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desensio_fw-la sentent_fw-fr c._n 10._o investig_fw-mi sabb._n cap._n 4._o cap._n 10._o cap._n 3._o anno_fw-la 5._o and_o 6._o of_o edward_n 6._o cap._n 3._o heylius_n geogr._n in_o france_n rogerâ—_n on_o the_o articleâ—_n art_n 7._o id._n in_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o article_n paraen_n l._n 1._o cap._n ult._n hebr._n â—_o sâ—mpos_fw-la l._n 4._o sub_fw-la finem_fw-la lib._n 7._o cap._n 15._o de_fw-fr annis_fw-la &_o mensibus_fw-la levit._fw-la â—5_n cap._n 3._o azor._fw-la instit._fw-la moral_a part_n 2._o q._n 3._o hospin_n de_fw-fr fest._n ethn._n &_o jud._n l._n 3._o cap._n 3._o annal._n sacri_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la 7._o in_o exod._n ad_fw-la precept_n 4._o v._o damasc_n fid_fw-we o._n the_o l._n 4._o c._n 24._o irenaeum_n l._n 4_o 30._o in_o gen._n 2._o q._n 4._o ad_fw-la dâ—em_fw-la 7._o sect_n 2._o in_o exod._n 〈◊〉_d precept_n 4._o in_o gen._n cap._n 2._o q._n 4._o calv._n instit._n l._n 2._o cap._n 8._o zouch_n tom._n 4._o l._n 1._o cap._n 15._o in_o exod._n 20._o q._n 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