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my_o brethren_n and_o say_v unto_o they_o i_o ascend_v to_o my_o father_n and_o your_o father_n to_o my_o god_n and_o your_o god_n where_o he_o plain_o make_v a_o difference_n for_o he_o do_v not_o say_v i_o ascend_v to_o our_o father_n as_o though_o he_o and_o they_o have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o common_a interest_n in_o this_o near_a relation_n to_o god_n as_o he_o teach_v we_o to_o say_v our_o father_n because_o we_o all_o stand_v upon_o the_o same_o foot_n and_o bottom_n of_o filiation_n but_o he_o say_v i_o ascend_v to_o my_o father_n and_o your_o father_n thereby_o intimate_v that_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o god_n be_v a_o father_n to_o he_o and_o a_o father_n to_o they_o and_o so_o indeed_o there_o be_v a_o vast_a one_o for_o he_o be_v the_o father_n of_o christ_n by_o hieros_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cyrill_n hieros_n nature_n and_o by_o eternal_a generation_n but_o he_o be_v the_o father_n of_o saint_n only_o by_o grace_n by_o adoption_n and_o 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