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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d minister_a spirit_n send_v out_o to_o minister_v unto_o they_o which_o shall_v be_v heir_n of_o salvation_n send_v out_o to_o minister_v unto_o they_o when_o they_o be_v alive_a send_v out_o to_o carry_v their_o soul_n as_o they_o do_v that_o of_o lazarus_n into_o abraham_n bosom_n when_o they_o be_v decease_v send_v out_o to_o gather_v the_o elect_n together_o from_o the_o four_o wind_n and_o when_o the_o joyful_a sentence_n be_v pronounce_v upon_o they_o they_o leave_v they_o not_o till_o they_o have_v bring_v they_o to_o their_o place_n in_o the_o heavenly_a glory_n it_o be_v not_o only_a colligite_fw-la gather_v they_o together_o but_o congregate_v in_o horreum_fw-la meum_fw-la in_o our_o saviour_n parable_n gather_v the_o wheat_n into_o my_o barn_n that_o be_v to_o say_v as_o he_o expound_v himself_o in_o another_o place_n in_fw-la gaudium_fw-la domini_fw-la 25.23_o into_o the_o joy_n of_o the_o lord_n regnum_fw-la a_o constitutione_n mundi_fw-la paratum_fw-la 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