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friend_n letter_n how_o i_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o satisfy_v he_o or_o your_o judgement_n in_o what_o i_o have_v write_v i_o know_v not_o however_o i_o have_v satisfy_v both_o your_o desire_n and_o he_o in_o writing_n and_o shall_v rest_v your_o brother_n and_o servant_n in_o the_o lord_n novemb_n 2._o 1652._o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la votum_fw-la soli_fw-la deo_fw-la fit_a sed_fw-la promissio_fw-la potest_fw-la fieri_fw-la etiam_fw-la homini_fw-la acquit_v 2._o 2._o q._n 88_o 5._o ad_fw-la 3._o 3._o promissio_fw-la deo_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la essentia_fw-la voti_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n psal._n 76._o 11._o 11._o num._n 21._o 2._o judg._n 11._o 30._o 1_o sam._n 11._o 25._o 25._o judg._n 11._o 36._o psal._n 56._o 11._o 11._o sponsio_fw-la quâ_fw-la obligamur_fw-la deo_fw-la cic._n 2._o leg._n leg._n jurare_fw-la nihll_n est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la deum_fw-la testem_fw-la invocare_fw-la aq._n 2._o 2._o qu._n 89._o 1._o ex_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la apost_n serm._n r._n 28._o quod_fw-la affirmas_fw-la si_fw-la deo_fw-la testae_fw-la promiseris_fw-la id_fw-la tenendum_fw-la est_fw-la cic._n 3._o the_o offic_n offic_n gen._n 31._o 50._o judge_n 11._o 10._o mal._n 2._o 14._o 14._o rom._n 1._o 9_o 1_o thes._n 1._o 5._o 5._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 23._o phil._n 1._o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 7._o 2._o 2._o rom._n 7._o 2._o 2._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 4._o 4._o num._n 30._o 3._o 3._o quod_fw-la initio_fw-la vitiosum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la tractu_fw-la temporis_fw-la convalescere_fw-la l._n 29._o f._n de_fw-fr reg._n ju_fw-la diu._n diu._n in_o stipulationibus_fw-la id_fw-la tempus_fw-la spectatur_fw-la quo_fw-la contrahiâ—us_fw-la i._o 18._o f._n eodem_fw-la eodem_fw-la rom._n 7._o 23._o 23._o vota_fw-la uxorum_fw-la vel_fw-la servorum_fw-la exequenda_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la fuerint_fw-la svi_fw-la juris_fw-la mariti_fw-la vel_fw-la domini_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la irritare_fw-la nau._n man._n num._n 65._o &_o alios_fw-la alios_fw-la mat._n 5._o 28._o 28._o prov._n 5._o 18._o eccles._n 9_o 9_o 9_o prov._n 5._o 19_o 19_o josh_n 9_o 14_o etc._n etc._n etc._n ibid._n ver_fw-la 19_o 2_o sam._n 21._o 1_o â—_o senec._n 1._o dâ—_n clem._n 24._o