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of_o itself_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o impediment_n add_v will_v be_v sufficient_a to_o salvation_n and_o so_o suppose_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o profess_v all_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o true_a and_o unapostatize_v church_n profess_v which_o be_v then_o and_o be_v still_o of_o themselves_o effectual_a for_o salvation_n if_o man_n be_v not_o want_v to_o themselves_o in_o this_o regard_n i_o confess_v she_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o true_a church_n for_o so_o much_o as_o such_o a_o definition_n of_o a_o true_a church_n will_v be_v compatible_a to_o she_o but_o all_o this_o suppose_a and_o admit_v i_o utter_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v any_o validity_n at_o all_o in_o dr._n thorndikes_n argument_n to_o prove_v she_o be_v not_o a_o idolatrous_a church_n for_o a_o true_a wife_n according_a to_o definition_n of_o law_n yet_o may_v be_v a_o soul_n adulteress_n and_o noisom_o infect_v with_o the_o disease_n of_o her_o uncleanness_n and_o a_o true_a house_n may_v be_v 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true_a house_n a_o true_a pair_n of_o shear_n true_a wine_n etc._n etc._n yet_o they_o be_v not_o good_a they_o retain_v the_o form_n but_o fall_v short_a of_o the_o end_n nay_o be_v quite_o opposite_a to_o it_o and_o so_o they_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n though_o a_o true_a church_n fall_v short_a of_o their_o salvation_n nay_o fall_v into_o eternal_a damnation_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o deadly_a poison_n in_o their_o church_n which_o they_o wilful_o keep_v infuse_v in_o it_o to_o his_o second_o argument_n i_o answer_v that_o tâ—ey_n that_o profess_v the_o true_a god_n may_v notwithstanding_o commit_v idolatry_n as_o i_o have_v demonstrate_v at_o large_a in_o my_o idea_n of_o antichristianism_n chap._n 6._o and_o chap_n 8._o of_o the_o first_o book_n and_o no_o man_n doubt_v but_o the_o israelite_n commit_v idolatry_n even_o then_o when_o they_o profess_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o the_o indian_n at_o this_o day_n who_o worship_n their_o pagod_n and_o be_v 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