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kingdom_n of_o heaven_n do_v appertain_v sinite_fw-la parvulos_fw-la venire_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o talium_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la 20._o et_fw-la complectens_fw-la eos_fw-la &_o imponens_fw-la manus_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la benedicebat_fw-la eye_n marc._n 20._o he_o embrace_v they_o with_o a_o admirable_a tenderness_n and_o send_v they_o not_o back_o till_o he_o have_v impose_v his_o hand_n upon_o they_o and_o give_v they_o his_o holy_a benediction_n the_o most_o notable_a cure_n he_o wrought_v be_v of_o young_a people_n epiph._n amat_fw-la christus_fw-la infantiam_fw-la quam_fw-la &_o animo_fw-la suscepit_fw-la &_o corpore_fw-la amat_fw-la christus_fw-la infantiam_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la magistram_fw-la innocentiae_fw-la regulam_fw-la mansuetudinis_fw-la formam_fw-la aug._n scrm._n 8._o de_fw-fr epiph._n such_o be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o king_n who_o be_v ready_a to_o expire_v in_o john_n chap._n 4._o another_o who_o be_v torment_v with_o the_o devil_n 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