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{non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o revel._n 3._o 17_o 18._o act_n 8._o 10_o pro._n 8._o 11._o isai._n 55._o 1._o 2_o john_n 2._o 1_o ioh._n 3._o 19_o deus_fw-la est_fw-la sum_n and_o maxima_fw-la veritas_fw-la snarez_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o hebr._n 1._o 3._o ioh._n 14._o 6._o 17._o rev._n 4._o 6._o pro._n 4._o 13._o 2_o cor._n 3._o and_o 4._o 2_o 3._o ioh._n 12._o 48._o reproof_n luke_n 11._o 52._o ioh._n 12._o 19_o gen._n 41._o 56._o rev._n 12._o â—_z mar._n 8._o 38._o mat._n 15._o 32_o mat._n 13._o 19_o mat._n 13._o 22._o luke_n 8._o 14._o mat._n 19_o 16._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 3_o exhortation_n 1._o general_n 1._o to_o make_v this_o purchase_n 1_o tim_n 3._o 16._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o heb._n 4._o 2._o math._n 4._o jun._n in_o parallel_n res_fw-la transit_fw-la cum_fw-la onere_fw-la 2_o thes._n 2._o 10._o 1_o king_n 21._o 20._o col._n 3._o 16._o eph._n 5._o 8_o caveat_n emptor_n luke_n 13._o suet_n in_o calig_n rom._n 14._o 17._o col._n 3._o 15._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 2_o john_n 4._o 2._o part_n of_o the_o general_a exhortation_n mat._n 5._o 8._o 1._o cor._n 3._o 18_o etc._n etc._n intus_fw-la â—xiflens_fw-la prohibet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 2_o tim._n 4._o 2_o luke_n 12._o 51._o joh._n 1._o 45._o joh._n 7._o 49._o 2_o chro._n 25._o 16._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o rom._n 8._o 32_o joh._n 21._o 21_o 22._o mat._n 16._o 26._o mat._n 12._o 42_o 43._o act._n 26._o 24_o aelian_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o josh._n 22._o 10._o etc._n etc._n psal._n 119._o 15._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 20._o ioh._n 18._o 37_o 2._o a_o more_o special_a exhortation_n 2_o cor._n 13._o 8._o rev._n 3._o 14._o gal._n 6._o 4_o 5._o phil._n 1._o 27._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o iâ—de_fw-la athleta_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o verse_n 28._o veâ—itatem_fw-la sub_fw-la hasta_fw-la vendere_fw-la vel_fw-la potius_fw-la praedae_fw-la et_fw-la direptioni_fw-la exponere_fw-la agelius_n sisinnius_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o soz._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 12._o socr._n lib._n 3._o cap_n 10._o soz._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 30._o tit._n 3._o 10._o rom._n 14._o 1_o 2._o comment._n de_fw-fr statu_fw-la reipub._n et_fw-fr relig._n sub_fw-la 9_o an_n 1561_o osiand_n cent._n 16_o joh._n 3._o 21._o rom._n 3._o 13._o 1_o cor._n 4_o 3._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o livy_n as_o they_o worship_v goddess_n or_o female_a god_n so_o they_o have_v female_a priest_n soz_fw-fr l._n 5._o 15_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o senec._n motive_n dan._n 2._o rev._n 3._o exo._n 12._o 41_o john_n 8._o 31._o 32._o triumph_n of_o nassau_n motive_n vocatus_fw-la a_fw-la rege_fw-la angliae_fw-la edvardo_fw-la amplissimis_fw-la promissionibus_fw-la mel_n ad_fw-la in_fw-la vita_fw-la brontii_fw-la josh._n 10._o 12_o motive_n 2._o pet._n 3._o 10_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 30_o