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in_o fame_n for_o learning_n and_o devotion_n they_o not_o by_o any_o necessity_n or_o constraint_n but_o willing_o stick_v to_o their_o command_n and_o doctrine_n and_o refuse_v to_o embrace_v the_o truth_n that_o will_v endanger_v to_o their_o displeasure_n and_o reproach_n hos_n 5.3_o 4_o 9_o 11._o john_n 5.44_o and_o 12.42_o 43._o whence_o that_o isa_n 51.12_o 13._o neither_o will_v this_o plea_n help_v they_o or_o be_v find_v true_a their_o will_n be_v so_o chain_v they_o can_v not_o choose_v to_o accept_v the_o better_a part_n in_o this_o they_o be_v for_o want_v of_o liberty_n and_o freedom_n of_o will_n necessitate_v to_o choose_v the_o worse_a part_n herein_o and_o whoever_o help_v they_o with_o this_o plea_n god_n will_v reprove_v it_o isai_n 5.1_o 4._o mic._n 2.7_o 3._o some_o there_o be_v that_o for_o want_v of_o the_o right_a knowledge_n of_o christ_n have_v dye_v for_o all_o and_o the_o end_n and_o virtue_n of_o his_o death_n stoop_v not_o to_o come_v in_o at_o that_o 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