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xi.v.xi-p20.4

xi.v.xi-p20.445 words

14. Not so, Lord—See Marginal reference.

I have never eaten anything that is common—that is, not sanctified by divine permission to eat of it, and so "unclean." "The distinction of meats was a sacrament of national distinction, separation, and consecration" [Webster and Wilkinson].