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dwell_v in_o you_o he_o that_o raise_v up_o christ_n from_o the_o dead_a shall_v also_o quicken_v your_o mortal_a body_n by_o his_o spirit_n that_o dwell_v in_o you_o and_o he_o say_v upon_o this_o text_n methinks_v this_o truth_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n do_v very_o clear_o shine_v in_o the_o evidence_n of_o this_o scripture_n i_o answer_v that_o what_o shine_v so_o clear_o to_o he_o i_o do_v not_o at_o all_o discover_v p._n 84._o mr._n w._n proceed_v in_o a_o long_a discourse_n which_o i_o think_v rather_o confound_v and_o mislead_v than_o open_v and_o declare_v the_o mean_v of_o st._n paul_n word_n and_o yet_o i_o have_v no_o intent_n to_o implicate_v myself_o with_o he_o upon_o that_o subject_a especial_o in_o many_o word_n p._n 85._o he_o raise_v a_o exception_n out_o of_o st._n paul_n doctrine_n but_o i_o think_v it_o be_v out_o of_o his_o own_o brain_n and_o invention_n not_o perceive_v that_o paul_n think_v of_o such_o a_o objection_n nor_o that_o he_o make_v or_o 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