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13._o 7._o &_o 13._o 17._o numb_a 16._o 1_o 2_o 3._o numb_a 16_o matth._n 23._o 2_o 3._o act_n 1._o 17._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 22._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 18._o act._n 22._o 3._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 6._o â—_o pet._n 3._o 15_o 16._o act_n 2._o 3_o 4._o fox_n the_o quaker_n 1_o tim._n 4._o 13_o 14_o 15_o 16._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 15._o rom._n 12._o 7_o 8._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o 1_o thes_n 5_o 21._o tit._n 1._o 9_o 10_o 11._o tit._n 1._o 12_o 13._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 14._o math._n 10_o 10._o act._n 4._o 37._o act._n 5._o 1_o 2_o 3._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 4_o 5_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 13_o 14._o 2_o cor._n 11_o 8._o gal._n 6._o 6._o luther_n on_o gal._n 6._o ver_fw-la 6._o fol._n 246._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 17_o 18._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 3._o 8_o 9_o 10._o matth._n 23_o 23._o see_v sir_n henry_n spelman_n cancil_n anno_fw-la 855._o 1_o object_n answ_n mal._n 3._o ezek._n 34._o 3._o esa_n 56._o â—0_n 11._o zeph._n 1._o 3_o 4._o 2_o object_n answ_n 3_o object_n answ_n 1_o cor._n 9_o 4._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 20_o 21_o 22_o 23._o act_n 16._o 3._o mind_v 1_n tim_n 4._o 15._o 2_o cor._n 7._o 1._o ephes_n 4._o 24._o colos_n 3._o 10._o act_n 13_o 38_o 39_o rom._n 4._o 5_o 6_o 7._o 2_o cor._n 8_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21._o heb._n 10._o 14._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 3_o 4._o levit._fw-la 16._o 21._o 22_o 23._o mind_v esa_n 53._o 4_o 5_o 6._o dan._n 9_o 24_o 25_o 26._o zach._n 3._o 8_o 9_o joh._n 19_o 30._o colos_n 2._o 13_o 14._o colos_n 1._o 21_o 22._o colos_n 1._o 28._o heb._n 10._o ephes_n 5._o 25_o 26_o 27._o numb_a