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they_o as_o himself_o say_v joh._n 14.17_o he_o be_v with_o you_o and_o shall_v be_v in_o you_o and_o in_o verse_n 20._o at_o that_o day_n you_o shall_v know_v that_o i_o be_o in_o my_o father_n mark_n in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o father_n and_o you_o in_o i_o and_o i_o in_o you_o well_o reader_n there_o be_v many_o thing_n remain_v in_o this_o book_n of_o j._n n_n concern_v christ_n be_v in_o man_n and_o also_o out_o of_o he_o to_o which_o a_o answer_n may_v be_v return_v to_o manifest_v his_o ignorance_n and_o confusion_n which_o for_o brevity-sake_n i_o shall_v omit_v for_o it_o will_v fill_v too_o large_a a_o volumn_n to_o publish_v to_o the_o world_n at_o this_o time_n especial_o because_o those_o same_o thing_n have_v be_v answer_v by_o we_o again_o &_o again_o yet_o i_o can_v well_v but_o observe_v some_o few_o thing_n more_o that_o his_o confusion_n and_o oppose_v of_o himself_o may_v further_o appear_v concern_v the_o spirit_n be_v guidance_n in_o pag._n 84._o speak_v of_o the_o spirit_n be_v give_v to_o the_o saint_n he_o say_v it_o be_v of_o the_o same_o be_v of_o the_o father_n and_o son_n and_o also_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n power_n and_o tendency_n of_o both_o and_o in_o pag._n 54._o he_o say_v '_o that_o spirit_n be_v god_n answ_n if_o the_o spirit_n give_v to_o the_o saint_n be_v of_o the_o same_o be_v of_o the_o father_n and_o son_n as_o j._n n._n in_o this_o place_n true_o affirm_v than_o it_o be_v of_o the_o same_o substance_n of_o the_o father_n and_o son_n for_o the_o same_o be_v be_v the_o same_o substance_n and_o the_o same_o substance_n or_o be_v be_v not_o divide_v into_o several_a being_n therefore_o if_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v of_o the_o same_o be_v of_o the_o father_n and_o son_n be_v in_o man_n than_o the_o father_n and_o son_n be_v according_a to_o the_o measure_n thereof_o in_o man_n also_o and_o herein_o j._n n._n have_v contradict_v his_o own_o say_n in_o pag._n 78._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o distinct_a be_v of_o god_n and_o christ_n out_o of_o all_o man_n for_o if_o a_o part_n of_o the_o same_o be_v of_o they_o be_v in_o man_n how_o can_v it_o rational_o be_v conclude_v that_o they_o be_v a_o distinct_a be_v from_o their_o own_o be_v in_o man_n mark_v reader_n i_o will_v not_o be_v mistake_v but_o right_o understand_v in_o this_o matter_n it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o the_o great_a weight_n and_o moment_n i_o do_v not_o oppose_v the_o be_v of_o god_n and_o christ_n out_o of_o man_n in_o the_o high_a heaven_n nor_o in_o the_o low_a hell_n because_o infinite_a and_o incorruptible_a but_o his_o so_o be_v distinct_a as_o to_o exclude_v his_o nature_n and_o presence_n from_o man_n thereby_o deny_v his_o indwelling_a be_v the_o thing_n which_o i_o oppose_v and_o which_o j._n n._n have_v confound_v himself_o about_o because_o the_o be_v of_o god_n who_o be_v a_o spirit_n and_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o quicken_a spirit_n can_v be_v divide_v and_o j._n n._n in_o pag._n 62._o also_o say_v christ_n can_v 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say_v the_o testimony_n of_o jesus_n be_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n pro._n 6.23_o rev._n 19.11_o so_o here_o be_v the_o law_n and_o testimony_n declare_v which_o i_o dare_v say_v j.n._n never_o intend_v to_o direct_v people_n to_o as_o a_o touchstone_n to_o try_v opinion_n by_o as_o he_o call_v they_o and_o be_v not_o this_o light_n the_o law_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o and_o which_o he_o sometime_o call_v the_o perfect_a law_n of_o liberty_n jam._n 1.25_o and_o by_o this_o law_n indeed_o paul_n say_v he_o be_v set_v free_a from_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n and_o death_n so_o as_o the_o prophet_n say_v let_v all_o to_o the_o law_n and_o to_o the_o testimony_n or_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v look_v into_o the_o perfect_a law_n of_o liberty_n the_o law_n of_o the_o spirit_n or_o light_n thereof_o in_o the_o inward_a part_n for_o this_o be_v that_o perfect_a rule_n that_o lead_v in_o the_o way_n in_o which_o a_o wayfaring-man_n though_o a_o fool_n can_v err_v and_o without_o this_o there_o be_v none_o able_a to_o understand_v the_o scripture_n nor_o to_o practice_v they_o because_o of_o ourselves_o we_o can_v do_v nothing_o yet_o we_o be_v willing_a to_o have_v our_o doctrine_n principle_n and_o practice_n try_v by_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n but_o than_o say_v j.n._n the_o most_o dangerous_a spirit_n be_v this_o that_o draw_v all_o the_o happiness_n of_o this_o life_n and_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v into_o man_n and_o finish_v all_o the_o glory_n of_o man_n at_o the_o brink_n of_o the_o grave_a answ_n if_o by_o the_o glory_n of_o man_n he_o mean_v the_o glory_n of_o man_n as_o simple_o a_o creature_n then_o i_o do_v say_v all_o that_o be_v to_o be_v finish_v at_o the_o brink_n of_o the_o grave_a for_o it_o be_v but_o the_o glory_n of_o flesh_n which_o as_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o grass_n pass_v away_o but_o if_o by_o the_o glory_n of_o man_n he_o mean_v that_o which_o the_o wise_a in_o heart_n shall_v inherit_v prov._n 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