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of_o assemble_v as_o well_o as_o the_o congregation_n itself_o call_v a_o church_n by_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 11._o 17_o 18._o now_o in_o this_o that_o i_o declare_v unto_o you_o i_o praise_v you_o not_o that_o you_o come_v together_o not_o for_o the_o better_a but_o for_o the_o worse_o for_o first_o of_o all_o when_o you_o come_v together_o in_o the_o church_n i_o hear_v that_o there_o be_v division_n among_o you_o etc._n etc._n see_v also_o 1_o cor._n 14._o 19_o where_o the_o apostle_n say_v yet_o in_o the_o church_n have_v i_o rather_o speak_v five_o word_n with_o my_o understanding_n that_o by_o my_o voice_n i_o may_v teach_v other_o also_o then_o ten_o thousand_o word_n in_o a_o unknown_a tongue_n q._n 47._o whether_o christ_n himself_o do_v not_o frequent_v the_o synagogue_n to_o teach_v therein_o see_v he_o himself_o faith_n to_o the_o high_a priest_n joh._n 18._o 20._o i_o speak_v open_o to_o the_o world_n i_o ever_o teach_v in_o the_o synagogue_n and_o in_o the_o temple_n 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or_o his_o apostle_n do_v call_v those_o synagogue_n by_o any_o reproachful_a name_n as_o you_o do_v our_o oratory_n and_o church_n by_o the_o name_n of_o steeple-house_n and_o the_o like_a q._n 50._o do_v not_o the_o prophet_n complain_v to_o god_n against_o the_o prophaner_n and_o destroyer_n of_o the_o synagogue_n psal._n 74._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o thy_o enemy_n roar_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o congregation_n they_o set_v up_o their_o ensign_n for_o sign_n a_o man_n be_v famous_a according_a as_o he_o have_v lift_v up_o axe_n upon_o the_o thick_a tree_n but_o now_o they_o break_v down_o the_o carve_a work_n thereof_o at_o once_o with_o axe_n and_o hammer_n they_o have_v cast_v fire_n into_o thy_o sanctuary_n they_o have_v defile_v by_o cast_v down_o the_o dwell_a place_n of_o thy_o name_n to_o the_o ground_n they_o say_v in_o their_o heart_n let_v we_o destroy_v they_o together_o they_o have_v burn_v up_o all_o the_o synagogue_n of_o god_n in_o the_o land_n q._n 51._o whether_o 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