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faithful_o handle_v this_o doctrine_n but_o who_o can_v doubt_v the_o destructiveness_n of_o this_o spirit_n to_o public_a benefit_n and_o service_n if_o you_o observe_v the_o way_n and_o behaviour_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o person_n who_o be_v act_v by_o it_o for_o under_o its_o impulse_n it_o be_v that_o 1._o man_n confine_v their_o usefulness_n to_o their_o own_o faction_n as_o if_o they_o be_v indebt_v to_o seek_v the_o good_a of_o none_o beyond_o it_o nay_o as_o if_o conscience_n oblige_v they_o against_o all_o attempt_n for_o benefit_n more_o common_a and_o extensive_a they_o judge_v all_o man_n out_o of_o their_o herd_n unworthy_a of_o their_o love_n concern_v or_o labour_n what_o be_v the_o public_a to_o they_o further_o than_o as_o thing_n affect_v their_o own_o let_v the_o ship_n sink_v so_o their_o cabin_n can_v be_v save_v they_o will_v obstruct_v all_o settlement_n in_o church_n or_o state_n if_o it_o be_v any_o other_o than_o a_o provision_n for_o their_o sect_n or_o 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gospel_n mat._n 23.15_o which_o be_v a_o public_a mischief_n as_o in_o other_o respect_n so_o also_o in_o this_o man_n hereby_o waste_v that_o time_n strength_n and_o labour_n upon_o a_o unprofitable_a if_o not_o hurtful_a trifle_n which_o by_o a_o public_a spirit_n will_v be_v employ_v in_o subserviency_n to_o what_o be_v real_o advantageous_a viz._n to_o make_v man_n holy_a and_o safe_o for_o eternity_n yet_o 3._o as_o if_o this_o effect_n of_o such_o a_o spirit_n be_v not_o harmful_a enough_o to_o the_o public_a it_o further_o prompt_v man_n to_o malign_v the_o most_o useful_a to_o obstruct_v the_o most_o prosperous_a success_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o blast_v the_o most_o profitable_a minister_n and_o overturn_v flourish_a church_n by_o divide_v and_o defame_v method_n with_o lie_n violence_n and_o base_a artifice_n as_o if_o they_o think_v justice_n kindness_n and_o truth_n be_v due_a only_o to_o man_n of_o their_o own_o opinion_n and_o cruelty_n trick_v and_o falsehood_n be_v 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