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their_o priest_n to_o save_v they_o their_o king_n to_o rule_v they_o and_o their_o prophet_n to_o teach_v they_o and_o then_o they_o have_v a_o ancre_fw-fr for_o their_o soul_n both_o sure_a and_o steadfast_a chap._n vii_o take_v a_o general_a view_n of_o the_o author_n book_n have_v already_o particular_o single_v out_o some_o of_o the_o author_n doctrine_n and_o examine_v it_o under_o several_a chapter_n i_o shall_v now_o give_v the_o reader_n a_o more_o miscellanious_a and_o general_a view_n of_o this_o author_n doctrine_n and_o here_o we_o shall_v not_o oppose_v all_o that_o may_v be_v oppose_v but_o keep_v to_o the_o end_n which_o i_o propound_v to_o myself_o to_o wit_n to_o deal_v with_o those_o passage_n in_o the_o book_n that_o obscure_a the_o gospel_n and_o be_v most_o likely_a to_o mislead_v or_o stumble-the_a unwary_a reader_n page_n 83._o he_o say_v cain_n and_o abel_n be_v both_o for_o a_o while_n worshipper_n and_o servant_n of_o god_n approach_v to_o he_o by_o 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