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chap._n i._n of_o natural_a dream_n and_o their_o several_a cause_n pag._n 3._o chap._n ii_o of_o angelical_a dream_n in_o general_n and_o some_o rational_a reflection_n on_o particular_a one_o pag._n 19_o chap._n iii_o of_o divine_a dream_n pag._n 39_o chap._n iu._n the_o character_n by_o which_o they_o may_v know_v that_o those_o dream_n be_v true_o divine_a and_o not_o vain_a delusion_n pag._n 53._o chap._n v._n whether_o god_n do_v make_v use_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o revelation_n by_o dream_n now_o under_o the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o gospel_n pag._n 101._o finis_fw-la