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and_o contend_v for_o be_v yet_o more_o soul_n so_o that_o we_o have_v just_a cause_n as_o the_o apostle_n of_o the_o galatian_n to_o say_v that_o their_o doctrine_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o grace_n yet_o be_v not_o as_o we_o can_v discern_v fix_o settle_v and_o resolute_o receive_v and_o conclude_v upon_o but_o with_o hesitancy_n and_o waver_a their_o faith_n rather_o stagger_v then_o destroy_v these_o shall_v not_o hasty_o be_v refuse_v but_o as_o the_o apostle_n give_v counsel_n respective_a as_o i_o take_v it_o to_o private_a converse_n after_o once_o or_o twice_o admonition_n reject_v so_o let_v it_o be_v here_o make_v essay_n to_o regain_v a_o brother_n rather_o than_o lose_v he_o it_o can_v be_v conceive_v that_o the_o apostle_n when_o he_o write_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n of_o galatia_n will_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o their_o error_n how_o dangerous_a soever_o have_v discontinue_v this_o ordinance_n as_o long_o as_o he_o see_v any_o hope_n of_o their_o 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spirit_n the_o great_a grief_n in_o family_n or_o commonwealth_n be_v borrow_v to_o express_v it_o zach._n 12.10_o 11._o they_o shall_v mourn_v for_o he_o as_o one_o mourn_v for_o his_o only_a son_n and_o shall_v be_v in_o bitterness_n for_o he_o as_o one_o that_o in_o bitterness_n for_o his_o first-born_a in_o that_o day_n shall_v there_o be_v a_o great_a mourning_n in_o jerusalem_n as_o the_o mourning_n of_o have_v adrimmon_a in_o the_o valley_n of_o megiddon_n which_o be_v the_o mourning_n upon_o occasion_n of_o josiah_n slaughter_n 2_o chron._n 35.24_o but_o these_o now_o look_v upon_o he_o suffer_v for_o sin_n with_o all_o pleasurable_a delight_n and_o content_a in_o sin_n they_o see_v he_o under_o all_o this_o burden_n for_o our_o trangression_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n take_v delight_n to_o add_v to_o the_o weight_n of_o it_o and_o so_o stand_v at_o the_o great_a distance_n from_o
be_v not_o so_o inviolable_o join_v but_o that_o the_o work_n be_v do_v though_o undue_o by_o he_o that_o be_v not_o call_v to_o it_o yet_o though_o the_o validity_n of_o the_o work_n be_v assert_v the_o disorder_n must_v be_v oppose_v enter_v upon_o aaron_n work_n and_o never_o call_v of_o god_n as_o aaron_n be_v with_o vzziah_n officiate_a in_o that_o work_n that_o appertain_v not_o to_o he_o leave_v scruple_n in_o the_o thought_n of_o those_o to_o who_o in_o this_o disorder_n they_o have_v administer_v these_o ordinance_n this_o the_o church_n have_v never_o suffer_v save_v only_o tha_z papist_n and_o lutheran_n dispense_v with_o baptism_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n put_v so_o much_o weight_n upon_o it_o and_o place_v such_o efficacy_n in_o it_o which_o the_o church_n of_o england_n also_o suffer_v after_o the_o reformation_n till_o king_n james_n his_o day_n and_o then_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o conference_n at_o hampton-court_n it_o be_v reform_v dr._n abbot_n in_o his_o 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