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be_o persuade_v have_v i_o recite_v this_o and_o omit_v any_o other_o of_o the_o doctrine_n he_o mention_v that_o doctrine_n shall_v then_o have_v be_v single_v out_o for_o the_o chief_a doctrine_n in_o controversy_n betwixt_o he_o and_o they_o whatever_o it_o have_v be_v the_o truth_n be_v i_o omit_v to_o recite_v that_o as_o not_o understand_v he_o have_v repute_v that_o a_o doctrine_n in_o controversy_n between_o he_o and_o they_o and_o therefore_o i_o choose_v to_o recite_v those_o doctrine_n about_o which_o i_o apprehend_v he_o have_v make_v the_o great_a clamour_n he_o will_v increase_v his_o own_o and_o other_o jealousy_n concern_v i_o by_z noticing_z that_o i_o join_v not_o as_o he_o say_v the_o work_n of_o sanctification_n in_o the_o heart_n to_o christ_n outward_a appearance_n but_o to_o his_o inward_a appearance_n this_o he_o labour_v to_o show_v from_o several_a passage_n in_o my_o epistle_n which_o mention_n christ_n inward_a appearance_n and_o work_v of_o sanctification_n 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give_v man_n a_o right_a knowledge_n of_o and_o save_a faith_n of_o the_o outward_a appearance_n of_o christ._n 29._o his_o next_o be_v no_o less_o a_o charge_n against_o i_o than_o that_o of_o gross_a and_o bold_a fiction_n and_o forgery_n in_o say_v whatever_o jealousy_n and_o dissatisfaction_n any_o of_o other_o profession_n have_v entertain_v against_o we_o on_o this_o account_n before_o they_o have_v no_o ground_n or_o occasion_n give_v they_o therefore_o whereas_o now_o he_o have_v give_v they_o occasion_n though_o unjust_o and_o without_o cause_n to_o entertain_v wrong_a jealousy_n of_o we_o this_o he_o say_v be_v false_a in_o both_o part_n 1._o that_o other_o profession_n have_v no_o ground_n of_o dissatisfaction_n give_v they_o touch_v these_o doctrine_n before_o his_o book_n come_v forth_o for_o they_o have_v he_o say_v but_o too_o much_o ground_n from_o too_o many_o unsound_a expression_n contain_v in_o their_o book_n in_o who_o book_n he_o must_v needs_o mean_v the_o book_n 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