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as_o rather_o kill_v than_o cure_n that_o instead_o of_o have_v virtue_n in_o they_o to_o cure_v be_v of_o a_o poisonous_a nature_n or_o have_v no_o virtue_n at_o all_o xii_o a_o physician_n do_v not_o only_o know_v what_o medicine_n be_v good_a for_o his_o patient_n but_o also_o take_v care_n to_o apply_v they_o at_o a_o right_a time_n if_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v proper_a for_o the_o disease_n be_v not_o right_o and_o wise_o apply_v the_o effect_n be_v lose_v a_o man_n may_v do_v as_o much_o hurt_v by_o give_v a_o good_a medicine_n as_o by_o give_v a_o ill_a one_o hence_o it_o be_v vulgar_o say_v that_o that_o which_o be_v one_o man_n help_n be_v another_o man_n death_n one_o man_n meat_n be_v another_o man_n poison_n xiii_o a_o physician_n be_v very_o diligent_a and_o careful_a of_o his_o patient_n he_o have_v in_o cure_n look_v with_o a_o quick_a eye_n tries_z the_o pulse_n and_o give_v great_a charge_n to_o all_o that_o attend_v upon_o he_o fourteen_o a_o physician_n rectify_v 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of_o his_o word_n spirit_n etc._n etc._n 6.63_o iii_o christ_n the_o spiritual_a physician_n be_v authorize_v and_o appoint_v to_o this_o work_n the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v upon_o i_o because_o he_o have_v anoint_v i_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o poor_a 4.18_o he_o have_v send_v i_o to_o preach_v deliverance_n to_o the_o captive_n and_o recover_v of_o sight_n to_o the_o blind_a to_o set_v at_o liberty_n they_o that_o be_v bruise_v all_o he_o do_v be_v as_o he_o receive_v commandment_n from_o the_o father_n he_o be_v try_v many_o way_n and_o glorious_o approve_v to_o be_v every_o way_n able_a and_o capable_a to_o undertake_v the_o care_n and_o cure_n of_o soul_n iv._o christ_n when_o he_o be_v ask_v about_o his_o commission_n or_o by_o what_o authority_n he_o do_v those_o thing_n show_v his_o power_n and_o licence_n to_o all_o produce_v his_o father_n seal_n to_o his_o commission_n by_o the_o mighty_a wonder_n he_o do_v he_o have_v john_n also_o to_o bear_v witness_n to_o he_o but_o say_v he_o i_o receive_v not_o testimony_n from_o man_n 36.37_o but_o have_v a_o great_a witness_n than_o that_o of_o john_n for_o the_o work_n which_o the_o father_n have_v give_v i_o to_o finish_v the_o same_o do_v bear_v witness_n of_o i_o that_o the_o father_n have_v send_v i_o by_o which_o mean_v he_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o he_o be_v no_o deceiver_n and_o indeed_o whoever_o they_o be_v that_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o bring_v in_o new_a way_n and_o mean_n to_o cure_v soul_n if_o they_o can_v confirm_v their_o doctrine_n by_o such_o medium_n that_o no_o deceiver_n can_v pretend_v unto_o they_o be_v mere_a cheat_n and_o impostor_n v._o christ_n know_v the_o inward_a part_n know_v every_o sin_n and_o disease_n of_o the_o soul_n know_v whether_o it_o be_v the_o distemper_n of_o the_o stony_a heart_n or_o the_o tympany_n of_o pride_n or_o unbelief_n that_o consumption_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o whatever_a plague_n or_o disease_n do_v afflict_v thou_o vi_o jesus_n christ_n do_v not_o only_o know_v every_o distemper_n of_o each_o man_n and_o woman_n but_o also_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o the_o first_o rise_v from_o whence_o it_o spring_v what_o disease_n be_v epidemical_a and_o what_o not_o whether_o the_o cause_n arise_v from_o within_o from_o that_o inward_a and_o universal_a depravity_n the_o original_a cause_n indeed_o of_o all_o spiritual_a sickness_n or_o whether_o the_o present_a grief_n arise_v more_o immediate_o from_o a_o infectious_a air_n person_n or_o distemper_a companion_n the_o ruin_n of_o many_o soul_n whether_o it_o arise_v from_o unbelief_n or_o worldly-mindedness_a or_o neglect_v of_o duty_n temptation_n of_o satan_n or_o from_o other_o cause_n he_o know_v they_o all_o vii_o christ_n know_v the_o inclination_n of_o every_o soul_n 2._o what_o sin_n or_o sin_n do_v most_o easy_o beset_v they_o or_o they_o be_v chief_o subject_a unto_o whether_o it_o be_v pride_n or_o passion_n or_o the_o inordinate_a love_n of_o the_o 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