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etc._n gal._n 1._o 15_o 16_o 17._o and_o here_o stand_v their_o bottom_n in_o christ_n that_o change_v not_o who_o minister_n he_o be_v he_o preach_v his_o ministry_n that_o change_v not_o his_o ministry_n do_v not_o change_v because_o he_o of_o who_o he_o preach_v and_o who_o send_v he_o to_o preach_v do_v not_o change_v he_o be_v not_o in_o man_n will_n which_o make_v and_o unmake_v at_o his_o pleasure_n nor_o be_v he_o a_o minister_n of_o man_n to_o preach_v what_o man_n please_v or_o conformity_n he_o receive_v not_o by_o tradition_n or_o by_o certain_a conclusion_n or_o system_n of_o divinity_n or_o art_n what_o to_o say_v but_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v reveal_v in_o he_o he_o consult_v not_o with_o flesh_n and_o blood_n neither_o with_o the_o other_o apostle_n that_o be_v before_o he_o but_o preach_v etc._n etc._n thus_o stand_v the_o state_n of_o paul_n and_o the_o apostle_n who_o have_v the_o mind_n of_o christ_n but_o the_o form_n and_o the_o letter_n which_o be_v do_v 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progress_n of_o the_o history_n which_o i_o have_v before_o be_v particular_a in_o speak_v the_o priesthood_n after_o the_o apostle_n decease_n to_o be_v changeable_a lean_v to_o this_o creed_n and_o that_o confession_n of_o faith_n and_o vary_v and_o change_v according_a to_o the_o leader_n of_o that_o confession_n and_o this_o creed_n and_o what_o work_v it_o make_v in_o the_o world_n i_o have_v manifest_v whatsoever_o stand_v not_o in_o he_o which_o change_v not_o that_o be_v call_v ministry_n which_o be_v not_o spirit_n and_o proceed_v from_o it_o be_v not_o from_o he_o who_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n the_o lawgiver_n and_o teacher_n of_o his_o people_n it_o have_v no_o foot_n from_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n nor_o the_o spirit_n of_o they_o it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o the_o spirit_n that_o in_o that_o sense_n it_o be_v not_o letter_n it_o have_v no_o relation_n to_o that_o of_o the_o jew_n the_o priesthood_n which_o be_v change_v and_o end_v in_o christ_n nor_o to_o christ_n jesus_n or_o the_o ministry_n of_o he_o who_o change_v the_o priesthood_n jesus_n i_o know_v and_o paul_n i_o know_v but_o who_o be_v you_o say_v the_o evil_a spirit_n which_o be_v in_o the_o man_n who_o the_o exorcist_n jew_n take_v upon_o they_o to_o adjure_v by_o jesus_n who_o paul_n preach_v from_o whence_o come_v 15._o act_n 19_o 13_o 14_o 15._o this_o new_a cover_a priesthood_n which_o fill_v the_o earth_n may_n a_o man_n say_v that_o be_v neither_o paul_n nor_o jesus_n nor_o jew_n nor_o christian_a it_o be_v much_o that_o man_n be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o these_o thing_n man_n make_v man_n man_n make_v themselves_o diversity_n of_o man_n make_v diversity_n here_o be_v the_o priesthood_n a_o god_n they_o make_v a_o system_fw-la of_o divinity_n a_o form_n of_o worship_n and_o then_o they_o form_v themselves_o or_o one_o another_o minister_n of_o that_o form_n of_o worship_n teacher_n of_o the_o system_n or_o precept_n of_o religion_n they_o make_v of_o the_o god_n who_o they_o form_v thou_o shall_v have_v no_o other_o god_n but_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n to_o israel_n of_o old_a who_o give_v israel_n a_o form_n whereby_o to_o worship_v god_n but_o now_o man_n make_v god_n and_o make_v form_n of_o worship_n for_o their_o god_n and_o priest_n to_o their_o form_n and_o whosoever_o will_n consecrate_v himself_o a_o priest_n or_o be_v consecrate_v to_o whatsoever_o godd_n he_o have_v make_v or_o worship_n he_o have_v form_v which_o be_v not_o from_o that_o which_o be_v everlasting_a the_o priest_n that_o be_v for_o ever_o that_o change_v not_o whosoever_o will_v he_o consecrate_v he_o and_o he_o become_v one_o of_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n it_o be_v say_v of_o &_o in_o the_o day_n of_o jeroboam_n 1_o king_n 13._o 33._o and_o the_o man_n micah_n have_v a_o house_n of_o god_n and_o