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luk._n 19_o 21_o psa_fw-la 45._o 23._o luk._n 24._o 45_o act._n 16._o 14._o eph._n 1._o 18._o 19_o ezek._n 33._o 32_o rom._n 8._o 8._o 1._o cor._n 2._o 15_o vers_fw-la 12._o 13_o 14_o 1_o king_n 22._o 6._o 10._o 11._o 12._o mat._n 7._o 22._o note_n his_o majesty_n speech_n in_o the_o star-chamber_n pag._n 17._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 17_o preface_n to_o the_o book_n of_o come_v prayer_n joh._n 4._o 22._o mat._n 12._o 36_o eph._n 5._o 11._o eph._n 5._o 11._o eccles_n 5._o 1._o psa_fw-la 101._o 1_o mat._n 12._o 35_o his_o majesty_n speech_n pag._n 18._o math._n 5._o 32._o 48._o &_o 1â—_n â—_o pag._n 19_o pag._n 7._o isaiah_n 8._o 20._o object_n answ_n joh._n 8._o 12._o eph._n 5._o 11._o 13._o reu._n 1._o 5._o &_o 3._o