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in_o the_o body_n who_o now_o as_o well_o as_o former_o subscribe_v myself_o thy_o servant_n for_o jesus_n sake_n aug._n 6._o 1688._o benj._n keach_n advertisement_n if_o any_o desire_n to_o be_v furnish_v that_o excellent_a book_n write_v some_o time_n since_o by_o mr._n william_n kiffin_n prove_v no_o unbaptise_v person_n ought_v to_o be_v admit_v to_o the_o lord_n table_n may_v have_v they_o at_o mr._n nath._n crouch_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o bell_n in_o the_o poultry_n or_o at_o the_o author_n house_n in_o southwark_n gold_n refine_v or_o baptism_n in_o its_o primitive_a purity_n chap._n i._n wherein_o the_o baptism_n of_o water_n be_v prove_v to_o be_v that_o intend_a in_o the_o commission_n and_o so_o a_o stand_a ordinance_n till_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world._n i_o have_v for_o many_o year_n last_o pass_v observe_v with_o what_o strength_n of_o argument_n some_o worthy_a christian_n have_v labour_v to_o defend_v the_o sacred_a ordinance_n of_o baptism_n and_o how_o they_o 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