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〈◊〉_d epiph._n haer._n 74._o n._n 1._o 3_o as_o a_o prodigy_n and_o his_o opinion_n madness_n though_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n at_o all_o of_o his_o ordination_n but_o the_o case_n of_o the_o ordination_n of_o our_o dissenter_n be_v peculiar_a and_o they_o do_v foreign_a church_n great_a wrong_n when_o they_o concern_v they_o in_o their_o quarrel_n for_o first_o the_o independent_o have_v no_o root_n of_o order_n but_o their_o pastor_n be_v of_o lay_v original_a extraction_n the_o presbyterian_o have_v ordination_n from_o presbyter_n not_o only_o without_o but_o in_o opposition_n to_o bishop_n against_o all_o the_o establish_a rule_n of_o this_o church_n against_o the_o law_n of_o the_o country_n as_o well_o as_o practise_v of_o ancient_a church_n and_o if_o upon_o this_o account_n we_o pronounce_v they_o void_a we_o do_v no_o more_o than_o what_o all_o the_o protestant_a church_n abroad_o will_v do_v in_o the_o like_a case_n if_o some_o deacon_n or_o layman_n will_v take_v upon_o 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