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not_o in_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinful_a man_n 4._o i_o delight_v not_o in_o the_o death_n of_o wicked_a sinful_a man_n 5._o i_o delight_v not_o in_o the_o death_n of_o any_o sinful_a man_n of_o these_o by_o your_o patience_n as_o god_n shall_v assist_v i_o for_o the_o first_o that_o the_o phrase_n of_o speech_n as_o i_o live_v be_v a_o oath_n i_o show_v it_o plain_o out_o of_o 1._o sam._n 28.10_o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o saul_n do_v swear_v and_o he_o use_v no_o other_o word_n than_o these_o as_o the_o lord_n live_v this_o form_n then_o of_o speech_n as_o i_o live_v say_v the_o lord_n be_v a_o oath_n by_o the_o life_n of_o the_o lord_n s._n austin_n upon_o the_o 94._o psalm_n say_v magnum_fw-la est_fw-la loqui_fw-la dominum_fw-la quanto_fw-la majus_fw-la jurarâ—_z deum_fw-la it_o be_v a_o great_a thing_n that_o the_o lord_n shall_v speak_v and_o so_o it_o iâ—_z indeed_o for_o at_o the_o first_o word_n he_o speak_v he_o make_v a_o world_n dixit_fw-la et_fw-la factum_fw-la 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