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it_o from_o their_o own_o lust_n how_o shall_v they_o preach_v either_o with_o success_n and_o countenance_n from_o he_o or_o without_o sinful_a and_o saucy_a presumption_n in_o they_o how_o dare_v he_o perform_v the_o herald_n office_n to_o proclaim_v war_n and_o peace_n in_o the_o conscience_n who_o be_v never_o put_v into_o the_o office_n nor_o can_v produce_v a_o herald_n patent_n this_o be_v the_o metaphor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d how_o shall_v they_o preach_v as_o god_n herald_n lo_o christian_n beside_o meetness_n for_o the_o office_n a_o herald_n of_o god_n a_o minister_n must_v have_v mission_n suitableness_n to_o the_o office_n be_v not_o enough_o without_o send_v nay_o be_v you_o not_o tell_v in_o the_o same_o strain_n of_o reason_n and_o rhetoric_n that_o there_o be_v as_o great_a a_o necessity_n of_o send_v that_o we_o be_v preacher_n as_o be_v and_o be_v of_o preacher_n that_o you_o be_v hearer_n or_o of_o hear_v that_o you_o be_v believer_n or_o of_o believe_v 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