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be_v real_a so_o be_v christ_n dwelling_n and_o live_v in_o it_o real_a yea_o it_o be_v so_o real_a that_o corporal_a thing_n be_v say_v to_o have_v no_o reality_n at_o all_o comparative_o thus_o christ_n joh._n 15.1_o i_o be_o the_o true_a vine_n and_o joh._n 6.55_o 56._o my_o flesh_n be_v meat_n indeed_o and_o my_o blood_n be_v drink_v indeed_o he_o that_o eat_v my_o flesh_n and_o drink_v my_o blood_n dwell_v in_o i_o and_o i_o in_o he_o now_o why_o do_v christ_n say_v his_o body_n be_v meat_n indeed_o he_o do_v not_o mean_v corporal_o but_o opposite_o to_o corporal_a food_n the_o very_a food_n we_o eat_v be_v not_o meat_n comparative_o to_o christ_n for_o our_o body_n feed_v on_o that_o and_o yet_o perish_v they_o have_v not_o life_n always_o abide_v in_o they_o but_o who_o so_o have_v christ_n in_o he_o he_o can_v no_o more_o perish_v then_o christ_n himself_o christ_n be_v meat_n indeed_o and_o life_n indeed_o the_o godly_a then_o find_v and_o know_v this_o life_n and_o dwell_n 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particular_o so_o as_o to_o be_v make_v one_o mystical_a person_n with_o we_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v large_a in_o discover_v this_o because_o i_o have_v touch_v on_o it_o heretofore_o only_o the_o first_o step_n of_o christ_n be_v in_o we_o be_v by_o unite_n of_o himself_o to_o we_o for_o we_o be_v by_o nature_n estrange_v from_o he_o and_o lie_v as_o so_o many_o lump_n of_o earth_n devoid_a and_o destitute_a of_o all_o spiritual_a life_n and_o motion_n till_o christ_n unite_v himself_o to_o we_o so_o that_o as_o it_o be_v god_n wonderful_a power_n to_o call_v those_o dry_a bone_n and_o unite_v they_o together_o thus_o it_o be_v also_o his_o admirable_a power_n to_o unite_v himself_o to_o a_o believer_n christ_n do_v not_o stay_v till_o we_o first_o unite_v ourselves_o to_o he_o but_o he_o join_v himself_o first_o to_o we_o and_o this_o be_v the_o first_o step_n of_o christ_n save_a grace_n in_o we_o 2._o christ_n be_v in_o we_o so_o that_o thereby_o we_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o 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