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peter_n be_v make_v cap._n 2_o they_o return_v lyra_n and_o hugo_n cardinalis_fw-la to_o their_o own_o company_n ad_fw-la domesticos_fw-la suos_fw-la and_o so_o say_v lorinus_n who_o cit_v the_o syriack_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hachaiehin_n ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la suos_fw-la salmeron_n ad_fw-la suos_fw-la â—apostolos_fw-la sive_fw-la condiscipulos_fw-la &_o domesticos_fw-la fidei_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v the_o whole_a church_n but_o friend_n and_o domestics_n as_o mark_n 5._o 19_o go_v home_o to_o thy_o own_o house_n and_o show_v thy_o friend_n luke_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d compare_v with_o luk._n 8._o 39_o and_o gal._n 6._o 10_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 1_o tim._n 5._o 8._o therefore_o the_o place_n say_v that_o the_o five_o thousand_o be_v gather_v together_o in_o this_o one_o place_n which_o be_v shake_v 2._o give_v and_o not_o grant_v that_o they_o be_v all_o conveened_a to_o prayer_n it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o 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