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the_o old_a heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o state_n of_o thing_n shall_v forsake_v father_n mother_n etc._n etc._n and_o shall_v convert_v house_n land_n possession_n and_o enjoyment_n command_v to_o be_v prudent_o beat_v into_o sword_n and_o spear_n into_o one_o common_a stock_n to_o be_v consecrate_v for_o the_o management_n of_o this_o great_a affair_n p._n 66._o and_o in_o such_o a_o practice_n they_o shall_v be_v no_o loser_n christ_n will_v give_v they_o a_o hundred_o fold_n even_o the_o spoil_n of_o all_o their_o great_a and_o rich_a enemy_n who_o be_v his_o opposer_n and_o in_o the_o end_n a_o eternal_a crown_n the_o saint_n be_v with_o moses_n to_o refuse_v court_n honour_n and_o favour_n and_o preferment_n egyptian_n wisdom_n learning_n revenue_n and_o great_a riches_n with_o david_n to_o leave_v their_o common_a duty_n as_o matter_n of_o small_a value_n and_o little_a concernment_n in_o comparison_n of_o this_o noble_a and_o worthy_a employment_n to_o fight_v against_o the_o philistine_n so_o be_v the_o civil_a power_n or_o common_a enemy_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n p._n 71_o we_o do_v profess_v we_o can_v be_v content_a or_o satisfy_v until_o christ_n kingdom_n flourish_v but_o will_v in_o god_n name_n and_o strength_n press_v forward_o till_o we_o come_v to_o the_o mark_n which_o be_v the_o state_n of_o the_o true_a rest_n so_o we_o call_v that_o kingdom_n and_o power_n where_o the_o saint_n shall_v cease_v from_o all_o their_o labour_n in_o and_o with_o christ._n p._n 69._o do_v not_o the_o lord_n call_v the_o saint_n to_o arise_v also_o unto_o the_o prey_n p._n 71._o the_o work_n of_o god_n against_o nation_n province_n university_n corporation_n city_n town_n king_n ruler_n chief_a captain_n mighty_a man_n in_o church_n and_o commonwealth_n enemy_n of_o christ_n kingly_a office_n shall_v be_v the_o lesson_n of_o faithful_a saint_n the_o true_a way_n will_v be_v discover_v and_o make_v plain_a all_o rebel_n and_o traitor_n open_a and_o profane_a more_o close_a pretender_n and_o formal_o godly_a discover_v hatred_n in_o and_o among_o his_o saint_n against_o those_o several_a part_n form_n power_n of_o babylon_n doleful_a howl_n and_o mourn_v among_o the_o merchant_n of_o babylon_n who_o be_v the_o great_a and_o rich_a man_n who_o heart_n dwell_v on_o the_o earth_n p._n 75._o the_o saint_n must_v separate_v not_o only_o from_o the_o romish_a universal_a national_a provincial_a and_o diocesan_n church-state_n of_o babylon_n and_o antichrist_n together_o with_o their_o discipline_n doctrine_n worship_n and_o ceremony_n but_o also_o and_o more_o particular_o which_o be_v most_o proper_o a_o work_n precedent_n to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o saint_n in_o order_n to_o the_o smite_v work_n of_o the_o stone_n from_o the_o national_a and_o parochial_a parish_n church_n state_n and_o assembly_n form_n and_o class_n of_o this_o and_o other_o antichristian_a nation_n which_o we_o call_v the_o politic_a and_o no_o more_o than_o civil_a stratagem_n and_o cunning_a invention_n of_o antichrist_n to_o divide_v unto_o himself_o the_o whole_a land_n for_o gain_n whereby_o all_o man_n to_o the_o low_a rank_n be_v compel_v forcible_o to_o contribute_v to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o his_o false_a prophet_n and_o so_o wickedness_n be_v establish_v by_o a_o law_n again_o further_o from_o those_o church_n that_o be_v select_a &_o more_o pure_a as_o be_v seem_o refine_v which_o be_v the_o gather_v in_o a_o pastoral_a way_n reduce_v thing_n to_o primitive_a practice_n so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v corrupt_v and_o adulterate_v and_o find_v opposer_n of_o the_o kingly_a office_n of_o jesus_n christ_n in_o and_o over_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o more_o especial_a in_o the_o administration_n of_o this_o part_n or_o dispensation_n of_o that_o kingdom_n to_o wit_n that_o of_o the_o stone_n or_o war_n against_o his_o enemy_n for_o even_o in_o this_o generation_n there_o be_v a_o sort_n of_o people_n and_o those_o we_o hope_v godly_a that_o 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