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forsake_v the_o assembly_n and_o fellowship_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n prayer_n and_o sacrament_n be_v never_o well_o root_v in_o it_o â—or_a have_v they_o be_v no_o wind_n or_o tempest_n can_v have_v overturn_v they_o they_o be_v only_a meteor_n or_o blaze_a star_n soon_o extinct_a but_o not_o true_a star_n for_o than_o they_o have_v continue_v in_o their_o firmament_n and_o no_o night_n of_o affliction_n can_v have_v put_v they_o out_o for_o if_o they_o have_v be_v of_o the_o church_n they_o will_v have_v continue_v in_o it_o 1._o joh._n 2.19_o apoc._n 13.8_o second_o 2.10_o they_o never_o receive_v the_o love_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o be_v never_o sound_o ground_v in_o the_o principle_n of_o christian_a faith_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v apt_a to_o be_v seduce_v with_o the_o poison_n and_o efficacy_n of_o error_n for_o as_o the_o fire_n burn_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o be_v combustible_a and_o apt_a to_o be_v consume_v so_o heresy_n infect_v 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