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nothing_o else_o admonish_v and_o reprove_v nothing_o else_o cut_v off_o and_o cast_v out_o every_o minister_n in_o the_o church_n be_v to_o watch_v over_o his_o own_o spirit_n that_o it_o intrude_v not_o into_o the_o work_n of_o god_n that_o it_o take_v not_o upon_o it_o to_o be_v the_o teacher_n the_o exhorte_a the_o reprover_n etc._n etc._n and_o every_o member_n be_v to_o wait_v in_o that_o measure_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o he_o have_v receive_v to_o feel_v the_o go_n forth_o of_o the_o spirit_n in_o he_o that_o teach_v and_o govern_v and_o so_o to_o subject_v not_o to_o man_n but_o to_o the_o lord_n to_o receive_v from_o the_o lord_n to_o obey_v the_o lord_n not_o to_o know_v any_o minister_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n but_o to_o receive_v and_o submit_v to_o what_o come_v from_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o spirit_n not_o to_o know_v paul_n or_o apollo_n or_o cephas_n but_o the_o spirit_n minister_a in_o they_o paul_n may_v err_v apollo_n may_v err_v peter_n may_v err_v and_o do_v err_v when_o he_o compel_v the_o gentile_n to_o live_v as_o the_o jew_n gal._n 2.14_o for_o which_o paul_n withstand_v he_o to_o the_o face_n vers_n 11._o and_o barnabas_n also_o do_v err_v vers_fw-la 13._o but_o the_o spirit_n can_v err_v and_o he_o that_o keep_v to_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o himself_o can_v let_v in_o any_o of_o their_o error_n if_o they_o shall_v err_v but_o be_v preserve_v for_o the_o least_o measure_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v true_a and_o give_v true_a judgement_n but_o he_o that_o receive_v never_o so_o great_a a_o measure_n of_o the_o spirit_n yet_o if_o he_o keep_v not_o low_a therein_o but_o lift_v up_o himself_o because_o thereof_o above_o his_o brethren_n may_v easy_o err_v himself_o and_o draw_v aside_o other_o into_o his_o error_n second_o care_n must_v be_v have_v that_o the_o conscience_n be_v keep_v tender_a that_o nothing_o be_v receive_v but_o according_a to_o the_o light_n in_o the_o conscience_n the_o conscience_n be_v 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sixty_o day_n as_o vers_n 6._o or_o forty_o two_o month_n as_o chap._n 11.2_o and_o she_o be_v according_o go_v out_o of_o sight_n insomuch_o as_o the_o serpent_n can_v find_v she_o no_o more_o but_o go_v to_o make_v war_n with_o the_o remnant_n of_o her_o seed_n which_o keep_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o jesus_n christ_n revel_v 11.17_o 2._o that_o the_o true_a church_n can_v come_v out_o of_o the_o wilderness_n till_o the_o time_n of_o her_o abobe_n there_o the_o set_a time_n appoint_v by_o god_n be_v end_v nor_o then_o neither_o but_o by_o the_o outstretch_a arm_n of_o the_o lord_n psa_n 102.13_o she_o may_v mourn_v over_o her_o desolate_a wilderness_n state_n but_o she_o can_v fly_v out_o of_o it_o without_o the_o help_n of_o the_o wing_n of_o the_o same_o eagle_n which_o be_v give_v she_o to_o fly_v into_o it_o the_o lord_n must_v pity_v the_o dust_n of_o zion_n and_o by_o his_o everlasting_a strength_n and_o compassion_n raise_v up_o the_o 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