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word_n what_o it_o be_v that_o moses_n be_v to_o have_v they_o both_o we_o will_v let_v that_o pass_v as_o a_o revelation_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o think_v that_o which_o god_n think_v to_o be_v most_o convenient_a and_o hence_o he_o infer_v that_o in_o respect_n of_o this_o sole_a and_o supreme_a power_n the_o church_n or_o congregation_n must_v not_o come_v uncalled_a or_o refuse_v to_o come_v when_o call_v that_o be_v must_v not_o act_v against_o or_o without_o he_o but_o according_a to_o his_o direction_n in_o church_n affair_n these_o be_v the_o two_o duty_n which_o he_o say_v god_n people_n have_v ever_o due_o perform_v to_o the_o two_o trumpet_n no_o meeting_n without_o a_o trumpet_n like_o demetrius_n and_o his_o craftsman_n out_o of_o love_n to_o any_o diana_n of_o their_o own_o like_n as_o nonconformist_n former_o do_v nor_o no_o slight_v of_o the_o magistrate_n call_v like_o core_n and_o his_o company_n out_o of_o conceit_n of_o equal_a holiness_n with_o he_o or_o 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