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unto_o we_o to_o lay_v upon_o you_o no_o great_a burden_n than_o these_o necessary_a thing_n etc._n etc._n when_o they_o come_v to_o antioch_n and_o when_o they_o have_v gather_v the_o multitude_n together_o they_o deliver_v the_o epistle_n and_o judas_n and_o silas_n be_v prophet_n also_o themselves_o exhort_v the_o brethren_n and_o confirm_v they_o 32._o and_o afterward_o be_v let_v go_v in_o peace_n from_o the_o brethren_n unto_o the_o apostle_n 33._o and_o paul_n choose_v silas_n and_o depart_v be_v recommend_v by_o the_o brethren_n unto_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n 40._o and_o the_o brethren_n immediate_o send_v away_o paul_n and_o silas_n by_o night_n unto_o baeraea_n 17._o act_n 10._o and_o the_o brethren_n send_v away_o paul_n to_o go_v as_o it_o be_v by_o sea_n v._o 14._o and_o paul_n take_v his_o leave_n of_o the_o brethren_n 18._o act_n 18._o and_o when_o he_o have_v land_v
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than_o for_o our_o discourser_n as_o be_v diametrical_o opposite_a to_o the_o end_n for_o which_o our_o author_n quote_v this_o apostle_n however_o sit_v lector_n judex_n his_o next_o and_o last_o fortress_n and_o refuge_n be_v act_n 15._o which_o be_v also_o bring_v to_o justify_v not_o only_a freedom_n from_o moysaicall_a institution_n but_o also_o from_o any_o succeed_a imposition_n of_o man_n our_o liberty_n equal_o respect_v they_o both_o yet_o he_o grant_v there_o may_v be_v yea_o that_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la there_o aught_o to_o be_v a_o abridgement_n make_v of_o our_o liberty_n as_o to_o the_o performance_n of_o some_o thing_n at_o some_o time_n which_o in_o general_a we_o be_v make_v free_a unto_o where_o the_o performance_n in_o the_o use_n and_o exercise_v of_o our_o liberty_n will_v prove_v a_o hindrance_n to_o edification_n the_o great_a thing_n whereunto_o all_o thing_n be_v subservient_fw-fr but_o then_o the_o case_n must_v be_v so_o state_v antecedent_n to_o any_o 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direct_o obstructive_a to_o our_o liberty_n in_o jesus_n christ_n f._n 70_o 71._o all_o which_o and_o much_o more_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n i_o must_v confess_v our_o author_n have_v very_o peremptory_o and_o very_o magisterial_o deliver_v as_o if_o as_o true_a as_o gospel_n itself_o but_o whether_o in_o truth_n they_o be_v so_o sound_a that_o they_o can_v be_v condemn_v and_o that_o both_o myself_o and_o other_o that_o be_v of_o contrary_a judgement_n may_v be_v ashamed_a i_o must_v crave_v leave_n to_o bring_v this_o portion_n also_o of_o scripture_n act_v 15.28_o f._n 25.70_o to_o the_o test_n as_o i_o have_v do_v the_o other_o and_o leave_v the_o reader_n to_o judge_n he_o himself_o have_v only_o by_o quote_v of_o it_o bid_v it_o euge_fw-la and_o vale_fw-la only_o give_v it_o a_o salute_n and_o a_o farewell_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o breath_n viz._n for_o it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o to_o we_o to_o lay_v upon_o you_o no_o great_a burden_n than_o 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