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interpose_v why_o then_o no_o true_a sacrament_n nor_o no_o true_a church_n by_o their_o doctrine_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n he_o do_v put_v a_o mark_n upon_o the_o word_n devise_v as_o deride_v the_o civil_a power_n therein_o 38._o if_o we_o shall_v add_v to_o this_o what_o be_v before_o he_o observe_v by_o father_n parson_n concern_v the_o institution_n of_o the_o service-book_n and_o object_v against_o the_o validity_n and_o use_n of_o it_o as_o well_o as_o the_o power_n to_o abolish_v their_o mass_n and_o other_o ceremony_n it_o will_v make_v we_o wary_a in_o condemn_v less_o alteration_n now_o make_v by_o a_o great_a power_n while_o yet_o we_o shall_v commend_v conformity_n to_o a_o less_o power_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o great_a alteration_n for_o he_o allege_v in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o three_o conversion_n of_o england_n par_fw-fr 2._o chap._n 12._o sect_n 25._o that_o the_o reformation_n and_o service-book_n be_v make_v by_o the_o then_o protector_n to_o edward_n the_o
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