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〈◊〉_d 20.12_o &_o cap._n 3.5_o often_o mention_n be_v make_v thereof_o in_o the_o psalm_n in_o daniel_n in_o ezekiel_n in_o the_o revelation_n and_o the_o platonist_n mundus_fw-la intelligibilis_fw-la and_o idaeaes_n seem_v to_o import_v the_o very_a same_o but_o that_o which_o i_o principal_o observe_v be_v that_o god_n do_v not_o see_v thing_n as_o if_o they_o do_v not_o concern_v he_o but_o as_o solomon_n speak_v his_o eyelid_n try_v the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o he_o ponder_v all_o their_o path_n yea_o he_o do_v make_v a_o record_n of_o they_o whether_o they_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a 16._o verse_n 16._o of_o the_o good_a you_o have_v a_o excellent_a place_n malach._n chap._n 3._o when_o the_o atheist_n have_v blaspheme_v than_o they_o
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