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the_o afterward_o delegated_a to_o other_o man_n his_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n see_v john_n 20._o and_o they_o also_o practise_v it_o in_o persona_fw-la christi_fw-la 2_o cor._n 2.10_o jam._n 5.14_o to_o this_o indeed_o the_o cure_n of_o these_o disease_n of_o the_o soul_n not_o those_o of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o remission_n of_o man_n sin_n and_o the_o purchase_n thereof_o by_o his_o blood_n be_v the_o principal_a business_n of_o his_o come_n into_o this_o world_n and_o that_o they_o may_v be_v ascertain_v of_o this_o he_o tell_v they_o also_o that_o he_o have_v receive_v the_o power_n of_o do_v that_o in_o attestation_n of_o that_o which_o will_v seem_v to_o they_o a_o much_o hard_a matter_n than_o the_o say_n to_o this_o man_n that_o his_o sin_n be_v forgive_v he_o in_o which_o they_o have_v no_o mean_n to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o his_o word_n namely_o of_o make_v this_o paralytic_a that_o lie_v before_o they_o sound_z and_o well_o and_o himself_o to_o carry_v 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