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person_n not_o to_o marry_v that_o he_o may_v serve_v god_n with_o less_o distraction_n a._n to_o that_o i_o say_v that_o those_o counsel_n be_v from_o god_n and_o be_v the_o suggestion_n of_o his_o spirit_n and_o be_v not_o only_a counsel_n but_o command_n and_o a_o man_n that_o find_v himself_o call_v to_o do_v those_o thing_n will_v sin_v great_o if_o he_o do_v resist_v for_o god_n counsel_v nothing_o but_o what_o he_o command_v and_o therefore_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n be_v call_v also_o his_o counsel_n the_o pharisee_n because_o they_o reject_v jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o baptism_n be_v condemn_v because_o they_o have_v reject_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n luk._n 7.30_o and_o prov._n 1.25_o wisdom_n pronounce_v sentence_n of_o condemnation_n against_o they_o that_o set_v at_o nought_o her_o counsel_n q._n what_o think_v you_o of_o the_o work_n of_o supererogation_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n by_o which_o they_o pretend_v to_o merit_v a_o degree_n of_o 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be_v to_o make_v themselves_o great_a and_o more_o excellent_a than_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o q._n they_o pretend_v notwithstanding_o to_o prove_v their_o priesthood_n by_o these_o word_n of_o jesus_n christ_n do_v this_o in_o remembrance_n of_o i_o a._n but_o they_o do_v it_o without_o ground_n for_o first_o since_o jesus_n christ_n by_o these_o word_n institute_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n what_o appearance_n be_v there_o that_o by_o the_o same_o word_n he_o shall_v institute_n another_o sacrament_n second_o jesus_n christ_n in_o these_o word_n command_v his_o disciple_n to_o do_v afterward_o that_o which_o he_o have_v order_v they_o to_o do_v then_o viz._n to_o take_v and_o eat_v now_o to_o take_v and_o eat_v be_v not_o to_o sacrifice_v three_o moreover_o he_o command_v to_o do_v this_o in_o remembrance_n of_o he_o now_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o take_v and_o sacrifice_v a_o person_n in_o remembrance_n of_o he_o for_o we_o remember_v thing_n absent_a q._n yet_o 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