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nor_o beza_n calvin_n martyr_n pareus_n nor_o only_o judicious_a papist_n victorinus_n carthusian_n estius_n cajetanus_n expound_v it_o as_o mr._n h._n of_o a_o single_a congregation_n but_o of_o the_o catholic_n church_n say_v martyr_n of_o man_n of_o all_o nation_n say_v pareus_n though_o they_o dwell_v in_o divers_a place_n of_o the_o earth_n say_v pareus_n this_o be_v the_o mystical_a body_n say_v estius_n membra_fw-la autem_fw-la omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la the_o member_n be_v all_o the_o faithful_a he_o prove_v say_v cajetanus_n omnes_fw-la christianos_n esse_fw-la unum_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la all_o christian_n behold_v the_o catholic_n church_n to_o be_v the_o one_o body_n of_o christ_n because_o they_o be_v all_o beget_v into_o one_o spirit_n by_o baptism_n 4._o the_o church_n here_o be_v the_o church_n all_o baptize_v into_o one_o body_n whither_o jew_n or_o gentile_n whether_o bond_n or_o free_n which_o all_o drink_v the_o same_o drink_n in_o the_o lord_n supper_n 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2._o 10_o 13_o 15._o shall_v not_o egypt_n asyria_n be_v oblige_v to_o set_v up_o as_o it_o be_v altar_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o speak_v the_o language_n of_o canaan_n now_o that_o be_v a_o profess_a engage_v to_o avow_v the_o lord_n now_o i_o may_v put_v mr._n h._n to_o it_o and_o it_o be_v but_o a_o anabaptist_n ground_n to_o seek_v a_o warrant_n for_o a_o national_a covenant_n under_o the_o new_a testament_n for_o i_o again_o desire_v he_o to_o give_v i_o a_o warrant_n for_o a_o national_a profession_n 2._o a_o national_a promise_v to_o be_v the_o lord_n people_n 3._o a_o national_a confession_n of_o sin_n and_o of_o leave_v of_o the_o truth_n 4._o a_o national_a petition_v for_o grace_n to_o avow_v the_o truth_n to_o the_o end_n and_o to_o transmit_v it_o pure_a to_o posterity_n 5._o a_o national_a confession_n of_o faith_n except_o we_o argue_v thus_o a_o single_a man_n do_v this_o a_o david_n warrantable_o do_v swear_v ps._n 119._o 106._o ergo_fw-la a_o nation_n may_v do_v the_o 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