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be_o i_o my_o brother_n keeper_n that_o they_o do_v love_v the_o brethren_n in_o their_o degree_n fervent_o as_o well_o as_o true_o be_v attest_v by_o peter_n who_o write_v to_o babe_n say_v see_v you_o have_v purify_v your_o heart_n in_o obey_v the_o truth_n by_o the_o spirit_n unto_o unfeigned_a love_n of_o the_o brethren_n see_v that_o you_o continue_v to_o love_v one_o another_o with_o a_o pure_a heart_n fervent_o 1_o pet._n 1.22_o he_o exhort_v they_o to_o do_v that_o full_o which_o they_o already_o do_v in_o part_n according_a to_o that_o 1_o thes_n 5_o 11._o comfort_v yourselves_o together_o and_o edify_v one_o another_o as_o you_o also_o do_v it_o be_v the_o great_a character_n of_o
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fine_a and_o curious_a they_o must_v have_v the_o dish_n garnish_v 4._o ezek._n 33.30_o 32._o 2_o tim._n 4._o â—_o 3_o 4._o the_o cloth_n lace_v and_o trim_v al-a-mode_n they_o care_v not_o for_o plain_a song_n this_o be_v all_o babish_a and_o carnal_a to_o look_v after_o what_o suit_v our_o humour_n and_o not_o after_o edification_n and_o increase_n 2._o these_o babe_n and_o as_o carnal_a corinthian_n do_v it_o seem_v much_o confine_n not_o only_o themseive_v but_o god_n too_o to_o such_o a_o man_n ministry_n they_o look_v for_o no_o increase_n some_o of_o they_o unless_o paul_n do_v preach_v nor_o other_o unless_o apollo_n do_v preach_v as_o if_o their_o faith_n and_o the_o blessing_n have_v come_v from_o the_o man_n as_o be_v intimate_v in_o chap._n 3._o vers_fw-la 5_o 6.7_o with_o chap._n 1.13_o 14._o if_o paul_n baptise_a preach_v and_o administer_v the_o lord_n feast_n or_o supper_n than_o they_o promise_v themselves_o great_a matter_n as_o other_o do_v from_o apollo_n as_o if_o 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