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i_o take_v to_o be_v level_v particular_o against_o t._n e._n for_o i_o know_v of_o none_o other_o assign_v in_o any_o our_o book_n who_o in_o truth_n defend_v p._n 108._o give_v notice_n of_o a_o typographical_a error_n in_o a_o book_n of_o g._n w_n viz._n to_o instead_o of_o for_o which_o he_o find_v correct_v by_o a_o pen_n ready_a to_o his_o hand_n and_o also_o show_v by_o the_o sense_n that_o the_o mistake_n must_v needs_o be_v in_o the_o printer_n yet_o have_v g._n k._n be_v ever_o and_o anon_o harp_v at_o it_o that_o it_o be_v the_o author_n call_v it_o postscript_n to_o gross_a error_n a_o dull_a silly_a juggle_v and_o in_o his_o ex._n narr_n p._n 27._o a_o trick_n of_o t._n be_v so_o sordid_o will_v he_o impose_v what_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n to_o suppose_v be_v not_o a_o error_n more_o acceptable_a to_o he_o than_o a_o correction_n but_o this_o be_v again_o reply_v to_o by_o t._n e._n in_o his_o answer_n to_o g._n k._n his_o narr_n p._n 112._o i_o refer_v thither_o §_o 11_o he_o have_v say_v imm._n rev._n p._n 74._o now_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o father_n love_n stir_v in_o compassion_n to_o the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n that_o of_o the_o pure_a creation_n in_o man_n which_o though_o shut_v up_o in_o death_n yet_o it_o remain_v and_o perish_v not_o as_o to_o its_o be_v and_o this_o be_v the_o lose_a which_o god_n send_v his_o son_n into_o the_o world_n to_o save_v etc._n etc._n now_o in_o §_o 11._o he_o explain_v himself_o to_o have_v mean_v thereby_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o be_v a_o create_v be_v and_o that_o he_o call_v it_o that_o of_o the_o pure_a creation_n not_o that_o it_o have_v not_o be_v defile_v by_o sin_n but_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o great_a worth_n in_o respect_n of_o its_o original_a and_o primitive_a state_n and_o its_o near_a capacity_n to_o be_v cleanse_v and_o purify_v answ_n i_o may_v here_o show_v that_o this_o be_v doctrinal_o unsound_a that_o man_n body_n be_v create_v pure_a as_o well_o as_o his_o soul_n that_o sin_n 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appear_v he_o do_v not_o then_o mean_v by_o live_a soul_n that_o which_o he_o now_o call_v a_o create_v be_v but_o the_o soul_n of_o that_o soul_n christ_n god_n image_n put_v in_o man_n who_o there_o add_v and_o the_o light_n of_o man_n be_v his_o life_n live_v in_o he_o etc._n etc._n again_o p._n 75._o after_o have_v declare_v what_o be_v not_o to_o be_v save_v viz._n the_o old_a adam_n the_o birth_n of_o the_o serpent_n beget_n he_o say_v that_o which_o christ_n come_v to_o save_v be_v that_o of_o god_n which_o proceed_v from_o he_o the_o seed_n of_o god_n in_o man_n whereof_o abraham_n old_a decay_v body_n and_o sarah_n barren_a womb_n be_v a_o type_n so_o that_o here_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o body_n nor_o of_o soul_n but_o of_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o serpent_n and_o the_o seed_n of_o god_n and_o as_o what_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o serpent_n beget_v be_v not_o applicable_a to_o the_o body_n so_o neither_o be_v what_o be_v say_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o god_n 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