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for_o vexation_n of_o spirit_n i_o will_v here_o publish_v the_o word_n of_o a_o judicious_a and_o pious_a author_n which_o have_v be_v useful_a to_o i_o and_o may_v be_v so_o unto_o some_o of_o my_o reader_n even_o these_o of_o mr._n daniel_n rogers_n which_o i_o find_v in_o his_o treatise_n of_o sacrament_n part_v 2._o p._n 241._o i_o mourn_v to_o speak_v it_o divers_a minister_n neither_o unlearned_a nor_o unpainful_a in_o their_o kind_n nor_o ungodly_a yet_o in_o point_n of_o the_o sacrament_n do_v little_o acquaint_v either_o themselves_o or_o the_o people_n with_o it_o almost_o through_o the_o year_n except_o in_o a_o passage_n afar_o off_o i_o dare_v not_o boast_v myself_o but_o if_o i_o may_v draw_v any_o to_o emulation_n i_o dare_v say_v that_o whereas_o my_o poor_a labour_n for_o twelve_o year_n be_v more_o upon_o this_o than_o any_o other_o point_n i_o be_o not_o ashamed_a to_o say_v i_o find_v the_o argument_n more_o fruitful_a at_o the_o end_n than_o all_o the_o while_n 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