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xxuj_o 3_o 4._o it_o be_v invade_v of_o the_o priest_n office_n for_o any_o other_o to_o offer_v it_o the_o same_o sin_n for_o which_o god_n smite_v vzziah_n 12._o 2_o chron._n xxuj_o 1_o sam._n xiij_o 12._o and_o reject_v saul_n and_o declare_v it_o death_n for_o any_o but_o his_o priest_n to_o offer_v upon_o his_o altar_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o such_o who_o offer_v they_o by_o any_o other_o hand_n than_o those_o of_o his_o priest_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v accept_v that_o they_o be_v sin_n and_z like_o the_o offering_n of_o korah_n rebellion_n against_o god_n iu._n but_o how_o shall_v they_o do_v who_o live_v in_o foreign_a infidel_n or_o heretical_a country_n where_o they_o can_v have_v no_o priest_n that_o be_v none_o who_o they_o own_o 1._o let_v they_o if_o they_o can_v imitate_v the_o zeal_n of_o tobias_n who_o be_v of_o the_o ten_o idolatrous_a and_o schismatical_a tribe_n that_o have_v cast_v off_o the_o priesthood_n of_o levi_n carry_v his_o tithe_n to_o jerusalem_n 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