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de_fw-fr eccles_n mil._n c._n 2._o §._o nostra_fw-la autem_fw-la ibid._n in_o gen._n c._n 7._o psal._n 53._o 5._o ezek._n 3._o 17._o act_n 20._o 28._o act_n 19_o 32._o hom._n 9_o in_o ephes._n tho._n 2_o 2._o 9_o 183._o a._n 2._o ad_fw-la 3._o aphoris_n 84._o in_o psal_n 99_o hom._n 9_o in_o eph._n tho._n p._n 1._o q._n 31._o â—_o 1._o 2._o philo_z apud_fw-la tho._n â—_o 2._o q._n 183._o d._n 2_o 3_o psal._n 120._o 5._o verse_n 2_o â—n_v psal._n 99_o sallust_n in_o coniur._n caâ—â—l_n epist._n 252._o ibid._n s._n luk._n 9_o 55._o tho._n 2._o 2_o q._n 29._o a._n 2._o 4._o ibid._n psal._n 127._o 2._o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr doct._n christiana_n prolo_fw-la lapide_fw-la ibid._n epist._n ad_fw-la philedelph_n psal._n 2._o 3._o in_o psal_n 2._o verse_n 4._o verse_n 9_o hom._n 9_o in_o eph._n exerc._n 365._o §._o 1._o judg._n 4._o judg._n 5._o 8._o par._n 3._o pastor_n curae_fw-la ad._n 23._o â—_o thess._n 3._o 16._o