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14._o four_o if_o we_o be_v separate_v from_o christ_n we_o be_v as_o branch_n cut_v off_o from_o the_o tree_n which_o present_o wither_v away_o for_o want_n of_o sap_n to_o nourish_v they_o now_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n that_o join_v we_o to_o christ_n and_o make_v we_o member_n of_o that_o body_n whereof_o he_o be_v the_o head_n for_o by_o one_o spirit_n we_o be_v all_o baptize_v into_o that_o one_o body_n 1_o cor._n 12._o 13._o and_o hereby_o we_o know_v that_o god_n abide_v in_o we_o by_o the_o spirit_n which_o he_o have_v give_v we_o 1_o joh._n 3._o 24._o five_o till_o we_o be_v assure_v of_o the_o adoption_n of_o son_n we_o have_v no_o comfort_n no_o hope_n for_o it_o be_v that_o which_o create_v in_o we_o a_o sense_n of_o the_o paternal_a love_n of_o god_n towards_o we_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v shed_v abroad_o in_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v give_v unto_o we_o rom._n 5._o 5._o and_o the_o spirit_n itself_o bear_v witness_v with_o our_o spirit_n 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