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goodness_n and_o love_a kindness_n to_o we_o to_o work_v deliverance_n for_o we_o now_o and_o so_o the_o import_n of_o they_o will_v be_v this_o by_o the_o endear_n love_n which_o thou_o have_v show_v unto_o we_o in_o all_o these_o gracious_a dispensation_n we_o beseech_v thou_o to_o deliver_v we_o from_o all_o the_o forementioned_a evil_n both_o of_o sin_n and_o punishment_n q._n 7_o what_o mean_v you_o by_o those_o word_n in_o the_o communion_n service_n viz._n that_o our_o body_n may_v be_v make_v clean_o by_o christ_n body_n and_o our_o soul_n wash_v by_o his_o most_o precious_a blood_n do_v you_o not_o hereby_o seem_v to_o ascribe_v a_o great_a efficacy_n to_o the_o blood_n than_o to_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o restrain_v the_o virtue_n of_o the_o latter_a only_o unto_o the_o cleanse_n of_o the_o body_n answ_n 1_o that_o the_o word_n use_v at_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o element_n the_o body_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n which_o be_v give_v for_o to_o 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