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the_o puritan_n will_v never_o give_v over_o their_o clamour_n for_o reformation_n till_o they_o have_v utter_o ruin_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n and_o church_n and_o yet_o say_v he_o there_o be_v divers_a mean_v man_n in_o great_a place_n that_o will_v glad_o have_v these_o thing_n smother_v up_o be_v willing_a to_o think_v that_o the_o puritan_n be_v no_o such_o dangerous_a man_n as_o he_o and_o other_o do_v take_v they_o to_o be_v only_o scrupulous_a and_o peevish_a perhaps_o about_o ceremony_n and_o therefore_o be_v willing_a to_o forbear_v they_o and_o not_o to_o censure_v they_o sharp_o but_o that_o prelate_n do_v wise_o tell_v they_o that_o if_o any_o such_o mischief_n which_o god_n forbid_v shall_v happen_v hereafter_o they_o be_v sufficient_o warn_v that_o both_o shall_v and_o may_v in_o good_a time_n have_v prevent_v they_o and_o withal_o it_o will_v then_o be_v find_v true_a which_o livy_n say_v urgentibus_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la fatis_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o hominum_fw-la 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invariable_a how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o those_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n which_o himself_o tell_v we_o p._n 28._o 38._o be_v heretofore_o by_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o minister_n name_v puritan_n look_v upon_o and_o yield_v to_o as_o thing_n in_o their_o own_o nature_n indifferent_a be_v now_o account_v p._n 29._o 39_o by_o most_o of_o this_o way_n unlawful_a do_v not_o this_o argue_v a_o variation_n in_o this_o party_n from_o itself_o have_v not_o length_n of_o time_n wear_v out_o those_o their_o former_a principle_n of_o science_n and_o practice_n dr._n john_n burges_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o his_o answer_n in_o vindication_n of_o bishop_n morton_n touch_v ceremony_n tell_v we_o p._n 11._o that_o the_o state_n in_o k._n james_n his_o reign_n will_v never_o suffer_v these_o ceremony_n to_o be_v question_v of_o unlawfulness_n which_o dr._n reynolds_n dr._n chaderton_n dr._n spark_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o most_o eminent_a man_n of_o this_o nation_n who_o seem_v 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