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Nor does his presence there &c [etc.] –
Sanction the use of wine among us.
It mi't [might] not, on acc. [account] of diff. [difficult] circ^s [circumstances], be
advisable in these times & here – to use t [the]
same wine C. [Christ] did – much less
sh'd [should] we, bec. [because] C. [Christ} made & drank "good wine,"
– pour down our throats – putrid, disgusting,
fluids; – vile, deadly, drugs; logwood-juice;
& liquid fire!!

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But I design to use the text in
different way – & for another purpose.

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The common way was to have the
good wine first – the worse afterward,
when the tastes were blunted &c. [etc.] –

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Christs [Christ's] way was to have the good
wine afterward – when its relish were better,