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ioh._n 3._o 18._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 8._o perform_v brotherly_a office_n each_o to_o other_o deut._n 25._o vid._n aynsworth_n ad_fw-la loc._n prov._n 17._o 17._o obs._n minister_n must_v look_v upon_o their_o people_n as_o brethren_n though_o not_o deserve_v so_o to_o be_v account_v 1_o cor._n 4._o 15._o applâ—c_fw-la a_o pattern_n for_o minister_n in_o these_o divide_v time_n 2_o cor._n 12._o 15._o isai._n 1._o 2._o hosea_n 6._o 4._o how_o christian_n shall_v stand_v affect_v towards_o their_o separate_a brethren_n gen._n 45._o ipsum_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la nomen_fw-la vicunque_fw-la donatistis_fw-la fastidiosum_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la orthodoxis_fw-la erga_fw-la ipsos_fw-la donatistas_fw-la necessarium_fw-la optat._n lib._n 3._o 3._o the_o adjuration_n eos_fw-la per_fw-la nomen_fw-la christi_fw-la adjurat_fw-la ut_fw-la quantum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la amant_fw-la tantum_fw-la studcant_fw-la concordiae_fw-la calvin_n ad_fw-la loc._n the_o name_n of_o jesus_n what_o estius_n com._n ad_fw-la loc._n 1._o for_o christ_n sake_n a_o prevalent_a argument_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 14._o col._n 3._o 17._o 2._o by_o authority_n from_o christ_n