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they_o print_v ibid._n 8_o let_v all_o be_v several_o accountable_a pag._n 3_o 9_o free_a debate_n and_o open_a conference_n ibid._n 10_o let_v we_o call_v believer_n though_o of_o several_a opinion_n if_o the_o name_n of_o brethren_n can_v be_v just_o allow_v ib._n 11_o no_o believer_n to_o esteem_v too_o high_o of_o themselves_o for_o what_o they_o attain_v to_o ibid._n 12_o no_o assume_v infallibility_n over_o each_o other_o p._n 4_o 13_o no_o civil_a power_n draw_v into_o advantage_n ib._n 14_o tenderness_n in_o offend_v each_o other_o in_o thing_n of_o a_o outward_a nature_n ibid._n 15_o several_a opinion_n from_o the_o gospel_n first_o discovery_n yet_o all_o believer_n p._n 5_o 16_o no_o despise_v for_o too_o much_o learning_n or_o too_o little_a ibid._n 17_o we_o be_v one_o in_o christ_n though_o divers_a ibid._n 18_o the_o spiritual_a persecution_n to_o be_v forbear_v ib._n the_o unwarrantable_a way_n of_o peace_n or_o the_o antichristian_a design_n for_o reconciliation_n to_o 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