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to_o stand_v clear_a he_o bold_o slander_v ann._n on_o and_o tumble_v heaven_n earth_n and_o hell_n together_o etc._n etc._n 1._o this_o 1_o cor._n 12._o express_o declare_v three_o thing_n 1._o that_o it_o please_v god_n to_o appoint_v in_o his_o christian_a church_n and_o worship_n the_o ministry_n of_o apostle_n prophet_n teacher_n etc._n etc._n according_a to_o rom._n 12_o ephes._n 4_o etc._n etc._n 2._o he_o bestow_v several_a gift_n and_o endowment_n on_o such_o person_n who_o he_o please_v to_o call_v unto_o such_o ministration_n 3._o he_o vouchsafe_v to_o give_v a_o gracious_a concurrent_a operation_n of_o his_o spirit_n unto_o these_o his_o gift_n &_o ministration_n earth_n what_o now_o be_v this_o gracious_a promise_n of_o the_o father_n of_o light_n to_o the_o garden_n of_o his_o church_n &_o saint_n the_o howl_a desert_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n from_o whence_o the_o garden_n be_v take_v in_o enclose_a and_o separate_v because_o a_o queen_n be_v a_o woman_n must_v 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