make_v a_o ephod_n and_o teraphim_n and_o consecrate_a one_o of_o his_o son_n who_o become_v his_o priest_n in_o those_o day_n there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o israel_n judg._n 17._o 5_o 6._o so_o the_o matter_n be_v plain_a the_o ground_n original_a or_o rise_v of_o all_o the_o priesthood_n or_o ministry_n that_o be_v not_o spirit_n that_o be_v not_o in_o and_o from_o that_o which_o change_v not_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n in_o who_o be_v no_o variableness_n or_o shadow_n of_o change_v be_v neither_o from_o christ_n nor_o the_o scripture_n and_o have_v neither_o ground_n nor_o foundation_n to_o be_v believe_v in_o or_o hear_v who_o rise_n be_v not_o in_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o scripture_n nor_o the_o spirit_n who_o bottom_n be_v man_n and_o the_o will_n of_o man_n or_o rather_o the_o devil_n in_o man_n
a_o looking-glass_n for_o the_o time_n be_v a_o tract_n concern_v the_o original_a and_o rise_v of_o truth_n and_o the_o original_a and_o rise_v of_o antichrist_n show_v by_o pregnant_a instance_n of_o scripture_n history_n and_o other_o write_n that_o the_o principle_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o people_n call_v quaker_n in_o this_o day_n and_o their_o suffering_n be_v the_o same_o as_o be_v the_o principle_n and_o practice_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n and_o their_o suffering_n in_o that_o and_o of_o the_o holy_a man_n of_o god_n since_o and_o the_o martyr_n of_o jesus_n who_o have_v prophesy_v in_o sackcloth_n and_o that_o the_o apostasy_n have_v hold_v all_o other_o profession_n since_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o a_o constant_a series_n out_o of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n by_o way_n of_o chronology_n for_o near_o the_o first_o 600._o year_n and_o other_o father_n so_o account_v and_o learned_a man_n both_o of_o the_o former_a day_n and_o this._n that_o man_n may_v once_o see_v and_o be_v advise_v in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o principle_n of_o their_o own_o profession_n and_o of_o other_o who_o they_o esteem_v that_o the_o truth_n hold_v and_o practise_v by_o the_o people_n call_v quaker_n be_v no_o other_o than_o what_o themselves_o or_o such_o as_o they_o approve_v of_o have_v hold_v forth_o in_o word_n or_o have_v practise_v by_o george_n bishope_n deut._n 32._o 7._o remember_v the_o day_n of_o old_a consider_v the_o year_n of_o many_o generation_n ask_v thy_o father_n and_o he_o will_v show_v thou_o thy_o elder_n and_o they_o will_v tell_v thou_o london_n print_v in_o the_o year_n 1668._o errata_fw-la page_n 4._o line_n 38._o for_o here_o read_v herein_o p._n 6._o l._n 30._o r._n or_o worship_n p._n 7._o l._n 49._o f._n man_n r._n man_n p._n 8._o l._n 25._o f._n or_o r._n and._n l._n 28._o f._n presbyter_n r._n presbytery_n p._n 11._o l._n 24._o f._n a_o far_a r._n as_o far_o f._n to_o god_n r._n from_o god_n p._n 13._o l._n 10._o 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&_o l._n 22._o f._n valevianus_n r._n valerianus_n &_o l._n 42._o r._n and_o take_v further_o p._n 42._o l._n 19_o f._n profession_n r._n promotion_n p._n 43._o l._n 13_o 14._o f._n camp_a r._n cramp_v &_o l._n 24._o f._n thorianus_n r._n florianus_n &_o l._n 33._o f._n there_o r._n therein_o &_o l._n 46._o f._n dysty_n r._n distress_n p._n 44._o l._n 8._o f._n tire_v r._n try_v &_o l._n 18._o f._n sacrifice_n r._n sacrificer_n &_o l._n 29._o f._n veterus_n r._n veterius_n p._n 45._o l._n 32._o f._n anthemus_n r._n anthimus_n p._n 46._o l._n 21._o f._n bear_n r._n boar_n &_o l._n 26._o f._n draw_v r._n draw_v nigh_o &_o l._n 29._o blot_n out_o of_o p._n 48._o l._n 12._o f._n philorenus_n r._n philoromus_n &_o l._n 47._o f._n in_o r._n as_o p._n 52._o l._n 28_o 29._o f._n constantinus_n r._n constantius_n p._n 53._o l._n 18._o r._n valerius_n constantine_n p._n 54._o l._n 37._o f._n vecturius_fw-la r._n veterius_n p._n 55._o l._n 22._o f._n lucinnius_n r._n lycinnius_n &_o l._n 33._o 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