gospel_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o the_o apostle_n receive_v it_o p._n 228_o 230_o 233._o other_o thing_n he_o erect_v upon_o or_o claim_v in_o pursuance_n of_o these_o 1._o they_o have_v renew_a and_o repeat_v revelation_n p._n 238_o 240_o 243._o the_o good_a old_a gospel_n be_v again_o reveal_v by_o the_o same_o spirit_n p._n 254._o 256._o 2._o they_o have_v immediate_n revelation_n from_o the_o spirit_n as_o the_o apostle_n have_v p._n 228._o 3._o they_o have_v expository_n revelation_n the_o spirit_n give_v the_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o scripture_n immediate_o p._n 238_o 239_o 251_o 253_o 255._o 4._o the_o gospel_n be_v now_o preach_v in_o the_o demonstration_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o power_n p._n 244._o and_o they_o be_v the_o person_n without_o question_n who_o preach_v it_o 5._o they_o know_v the_o word_n of_o god_n by_o experience_n p._n 249._o 6._o the_o primitive_a christian_n have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gospel_n by_o the_o immediate_a revelation_n 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ellwood_n ignorance_n and_o impudence_n about_o st._n basil_n p._n 14._o about_o st._n greg_n nazianzene_n and_o sosiades_n p._n 15._o and_o in_o call_v the_o martyr_n our_o godly_a martyr_n p._n 16._o 17._o quaker_n deny_v themselves_o to_o be_v protestant_n p._n 16._o thomas_n ellwood_n sauciness_n towards_o the_o king_n p._n 18_o 19_o quaker_n have_v dangerous_a doctrine_n about_o king_n and_o magistrate_n p._n 19_o 20._o their_o degrade_n of_o the_o nobility_n p_o 20._o and_o contempt_n of_o other_o order_n of_o man_n p._n 21._o thomas_n ellwood_n manner_n of_o claim_v inspiration_n conclude_v as_o much_o for_o other_o as_o for_o themselves_o p._n 22._o god_n afford_v sufficient_a mean_n of_o conviction_n p._n 23._o immediate_a revelation_n shall_v be_v attest_v with_o evidence_n p._n 24._o revelation_n be_v a_o more_o easy_a thing_n than_o study_v p._n 25._o the_o various_a claimer_n of_o infallibility_n confute_v each_o other_o p._n 26._o quaker_n challenge_v the_o internal_a 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