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thou_o never_o have_v thou_o say_v but_o now_o that_o thou_o be_v but_o in_o part_n convince_v of_o the_o way_n and_o have_v thou_o the_o comforter_n long_o ago_o and_o lose_v he_o now_o the_o way_n and_o the_o comforter_n be_v but_o one_o the_o which_o be_v jesus_n christ_n john_n 14._o 6._o 17._o 26._o chap._n 17._o 23._o i_o know_v that_o if_o jesus_n christ_n have_v be_v bring_v forth_o in_o thou_o without_o which_o there_o be_v no_o true_a comfort_n who_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o all_o tithe_n type_n form_n and_o shadow_n that_o thou_o can_v not_o unto_o this_o day_n have_v remain_v a_o parish_n priest_n and_o so_o uphold_v a_o antichristian_a priesthood_n halt_v between_o many_o opinion_n neither_o according_a to_o aaron_n levi_n nor_o christ_n but_o live_v in_o thy_o own_o will_n and_o so_o live_v above_o christ_n who_o live_v not_o in_o his_o own_o will_n for_o say_v he_o not_o my_o will_n but_o thou_o be_v do_v john_n 6._o 38._o and_o now_o who_o will_v regard_v thy_o 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to_o wit_n baptist_n where_o it_o be_v plain_a thou_o have_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n to_o fly_v unto_o and_o speak_v from_o as_o the_o true_a apostle_n have_v witness_v one_o act_v 6._o 10._o therefore_o thou_o be_v both_o see_v in_o the_o light_n prove_v by_o scripture_n and_o thy_o own_o write_n to_o be_v a_o false_a apostle_n and_o a_o false_a minister_n 2_o cor._n 11._o 13_o 14_o 15._o much_o more_o may_v be_v say_v and_o prove_v both_o from_o thy_o write_n and_o act_n but_o i_o desire_v the_o good_a of_o thy_o soul_n by_o this_o which_o be_v sufficient_a at_o present_a to_o prove_v thou_o to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o wander_v star_n judas_n 13._o a_o word_n to_o all_o professor_n in_o the_o world_n be_v it_o be_v order_v of_o my_o lord_n god_n and_o father_n of_o light_n that_o something_o must_v go_v forth_o in_o print_n as_o from_o i_o who_o be_o the_o least_o of_o all_o saint_n i_o be_v even_o as_o free_o engage_v in_o my_o spirit_n out_o of_o tender_a love_n to_o 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