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lord_n in_o your_o duty_n to_o your_o relation_n col._n 3._o 24._o christ_n come_v not_o to_o dissolve_v the_o law_n betwixt_o any_o relation_n but_o to_o tie_v their_o mutual_a obligation_n fast_o though_o with_o the_o silken_a string_n of_o love_n and_o charity_n if_o we_o shall_v instance_n in_o all_o relation_n the_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v evident_a 1._o betwixt_o master_n and_o servant_n eph._n 6._o 5._o col._n 3._o 22._o &_o 4._o 1._o 2._o betwixt_o parent_n and_o child_n eph._n 6._o 1._o col._n 3._o 20_o 21._o 3._o betwixt_o husband_n and_o wife_n eph._n 5._o 22_o etc._n etc._n col._n 3._o 18_o 19_o 4._o betwixt_o prince_n and_o people_n rom._n 13._o 1_o etc._n etc._n 1_o pet._n 2._o 13_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o he_o who_o law_n do_v enforce_v the_o duty_n of_o all_o other_o relation_n with_o strong_a tie_n of_o obligation_n and_o endearment_n shall_v leave_v his_o own_o house_n and_o kingdom_n to_o be_v the_o only_a stage_n for_o a_o unbridled_a 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head_n do_v first_o appoint_v rule_n and_o order_n constitute_v law_n and_o officer_n by_o which_o his_o church_n shall_v be_v govern_v and_o then_o do_v call_v and_o assemble_v it_o and_o wherein_o he_o have_v determine_v any_o thing_n we_o be_v oblige_v to_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o necessary_a to_o the_o support_n and_o well-ordering_a of_o that_o society_n whether_o such_o order_n be_v make_v by_o himself_o or_o determine_v by_o his_o apostle_n who_o be_v immediate_o send_v by_o he_o to_o that_o purpose_n make_v no_o difference_n for_o he_o spend_v forty_o day_n with_o they_o after_o his_o resurrection_n instruct_v they_o about_o the_o constitution_n and_o government_n of_o his_o kingdom_n act._n 1._o 2_o 3._o and_o after_o his_o ascension_n he_o send_v down_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_z establish_z and_o empower_v they_o that_o be_v not_o only_o to_o make_v they_o prudent_a but_o infallible_a hereupon_o they_o do_v not_o only_o profess_v that_o they_o have_v the_o mind_n of_o 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