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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1650-1651
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Vigilantlie, adv. [e.m.E. vigilauntly (1531), vigilantly (1587).] Attentively, watchfully. — a1651 Calderwood IV 627.
Forasmuche as Satan … seeketh by all meanes to increasse his kingdom … it is the part of the true kirk vigilantlie to [etc.]
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