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not_o as_o they_o practise_v thing_n that_o be_v circumstantial_a but_o as_o their_o faith_n be_v commend_v by_o a_o word_n of_o faith_n and_o their_o conversation_n by_o a_o moral_a precept_n wherefore_o that_o be_v observable_a that_o after_o paul_n have_v declare_v himself_o sound_a of_o faith_n he_o fall_v down_o to_o the_o body_n of_o the_o law_n receive_v we_o say_v he_o we_o have_v wrong_v no_o man_n we_o have_v corrupt_v no_o man_n we_o have_v defraud_v no_o man_n he_o say_v not_o i_o be_o baptize_v but_o i_o have_v wrong_v no_o man_n etc._n etc._n 2_o cor._n 5.18_o 19_o 20_o 21._o chap._n 7.2_o and_o if_o church_n after_o the_o confession_n of_o faith_n make_v more_o use_n of_o the_o ten_o commandment_n to_o judge_v of_o the_o fitness_n of_o person_n by_o they_o may_v not_o exceed_v by_o this_o seem_a strictness_n christian_n tenderness_n towards_o they_o they_o receive_v to_o communion_n i_o will_v say_v therefore_o that_o by_o the_o word_n of_o faith_n and_o of_o good_a 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