it_o be_v i_o myself_o meaning_n your_o lord_n and_o master_n and_o likewise_o after_o his_o ascension_n act._n 22._o 8._o and_o i_o answer_v who_o be_v thou_o lord_n and_o he_o say_v unto_o i_o i_o be_o jesus_n of_o nazareth_n who_o thou_o persecute_v to_o these_o many_o more_o may_v be_v add_v to_o evidence_n that_o by_o lord_n in_o the_o text_n above_o 〈◊〉_d man_n hood_n of_o christ_n person_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v at_o least_o not_o to_o be_v exclude_v for_o in_o ver_fw-la 11._o christ_n say_v i_o be_o alpha_n and_o omega_n the_o first_o and_o the_o last_v here_o alpha_n and_o omega_n be_v explain_v by_o the_o term_n of_o the_o first_o and_o the_o last_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o lord_n christ_n be_v the_o first_o to_o wit_n subsist_v in_o the_o begin_n with_o god_n and_o equal_a with_o the_o father_n and_o the_o last_o have_v take_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o servant_n i._n e._n of_o the_o mean_a man_n and_o so_o last_o in_o reputation_n phil._n 2._o 6_o 7._o three_o part_n 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be_v perfect_a from_o all_o sin_n in_o this_o life_n will_v be_v a_o miserable_a pervert_n of_o the_o place_n of_o scripture_n they_o be_v only_o perfect_a comparative_o i._n e._n in_o comparison_n of_o all_o other_o man_n which_o live_v in_o their_o age_n and_o generation_n and_o as_o for_o the_o 22d_o verse_n in_o all_o this_o job_n sin_v not_o reply_n these_o word_n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v in_o a_o quaker_n sense_n as_o if_o job_n have_v be_v at_o any_o time_n without_o sin_n in_o this_o world_n for_o in_o the_o 11_o verse_n he_o job_n will_v curse_v thou_o to_o thy_o face_n satan_n be_v confident_a that_o job_n will_v blaspheme_n by_o curse_v god_n to_o his_o face_n this_o satan_n do_v promise_v to_o himself_o and_o do_v undertake_v with_o god_n which_o plain_o interpret_v the_o word_n sc_n in_o all_o this_o job_n sin_v not_o that_o be_v such_o a_o sin_n in_o thought_n or_o word_n as_o to_o curse_n god_n he_o be_v not_o transport_v by_o passion_n or_o impatiency_n to_o 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