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to_o prove_v the_o purity_n of_o the_o natural_a birth_n and_o how_o well_o they_o have_v do_v it_o we_o leave_v to_o any_o indifferent_a understanding_n to_o judge_v and_o yet_o how_o do_v they_o glory_v when_o they_o utter_v such_o word_n as_o these_o page_z 71_o thus_o we_o have_v prove_v that_o neither_o the_o guilt_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n sin_n be_v impute_v nor_o their_o spiritual_a death_n in_o sin_n and_o corrupt_a nature_n be_v convey_v to_o all_o their_o posterity_n or_o to_o any_o one_o of_o they_o by_o ordinary_a generation_n and_o direct_v their_o speech_n to_o the_o assembly_n after_o this_o manner_n do_v thus_o insult_v though_o this_o your_o doctrine_n say_v they_o have_v go_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n a_o long_a time_n by_o tradition_n yet_o neither_o do_v the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n nor_o yet_o the_o disciple_n of_o christ_n and_o much_o less_o christ_n himself_o hold_v forth_o any_o such_o doctrine_n nor_o be_v any_o of_o they_o leaven_v with_o this_o 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