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of_o carnal_a sacrifice_n cease_v one_o oblation_n of_o thy_o body_n and_o blood_n do_v fill_v up_o and_o include_v all_o the_o difference_n of_o host_n thus_o he_o for_o in_o this_o sacrifice_n the_o priest_n be_v god_n and_o man_n the_o altar_n the_o cross_n the_o sacrifice_n the_o lamb_n of_o god_n the_o fire_n of_o the_o holocaust_n charity_n the_o fruit_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n the_o redemption_n of_o the_o world_n i_o say_v the_o priest_n be_v god_n as_o man_n than_o who_o not_o any_o can_v be_v imagine_v to_o be_v great_a thou_o be_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedech_n psal_n 109._o and_o trulâ—_n according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedech_n for_o melchisedech_n be_v read_v in_o the_o scripture_n so_o be_v without_o father_n without_o mother_n without_o genealogy_n &_o christ_n be_v without_o father_n upon_o earth_n without_o mother_n in_o heaven_n without_o genealogy_n for_o who_o shall_v show_v his_o generation_n he_o be_v be_v 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