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a_o thing_n it_o will_v only_o prove_v it_o voluntary_a on_o their_o part_n but_o not_o enjoin_v by_o john_n nay_o what_o ever_o it_o be_v it_o will_v be_v very_o hard_a to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v public_a or_o to_o john_n at_o all_o and_o as_o hard_o to_o prove_v it_o to_o have_v be_v before_o their_o admission_n by_o baptism_n and_o not_o after_o vid._n dr._n lightfoot_n harm._n evan._n in_fw-la loco_fw-la 2._o though_o it_o shall_v be_v grant_v which_o yet_o all_o will_v not_o that_o the_o invisible_a church_n be_v the_o prime_a and_o proper_a only_a subject_n to_o who_o the_o seal_n belong_v and_o that_o save_a qualification_n be_v requisite_a to_o give_v a_o real_a interest_n in_o they_o and_o that_o we_o be_v to_o admit_v only_o upon_o such_o evidence_n as_o may_v give_v proof_n of_o interest_n yet_o there_o be_v other_o more_o satisfactory_a evidence_n viz._n from_o the_o tenor_n of_o a_o christian_n life_n than_o this_o which_o will_v sufficient_o demonstrate_v so_o far_o 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