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16._o 13._o 2._o of_o the_o succeed_a teacher_n but_o with_o no_o such_o special_a privilege_n for_o first_o there_o be_v no_o such_o promise_n make_v to_o they_o second_o experience_n teach_v that_o they_o have_v want_v this_o privilege_n three_o the_o hearer_n have_v liberty_n to_o search_v and_o try_v that_o which_o be_v deliver_v if_o they_o doubt_v 1._o thes_n 5._o 21._o 1._o joh._n 4._o 1._o joh._n 5._o 39_o act._n 17._o 11._o waldensis_n one_o of_o their_o own_o side_n say_v sid_n li._n 2._o ca._n 19_o de_fw-fr doct._n sid_n of_o particular_a pastor_n and_o bishop_n we_o know_v that_o these_o have_v often_o err_v 3._o neither_o the_o abide_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o ever_o where_o it_o be_v nor_o the_o title_n of_o spirit_n of_o truth_n will_v enforce_v ever_o a_o infallibility_n in_o teach_v for_o it_o be_v call_v the_o spirit_n of_o sanctification_n or_o holiness_n rom._n 1._o 4._o for_o that_o he_o work_v in_o we_o holiness_n and_o be_v ever_o abide_v in_o the_o godly_a 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