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progress_n and_o true_o my_o brethren_n it_o be_v my_o earnest_a desire_n to_o see_v soul_n to_o live_v more_o in_o the_o spirit_n and_o less_o in_o the_o letter_n and_o then_o they_o will_v see_v that_o we_o judge_v of_o the_o letter_n by_o the_o spirit_n and_o not_o of_o the_o spirit_n by_o the_o letter_n which_o occasion_n so_o much_o ignorance_n among_o we_o and_o those_o who_o profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v our_o teacher_n be_v chief_a in_o this_o trespass_n observe_v this_o j._n faldo_n again_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n who_o be_v god_n be_v the_o alone_a rule_n of_o a_o spiritual_a christian_a etc._n etc._n further_n declare_v that_o some_o set_n the_o scripture_n in_o the_o room_n of_o the_o spirit_n they_o make_v they_o a_o idol_n ibid._n p._n 248._o let_v he_o either_o discard_v these_o man_n from_o be_v christian_n that_o be_v repute_v great_a and_o refine_a professor_n before_o the_o break_v forth_o of_o the_o people_n call_v quaker_n or_o leave_v off_o censure_v this_o 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have_v our_o be_v for_o we_o be_v also_o of_o his_o offspring_n erasmus_n in_o deut._n say_v non_fw-la supra_fw-la â—e_n sed_fw-la intrate_n est_fw-la sermo_n valde_fw-la i._o the_o word_n be_v not_o above_o thou_o but_o very_o within_o thou_o the_o samaritan_n copy_n have_v it_o not_o the_o word_n but_o the_o thing_n be_v in_o thou_o according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v often_o so_o translate_v fagius_n upon_o the_o place_n in_o deuter._n thus_o in_o cord_n dicit_fw-la quia_fw-la legem_fw-la cordibus_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la inscripserat_fw-la dominus_fw-la priusquam_fw-la in_o tabulis_fw-la illis_fw-la lapâ—deis_fw-la decologum_n insculpsisset_fw-la i._n e._n in_o the_o heart_n say_v he_o because_o the_o lord_n haâ—â—_n write_v the_o law_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o jew_n before_o he_o have_v grave_v the_o decalogue_n in_o the_o table_n of_o stone_n for_o its_o be_v such_o a_o word_n as_o use_v to_o be_v in_o the_o mouth_n i_o must_v 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they_o that_o believe_v not_o vers_n 22._o but_o our_o friend_n speak_v among_o they_o that_o believe_v and_o though_o they_o do_v not_o all_o know_v what_o her_o bare_a word_n import_v yet_o they_o may_v be_v and_o be_v sensible_a of_o the_o divine_a power_n in_o which_o she_o speak_v which_o give_v a_o general_a refreshment_n unto_o they_o of_o that_o assembly_n that_o be_v acquaint_v with_o it_o otherwise_o all_o fellowship_n in_o spirit_n must_v be_v renounce_v but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v any_o thing_n j._n f_n froth_n will_v have_v it_o because_o its_o unknown_a to_o his_o thick_a and_o carnal_a understanding_n however_o the_o want_n of_o a_o know_a tongue_n may_v render_v one_o less_o profitable_a but_o not_o less_o a_o christian_n for_o a_o time_n shall_v come_v the_o same_o apostle_n say_v that_o tongue_n shall_v cease_v but_o never_o that_o christianity_n or_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n shall_v cease_v therefore_o to_o reâ—ute_v all_o that_o can_v speak_v in_o a_o 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to_o believe_v what_o we_o say_v but_o reprove_v his_o profane_a scoff_v at_o what_o we_o believe_v i_o will_v have_v so_o much_o regard_n to_o any_o people_n serious_o profess_v religion_n as_o not_o to_o explain_v what_o they_o mean_v by_o their_o refreshment_n by_o the_o pleasure_n some_o irreligious_a people_n take_v at_o the_o vain_a and_o frothy_a sport_n of_o puppet-play_n and_o the_o worst_a word_n i_o give_v he_o and_o his_o comparison_n be_v profaneness_n further_o add_v that_o it_o outdo_v ben._n johnson_n alchemist_n a_o play_n make_v in_o scorn_n of_o puritan_n which_o all_o good_a man_n detest_v and_o himself_o die_v abhor_v but_o why_o may_v not_o people_n be_v refresh_v in_o their_o soul_n from_o that_o divine_a power_n which_o may_v attend_v a_o person_n speak_v in_o a_o language_n unknown_a suppose_v a_o godly_a assembly_n of_o english_a people_n and_o a_o english_a preacher_n endue_v with_o god_n holy_a spirit_n and_o there_o happen_v into_o such_o a_o congregation_n 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or_o mean_v which_o be_v enough_o to_o discredit_v a_o honest_a writer_n then_o j._n faldo_n so_o that_o what_o i_o do_v be_v more_o than_o can_v be_v just_o expect_v much_o less_o challenge_v from_o i_o however_o i_o take_v ten_o of_o the_o most_o suspicious_a if_o he_o be_v disprove_v in_o those_o there_o be_v great_a reason_n to_o suspect_v he_o about_o the_o rest_n till_o he_o have_v produce_v more_o unquestionable_a evidence_n of_o these_o he_o tell_v we_o i_o explain_v one_o five_o and_o oppose_v the_o other_o let_v we_o hear_v how_o he_o give_v my_o opposition_n and_o what_o be_v his_o replication_n reply_n the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v in_o pag._n 247._o the_o will_z of_o the_o flesh_n i_o e._n all_o that_o be_v choose_v by_o man_n though_o he_o be_v thereto_o dispose_v by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n reveal_v in_o the_o scripture_n this_o w._n p._n call_v false_a and_o a_o abominable_a and_o notorious_a untruth_n i_o have_v prove_v at_o large_a their_o calling_n all_o thing_n 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