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necessity_n of_o a_o true_a ministry_n there_o also_o because_o say_v he_o pag._n 8._o the_o church_n never_o do_v nor_o can_v subsist_v without_o its_o officer_n who_o be_v a_o essential_a part_n of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v a_o politic_a body_n and_o the_o most_o eminent_a part_n as_o it_o be_v a_o community_n then_o he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n to_o be_v those_o minister_n or_o officer_n by_o a_o argument_n pag._n 11._o thus_o frame_v either_o those_o pastor_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n be_v the_o true_a minister_n of_o christ_n or_o else_o there_o be_v none_o such_o visible_a in_o the_o world_n but_o there_o be_v such_o visible_o and_o certain_o in_o the_o world_n else_o there_o be_v no_o church_n so_o then_o thou_o may_v see_v that_o the_o whole_a stress_n of_o his_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n to_o be_v the_o true_a minister_n of_o christ_n hang_v mere_o upon_o this_o single_a pin_n namely_o 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