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this_o for_o it_o be_v a_o truth_n that_o he_o do_v not_o answer_n but_o scornful_o say_v p._n 5._o viz._n you_o may_v see_v the_o quaker_n christ_n be_v manifest_a to_o be_v in_o the_o world_n in_o the_o heart_n in_o that_o sense_n they_o preach_v that_o he_o be_v come_v in_o the_o flesh_n but_o not_o that_o he_o be_v flesh_n or_o that_o the_o flesh_n take_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o virgin_n be_v christ_n but_o that_o christ_n be_v in_o that_o body_n or_o in_o the_o world_n rep._n 1._o as_o to_o man_n come_v to_o walk_n with_o god_n we_o know_v it_o be_v by_o the_o light_n of_o christ_n within_o for_o if_o we_o say_v we_o have_v fellowship_n with_o he_o and_o walk_v in_o darkness_n we_o lie_v and_o do_v not_o the_o truth_n 1_o joh._n 1.6_o therefore_o it_o be_v by_o walk_v in_o the_o light_a that_o fellowship_n with_o god_n be_v attain_v to_o and_o as_o to_o christ_n come_v in_o the_o flesh_n we_o do_v confess_v according_a to_o the_o scripture_n and_o even_o in_o that_o 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