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pass_v in_o other_o lawgiver_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n deut._n 32._o when_o the_o most_o high_o divide_v the_o nation_n when_o he_o separate_v the_o son_n of_o adam_n he_o set_v the_o bound_n of_o the_o nation_n according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n but_o jacob_n be_v the_o portion_n of_o jehovah_n that_o be_v jao_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a but_o that_o as_o the_o great_a angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n he_o who_o i_o in_o my_o book_n name_v the_o wiseman_n crown_n and_o in_o another_o entitle_v a_o new_a method_n of_o rosy_a crucian_n physic_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n the_o elder_a of_o angel_n the_o archangel_n the_o word_n the_o beginning_n the_o name_n of_o god_n which_o be_v jehovah_n i_o say_v that_o as_o he_o give_v law_n to_o his_o charge_n so_o the_o titular_a angel_n of_o other_o nation_n may_v be_v instructor_n of_o those_o that_o they_o
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devil_n be_v nonsuited_a and_o my_o council_n have_v put_v all_o his_o enemy_n under_o his_o foot_n sentence_n be_v give_v i_o humble_o pray_v the_o execution_n may_v be_v serve_v upon_o the_o last_o enemy_n that_o my_o counsellor_n judge_n prince_n and_o king_n may_v deliver_v up_o the_o kingdom_n to_o his_o father_n for_o now_o be_v nothing_o cover_v that_o shall_v not_o be_v reveal_v and_o hide_v that_o shall_v not_o be_v know_v from_o my_o house_n in_o the_o east-side_n spittle_n field_n next_o door_n to_o the_o red_a lion_n without_o bishopsgate_n near_o london_n april_n 27._o 1660._o john_n heydon_n in_o honorem_fw-la viri_fw-la verè_fw-la eruditi_fw-la domini_fw-la johannis_n heydon_n generosi_fw-la in_o operam_fw-la svam_fw-la elaboratissimam_fw-la legis_fw-la ideam_fw-la praeteritum_fw-la tempus_fw-la scribis_fw-la scribisque_fw-la futurum_fw-la illustras_fw-la radiis_fw-la tempus_fw-la utrumque_fw-la tuis_fw-la praeteritum_fw-la praesens_fw-la red_a this_o praesensque_fw-la 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