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etc._n etc._n and_o repent_v you_o of_o your_o sin_n to_o your_o sanctification_n and_o to_o the_o health_n of_o your_o soul_n 7._o soul_n ibid._n §._o 7._o on_o the_o other_o side_n say_v h._n n._n all_o those_o which_o love_n rather_o the_o darkness_n that_o the_o light_n cleave_v more_o unto_o the_o world_n and_o the_o worldly_a thing_n than_o unto_o the_o gracious_a worde_n in_o the_o service_n of_o love_n hear_v believe_v and_o follow_v rather_o their_o good_a think_n than_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n of_o love_n which_o be_v set_v forth_o and_o offer_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o elder_n in_o the_o holy_a commonalty_n of_o love_n out_o of_o the_o heavenly_a truth_n and_o even_o so_o wax_v offend_v thereat_o or_o hold_v they_o back_o therefrom_o and_o resist_v the_o service_n of_o love_n those_o shall_v all_o if_o they_o turn_v they_o not_o to_o the_o service_n of_o the_o love_n nor_o repent_v they_o of_o their_o sin_n become_v break_v in_o piece_n and_o just_o 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