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  • Paraphrase expoundeth it of the prophets who laboured in vain, and spent their strength for nought, speaking to the people in the name of the Lord, to turn to the law and to the testimony; but they would not turn.

    The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

  • And, therefore, as Aristotle endeavoureth to prove, that in all motion there is some point quiescent; and as he elegantly expoundeth the ancient fable of

    The Advancement of Learning 2003

  • [152] "Let him that prophesieth," saith the apostle, -- that is, expoundeth the Scripture in the church, -- "do it according to the proportion of faith," Rom. xii.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • So our Saviour expoundeth that promise, "They shall be all taught of God."

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • I know him to be a Brahmana (possessing a knowledge of Brahman) who expoundeth the doubts of others, having himself mastered all his own doubts, and who is possessed of the knowledge of Self.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • Those therefore are deceiued, that take an hide of land to conteine twentie acres (as William Lambert hath well noted in his De priscis Anglorum legibus) where he expoundeth the meaning of the old Saxon termes perteining to the lawes.

    Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror Raphael Holinshed

  • He writ an excellent Latyne Satyre since published; by which he excuseth and expoundeth the precipitation of our acquaintance, so suddenly come to her perfection; Sithence it must continue so short a time, and begun so late (for we were both growne men, and he some yeares older than my selfe) there was no time to be lost.

    Of Friendship. 1909

  • Allah expoundeth unto you His revelations in order that ye may give thanks.

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

  • These invite unto the Fire, and Allah inviteth unto the Garden, and unto forgiveness by His grace, and expoundeth His revelations to mankind that haply they may remember.

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

  • Thus Allah expoundeth His revelation to mankind that they may ward off (evil).

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

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