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a_o false_a faith_n that_o omit_v obedience_n to_o christ_n in_o all_o these_o as_o it_o be_v a_o false_a obedience_n which_o exclude_v a_o dependence_n on_o christ_n in_o or_o by_o any_o of_o those_o 11._o mr._n m_n crimination_n of_o his_o brethren_n be_v intolerable_a become_v neither_o a_o honest_a man_n nor_o a_o true_a believer_n and_o much_o less_o a_o gospel-minister_n more_o wicked_a malice_n and_o falsehood_n hardly_o any_o man_n can_v be_v guilty_a of_o than_o his_o accusation_n and_o insinuation_n be_v just_o chargeable_a with_o unless_o they_o proceed_v from_o real_a ignorance_n which_o charity_n prompt_v i_o to_o hope_v i_o have_v instance_a already_o how_o he_o have_v pervert_v my_o word_n but_o have_v he_o confine_v his_o reproach_n to_o i_o i_o shall_v not_o think_v my_o resentment_n so_o fit_a to_o be_v express_v but_o he_o spare_v not_o the_o dead_a he_o strike_v at_o the_o body_n of_o our_o usefule_a minister_n alive_a and_o at_o their_o ministry_n too_o who_o or_o 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