12_o 2_o 12_o 11_o 134_o  _fw-fr 34_o 1_o 13_o 19_o 160_o 16_o 15_o 134_o 17_o 27_o 50_o 21_o 8_o 128_o 24_o 8_o 180_o  _fw-fr 9_o 146_o 28_o 30_o 51_o  _fw-fr 43_o 89_o 31_o 12_o 113_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 114_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 115_o 33_o 13_o 28_o leviticus_n 5_o 1_o 103_o 7_o 27_o 41_o 17_o 7_o 45_o 19_o 23_o 35_o number_n 16_o 30_o 138_o 19_o 20_o 103_o 21_o 14_o 120_o 24_o 3_o 139_o 20_o 11_o 167_o  _fw-fr 55_o 55_o 27_o 21_o 45_o deutero_fw-la 4_o 27_o 103_o 11_o 12_o 2_o 16_o 3_o 2_o 22_o 4_o 103_o 25_o 16_o 161_o 37_o 26_o 134_o 20_o 11_o 80_o joshua_n 8_o 12_o 128_o 13_o 22_o 138_o 14_o 15_o 137_o judg._n 7_o 15_o 162_o 16_o 17_o 70_o 20_o 18_o 54_o  _fw-fr 23_o 56_o 1_o sam._n 6_o 6_o 134_o 14_o 19_o 55_o  _fw-fr 37_o 54_o 15_o 4_o 161_o 16_o 6_o 69_o 18_o 10_o 74_o 20_o 20_o 182_o 21_o 25_o 103_o 23_o 2_o 54_o  _fw-fr 9_o ibid_fw-la  _fw-fr 12_o 52_o 26_o 12_o 27_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 48_o 28_o 8_o 50_o 2_o sam._n 3_o 29_o 71_o 5_o 33_o 53_o 6_o 6_o 134_o 7_o 12_o 182_o  _fw-fr 19_o ibid_fw-la 2_o 43_o 27_o 23_o 8_o 137_o  _fw-fr 10_o 27_o 1_o king_n 3_o 5_o 62_o 4_o 32_o 120_o  _fw-fr 29_o 26_o  _fw-fr 33_o 120_o 10_o 18_o 30_o  _fw-fr 22_o 31_o 21_o 20_o 55_o 22_o 35_o 103_o  _fw-fr 49_o 128_o 2_o king_n 4_o 27_o 68_o 8_o 10_o 128_o 9_o 11_o 73_o 18_o 26_o 92_o 1_o chron._n 3_o 5_o 88_o 11_o 11_o 137_o 13_o 3_o 53_o  _fw-fr 36_o 166_o 17_o 2_o 69_o 29_o 29_o 121_o 2_o cron._n 29_o 30_o 167_o 33_o 19_o 122_o ezra_n 2_o 63_o 59_o 4_o 2_o 128_o nehem._n 7_o 65_o 59_o 8_o 8_o 124_o esth_n 9_o 32_o 99_o 10_o 2_o 78_o job._n 4_o 6_o 104_o  _fw-fr 18_o 140_o 12_o 20_o 101_o 13_o 1_o 47_o 23_o 9_o 160_o 24_o 20_o 29_o 28_o 28_o 22_o psal_n 7_o 12_o 105_o 14_o 10_o ibid_fw-la 18_o 42_o 127_o 22_o 12_o 179_o 41_o 13_o 166_o 45_o 1_o 72_o  _fw-fr 2_o 32_o 47_o 30_o 166_o 74_o 3_o 103_o 78_o 25_o 2_o 81_o 5_o 93_o 86_o 13_o 138_o 103_o 7_o 28_o 114_o 1_o 39_o 116_o 6_o 138_o 118_o 19_o 169_o  _fw-fr 22_o ibid._n  _fw-fr 25_o ibid._n 119_o 9_o 6_o  _fw-fr 16_o 169_o 121_o 1_o ibid._n  _fw-fr 8_o 29_o 137_o 2_o 119_o prover_n 1_o 4_o 138_o  _fw-fr 22_o ibid_fw-la 4_o 3_o 130_o 13_o 23_o 51_o 16_o 10_o 57_o 19_o 7_o 128_o 23_o 26_o 128_o 25_o 1_o 121_o 31_o 4_o 128_o  _fw-fr 29_o 5_o eccles_n 3_o 4_o 128_o 7_o 22_o 38_o 12_o 12_o 74_o cant._n 4_o 5_o 159_o esay_n 3_o 2_o 138_o 6_o 1_o 47_o 6_o 9_o 184_o 8_o 1_o 79_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 118_o 10_o 8_o 65_o  _fw-fr 19_o 103_o 19_o 18_o 8_o 24_o 5_o 39_o 29_o 11_o 89_o 38_o 1_o 55_o 39_o 21_o 107_o 41_o 22_o 79_o 42_o 15_o 11_o 62_o 11_o 186_o jere._n 10_o 11_o 84_o 15_o 1_o 164_o  _fw-fr 19_o 68_o 31_o 15_o 183_o  _fw-fr 39_o 128_o 36_o 2_o 73_o  _fw-fr 17_o 74_o 39_o 3_o 97_o 40_o 1_o 107_o 47_o 15_o 103_o 51_o 3_o 129_o ezek._n 3_o 27_o 44_o 12_o 16_o 103_o 13_o 9_o 27_o 28_o 3_o 31_o 33_o 35_o 41_o dan._n 7_o 9_o 46_o 8_o 17_o 47_o  _fw-fr 27_o 44_o 5_o 25_o 89_o hose_n 1_o 1_o 75_o 2_o 16_o 37_o 4_o 11_o 113_o 9_o 7_o 71_o joel._n 2_o 28_o 49_o jonah_n 3_o 4_o 55_o 4_o 6_o 135_o mich._n 3_o 6_o 58_o nahum_n 3_o 8_o 135_o habak_n 2_o 2_o 118_o zeph._n 3_o 8_o 110_o hagg._n 1_o 8_o 58_o 2_o 9_o 59_o zach._n 9_o 9_o 186_o 11_o 24_o 103_o 12_o 10_o 113_o matth._n 1_o 1_o 82_o  _fw-fr 5_o 97_o 2_o 23_o 165_o 5_o 4_o 136_o  _fw-fr 29_o 179_o 6_o 23_o 117_o 7_o 1_o 179_o  _fw-fr 12_o 33_o  _fw-fr 16_o 31_o  _fw-fr 25_o 136_o 10_o 16_o 138_o 11_o 11_o 103_o 13_o 25_o 139_o 19_o 24_o 96_o 21_o 41_o 38_o 22_o 37_o 31_o  _fw-fr 40_o 165_o 26_o 26_o 180_o  _fw-fr 30_o 170_o  _fw-fr 39_o 103_o 27_o 46_o 123_o mark_n 5_o 4_o 134_o 14_o 3_o 139_o 16_o 5_o 46_o luk._n 10_o 11_o 167_o 11_o 7_o 161_o 13_o 36_o 179_o 18_o 12_o 176_o john_n 1_o 5_o 99_o  _fw-fr 9_o 39_o  _fw-fr 18_o 44_o  _fw-fr 29_o 103_o 3_o 12_o 88_o 7_o 37_o 174_o 8_o 17_o 110_o 9_o 24_o 186_o 10_o 1_o 100_o  _fw-fr 35_o 83_o 13_o 18_o 186_o 17_o 3_o 21_o 19_o 39_o 183_o 20_o 28_o 4_o act._n 2_o 4_o 70_o 3_o 16_o 26_o  _fw-fr 24_o 164_o 6_o 9_o 138_o 7_o 27_o 27_o 8_o 32_o 137_o 9_o 2_o 96_o 13_o 8_o 132_o  _fw-fr 15_o 162_o 15_o 21_o 42_o 16_o 10_o 162_o 19_o 9_o 139_o  _fw-fr 23_o 136_o 21_o 4_o 69_o rom._n 9_o 21_o 103_o 12_o 20_o 179_o 14_o 23_o 37_o 1_o cor._n 8_o 9_o 183_o 13_o 1_o 2_o 14_o 11_o 131_o 2_o cor._n 7_o 8_o 69_o 8_o 15_o 188_o 10_o 10_o 110_o gala._n 1_o 12_o 65_o 2_o 14_o 70_o 3_o 10_o 134_o 6_o 6_o 21_o ephes_n 1_o 4_o 79_o 3_o 8_o 8_o 26_o 20_o 8_o 5_o 13_o 56_o philip._n 2_o 25_o 136_o colos_n 2_o 16_o 174_o 1_o thess_n 2_o 13_o 76_o 4_o 4_o 103_o 1_o timot._n 5_o 23_o 9_o 2_o timot._n 1_o 15_o 168_o 4_o 20_o 67_o heb._n 7_o 2_o 90_o  _fw-fr 17_o 16_o 10_o 28_o 60_o 11_o 22_o 116_o 12_o 21_o 44_o james._n 4_o 6_o 83_o 9_o 4_o 135_o 2_o pet._n 1_o 19_o 67_o  _fw-fr 21_o 68_o 5_o 3_o 137_o 1_o joh._n 2_o 16_o 13_o jud._n  _fw-fr 9_o 96_o revel_n 1_o 14_o 49_o 15_o 3_o 172_o 18_o 3_o 104_o 22_o 1_o 3_o a_o table_n of_o the_o chief_a hebrew_n word_n explain_v in_o this_o book_n ×_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 41_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 58_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 56_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 27_o ב_n ב_n 75_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 30_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 161_o × _n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 99_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 87_o ×—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d demonst_a 51_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d locate_v 138_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 30_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 171_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 86_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 140_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 172_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 102_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 168_o ×–_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
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from_o noah_n send_v forth_o the_o dove_n out_o of_o the_o ark_n and_o that_o this_o history_n be_v know_v of_o old_a among_o the_o heathen_a we_o may_v perceive_v because_o the_o dove_n and_o the_o raven_n be_v call_v the_o messenger_n of_o the_o god_n by_o the_o heathen_a poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d example_n 2._o gen._n 36.24_o this_o be_v anah_n who_o find_v out_o hajemim_a mule_n in_o the_o wilderness_n other_o read_v it_o jaminâ—_n water_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o because_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o find_v out_o the_o right_a translation_n of_o the_o word_n some_o translate_n it_o mule_n and_o some_o translate_n it_o water_v the_o heathen_a make_v up_o a_o notable_a lie_n on_o the_o jew_n say_v when_o anah_n be_v feed_v his_o ass_n in_o the_o wilderness_n because_o the_o mule_n and_o ass_n find_v out_o water_n in_o the_o wilderness_n for_o they_o to_o