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that_o we_o oppose_v not_o whatever_o this_o spirit_n shall_v express_v we_o eye_v he_o only_o and_o expect_v only_o what_o we_o need_v and_o join_v nothing_o with_o he_o or_o his_o excellency_n then_o be_v we_o perfect_a in_o one_o abide_v perfect_o in_o he_o be_v act_v perfect_o by_o he_o perfect_o advance_v all_o the_o excellency_n of_o god_n through_o christ_n then_o be_v we_o perfect_o one_o with_o god_n the_o father_n in_o and_z through_o christ_n as_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 15._o when_o be_v shall_v deliver_v up_o his_o kingdom_n that_o be_v cease_v the_o excecution_n of_o any_o ordinance_n or_o dispensation_n in_o a_o immediate_a manner_n by_o any_o ordinance_n or_o any_o grace_n by_o any_o ordinance_n than_o the_o father_n shall_v be_v all_o in_o all_o instead_o of_o all_o ordinance_n word_n sacrament_n sabbath_n prayer_n covenant_n promise_n but_o the_o father_n will_v infinite_o let_v out_o of_o himself_o to_o our_o saviour_n and_o immediate_o through_o our_o saviour_n 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that_o send_v i_o this_o send_v and_o speak_v by_o christ_n be_v because_o the_o son_n be_v in_o the_o father_n and_o the_o father_n in_o the_o son_n verse_n 23._o that_o the_o world_n may_v know_v that_o thou_o have_v send_v i_o and_o love_v they_o as_o thou_o love_v i_o here_o we_o have_v the_o last_o thing_n in_o the_o verse_n lay_v out_o to_o wit_n the_o several_a end_n which_o the_o lord_n aim_v at_o in_o the_o order_n and_o degree_n whereby_o this_o unity_n of_o relation_n be_v bring_v in_o christ_n be_v in_o they_o the_o father_n in_o christ_n and_o this_o in-being_a of_o the_o father_n in_o the_o son_n bring_v in_o this_o perfection_n of_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o faithful_a these_o last_o word_n set_v forth_o a_o double_a â—nd_n of_o this_o dispensation_n 1._o that_o the_o world_n may_v know_v that_o thou_o have_v send_v i_o 2._o that_o thou_o love_v they_o as_o thou_o love_v i_o to_o the_o first_o of_o these_o we_o have_v speak_v former_o in_o verse_n 21._o where_n it_o be_v 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our_o saviour_n my_o father_n work_v hitherto_o and_o i_o work_v john_n 5.17_o therefore_o he_o be_v say_v to_o come_v out_o of_o his_o bosom_n and_o to_o lie_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o his_o love_n and_o this_o be_v true_a in_o regard_n of_o christ_n god-man_n in_o regard_n of_o that_o hypostatical_a union_n the_o humane_a nature_n have_v with_o the_o second_o person_n and_o subsistence_n it_o have_v in_o he_o 2._o the_o intimateness_n of_o communion_n this_o love_n lay_v open_v itself_o in_o most_o inward_a and_o intimate_a communion_n of_o the_o father_n and_o son_n each_o with_o other_o as_o we_o have_v former_o observe_v from_o prov._n 8.30_o i_o be_v with_o he_o etc._n etc._n and_o be_v his_o delight_n a_o word_n compound_v of_o two_o to_o behold_v and_o to_o retain_v so_o to_o eye_n and_o gaze_v upon_o another_o with_o ravishment_n and_o so_o pleas_o to_o apply_v ourselves_o to_o that_o other_o as_o to_o hold_v and_o keep_v he_o with_o we_o for_o ever_o they_o have_v mutual_a 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