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little_a or_o none_o sect._n 14._o the_o chief_a requisite_n of_o our_o love_n must_v be_v sincerity_n and_o fervour_n as_o s._n paul_n speak_v to_o the_o roman_n we_o must_v be_v kind_o affection_a one_o towards_o another_o so_o as_o our_o love_n may_v be_v brotherly_a and_o without_o dissimulation_n rom._n 12._o 9_o 10._o we_o must_v not_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d double-sould_a man_n jam._n 1._o 8._o but_o carry_v our_o meaning_n in_o our_o forehead_n and_o hold_v our_o heart_n in_o our_o hand_n 18._o not_o love_n in_o word_n neither_o in_o tongue_n but_o in_o deed_n and_o in_o truth_n we_o must_v not_o look_v every_o man_n at_o his_o own_o thing_n only_o but_o every_o man_n at_o the_o thing_n of_o other_o phil._n 2._o 4._o if_o we_o be_v owner_n of_o such_o a_o love_n as_o be_v a_o testimony_n and_o proof_n of_o our_o real_a discipleship_n under_o christ_n the_o same_o mind_n will_v be_v in_o we_o which_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n phil._n 2._o 5._o and_o if_o so_o we_o shall_v be_v ready_a to_o stoop_v as_o he_o 5._o do_v to_o the_o mean_a office_n of_o love_n even_o to_o wash_v and_o to_o wipe_v the_o very_a foot_n of_o our_o inferior_n we_o shall_v willing_o bear_v one_o another_o burden_n gal._n 6._o 2._o by_o love_n serve_v one_o another_o gal._n 5._o 13._o and_o in_o honour_n prefer_v one_o another_o rom._n 12._o 10._o nay_o if_o the_o same_o mind_n be_v in_o we_o which_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n as_o s._n paul_n tell_v we_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v our_o love_n will_v be_v so_o intensive_a as_o to_o make_v we_o lay_v down_o our_o life_n for_o the_o brethren_n and_o so_o s._n john_n tell_v we_o we_o ought_v to_o do_v 1_o john_n 3._o 16._o sect._n 15._o if_o no_o divine_a love_n of_o one_o another_o be_v mean_v by_o our_o saviour_n under_o the_o gospel_n than_o what_o be_v so_o frequent_o exact_v under_o the_o paedagogie_n of_o moses_n our_o saviour_n certain_o will_v have_v say_v a_o old_a commandment_n i_o give_v unto_o you_o it_o have_v be_v say_v to_o they_o of_o old_a thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o levit._fw-la 19_o 18._o but_o here_o he_o call_v it_o a_o new_a commandment_n which_o we_o can_v imagine_v he_o will_v have_v do_v have_v there_o be_v nothing_o in_o its_o subject_n but_o what_o be_v old_a no_o he_o may_v very_o well_o call_v it_o a_o new_a commandment_n not_o only_o for_o that_o reason_n which_o i_o find_v give_v by_o s._n 9_o austin_n because_o it_o prescribe_v we_o such_o a_o love_n as_o by_o which_o we_o cast_v off_o the_o old_a man_n and_o put_v on_o the_o new_a but_o because_o it_o prescribe_v
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brief_o comprehend_v in_o this_o one_o word_n thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o sect_n 20._o and_o now_o i_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o we_o be_v all_o of_o one_o mind_n as_o touch_v the_o character_n and_o badge_n by_o which_o we_o may_v be_v know_v to_o be_v christ_n disciple_n the_o peculiar_a note_n of_o distinction_n by_o which_o we_o be_v take_v from_o out_o the_o world_n as_o it_o be_v sever_v and_o set_v apart_o from_o all_o exorbitant_a society_n and_o sort_n of_o man_n whether_o their_o ringleader_n and_o master_n be_v jew_n or_o gentile_n first_o for_o the_o gentile_n we_o may_v know_v the_o disciple_n of_o zoroastres_n by_o their_o belief_n of_o two_o god_n and_o incestuous_a wedlock_n we_o may_v know_v the_o disciple_n of_o the_o brahmin_n by_o their_o unparalleled_a self-denial_n in_o food_n and_o raiment_n we_o may_v know_v the_o disciple_n of_o pythagoras_n by_o their_o reverence_n to_o the_o number_n of_o four_o and_o seven_o the_o disciple_n of_o 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what_o it_o will_v yet_o if_o he_o act_v in_o contradiction_n to_o the_o commandment_n of_o christ_n that_o very_o act_v be_v nothing_o better_a than_o a_o denial_n of_o the_o faith_n and_o so_o it_o be_v call_v by_o the_o apostle_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 8._o christianity_n do_v not_o consist_v then_o in_o such_o a_o sanguine_a presumption_n as_o some_o call_v faith_n in_o such_o a_o carnal_a security_n as_o some_o call_v hope_n in_o such_o a_o parcel_n of_o 16._o fair_a word_n as_o some_o call_v charity_n in_o such_o a_o 〈◊〉_d worldly_a sorrow_n as_o some_o call_v repentance_n but_o it_o consist'_v in_o such_o a_o faith_n as_o 6._o work_v by_o love_n in_o such_o a_o hope_n as_o do_v 3._o cleanse_v and_o purify_v in_o such_o a_o charity_n as_o work_v no_o ill_a to_o his_o neighbour_n but_o be_v on_o the_o contrary_a the_o 10._o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n and_o in_o such_o a_o repentance_n as_o shew_v itself_o by_o amendment_n and_o change_v of_o life_n bring_v forth_o 8._o fruit_n meet_v 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we_o such_o a_o love_n as_o never_o be_v think_v upon_o before_o much_o less_o deliver_v under_o precept_n to_o any_o sect_n or_o society_n of_o jew_n or_o gentile_n have_v his_o commandment_n be_v no_o more_o than_o that_o we_o love_v one_o another_o it_o have_v be_v old_a with_o a_o witness_n no_o doubt_n i_o may_v say_v as_o old_a as_o adam_n but_o because_o he_o add_v a_fw-fr sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la that_o we_o must_v love_v one_o another_o even_o as_o he_o have_v love_v we_o which_o be_v with_o such_o a_o new_a love_n as_o till_o he_o come_v into_o the_o world_n be_v never_o hear_v of_o he_o have_v reason_n to_o call_v it_o a_o new_a commandment_n it_o be_v say_v by_o moses_n to_o the_o jew_n thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o but_o our_o saviour_n say_v far_a that_o we_o must_v love_v one_o another_o even_o as_o he_o have_v love_v we_o which_o be_v not_o only_o as_o but_o beyond_o himself_o for_o his_o love_v we_o to_o the_o death_n be_v in_o the_o comparative_a 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