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man_n father_n witness_v the_o text_n isa_n 6.9_o &_o heb._n 2.11_o 13._o the_o church_n be_v his_o mother_n gal._n 4.26_o 27._o 2._o there_o be_v subordinate_a and_o instrumental_a cause_n such_o be_v christ_n minister_n who_o be_v therefore_o sometime_o call_v father_n 1_o cor._n 4.15_o and_o sometime_o mother_n gal._n 4.19_o compare_v 1_o thes_n 2.7_o 3._o the_o constitutive_a cause_n a_o seed_n which_o be_v partly_o materials_n namely_o the_o word_n 1_o pet._n 1.23_o partly_o spiritual_a the_o influence_n and_o efficacy_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n john_n 3.5_o without_o which_o the_o material_a seed_n or_o letter_n be_v ineffectual_a 2_o cor._n 3.6_o 2._o they_o agree_v 2._o in_o the_o manner_n of_o production_n in_o both_o there_o be_v 1._o a_o conception_n christ_n spiritual_a as_o well_o as_o personal_a be_v ever_o conceive_v by_o the_o power_n and_o overshadow_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n this_o hold_v true_a in_o other_o generation_n matth._n 13.23_o
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