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this_o part_n of_o our_o solemn_a worship_n have_v be_v throughout_o this_o kingdom_n i_o need_v not_o tell_v you_o you_o can_v but_o remember_v it_o but_o i_o wish_v there_o be_v and_o i_o pray_v god_n there_o may_v be_v such_o a_o sense_n of_o our_o miscarriage_n in_o these_o particular_n as_o may_v produce_v a_o salutary_a shame_n a_o cordial_a and_o thorough_a humiliation_n there_o be_v nothing_o else_o can_v fit_v we_o for_o so_o lovely_a a_o prospect_n as_o be_v the_o external_a beauty_n of_o god_n house_n and_o solemn_a worship_n to_o this_o purpose_n it_o be_v very_o remarkable_a what_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n chap._n 43.10_o 11._o thou_o son_n of_o man_n show_v the_o house_n to_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n that_o they_o may_v be_v ashamed_a of_o their_o iniquity_n and_o let_v they_o measure_v the_o pattern_n and_o if_o they_o be_v ashamed_a of_o all_o that_o they_o have_v do_v show_v they_o the_o form_n of_o the_o house_n and_o the_o fashion_n thereof_o and_o the_o go_n out_o thereof_o and_o the_o come_n in_o thereof_o and_o all_o the_o form_n thereof_o and_o all_o the_o ordinance_n thereof_o and_o all_o the_o form_n thereof_o and_o all_o the_o law_n thereof_o and_o write_v it_o in_o their_o sight_n that_o they_o may_v keep_v the_o whole_a form_n thereof_o and_o all_o the_o ordinance_n thereof_o and_o do_v they_o and_o this_o will_v lead_v i_o to_o the_o last_o stage_n of_o my_o discourse_n which_o be_v the_o end_n of_o my_o design_n viz._n to_o give_v you_o some_o direction_n how_o you_o be_v to_o demean_v yourselves_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n solemn_a worship_n but_o these_o direction_n shall_v be_v usher_v in_o with_o a_o word_n or_o two_o of_o admonition_n to_o such_o as_o be_v in_o high_a authority_n over_o we_o 1._o the_o first_o be_v to_o support_v and_o countenance_v the_o hierarchy_n that_o order_n of_o man_n who_o be_v set_v apart_o by_o a_o special_a act_n of_o consecration_n to_o attend_v the_o service_n of_o the_o ark_n the_o ark_n of_o god_n can_v appear_v glorious_a under_o the_o ministry_n of_o a_o contemptible_a priesthood_n it_o be_v the_o learning_n and_o piety_n the_o prudence_n and_o gravity_n the_o splendour_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o episcopal_a order_n that_o must_v keep_v up_o the_o ark_n in_o a_o steady_a posture_n among_o we_o aspire_a novice_n will_v run_v it_o into_o bog_n and_o precipice_n and_o leave_v it_o without_o a_o guard_n to_o be_v overlay_v with_o superstition_n or_o expose_v to_o the_o rude_a hand_n of_o sacrilege_n and_o profaneness_n where_o there_o be_v such_o a_o hierarchy_n as_o keep_v every_o one_o to_o his_o station_n and_o office_n there_o the_o people_n be_v instruct_v by_o the_o example_n of_o their_o regular_a subordination_n to_o keep_v their_o order_n and_o decorum_n and_o this_o be_v the_o apostle_n bulwark_n oppose_v to_o seduction_n col._n 2.5_o and_o such_o as_o keep_v to_o it_o be_v impregnable_a for_o as_o that_o reverend_n and_o learned_a bishop_n observe_v 2.5_o bishop_n daven_n ad_fw-la colos_n 2.5_o rarò_fw-la in_o errores_fw-la praecipitantur_fw-la qui_fw-la ordinem_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la praepositis_fw-la debitum_fw-la observant_a è_fw-la contrà _fw-la ubi_fw-la ordo_fw-la praecipiendi_fw-la &_o parendi_fw-la negligitur_fw-la ibi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la per_fw-la disjectam_fw-la aciem_fw-la facile_fw-la perrumpitur_fw-la they_o seldom_o fall_v into_o error_n that_o observe_v the_o order_n of_o obedience_n due_a unto_o their_o prelate_n etc._n prelate_n not_o one_o ranter_n or_o quaker_n or_o anabaptist_n of_o all_o that_o adhere_v to_o the_o bishop_n nor_o a_o antitrinitarian_n etc._n etc._n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a where_o the_o order_n of_o command_v and_o obey_v be_v neglect_v there_o the_o enemy_n easy_o break_v in_o as_o into_o a_o rout_v army_n to_o this_o purpose_n we_o may_v observe_v that_o holy_a martyr_n st._n ignatius_n very_o full_a and_o press_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v you_o subject_a unto_o the_o bishop_n as_o unto_o the_o lord_n