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be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o character_n or_o express_v image_n hereby_o be_v also_o denote_v the_o permanence_n and_o subsistence_n of_o the_o deity_n in_o christ_n he_o be_v not_o a_o superficial_a transient_a image_n but_o a_o express_a lively_a subsistant_fw-la and_o essential_a character_n or_o idea_n of_o the_o father_n person_n as_o a_o child_n that_o bear_v the_o image_n of_o his_o father_n and_o partake_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o he_o in_o that_o he_o call_v christ_n distinguat_fw-la christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n expressa_fw-la effigy_n vel_fw-la insculpta_fw-la figura_fw-la in_o speculo_fw-la quidem_fw-la apparet_fw-la imago_fw-la hominis_fw-la feed_v non_fw-la character_n unde_fw-la character_n plus_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la imago_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o gera_n vel_fw-la alia_fw-la quapiam_fw-la re_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la character_n est_fw-la ima_n o_o permanâ—â—s_fw-fr oecolampad_a in_o heb._n 1.3_o character_n praeter_fw-la figuram_fw-la 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