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their_o neighbour_n as_o themselves_o and_o to_o do_v as_o they_o will_v have_v other_o to_o do_v by_o they_o and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a root_n and_o spring_n of_o concord_n and_o it_o be_v christianity_n which_o most_o teach_v the_o forgive_n of_o wrong_n and_o love_v of_o enemy_n and_o forbear_v that_o revenge_n which_o heathen_n be_v wont_a to_o account_v a_o honour_n and_o it_o be_v christianity_n which_o teach_v man_n to_o contemn_v all_o the_o riches_n and_o honour_n of_o the_o world_n which_o be_v the_o bone_n that_o worldly_a dog_n do_v fight_v for_o and_o the_o great_a occasion_n of_o their_o strife_n and_o it_o teach_v they_o to_o mortify_v all_o those_o vice_n which_o feed_v man_n division_n and_o contention_n so_o that_o if_o any_o man_n live_v as_o a_o christian_a he_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o man_n of_o unity_n
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also_o to_o know_v of_o some_o state_v certain_a course_n of_o remedy_n §_o 13._o it_o be_v meet_v that_o the_o sinful_a world_n have_v not_o only_o a_o certain_a teacher_n but_o also_o a_o perfect_a pattern_n before_o they_o of_o righteousness_n love_n self-denial_n meekness_n patience_n contempt_n of_o low_a thing_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v give_v we_o by_o jesus_n christ_n alone_o and_o therefore_o the_o gospel_n be_v write_v historical_o with_o doctrine_n intermix_v that_o we_o may_v have_v both_o perfect_a precept_n and_o pattern_n §_o 14._o it_o be_v very_o congruous_a to_o a_o world_n universal_o lapse_v that_o god_n shall_v make_v with_o it_o a_o new_a law_n and_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o that_o this_o covenant_n shall_v tender_v we_o the_o pardon_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o be_v a_o conditional_a act_n of_o oblivion_n and_o that_o sinner_n be_v not_o leave_v to_o the_o mere_a law_n of_o perfect_a nature_n which_o be_v to_o preserve_v that_o innocency_n which_o they_o 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