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a_o heathen_a and_o â—…ad_v not_o read_v moses_n who_o see_v not_o who_o write_n notwithstanding_o be_v extant_a of_o thing_n do_v from_o the_o first_o creation_n unto_o the_o entrance_n into_o canaan_n nor_o the_o sacred_a history_n from_o his_o death_n by_o other_o continue_v unto_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o great_a king_n else_o will_v he_o not_o have_v make_v these_o time_n obscure_a that_o be_v most_o plain_a nor_o that_o the_o plain_a which_o be_v most_o obscure_a and_o if_o we_o shall_v thorough_o examine_v those_o his_o so_o high_o commend_v observe_v olympic_n either_o of_o beginning_n continuance_n restoration_n or_o agreement_n we_o shall_v find_v they_o to_o be_v but_o a_o babel_n of_o confusion_n anâ—…_n the_o truth_n of_o time_n by_o they_o as_o harâ—…_n to_o be_v trase_v as_o 19_o be_v the_o way_n of_o a_o shâ—…_n in_o the_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n or_o the_o flight_n 〈◊〉_d a_o eagle_n in_o the_o air_n the_o tract_n of_o
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