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innocence_n direct_v to_o the_o fâ—â—â—lar_n and_o supreme_a prince_n of_o prussia_n seem_v to_o speak_v as_o ortho_n lox_o as_o any_o one_o can_v wish_v for_o say_v he_o we_o with_o due_a honour_n receive_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o triatry_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n in_o who_o name_n we_o be_v baptise_a concern_v the_o divinity_n of_o our_o lord_n we_o acknowledge_v he_o to_o be_v proper_o and_o true_o speak_v the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n not_o mere_o because_o of_o the_o i_o ominion_n and_o omnipotence_n give_v to_o he_o but_o because_o of_o that_o divine_a nature_n which_o he_o receive_v by_o the_o voluntary_a generation_n of_o his_o most_o love_a father_n in_o which_o the_o character_n and_o image_n of_o the_o divine_a sub_n stance_n of_o the_o father_n shine_v and_o so_o we_o worship_n adore_v and_o invoke_v he_o as_o the_o true_a god_n even_o by_o nature_n in_o a_o proper_a sense_n now_o and_o for_o ever_o bless_v then_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 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