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flock_n they_o and_o not_o christ_n lutheran_n and_o calvinist_n brownist_n socinian_o papist_n pelagian_n arian_n independent_n anabaptist_n presbyter_n 4._o without_o christ_n show_v she_o yea_o make_v she_o know_v where_o he_o now_o feed_v she_o be_v in_o danger_n to_o turn_v from_o christ_n to_o any_o of_o these_o of_o which_o christ_n matthew_n 24.24.26_o have_v admonish_v we_o that_o we_o be_v not_o turn_v to_o lie_n ver._n 8._o contain_v christ_n resp._n or_o direction_n to_o this_o dubious_a case_n and_o question_n 1._o if_o thou_o know_v not_o o_o thou_o fair_a among_o woman_n note_n to_o we_o that_o the_o soul_n that_o do_v not_o know_v where_o christ_n feed_v and_o desire_v to_o know_v be_v the_o true_a believer_n of_o this_o time_n and_o show_v a_o mighty_a darkness_n and_o loss_n of_o truth_n among_o they_o 2._o go_v forth_o by_o the_o footstep_n of_o the_o flock_n mark_v not_o of_o the_o flock_n of_o christ_n companion_n but_o the_o true_a church_n primitive_a as_o of_o 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isaiah_n 5.2_o 2._o as_o a_o garden_n it_o have_v all_o pleasant_a plant_n plant_v in_o it_o and_o when_o plant_v prune_v and_o dress_v and_o dung_v as_o in_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o fig_n tree_n luke_n 13.8_o whereas_o the_o tree_n of_o the_o forest_n grow_v wild_a or_o of_o the_o wilderness_n be_v not_o regard_v 3._o it_o be_v a_o spring_n shut_v up_o with_o a_o door_n john_n 10_o 1.3_o i_o be_o the_o door_n to_o which_o there_o be_v a_o porter_n even_o the_o spirit_n or_o as_o a_o stone_n must_v first_o be_v roll_v away_o before_o any_o taste_n the_o water_n gen._n 29.2_o of_o a_o well_o that_o be_v cover_v 4._o a_o seal_a fountain_n and_o must_v be_v open_v zach._n 13.1_o to_o which_o be_v not_o only_o a_o cover_n but_o the_o cover_v seal_v 1._o internal_o by_o the_o spirit_n john_n 3.5_o 2._o external_o by_o baptism_n john_n 3.5_o ver_n 13._o thy_o emission_n be_v paradise_n pomegranate_n with_o fruit_n of_o delight_n 1._o it_o be_v the_o use_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o distinguiâ—h_a thing_n by_o the_o place_n they_o grow_v in_o or_o be_v of_o as_o the_o grape_n of_o one_o climate_n be_v far_o better_o than_o another_o the_o vine_n of_o sodom_n and_o zion_n much_o differ_v in_o god_n eye_n from_o one_o come_v sweet_a wine_n the_o other_o sour_a and_o bitter_a juice_n one_o have_v life_n and_o the_o other_o death_n in_o it_o and_o be_v of_o death_n so_o here_o the_o pomegranate_n be_v of_o paradise_n the_o delightful_a fruit_n of_o paradise_n which_o be_v a_o place_n exceed_v all_o other_o for_o the_o choiceness_n of_o fruit_n and_o show_v believer_n now_o shall_v by_o far_o exceed_v any_o ordinary_a man_n of_o any_o other_o age_n such_o also_o be_v the_o cypress_n with_o the_o spikenard_n 1._o by_o pomegranate_n brightman_n understand_v the_o ministry_n than_o thus_o that_o the_o ministry_n of_o this_o restore_a estate_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v from_o heaven_n or_o have_v a_o call_n from_o god_n intimate_v in_o that_o they_o be_v of_o 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and_o call_v christian_n 7._o by_o calamus_fw-la be_v mean_v the_o elder_n who_o have_v the_o reed_n of_o rule_n or_o government_n 8._o by_o cinnamon_n the_o deacon_n that_o be_v employ_v about_o the_o bark_n of_o the_o tree_n to_o provide_v for_o the_o poor_a the_o widow_n and_o orphan_n in_o their_o bodily_a estate_n 1._o with_o all_o the_o tree_n of_o incense_n that_o be_v all_o those_o beliver_v under_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o evangelist_n partaker_n eminent_o of_o the_o divine_a nature_n 2._o tree_n of_o myrrh_n that_o be_v those_o believer_n under_o the_o pastor_n make_v spiritual_a 3._o tree_n of_o aloe_n that_o be_v those_o under_o the_o teacher_n ministry_n who_o as_o yet_o be_v as_o it_o be_v carnal_a with_o all_o the_o head_n of_o balsamum_n or_o choice_n balsam_n which_o be_v that_o these_o all_o have_v the_o unction_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n upon_o they_o every_o one_o and_o therefore_o put_v in_o the_o last_o place_n and_o without_o which_o none_o may_v be_v 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