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20._o 21._o 22._o verse_n 5._o teach_v every_o one_o to_o have_v care_n and_o conscience_n that_o neither_o in_o persuasion_n nor_o practice_n they_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o grieve_v or_o displease_v the_o lord_n christ_n and_o to_o cause_v he_o to_o depart_v for_o a_o time_n either_o from_o the_o whole_a church_n or_o the_o particular_a member_n thereof_o for_o beside_o that_o it_o be_v a_o grievous_a transgression_n to_o contemn_v he_o and_o so_o great_a grace_n as_o he_o bring_v with_o he_o it_o carry_v with_o it_o also_o the_o eternal_a destruction_n of_o our_o soul_n verse_n 6._o teach_v we_o that_o god_n child_n be_v and_o shall_v be_v always_o willing_a and_o content_v to_o depart_v from_o all_o thing_n for_o the_o gain_v of_o christ_n for_o if_o they_o make_v more_o account_n of_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o life_n they_o be_v not_o fit_a for_o he_o as_o he_o himself_o plain_o tell_v us._n math._n 10._o 37._o revel_v 14._o 26._o secondlye_o that_o howsoever_o the_o thing_n that_o 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