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as_o close_o with_o christ_n he_o will_v not_o only_o perform_v the_o promise_n which_o they_o be_v actual_o believe_v and_o expect_v but_o will_v do_v great_a thing_n for_o they_o when_o they_o be_v not_o sensible_a nor_o able_a to_o cooperate_v so_o much_o be_v import_v in_o that_o he_o will_v raise_v he_o up_o when_o his_o dust_n be_v little_a sensible_a nor_o can_v be_v active_a in_o that_o matter_n verse_n 55._o for_o my_o flesh_n be_v meat_n indeed_o and_o my_o blood_n be_v drink_v indeed_o to_o confirm_v the_o certainty_n of_o this_o encouragement_n he_o subjoin_v several_a argument_n which_o both_o prove_v the_o assertion_n and_o be_v so_o many_o motive_n to_o excite_v they_o to_o feed_v upon_o he_o and_o 4._o he_o bring_v a_o proof_n that_o feeder_n on_o he_o have_v life_n from_o the_o excellency_n of_o this_o food_n that_o it_o be_v not_o counterfeit_v but_o real_a food_n able_a to_o confer_v and_o maintain_v life_n whence_o learn_v 1._o albeit_o man_n do_v need_v bodily_a 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