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office_n the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n do_v or_o brugens_fw-la sicut_fw-la sale_n condiuntur_fw-la omne_fw-la cibaria_fw-la ita_fw-la discretione_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la debent_fw-la dirigi_fw-la &_o ordinariomnia_fw-la opera_fw-la subditorum_fw-la lyra._n parum_fw-la salis_fw-la etc._n etc._n mundum_fw-la insipidum_fw-la deoque_fw-la ingratum_fw-la etc._n etc._n evangelica_n doctrina_fw-la &_o aquavitae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la consentaneoe_fw-la vigore_fw-la deo_fw-la gratum_fw-la &_o jucundum_fw-la reddere_fw-la brugens_fw-la shall_v do_v in_o their_o ministration_n for_o in_o ezekiel_n evangelical_n temple_n i_o find_v the_o priest_n sprinkle_v salt_n on_o their_o sacrifice_n ezek._n 43._o 24._o imply_v that_o we_o now_o be_v as_o well_o to_o season_v our_o sacrifice_n as_o they_o do_v they_o as_o gregory_n express_v it_o si_fw-mi shall_fw-mi sumus_fw-la condire_fw-la mentes_fw-la fidelium_fw-la debemus_fw-la if_o we_o be_v salt_n then_o although_o in_o our_o public_a 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