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in_o the_o brain_n but_o work_v devotion_n and_o obedience_n in_o the_o heart_n and_o life_n it_o be_v not_o a_o doctrine_n of_o word_n and_o name_n as_o gallio_n profane_o banish_v christianity_n non_fw-la magna_fw-la loquimur_fw-la sed_fw-la vivimus_fw-la say_v tertullian_n christian_n be_v not_o talker_n but_o doer_n it_o be_v not_o a_o verbal_a profession_n but_o matter_n of_o practice_n and_o action_n 2._o the_o author_n of_o religion_n be_v represent_v in_o scripture_n not_o as_o a_o teacher_n or_o doctor_n only_o but_o as_o a_o commander_n and_o lawgiver_n there_o be_v one_o lawgiver_n say_v s._n james_n who_o be_v able_a to_o save_v and_o to_o destroy_v chap._n four_o 12._o so_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n chap._n xxxiii_o 22._o the_o lord_n be_v our_o judge_n the_o lord_n be_v our_o lawgiver_n the_o lord_n be_v our_o king_n a_o king_n a_o lawgiver_n a_o judge_n word_n import_v and_o require_v duty_n and_o obedience_n and_o practice_n of_o we_o 3._o the_o subject_a of_o religion_n 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