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because_o hâ—â—arth_n he_o be_v a_o prophet_n etc_n etc_n i_o have_v great_a reason_n and_o good_a warrant_n so_o to_o do_v jere._n chap._n 23._o verse_n 16._o say_v hear_v â—ot_n the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n which_o prophesy_v unto_o you_o vanity_n they_o speak_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o their_o own_o â—art_n and_o not_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o lord_n we_o be_v also_o warn_v by_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n not_o to_o geve_v credit_n to_o such_o vain_a prophet_n and_o false_a teacher_n peter_n epistle_n 2._o chap._n 12._o there_o shall_v be_v false_a teacher_n among_o you_o which_o privy_o shall_v bring_v iâ—_z damnable_a heresy_n even_o deny_v the_o lord_n that_o have_v buy_v they_o with_o infinite_a place_n more_o since_o christ_n our_o lord_n ascend_v into_o heauâ—â—â—_n office_n of_o prophese_a â–ª_o and_o foretell_v of_o thinger_n have_v cease_v in_o the_o church_n only_o the_o apostle_n be_v 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o same_o 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