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life_n yea_o indeed_o despise_v the_o word_n and_o prayer_n and_o yet_o say_v they_o serve_v god_n as_o well_o as_o other_o or_o as_o they_o need_v or_o as_o himself_o give_v they_o leave_v they_o mean_v no_o man_n harm_n they_o say_v yet_o their_o nature_n must_v needs_o be_v angry_a and_o revenge_v too_o if_o man_n much_o provoke_v they_o they_o can_v ordinary_o swear_v without_o touch_n because_o they_o say_v they_o hope_v they_o swear_v nothing_o but_o truth_n or_o by_o nothing_o but_o that_o which_o be_v good_a if_o they_o curse_v or_o ban_v they_o be_v urge_v unto_o it_o they_o can_v seek_v out_o to_o the_o witch_n for_o themselves_o their_o child_n and_o cattle_n because_o god_n have_v provide_v a_o salve_n for_o every_o sore_n they_o defy_v drunkenness_n but_o can_v sometime_o in_o the_o week_n resort_v to_o the_o alehouse_n for_o good_a fellowship_n sake_n they_o be_v no_o common_a gamester_n but_o after_o service_n on_o sunday_n as_o they_o say_v can_v spend_v away_o the_o 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a_o word_n the_o very_a scope_n of_o this_o wash_n in_o jordan_n direct_o conclude_v against_o that_o popish_a collection_n of_o he_o for_o why_o do_v the_o lord_n command_v he_o to_o go_v and_o wash_v in_o jordan_n rather_o than_o as_o he_o expect_v that_o the_o prophet_n shall_v lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o he_o or_o by_o a_o word_n heal_v he_o sure_o no_o strong_a reason_n can_v be_v give_v then_o this_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o attribute_v any_o power_n or_o virtue_n of_o the_o cure_n to_o the_o prophet_n hand_n body_n or_o person_n but_o see_v he_o must_v do_v that_o in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o such_o power_n at_o all_o but_o be_v so_o unlikely_a a_o mean_n of_o cure_n as_o naaman_n almost_o scornful_o reject_v the_o whole_a glory_n of_o the_o work_n may_v return_v to_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n as_o unlikely_a yea_o more_o that_o water_n shall_v wash_v the_o leprosy_n of_o sin_n from_o the_o conscience_n as_o the_o outward_a leprosy_n from_o the_o body_n of_o naaman_n and_o 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the_o foulness_n of_o the_o body_n for_o it_o be_v to_o put_v off_o the_o sinful_a body_n even_o the_o wicked_a corruption_n of_o the_o heart_n for_o so_o it_o be_v expound_v to_o be_v the_o resemblance_n of_o christ_n in_o his_o death_n and_o burial_n first_o and_o then_o in_o the_o life_n of_o grace_n and_o glory_n to_o which_o he_o rise_v again_o 12._o boast_v not_o then_o of_o thy_o baptism_n without_o this_o change_n of_o thy_o heart_n and_o life_n for_o than_o thou_o boast_v of_o a_o break_a vow_n call_v it_o not_o thy_o christendom_n unless_o by_o it_o thou_o be_v set_v into_o christ_n and_o transplant_v by_o it_o into_o the_o similitude_n of_o his_o death_n thou_o be_v no_o better_o before_o god_n than_o a_o heathen_a oâ—_n turk_n notwithstanding_o thy_o body_n have_v be_v wash_v in_o this_o laver_n if_o thy_o heart_n still_o remain_v foul_a and_o filthy_a and_o as_o good_a never_o a_o whit_n as_o never_o the_o better_a and_o this_o i_o speak_v of_o good_a ground_n and_o in_o 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