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john_n 3.17_o and_o again_o say_v he_o plain_o this_o be_v my_o commandment_n that_o you_o love_v one_o another_o as_o i_o have_v love_v you_o and_o great_a love_n than_o this_o have_v 〈◊〉_d then_o that_o a_o man_n lie_v down_o his_o life_n for_o his_o friend_n see_v john_n 15.12_o 13._o and_o again_o these_o thing_n i_o command_v you_o that_o you_o love_v one_o another_o vers_n 17._o and_o again_o as_o answer_v a_o objection_n which_o he_o foresee_v in_o their_o mind_n to_o wit_n that_o if_o they_o love_v one_o another_o and_o show_v such_o peculiar_a love_n one_o to_o another_o than_o the_o world_n will_v hate_v they_o the_o more_o the_o which_o he_o cut_v off_o clear_o as_o altogether_o invalid_a say_v if_o the_o world_n do_v hate_v you_o you_o know_v that_o it_o hate_v i_o before_o it_o hate_v you_o see_z vers_n 18._o and_o to_o the_o end_n and_o give_v i_o leave_v a_o little_a to_o ingrate_a upon_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n yea_o that_o whoever_o read_v or_o hear_v these_o resolve_n may_v consider_v with_o i_o and_o so_o free_o acknowledge_v as_o sure_o none_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o these_o very_a word_n be_v the_o word_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n and_o therefore_o as_o we_o do_v know_v they_o and_o faithful_o believe_v that_o they_o be_v his_o word_n let_v we_o take_v heed_n yea_o diligent_a heed_n and_o the_o more_o heed_n also_o lest_o we_o let_v they_o slip_v even_o because_o they_o be_v his_o word_n who_o we_o ought_v to_o love_v honour_n and_o obey_v in_o all_o thing_n and_o that_o not_o as_o man_n only_o but_o as_o god_n himself_o and_o therefore_o let_v no_o excuse_n serve_v our_o turn_n like_v they_o that_o hear_v the_o law_n at_o first_o because_o they_o can_v not_o abide_v that_o which_o be_v command_v see_v heb_fw-mi for_o we_o must_v abide_v and_o obey_v also_o what_o christ_n have_v command_v we_o can_v be_v excuse_v as_o the_o israelite_n be_v for_o he_o likewise_o exemplify_v what_o he_o have_v command_v in_o 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