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in_o but_o a_o outgoing_a both_o of_o christ_n and_o his_o people_n isa_n 52.12_o revel_v 14.4_o mat._n 25.6_o and_o be_v compare_v by_o the_o lord_n jesus_n to_o a_o spring_n mal._n 24.32_o 33._o as_o diffuse_v its_o vital_a sap_n more_o outward_o and_o blossom_a that_o magnificent_a kingdom_n of_o the_o marriage_n be_v liken_v to_o a_o summer_n luk._n 21.29_o 30_o 31._o the_o not_o observe_v this_o nor_o mark_v what_o ordinance_n be_v leave_v of_o god_n to_o be_v mere_o formal_a and_o what_o remain_v with_o some_o degree_n of_o power_n have_v occasion_v many_o to_o run_v into_o another_o extreme_a and_o draw_v the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n so_o within_o its_o self_n as_o may_v stop_v all_o the_o expiration_n or_o out-breaking_n thereof_o and_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o highness_n bring_v man_n into_o a_o low_a condition_n then_o that_o of_o the_o antichristian_a stand_n that_o be_v a_o narrow_a and_o spare_a breathe_a there_o be_v a_o stifle_a and_o suffocate_a of_o the_o 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antichristianism_n be_v the_o key_n of_o visible_a church-constitution_n or_o marriage-ordinance_n resolve_v themselves_o radical_o into_o believer_n or_o into_o the_o power_n of_o the_o people_n who_o may_v at_o any_o time_n take_v they_o up_o erect_v and_o model_n visible_a church_n open_a and_o shut_v the_o door_n thereof_o to_o other_o this_o we_o reduce_v to_o the_o touchstone_n of_o the_o primitive_a and_o find_v that_o they_o pray_v preach_v baptize_v and_o at_o last_o break_v bread_n while_o they_o be_v bare_a disciple_n and_o only_a covenant-member_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o church_n constitution_n they_o be_v command_v to_o tarry_v and_o wait_v at_o jerusalem_n till_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o father_n to_o wit_n the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v give_v whereby_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n come_v with_o power_n act_v 1.4_o 8._o luke_n 24.49_o this_o be_v a_o manifest_a transfusion_n of_o the_o spirit_n that_o do_v not_o only_o increase_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o 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not_o from_o believer_n as_o believer_n but_o from_o the_o powerful_a dispensation_n of_o chirst_n jesus_n and_o that_o when_o if_o sink_v and_o the_o same_o open_a wind_n before_o animate_v be_v withhold_v it_o must_v return_v to_o he_o the_o fountain_n whence_o at_o first_o it_o flow_v for_o every_o thing_n resolu_v into_o its_o principle_n but_o leave_v the_o primitive_a we_o may_v search_v the_o scripture_n treat_v of_o this_o last_o marriage_n to_o come_v and_o we_o shall_v find_v the_o same_o pour_v of_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v in_o that_o first_o gospel-day_n 19.7_o gospel-day_n rev._n 11.2_o chap._n 19.7_o isa_n 32.13_o 14_o 15._o the_o joyous_a city_n shall_v lie_v desolate_a until_o the_o spirit_n be_v pour_v out_o from_o on_o high_a whereby_o the_o wilderness_n shall_v be_v a_o fruitful_a field_n and_o the_o fruitful_a field_n count_v for_o a_o forest_n also_o zech._n 17.10_o i_o will_v pour_v upon_o the_o house_n of_o david_n and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n 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