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the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d explicate_v in_o m._n gattaker_n his_o learned_a treatise_n call_v goâ—s_n eye_n â—â—_o bâ—â—_n israel_n be_v thou_o can_v not_o countenance_v the_o violence_n and_o oppression_n of_o thy_o people_n the_o grievance_n and_o vexation_n do_v unto_o they_o by_o wicked_a man_n much_o less_o draw_v nigh_o to_o man_n of_o such_o unclean_a hand_n 2._o the_o removens_fw-la prohibens_fw-la or_o the_o removal_n of_o that_o impediment_n and_o that_o be_v cleanse_v of_o hand_n and_o purify_n of_o your_o heart_n for_o say_v the_o prophet_n isa_n 1._o 16._o wash_v you_o make_v you_o clean_o put_v away_o the_o evil_a of_o your_o do_n from_o before_o my_o eye_n cease_v to_o do_v evil_a learn_v to_o do_v well_o seek_v judgement_n relieve_v the_o oppress_v judge_v the_o fatherless_a plead_v for_o the_o widow_n and_o then_o it_o follow_v come_v now_o and_o let_v we_o reason_n together_o say_v the_o lord_n our_o dissimilitude_n and_o unlikenes_n to_o god_n be_v 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to_o intend_v and_o aim_v at_o he_o and_o his_o glory_n in_o all_o you_o do_v for_o those_o crooked_a serpentine_a and_o subtle_a wind_n and_o turn_n of_o heart_n which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psal_n 145._o 4_o 5._o crooked_a way_n that_o be_v like_o a_o wind_a way_n or_o wind_a brook_n that_o run_v in_o and_o out_o or_o like_o a_o wind_a stair_n case_n where_o a_o man_n go_v but_o three_o or_o four_o step_n and_o then_o turn_v to_o another_o point_n be_v set_v in_o opposition_n to_o uprightnes_n of_o heart_n such_o off_o and_o on_o such_o in_o and_o out_o heart_n can_v be_v upright_o they_o then_o be_v double_a mind_v 1._o who_o heart_n be_v not_o single_a and_o entire_a with_o god_n but_o divide_v between_o god_n and_o self_n be_v bias_v with_o carnal_a and_o worldly_a lust_n policy_n or_o end_n like_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o adulterer_n or_o adulteress_n so_o these_o double_a mind_a one_o be_v also_o call_v ver_fw-la 4._o which_o be_v divide_v between_o 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appoint_v by_o he_o that_o have_v appoint_v the_o office_n &_o that_o there_o be_v a_o separation_n of_o man_n thereunto_o or_o manner_n of_o their_o constitution_n &_o ordination_n that_o be_v a_o potestative_a mission_n as_o some_o express_v it_o and_o then_o the_o modus_fw-la be_v to_o be_v inquire_v into_o as_o touch_v which_o it_o be_v argue_v that_o ordination_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n as_o contradistinguisht_v from_o the_o election_n of_o the_o people_n be_v not_o essential_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o entrance_n essential_a be_v a_o great_a word_n baptism_n &_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v not_o essential_a to_o the_o be_v of_o a_o christian_a or_o to_o salvation_n so_o as_o the_o privation_n of_o they_o shall_v damn_v the_o soul_n and_o yet_o be_v of_o excellent_a use_n and_o clear_a institution_n it_o may_v suffice_v that_o there_o be_v so_o much_o in_o the_o word_n for_o ordination_n as_o that_o the_o way_n of_o the_o word_n in_o that_o case_n be_v neither_o to_o be_v 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