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and_o life_n be_v of_o necessity_n to_o our_o salvation_n do_v we_o not_o see_v that_o child_n be_v not_o bear_v with_o knowledge_n nor_o free_a from_o fleshly_a and_o worldly_a inclination_n do_v not_o the_o world_n experience_n tell_v we_o how_o hard_o and_o how_o long_o a_o work_n it_o be_v to_o make_v the_o ignorant_a understand_v the_o very_a article_n of_o faith_n and_o necessary_a duty_n to_o god_n and_o man_n and_o as_o hard_o to_o persuade_v their_o carnal_a mind_n to_o the_o hearty_a love_n and_o practice_n of_o they_o and_o to_o save_v they_o from_o the_o damn_v love_n of_o sinful_a lust_n and_o worldly_a vanity_n and_o how_o woeful_o the_o best_a teach_v be_v frustrate_a with_o the_o most_o q._n 3._o be_v we_o not_o all_o vow_a to_o god_n in_o our_o baptism_n renounce_v the_o seduction_n of_o the_o world_n the_o flesh_n and_o the_o devil_n and_o do_v all_o understand_v and_o keep_v this_o vow_n and_o be_v not_o the_o perfidious_a violation_n of_o it_o a_o most_o damn_v 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silence_v of_o faithful_a minister_n a_o far_o great_a loss_n &_o hurt_n to_o the_o people_n that_o need_v their_o ministry_n than_o to_o they_o what_o if_o it_o prove_v my_o fault_n that_o all_o my_o most_o impartial_a study_n and_o prayer_n do_v not_o serve_v to_o make_v i_o know_v that_o all_o the_o impose_v subscription_n declaration_n covenant_n oath_n and_o practice_n be_v lawful_a shall_v hundred_o or_o thousand_o of_o innocent_a people_n suffer_v for_o my_o fault_n and_o that_o in_o their_o soul_n shall_v you_o for_o this_o have_v deprive_v all_o person_n of_o any_o help_n which_o they_o have_v have_v by_o all_o my_o preach_a and_o write_n this_o twenty_o or_o forty_o year_n and_o be_v it_o just_a to_o wish_v it_o have_v be_v all_o undo_v and_o the_o like_a of_o many_o hundred_o other_o if_o we_o preach_v false_a doctrine_n accuse_v and_o punish_v we_o if_o the_o physician_n be_v drunkard_n or_o fornicator_n you_o will_v not_o for_o that_o forbid_v they_o to_o help_v to_o 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