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and_o pardon_v the_o wicked_a chap._n iii_o how_o the_o son_n of_o god_n put_v himself_o a_o mediator_n betwixt_o god_n and_o mankind_n and_o what_o torment_n he_o receive_v thereby_o qvaesivi_fw-la de_fw-la eye_n virum_fw-la qui_fw-la interpeneret_fw-la sepem_fw-la &_o staret_fw-la oppositus_fw-la contra_fw-la me_fw-it these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o great_a god_n of_o israel_n speak_v to_o the_o prophet_n ezechiell_n be_v in_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n not_o far_o from_o the_o river_n cobar_n in_o the_o two_o and_o twentieth_o chapter_n of_o his_o pprophecy_n and_o it_o be_v as_o if_o he_o will_v say_v ezechiell_n i_o have_v be_v many_o a_o day_n angry_a with_o jerusalem_n and_o i_o seek_v out_o a_o holy_a and_o a_o virtuous_a man_n which_o shall_v put_v himself_o like_o a_o hedge_n betwixt_o i_o and_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n because_o their_o offence_n may_v not_o come_v unto_o i_o nor_o my_o punishment_n reach_v unto_o they_o we_o may_v infer_v of_o the_o 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