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he_o will_v yet_o proceed_v and_o sec._n 13._o inform_v his_o reader_n that_o in_o that_o treatise_n i_o aver_v that_o two_o thing_n be_v require_v in_o a_o teacher_n as_o to_o formal_a ministerial_a teach_n 1._o gift_n from_o god_n 2_o authority_n from_o the_o church_n well_o what_o then_o i_o be_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n still_o but_o now_o i_o cry_v down_o ordination_n by_o presbytery_n what_o and_o be_v not_o this_o a_o great_a alteration_n and_o sign_n of_o inconstancy_n true_o sir_n there_o be_v more_o need_n of_o humiliation_n in_o yourself_o then_o triumph_v against_o i_o for_o the_o assertion_n be_v most_o untrue_a and_o your_o charge_n altogether_o groundless_a which_o i_o desire_v you_o will_v be_v satisfy_v in_o and_o not_o to_o be_v lead_v any_o more_o by_o evil_a surmise_n to_o wrong_v i_o and_o your_o own_o soul_n he_o add_v sect._n 14._o two_o caution_n which_o in_o that_o treatise_n i_o give_v to_o private_a christian_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o gift_n and_o 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