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etc._n etc._n yet_o my_o hart_n be_v good_a i_o love_v god_n and_o my_o neighbour_n and_o hope_v to_o he_o save_v as_o well_o as_o the_o precise_a puritan_n of_o they_o all_o and_o now_o what_o will_v these_o minister_n say_v to_o theâ—r_v profane_a parishioner_n if_o thus_o they_o plead_v for_o do_v not_o themselves_o thus_o plead_v for_o the_o transâ—reossins_n of_o the_o first_o table_n and_o violate_v of_o the_o testament_n of_o christ_n in_o their_o own_o false_a ministry_n idolatrous_a rite_n ceremony_n and_o forge_a worship_n but_o as_o every_o true_a christian_a hart_n know_v that_o such_o profane_a ruffian_n howsoever_o they_o say_v they_o love_v god_n yet_o in_o deed_n they_o hate_v he_o and_o howsoever_o the_o sâ—mme_n and_o end_n of_o all_o the_o law_n be_v love_n only_o yet_o that_o love_n imply_v obedience_n to_o every_o particular_a precept_n and_o he_o which_o break_v the_o least_o commandment_n and_o teach_v man_n so_o shall_v be_v call_v the_o least_o in_o the_o 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