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you_o will_v receive_v it_o if_o you_o will_v receive_v and_o believe_v the_o truth_n this_o be_v elias_n which_o be_v to_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v there_o as_o of_o the_o future_a as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o forementioned_a word_n which_o shall_v come_v to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v when_o the_o prophet_n malachi_n speak_v to_o come_v afterward_o not_o that_o when_o our_o saviour_n speak_v he_o be_v yet_o to_o come_v he_o plain_o show_v by_o say_v thus_o that_o he_o be_v already_o come_v by_o all_o this_o our_o saviour_n make_v it_o manifest_a that_o all_o that_o can_v in_o malachi_n be_v interpret_v of_o elias_n be_v make_v good_a in_o john_n baptist_n 17_o who_o come_v in_o the_o spirit_n and_o power_n of_o elias_n and_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o he_o alone_o as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o have_v in_o express_a word_n say_v that_o he_o only_o be_v the_o elias_n that_o be_v to_o come_v and_o they_o be_v not_o by_o virtue_n of_o malachi_n prophecy_n or_o any_o 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