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hebraic_n which_o buxt_n adag_n hebraic_n buxtorf_n thus_o translate_v non_fw-la facienda_fw-la sunt_fw-la monumenta_fw-la justis_fw-la sc_fw-la defunctis_fw-la verba_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la monumenta_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la that_o be_v monument_n be_v not_o to_o be_v erect_v to_o the_o righteous_a when_o decease_a their_o word_n be_v their_o monument_n they_o need_v not_o the_o help_n of_o art_n to_o perpetuate_v or_o to_o embalm_v their_o name_n who_o have_v live_v and_o die_v eminent_a example_n of_o piety_n and_o holiness_n for_o they_o shall_v be_v have_v in_o everlasting_a remembrance_n the_o memory_n of_o the_o 6._o psal_n 112._o 6._o just_a be_v bless_v but_o the_o name_n of_o the_o wicked_a shall_v rot_v prov._n 10._o 7._o as_o for_o that_o worthy_a and_o holy_a person_n who_o triumphant_a passage_n through_o death_n into_o the_o joy_n of_o his_o lord_n we_o have_v already_o have_v a_o relation_n of_o it_o may_v be_v question_v whether_o his_o most_o fruitful_a and_o 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