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receive_v rom._n 15.1_o 2_o 3_o 7._o &_o 14.1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 17_o 18._o and_o thus_o you_o may_v see_v how_o easy_a a_o matter_n it_o be_v to_o unite_v and_o reconcile_v all_o the_o christian_a world_n if_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o judicious_a confirm_v christian_n may_v be_v receive_v and_o prevail_v and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o he_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o abundance_n of_o sin_n and_o calamity_n which_o division_n have_v cause_v and_o continue_v in_o the_o church_n but_o that_o which_o now_o seem_v a_o impossible_a thing_n may_v quick_o and_o easy_o be_v accomplish_v if_o all_o be_v such_o as_o he_o and_o that_o the_o difficulty_n of_o reconcile_a and_o unite_n christian_n lie_v not_o first_o in_o find_v out_o the_o term_n but_o in_o make_v man_n fit_a to_o receive_v and_o practise_v the_o term_n from_o the_o beginning_n receive_v by_o the_o church_n this_o be_v lirinensis_n his_o quod_fw-la semper_fw-la ubique_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la receptum_fw-la est_fw-la 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