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aim_v at_o that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v chargeable_a unto_o any_o of_o you_o say_v he_o 5._o it_o be_v a_o duty_n incumbent_n unto_o the_o lord_n people_n to_o maintain_v their_o minister_n in_o a_o way_n creditable_a to_o the_o gospel_n even_o when_o through_o reason_n of_o poverty_n their_o so_o do_v will_v prove_v burdensome_a unto_o they_o for_o he_o say_v not_o that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v sustain_v he_o because_o of_o their_o poverty_n only_o he_o will_v not_o eat_v their_o bread_n for_o nought_o that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v burdensome_a unto_o they_o and_o v_o 9_o he_o assert_v his_o own_o power_n and_o right_a to_o have_v exact_v maintenance_n from_o they_o and_o consequent_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o give_v it_o ver._n 9_o not_o because_o we_o have_v not_o power_n but_o to_o