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who_o conscience_n be_v defile_v that_o be_v i_o conceive_v in_o sin_v in_o all_o that_o he_o do_v tis._n 1.15_o but_o unto_o the_o admitter_n unless_o they_o be_v convict_v and_o joiner_n who_o as_o the_o school_n say_v well_o concur_v in_o their_o actu_fw-la physico_fw-la not_o morali_fw-la to_o their_o act_n of_o receive_v not_o unworthiness_n their_o mind_n be_v pure_a all_o thing_n even_o the_o worst_a be_v pure_a and_o there_o be_v no_o more_o reason_n to_o be_v afraid_a of_o come_v for_o that_o unworthiness_n of_o another_o than_o for_o a_o man_n to_o scruple_n likewise_o because_o the_o cloth_n be_v not_o clean_a enough_o upon_o the_o table_n indeed_o in_o the_o law_n we_o read_v of_o a_o distinguish_a the_o clean_a from_o the_o unclean_a levit_fw-la 10.10_o &_o 11.47_o which_o otherwise_o will_v defile_v their_o sacrifice_n hag._n 8.14_o and_o their_o very_a temple_n ez._n 23.38_o 39_o such_o a_o outward_a holiness_n have_v their_o legal_a rite_n that_o it_o can_v be_v touch_v 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