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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n be_v not_o in_o isaiah_n 61._o neither_o hebrew_n greek_a nor_o latin_a but_o they_o be_v add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o luke_n as_o some_o conceive_v â—atabl_a and_o other_o read_v they_o uâ—lneratos_fw-la person_n wound_v shatter_a wear_v out_o with_o the_o hard_a bondage_n and_o service_n they_o be_v put_v to_o bondage_n be_v a_o weary_a thing_n at_o the_o best_a but_o when_o a_o man_n be_v such_o a_o slave_n as_o that_o he_o must_v like_v a_o galley_n slave_n work_n like_o a_o horse_n in_o the_o service_n of_o sin_n o_o what_o pain_n sinner_n do_v take_v with_o both_o hand_n earnest_o they_o come_v to_o iniquity_n and_o so_o exhaust_v their_o spirit_n the_o best_a milk_n and_o marrow_n in_o the_o bone_n so_o that_o they_o be_v as_o dry_a stick_n that_o be_v good_a for_o nothing_o and_o yet_o that_o the_o lord_n jesus_n shall_v to_o such_o proclaim_v liberty_n bring_v they_o forth_o that_o be_v able_a to_o do_v he_o no_o service_n 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