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worship_n which_o the_o church_n shall_v use_v and_o profess_v according_o and_o shall_v never_o be_v forgtoten_a xxxi_o we_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v against_o catechise_v as_o some_o have_v accuse_v we_o as_o that_o we_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o most_o needful_a thing_n and_o no_o small_a part_n of_o that_o work_n which_o both_o minister_n and_o parent_n shall_v perform_v xxxii_o we_o be_v far_o from_o oppose_v that_o sort_n of_o confirmation_n which_o consist_v in_o the_o solemn_a transition_n of_o person_n out_o of_o the_o state_n of_o infant_n communion_n into_o that_o of_o the_o adult_n by_o their_o solemn_a intelligent_a own_v that_o covenant_n with_o god_n which_o they_o enter_v into_o by_o other_o in_o their_o infancy_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o more_o than_o one_o of_o we_o have_v long_o ago_o public_o give_v to_o the_o world_n mr._n hanmer_n mr._n baxter_n and_o the_o want_n of_o which_o we_o conceive_v be_v a_o great_a cause_n of_o the_o pollution_n of_o the_o 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