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our_o head_n we_o must_v not_o refuse_v it_o nor_o repine_v at_o his_o disposal_n of_o we_o 3._o and_o their_o sorrow_n for_o christ_n departure_n be_v the_o great_a because_o they_o have_v so_o little_a foresight_n of_o his_o resurrection_n and_o return_n it_o be_v strange_a to_o see_v how_o dark_a they_o be_v in_o these_o article_n of_o the_o faith_n for_o all_o their_o long_a converse_n with_o christ_n and_o his_o plain_a foretell_v they_o his_o death_n and_o resurrection_n and_o how_o much_o of_o their_o teach_n christ_n reserve_v to_o the_o spirit_n after_o his_o departure_n from_o they_o joh._n 12_o 16._o luk._n 18.31.32.33.34_o then_o take_v he_o unto_o he_o the_o twelve_o and_o say_v unto_o they_o behold_v we_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v write_v by_o the_o prophet_n concern_v the_o son_n of_o man_n shall_v be_v accomplish_v for_o he_o shall_v be_v deliver_v unto_o the_o gentile_n and_o shall_v be_v mock_v and_o spiteful_o entreat_v and_o spit_v 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