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the_o plot_n of_o wicked_a man_n 2.4_o psal_n 2.4_o the_o lord_n have_v they_o in_o derision_n man_n may_v be_v busy_a in_o contrive_v but_o christ_n be_v as_o busy_a in_o defeat_v here_o be_v a_o glorious_a beam_n of_o comfort_n break_v in_o upon_o we_o under_o this_o notion_n of_o christ_n be_v king_n his_o reign_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o people_n comfortable_o may_v we_o apply_v that_o of_o the_o prophet_n look_v upon_o zion_n the_o city_n of_o our_o solemnity_n 33.20_o isa_n 33.20_o thy_o eye_n shall_v see_v jerusalem_n a_o quiet_a habitation_n a_o tabernacle_n that_o shall_v not_o be_v take_v down_o not_o one_o of_o the_o stake_n thereof_o shall_v ever_o be_v remove_v neither_o shall_v any_o of_o the_o cord_n thereof_o be_v break_v but_o there_o the_o glorious_a lord_n will_v be_v to_o we_o a_o place_n of_o broad_a river_n for_o the_o lord_n be_v our_o judge_n the_o lord_n be_v our_o law_n giver_n the_o lord_n be_v our_o king_n he_o will_v save_v we_o when_o we_o look_v up_o 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we_o shall_v live_v one_o towards_o another_o as_o subject_n of_o the_o same_o king_n the_o mystical_a body_n of_o the_o church_n bear_v analogy_n with_o the_o politic_a body_n of_o the_o state_n subject_n as_o they_o be_v knit_v under_o one_o head_n so_o they_o shall_v be_v of_o one_o mind_n and_o have_v one_o heart_n and_o that_o chief_o in_o three_o particular_n first_o in_o love_n and_o keep_v communion_n one_o with_o another_o union_n with_o christ_n the_o head_n will_v produce_v communion_n with_o the_o member_n we_o have_v fellowship_n one_o with_o another_o 1.7_o 1_o john_n 1.7_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d certain_a thing_n which_o be_v common_a among_o christian_a friend_n 3._o arist_n pol._n l._n 2._o c._n 3._o a_o community_n in_o good_n all_o that_o believe_v be_v together_o 39_o act_n 2.44_o exit_fw-la substantia_fw-la familiari_fw-la fratres_fw-la sumus_fw-la tert_n ap_fw-mi adv_fw-la gent._n c._n 39_o and_o have_v all_o thing_n common_a a_o community_n in_o counsel_n contribute_v help_n of_o advice_n upon_o occasion_n offer_v a_o community_n in_o intelligence_n the_o church_n in_o the_o act_n hold_v intelligence_n together_o and_o the_o ecclesiastical_a story_n tell_v we_o at_o lion_n in_o france_n the_o saint_n be_v wont_a to_o send_v to_o the_o saint_n in_o phrygia_n 11._o omnia_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la indiscreta_fw-la sunt_fw-la praeter_fw-la vxores_fw-la tert._n ap_fw-mi adv_fw-la gent._n c._n 34._o occultisse_n notis_fw-la &_o insignibus_fw-la noscunt_fw-la &_o amant_fw-fr mutuò_fw-la penè_fw-la antequâ—m_fw-la noverint_fw-la man._n ejusmodi_fw-la vel_fw-la maximè_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la operatio_fw-la notam_fw-la nobis_fw-la inurit_fw-la penes_fw-la quosdam_fw-la vide_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la ut_fw-la inuicem_fw-la se_fw-la diligant_fw-la christiani_n tert_n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n al._n pae_v l._n 3._o c._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n naz._n de_fw-fr nonna_n orat._n 11._o concern_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n all_o thing_n they_o have_v common_a but_o especial_o a_o communion_n of_o conversation_n a_o delight_n in_o the_o society_n one_o of_o another_o it_o be_v a_o saying_n of_o a_o heathen_a in_o the_o primitive_a time_n what_o strange_a people_n these_o christian_n be_v they_o be_v as_o well_o acquaint_v in_o half_a a_o hour_n as_o other_o be_v in_o half_a a_o year_n we_o want_v this_o communion_n among_o we_o we_o keep_v communion_n with_o any_o kind_n of_o people_n rather_o than_o with_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n we_o every_o day_n say_v we_o believe_v a_o communion_n of_o saint_n but_o we_o make_v it_o in_o our_o practice_n rather_o a_o chimaera_n then_o a_o thing_n real_a we_o delight_v not_o in_o it_o o_o this_o strangeness_n and_o loathnesse_n to_o society_n with_o good_a man_n it_o be_v not_o agreeable_a with_o that_o heavenly_a conversation_n christian_n shall_v have_v this_o shall_v be_v the_o ligament_n of_o christian_n society_n their_o relation_n to_o christ_n as_o they_o be_v fellow_n citizen_n of_o the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n and_o the_o household_n of_o god_n and_o knit_v together_o under_o one_o king_n we_o shall_v desire_v to_o keep_v the_o same_o company_n here_o we_o shall_v do_v hereafter_o in_o heaven_n there_o our_o company_n shall_v be_v god_n and_o the_o saint_n so_o it_o shall_v be_v here_o it_o be_v true_a civil_a commerce_n may_v be_v keep_v with_o all_o but_o we_o ought_v to_o distinguish_v in_o choose_v our_o companion_n that_o when_o we_o die_v we_o may_v only_o change_v our_o place_n not_o our_o company_n if_o here_o we_o enjoy_v the_o presence_n of_o god_n and_o society_n of_o the_o saint_n our_o change_n will_v be_v but_o easy_a when_o we_o go_v hence_o we_o go_v