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〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n nazian_n oral_n 21._o pag._n 378._o decline_v from_o it_o shrink_v and_o faint_v under_o it_o if_o arrogancy_n be_v not_o in_o i_o how_o shall_v i_o of_o all_o wretch_n the_o great_a think_v to_o look_v into_o the_o high_a room_n and_o vocation_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n say_v humble_a bradford_n to_o father_n treave_v 40._o treave_v book_n of_o martyr_n p._n 1510._o read_v isid_n pelus_n lib._n 3._o epist_n 127._o &_o lib._n 4._o epist_n 40._o who_o be_v fit_a for_o these_o thing_n sure_o he_o that_o be_v best_a fit_v have_v need_n of_o all_o even_o of_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n 29._o christ_n rom._n 15_o 29._o and_o he_o that_o have_v the_o least_o must_v have_v some_o special_a
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