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himself_o in_o she_o shall_v be_v joy_n and_o praise_n the_o terror_n and_o astonishment_n of_o all_o nation_n thus_o god_n be_v in_o saint_n and_o will_v glorify_v himself_o in_o saint_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o god_n even_o as_o he_o be_v in_o christ_n yet_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o god_n sect_n fourteen_o the_o union_n of_o god_n and_o man_n in_o christ_n give_v this_o honour_n to_o christ_n to_o be_v call_v god_n saint_n second_o reason_n against_o the_o spirit_n in_o saint_n if_o saint_n partake_v in_o this_o union_n to_o have_v god_n dwell_v in_o they_o why_o do_v they_o not_o partake_v in_o the_o honour_n to_o be_v call_v god_n answer_v 1._o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n neither_o be_v call_v god_n nor_o be_v god_n but_o he_o be_v and_o be_v call_v the_o true_a god_n who_o be_v manifest_a in_o that_o flesh_n so_o that_o if_o it_o be_v ask_v who_o be_v christ_n or_o what_o be_v his_o name_n he_o be_v immanuel_n the_o anoint_v or_o god_n manifest_v in_o the_o flesh_n in_o like_a manner_n saint_n be_v not_o god_n nor_o be_v call_v god_n but_o he_o who_o be_v in_o saint_n be_v and_o be_v call_v the_o true_a god_n so_o that_o if_o it_o be_v ask_v who_o be_v a_o saint_n or_o what_o be_v his_o name_n he_o be_v a_o inspire_a man_n a_o anoint_a one_o or_o christ_n or_o the_o spirit_n in_o man_n 2._o christ_n so_o perfect_o deny_v himself_o of_o all_o that_o be_v man_n and_o resign_v it_o up_o to_o the_o divine_a nature_n that_o of_o himself_o he_o do_v nothing_o but_o the_o father_n do_v work_v all_o his_o work_n in_o he_o and_o by_o he_o the_o several_a act_n motion_n and_o performing_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o from_o the_o will_n of_o man_n but_o be_v the_o stream_n and_o flow_n forth_o of_o the_o eternal_a fullness_n in_o he_o so_o that_o god_n become_v manifest_a through_o christ_n the_o way_n and_o work_n of_o christ_n as_o through_o a_o crystal_n or_o transparent_a glass_n and_o therefore_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o god_n alone_o be_v and_o 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all_o thing_n to_o himself_o and_o in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n to_o gather_v together_o into_o one_o in_o he_o all_o thing_n 1.18_o dan._n 9.25_o heb._n 2.10_o col._n 1.18_o in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n in_o he_o and_o in_o this_o work_n he_o have_v the_o honour_n above_o saint_n of_o be_v messiah_n the_o prince_n the_o high_a priest_n and_o captain_n of_o our_o salvation_n the_o beginning_n and_o first-born_a from_o the_o dead_a who_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o hest_n of_o the_o live_a god_n and_o the_o only_a instrument_n in_o the_o everlasting_a hand_n and_o arm_n of_o god_n to_o cut_v off_o the_o dragon_n head_n to_o slay_v the_o leviathan_n in_o the_o deep_n in_o his_o death_n and_o drive_v all_o the_o enemy_n of_o man_n out_o of_o the_o world_n 2._o all_o those_o thing_n and_o all_o that_o love_n that_o god_n have_v prepare_v for_o they_o who_o he_o love_v he_o have_v lay_v it_o up_o in_o christ_n in_o the_o eternal_a fullness_n of_o the_o bless_a godhead_n and_o to_o 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