can._n 27._o and_o also_o that_o their_o child_n be_v not_o to_o be_v baptize_v unless_o they_o will_v submit_v they_o to_o the_o dedicate_a sign_n of_o the_o cross_n no_o nor_o to_o be_v bury_v with_o christian_a burial_n of_o which_o more_o afterward_o 3._o if_o they_o have_v a_o minister_n in_o their_o own_o parish_n that_o never_o preach_v or_o so_o bad_a as_o that_o they_o dare_v not_o commit_v the_o pastoral_n care_n of_o their_o soul_n to_o he_o they_o must_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o communion_n in_o any_o other_o neighbour_n parish_n can._n 28._o that_o they_o be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la excommunicate_v shall_v be_v anon_o show_v sect_n ix_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n that_o concern_v the_o conformity_n and_o nonconformity_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o 1._o of_o assent_n consent_n and_o subscription_n that_o nothing_o be_v contrary_a to_o god_n word_n 1._o the_o canon_n to_o be_v subscribe_v 36th_o willing_o and_o ex_fw-la animo_fw-la be_v that_o the_o book_n of_o 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the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n 12._o therefore_o either_o we_o consent_v to_o pronounce_v almost_o all_o such_o to_o be_v save_v at_o a_o time_n when_o our_o word_n take_v the_o deep_a impression_n or_o else_o more_o exception_n must_v be_v make_v 13._o some_o say_v that_o the_o excommunicable_a be_v include_v in_o the_o excommunicate_v but_o the_o canon_n and_o the_o express_a word_n of_o the_o liturgy_n and_o the_o church_n abhorrence_n that_o the_o priest_n shall_v be_v judge_n do_v so_o notorious_o confute_v this_o bold_a assertion_n that_o by_o such_o stretch_v almost_o any_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v or_o swear_v and_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v know_v by_o authority_n when_o or_o how_o far_o any_o subject_n be_v oblige_v by_o covenant_n or_o oath_n xviii_o the_o liturgy_n require_v thou_o such_o ornament_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o the_o minister_n thereof_o at_o all_o time_n of_o their_o ministration_n shall_v be_v retain_v and_o in_o use_n as_o be_v in_o this_o church_n of_o 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