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the_o punctual_a observation_n of_o the_o law_n at_o
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sufferer_n so_o certain_a to_o ensue_v upon_o the_o use_n of_o common_a prayer_n and_o so_o much_o without_o the_o power_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n in_o this_o state_n of_o affair_n either_o to_o remedy_n or_o prevent_v that_o it_o be_v beyond_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n to_o imagine_v what_o benefit_n to_o the_o public_a can_v accrue_v by_o the_o strict_a observation_n of_o the_o act_n that_o may_v in_o any_o proportion_n countervail_v these_o mischief_n in_o which_o case_n that_o man_n must_v needs_o suppose_v a_o strange_a austerity_n in_o the_o lawgiver_n that_o dare_v not_o presume_v of_o his_o consent_n to_o disoblige_v he_o for_o the_o time_n from_o observe_v the_o same_o it_o will_v be_v also_o well_o consider_v whether_o he_o that_o by_o his_o overnice_a scrupulosity_n run_v all_o these_o hazard_n be_v not_o in_o some_o measure_n guilty_a of_o his_o own_o undo_n desert_v his_o station_n and_o betray_v his_o flock_n and_o do_v not_o thereby_o lose_v much_o of_o that_o comfort_n which_o a_o christian_a confessor_n may_v take_v in_o his_o suffering_n when_o they_o be_v lay_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o not_o pull_v upon_o himself_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o more_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o say_v as_o to_o that_o first_o objection_n 2_o scandal_n object_n 2._o the_o next_o thing_n object_v be_v the_o danger_n of_o the_o scandal_n that_o other_o may_v be_v ready_a to_o take_v at_o the_o example_n who_o see_v the_o law_n so_o little_o regard_v by_o such_o man_n man_n that_o have_v cure_n of_o soul_n and_o perhaps_o also_o of_o some_o eminency_n and_o esteem_n in_o the_o church_n and_o who_o example_n will_v be_v much_o look_v upon_o will_v be_v easy_o encourage_v by_o their_o example_n to_o set_v light_n by_o all_o authority_n and_o to_o take_v the_o liberty_n to_o obey_v and_o disobey_v the_o law_n of_o their_o sovereign_n at_o their_o pleasure_n but_o this_o objection_n after_o we_o be_v once_o well_o satisfy_v concern_v the_o 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