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countenances & by the whole turn of their body. Then those who had been examined by him & were found fit, he received [[deletion]] for his disciples & judged [[/deletion]] [[addition]] for his disciples & order'd them to be silent [[/addition]] for a certain time; not all, for the same time, some for more & some for less, according as he [[deletion]] deem'd their [[/deletion]] [[addition]] discover'd greater or less [[/addition]] [[unclear]] [[addition]] city in them [[/addition]] Five years was the longest time of silence; nor was there any silent for [[deletion]] silence as [[unclear]] or was there any for [[/deletion]] less than two years. When they had learnt to hold their tongues & hear, which some think the most difficult of all things & others the most easy: then they were allowed to speak, [[deletion]] & [[/deletion]] to [[unclear]], to write down what they had heard, & to express what they themselves thought.