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the_o good_a advice_n i_o give_v to_o my_o countryman_n in_o that_o book_n i_o wish_v hearty_o they_o will_v due_o regard_v pag._n 63._o and_o this_o prophet_n jesus_n christ_n be_v nigh_o unto_o we_o yea_o more_o nigh_o than_o all_o the_o man_n or_o book_n upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o a_o little_a after_o and_o the_o bride_n rejoice_v great_o because_o of_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o bridegroom_n himself_o and_o now_o we_o need_v not-say_a who_o will_v go_v down_o into_o the_o grave_a and_o bring_v up_o christ_n to_o we_o or_o who_o will_v ascend_v to_o heaven_n to_o bring_v he_o down_o to_o we_o or_o who_o will_v go_v over_o the_o sea_n and_o bring_v we_o tiding_n of_o he_o from_o jerusalem_n when_o he_o suffer_v in_o the_o flesh_n he_o who_o name_n be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n we_o of_o a_o truth_n witness_v near_o we_o even_o in_o our_o heart_n so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o either_o ascend_v or_o descend_v or_o go_v fouth_z etc._n etc._n here_o note_v that_o this_o 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