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to_o the_o purpose_n we_o have_v in_o hand_n but_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v pretend_v a_o tenet_n or_o a_o custom_n or_o a_o doctrine_n to_o be_v receive_v believe_v perform_v and_o practise_v because_o his_o own_o conscience_n give_v he_o in_o it_o be_v so_o or_o aught_o to_o be_v believe_v and_o practise_v though_o he_o have_v a_o express_a command_n to_o the_o contrary_a in_o god_n word_n i_o say_v that_o this_o man_n heart_n be_v full_a of_o atheism_n and_o unbelief_n and_o gross_o delude_v by_o the_o devil_n and_o though_o his_o erroneous_a conscience_n give_v he_o in_o it_o must_v be_v so_o yet_o he_o sin_n if_o he_o do_v it_o because_o it_o be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n now_o if_o a_o man_n sin_n if_o he_o walk_v not_o up_o to_o the_o light_n of_o his_o conscience_n in_o some_o case_n though_o it_o may_v be_v erroneous_a then_o much_o more_o he_o walk_v not_o up_o to_o the_o light_n of_o the_o word_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n these_o be_v infallible_a 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of_o the_o spirit_n shall_v shine_v into_o their_o heart_n through_o the_o face_n of_o jesus_n christ_n till_o christ_n shall_v sit_v as_o a_o refiner_n fire_n and_o purify_v the_o heart_n of_o his_o people_n as_o the_o prophet_n malachy_n have_v it_o and_o shall_v make_v they_o willing_a in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o power_n to_o receive_v the_o truth_n in_o the_o love_n of_o it_o but_o yet_o we_o ought_v to_o distinguish_v 14.1_o psal_n 110.3_o rom._n 14.1_o and_o to_o make_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o precious_a and_o the_o vile_a between_o he_o that_o be_v weak_a in_o the_o faith_n and_o he_o that_o offend_v out_o of_o malice_n and_o obstinacy_n and_o know_v that_o he_o be_v in_o a_o wrong_a way_n and_o will_v not_o be_v reform_v with_o the_o late_a we_o be_v to_o deal_v in_o a_o more_o severe_a way_n open_o 18.17_o 1_o tim_n 5.20_o mat._n 7.6_o mat._n 18.17_o rebuhe_v they_o before_o many_o witness_n and_o if_o they_o still_o persist_v &_o turn_v to_o dog_n and_o rend_v we_o 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