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god_n &_o to_o the_o edification_n of_o the_o church_n in_o peace_n &_o love_n in_o truth_n &_o unity_n amen_n finis_fw-la champ._n chal._n accept_v by_o dr._n hook_n late_a vicar_n of_o halifax_n v_o 5._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 11._o deut._n 4._o 2._o &_o 12._o 32._o mr._n de_fw-fr lawn_n in_o lr._n to_o dr._n calamy_n page_n 43._o in_o metre_n and_o likewise_o sing_v they_o all_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v if_o they_o be_v essential_a part_n of_o the_o psalm_n yea_o the_o whole_a hebrew_n bible_n de_fw-fr l._n page_n 44._o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la 1_o cor._n 15._o 54_o 55._o isa_n 25._o 8._o hos_fw-la 13._o 14._o see_v be_v 59_o 7_o 8._o deut._n 32._o 33._o anastasius_n patr._n of_o ant._n apud_fw-la vserii_fw-la hist_n dogma_fw-la multarum_fw-la gentium_fw-la linguis_fw-la scriptura_fw-la translata_fw-la docet_fw-la falsa_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la addita_fw-la sunt_fw-la hieron_n praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la 4._o evang_v sâ—e_n l._n 4._o c._n 33._o sâ—z_n l._n 6._o c._n 37._o phiâ—est_n l._n 2._o c._n 6._o apud_fw-la vissr_n ibid._n be_v 11._o 9_o his_o country_n men._n rev._n 22._o 18_o 19_o mat._n 5._o 18._o dial._n cum_fw-la tryph._n council_n trid._n bellarmin_n etc._n etc._n see_v four_o col._n 16._o &_o 17._o act_n 11._o v._n â—_o ep._n 1._o 19_o 20._o no_o not_o of_o eâ—ter_n himself_o v_o 18._o acts._n 6._o 3._o we_o the_o apostle_n by_o tho._n buck_n and_o rog._n daniel_n printer_n to_o the_o university_n the_o latter_a of_o which_o be_v indeed_o the_o mannager_n of_o the_o press_n and_o in_o the_o interest_n of_o that_o presbyterian_a party_n print_a at_o oxford_n theatre_n anno_fw-la 1675._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 1_o 2._o eph._n 4._o 25._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 17._o c._n 4._o 2._o