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wrought_v they_o express_o confess_v so_o much_o ver_fw-la 14._o this_o be_v of_o a_o truth_n that_o prophet_n which_o shall_v come_v into_o the_o world_n but_o see_v neither_o his_o kingdom_n be_v of_o this_o world_n nor_o be_v he_o to_o be_v instate_v in_o it_o by_o the_o voice_n and_o suffrage_n of_o man_n he_o who_o know_v all_o time_n and_o season_n know_v this_o be_v not_o the_o time_n of_o his_o coronation_n and_o therefore_o when_o he_o perceive_v that_o they_o will_v come_v and_o take_v he_o by_o force_n to_o make_v he_o a_o king_n he_o depart_v again_o into_o a_o mountain_n himself_o alone_o ver_fw-la 15._o and_o his_o disciple_n be_v for_o the_o present_a discharge_v of_o their_o attendance_n cross_v the_o sea_n without_o he_o to_o capernaum_n which_o be_v the_o place_n of_o he_o and_o their_o abode_n ver_fw-la 16_o 17._o the_o people_n which_o have_v be_v more_o than_o eye-witness_n of_o the_o former_a miracle_n have_v observe_v that_o he_o can_v not_o come_v to_o 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