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that_o elogium_fw-la of_o calvin_n calvin_n calvin_n non_fw-la aliter_fw-la in_o â—cclesias_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la remotas_fw-la affectus_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la illas_fw-la humeris_fw-la gestaret_fw-la beza_n in_o vita_fw-la calvin_n that_o he_o have_v no_o less_o tenderness_n no_o less_o feel_n even_o of_o remote_a church_n then_o if_o he_o have_v bear_v they_o on_o his_o own_o shoulder_n and_o it_o be_v a_o noble_a resolution_n of_o he_o ne_o decem_o quidom_n maria_fw-la that_o it_o will_v not_o grieve_v he_o to_o sail_v over_o ten_o sea_n to_o settle_v a_o uniform_a draught_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n see_v therefore_o we_o be_v compass_v about_o with_o so_o great_a a_o cloud_n of_o witness_n let_v we_o follow_v the_o direction_n and_o guidance_n of_o it_o as_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n do_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o pillar_n of_o the_o cloud_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o light_n of_o their_o example_n learn_v we_o from_o so_o many_o 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