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they_o may_v be_v outvote_v in_o the_o meeting_n 4._o whither_o very_o many_o very_o considerable_a member_n have_v not_o desert_v the_o house_n before_o it_o be_v think_v seasonable_a to_o offer_v at_o put_v the_o article_n about_o church-government_n in_o the_o claim_n of_o right_a 5._o whither_o though_o they_o get_v this_o article_n thrust_v into_o the_o claim_n of_o right_n and_o make_v part_n of_o the_o original_a contract_n between_o king_n and_o people_n in_o the_o month_n of_o april_n 1689._o they_o be_v not_o to_o their_o great_a grief_n disappoint_v of_o the_o establishment_n of_o their_o form_n of_o church-government_n in_o the_o first_o session_n of_o parliament_n hold_v in_o june_n etc._n etc._n that_o same_o year_n 6._o whither_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o next_o session_n which_o be_v in_o april_n 1690._o they_o be_v not_o under_o very_o dreadful_a apprehension_n of_o another_o disappointment_n and_o whither_o they_o will_v not_o have_v be_v very_o near_o to_o if_o 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minister_n plant_v if_o according_a to_o the_o true_a presbyterian_a principle_n at_o least_o pretension_n the_o call_n of_o a_o minister_n shall_v have_v depend_v upon_o the_o plurality_n of_o voice_n in_o the_o parish_n when_o they_o consent_v to_o such_o a_o model_n for_o call_v of_o minister_n as_o be_v establish_v in_o that_o same_o session_n of_o parliament_n 11._o notwithstanding_o that_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o abolish_v patronage_n do_v notorious_o encroach_v upon_o the_o people_n power_n legated_a to_o they_o by_o christ_n in_o his_o testament_n according_a to_o the_o genuine_a presbyterian_a principle_n by_o put_v the_o real_a power_n of_o call_v minister_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n for_o the_o great_a expedition_n and_o security_n of_o get_v presbyterian_a minister_n plant_v in_o church_n notwithstanding_o all_o this_o i_o say_v i_o ask_v whither_o they_o do_v not_o meet_v with_o many_o difficulty_n and_o much_o impediment_n and_o opposition_n in_o 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