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dialect_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o add_v verb._n zach._n 6.12_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n euseb_n praep._n evan._n l._n 11._o c._n 15._o declare_v by_o philo_n to_o who_o very_a word_n he_o seem_v to_o have_v have_v a_o especial_a respect_n if_o you_o but_o compare_v they_o but_o now_o the_o sadducee_n that_o have_v not_o religion_n enough_o to_o believe_v any_o angel_n or_o noetick_a being_n deny_v all_o this_o and_o to_o evade_v the_o force_n of_o moses_n his_o testimony_n who_o book_n only_o they_o admit_v they_o grant_v indeed_o 9_o indeed_o calv._n instit_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 14._o s._n 9_o that_o the_o power_n of_o god_n appear_v to_o the_o father_n and_o be_v call_v angel_n as_o deliver_v god_n will_n but_o not_o as_o real_o a_o subsistent_a spirit_n but_o only_o a_o agitate_a virtue_n and_o i_o indeed_o be_o of_o opinion_n that_o after_o christianity_n and_o our_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n as_o the_o divine_a logos_fw-la 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