What  I  have  said  indicates  the  necessity  of  preserving
the  word  of  God  pure  as  the  author  gave  it,  and  of  its  be-


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ing  taught  and  learnt,  and  used  in  its  own  nouns,  verbs,
and  adjectives,  and  other  pans  of  speech,  that  the  same
ideas  and  perceptions,  the  same  sentiments  and  feeangs,
the  same  failh,  hope  and  conduct  may  be  produced  in  all,
which  God  designed  should  be.
