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Men may without suspicion of rashness and unadvised confidence affirm that there are many things which no man ever saw or can see; for no man ever saw the wind or the air, and yet all are confident that there are both: And who ever saw his own face but in a glass, and never out of a glass, and yet this contenteth him. But, 2. We are not without the sight of God; For, 1. God is seen in his works.","proofs":["Romans 1:20"]}]},{"document":"explicatory1675","id":"47","url":"/api/v1/documents/explicatory1675/entries/47","segments":[{"text":"The which we do, 1. 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