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speak_v more_o special_o of_o rain_n 38._o 28._o ask_v quis_fw-la est_fw-la pater_fw-la pluviae_fw-la the_o answer_n be_v god_n for_o he_o grant_v out_o a_o writ_n decree_n or_o mandate_n for_o rain_n job_n 28._o 26._o he_o give_v we_o rain_n and_o seasonable_a time_n act._n 17._o 26._o and_o as_o it_o be_v his_o royal_a power_n and_o authority_n to_o command_v it_o so_o be_v it_o to_o countermand_v it_o and_o to_o give_v a_o inhibition_n to_o restrain_v it_o esay_n 5._o 6._o and_o lest_o any_o shall_v make_v exception_n against_o he_o he_o say_v amos_n 4._o 6._o it_o be_v i_o which_o do_v cause_n it_o to_o rain_n upon_o one_o city_n and_o not_o another_o it_o be_v not_o planet_n nor_o nature_n nor_o fortune_n but_o god_n himself_o judg._n 6._o 37._o we_o see_v both_o set_v down_o his_o giving_z out_o a_o commandment_n for_o the_o ground_n to_o be_v wet_a and_o restraint_n for_o the_o flesh_n &_o contra_fw-la see_v then_o it_o be_v in_o his_o only_a power_n to_o give_v or_o restrain_v 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