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spiritual_a if_o not_o their_o civil_a and_o temporal_a estate_n and_o interest_n will_v languish_v and_o come_v to_o nothing_o notwithstanding_o leviticus_n 26._o etc._n etc._n wherefore_o 9_o prudens_fw-la o_o tale_n caveo_fw-la object_n i_o see_v no_o necessity_n at_o all_o of_o preserve_v of_o christian_a church_n resp_n 1._o the_o institute_v church_n of_o christ_n be_v situate_v direct_o in_o our_o way_n to_o the_o full_a fruition_n of_o god_n in_o heaven_n according_a to_o scripture_n 2._o the_o continuance_n of_o they_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a for_o all_o those_o that_o travel_v thither_o 3._o they_o that_o be_v travel_v to_o heaven_n do_v discover_v this_o necessity_n 4._o the_o gospel_n be_v hide_v from_o all_o the_o rest_n 2_o corin._n 4.3_o 5._o the_o objection_n savour_v very_o strong_o of_o atheism_n and_o antiscripturism_n unbelief_n and_o antichristianism_n and_o therefore_o 6._o those_o who_o spirit_n appear_v to_o be_v fraught_v with_o it_o must_v be_v leave_v 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