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〈◊〉_d a_o friend_n of_o angel_n or_o creature_n without_o man_n his_o love_n be_v yet_o more_o peculiar_o extend_v to_o man_n in_o create_v he_o after_o his_o own_o image_n 5.8_o psal_n 8.5_o heb._n 2.16_o rom._n 5.8_o and_o in_o give_v he_o lordship_n over_o the_o creature_n in_o give_v his_o son_n to_o take_v upon_o he_o man_n nature_n and_o exalt_v it_o above_o heaven_n and_o angel_n to_o die_v for_o sin_v die_a man_n offer_v he_o to_o man_n in_o the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o gospel_n with_o woo_v and_o beseeching_n 28.18_o mat._n 28.18_o and_o yet_o of_o man_n he_o love_v some_o more_o especial_o and_o peculiar_o than_o other_o joh._n omnia_fw-la diligit_fw-la deus_fw-la quae_fw-la fecit_fw-la etinter_n ea_fw-la magis_fw-la creaturas_fw-la rationales_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr illis_fw-la eas_fw-la amplius_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la membra_fw-la unigeniti_fw-la et_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la ipsum_fw-la unigenitum_fw-la aug._n t._n 9_o in_o joh._n namely_o those_o who_o he_o 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