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incliâ—at_fw-la in_o melius_fw-la sen._n ep_n 81._o 81._o error_n charitatis_fw-la salutaris_fw-la error_n error_n melius_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la frequent_a fallatur_fw-la habens_fw-la bonam_fw-la opinionem_fw-la de_fw-la malo_fw-la homine_fw-la quam_fw-la quòd_fw-la rarius_fw-la fallatur_fw-la habens_fw-la malam_fw-la opinionem_fw-la de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi homine_fw-la quia_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la sit_fw-la injuria_fw-la alicui_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la ex_fw-la primo_fw-la aq._n 2._o a._n qu._n 60._o art_n 2._o ad_fw-la 1._o 1._o aequum_fw-la licet_fw-la statuerit_fw-la haud_fw-la aequus_fw-la fuit_fw-la sen._n in_o med._n act._n 2._o 2._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 5._o 5._o si_fw-mi suspiciones_fw-la vitare_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la quia_fw-la homines_fw-la sumus_fw-la judicia_fw-la tamen_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la definitivas_fw-la firmasque_fw-la sententias_fw-la continere_fw-la debemus_fw-la glos._n ordin_n in_o 1_o cor._n 4._o 4._o 1_o cor._n 4._o 3._o 16._o 17._o 18._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 19_o 1._o 1._o article_n 20._o agreeable_a to_o the_o confession_n of_o other_o protestant_a church_n church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n 14._o 20._o 20._o constit._n &_o canon_n 30._o 20._o 20._o exit_fw-la 1_o cor._n 7._o 35._o 35._o lincolnsh_fw-mi abridg._n p._n 34._o 34._o mat._n 7_o 8_o etc._n etc._n etc._n in_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la blasphemant_fw-la qui_fw-la sacros_fw-la canon_n violent_fw-la 25_o qu._n 1._o violatores_fw-la violatores_fw-la constit._fw-la etc._n etc._n can_v 74._o aâ—t_n 20._o act_n for_o uniformity_n and_o treat_n of_o ceremony_n prefix_v to_o the_o book_n of_o common-prayer_n common-prayer_n without_o prejudice_n to_o the_o liberty_n of_o other_o church_n see_v pref._n to_o communion_n book_n book_n the_o church_n ought_v not_o to_o enforce_v any_o thing_n beside_o the_o holy_a writ_n to_o be_v believe_v for_o necessity_n of_o salvation_n artic._n 20._o 20._o see_v conference_n at_o ham._n court_n pag._n 70_o 71._o 71._o in_o rebus_fw-la mediis_fw-la lex_fw-la posita_fw-la est_fw-la obedientiâ—_n bern._n epist._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr hujusmodi_fw-la quip_n nec_fw-la praeceptor_n expectandus_fw-la nec_fw-la prohibitor_n auscultandus_fw-la est_fw-la ber._n de_fw-fr prec_fw-la &_o dispensat_fw-la see_v agel_n 2._o noct._n artic._n 7._o &_o ber._n ep._n 7._o 7._o see_v sa._n collins_n sermon_n on_o 1_o tim._n 6._o 3._o pag._n 44._o etc._n etc._n 2._o 2._o artic._n 34._o 34._o see_v calvin_n lib._n 4._o instir._n c._n 10._o scâ—â—_n 27._o 27._o quot_fw-la capita_fw-la tot_fw-la schismata_fw-la hieronym_n 3._o 3._o like_o that_o col._n 2._o 21._o touch_v not_o taste_v not_o handle_v not_o 21._o 1._o 2._o 2._o pro_fw-la inficiatione_fw-la pontificatûs_fw-la foeminei_fw-la aquipont_n in_o resp_n ad_fw-la sohn_n de_fw-la antichristo_fw-la thes._n 15._o speak_v of_o the_o priest_n execute_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o qu._n elizabeth_n elizabeth_n see_v donne_n pseudomartyr_n per_fw-la totum_fw-la especial_o c._n 5._o etc._n etc._n etc._n the_o practice_n of_o our_o church_n sufficient_o confirm_v this_o which_o censure_v no_o man_n for_o the_o bare_a omission_n of_o some_o kind_n of_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n now_o and_o then_o where_o it_o may_v be_v presume_v by_o the_o party_n cheerful_a and_o general_a conformity_n otherwise_o that_o such_o omission_n proceed_v not_o either_o from_o a_o opinionative_n dislike_v of_o the_o ceremony_n impose_v or_o from_o a_o timorous_a and_o obsequious_a humour_v of_o such_o as_o dislike_v it_o whosoever_o willing_o and_o purposely_o do_v open_o break_v etc._n etc._n artic._n 34._o 34._o in_o minimis_fw-la quoque_fw-la mandatis_fw-la culpam_fw-la facit_fw-la non_fw-la minimam_fw-la &_o convertit_fw-la in_o crimen_fw-la gravis_fw-la rebellionis_fw-la naevum_fw-la satis_fw-la levem_fw-la simplicis_fw-la transgressionis_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr prec_fw-la &_o dispen_v 22._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 23._o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 13._o 5._o 5._o not_o only_o for_o wrath_n but_o also_o for_o conscience_n sake_n ibid._n ibid._n meditation_n on_o the_o lord_n prayer_n pag._n 12._o in_o the_o margin_n 24._o 25._o 26._o 26._o all_o benefit_n of_o law_n be_v deny_v they_o and_o they_o debar_v of_o other_o mean_n by_o conference_n or_o writing_n for_o their_o defence_n def._n of_o minister_n reason_n part_v 1._o pref_o to_o the_o reader_n we_o do_v accuse_v the_o reverend_a bishop_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n and_o man_n for_o their_o hard_a and_o extreme_a deal_n towards_o we_o removal_n of_o imputation_n p._n 40._o 17._o 17._o many_o by_o their_o factious_a behaviour_n be_v drive_v to_o be_v papist_n the_o king_n be_v ma._n in_o confer_v at_o hamp_n p._n 68_o 28_o 28_o witness_v the_o learned_a book_n of_o divers_a reverend_a prelate_n john_n whitgift_n john_n buckeridge_n tho._n morton_n etc._n etc._n 29._o 29._o sancti_fw-la stante_fw-la charitate_fw-la possunt_fw-la errare_fw-la etiam_fw-la contra_fw-la catholicam_fw-la veritatem_fw-la occh._n dial._n part_n 1._o â—_o 2._o c._n 4._o 4._o so_o pelagius_n from_o who_o root_n popery_n in_o that_o branch_n sprout_v be_v a_o man_n as_o strict_a for_o life_n as_o most_o catholic_n yet_o a_o most_o dangerous_a and_o pestilent_a heretic_n pelagii_n viri_fw-la ut_fw-la audio_fw-la sanct_n &_o non_fw-la parvo_fw-la profectu_fw-la christiani_n aug._n 3._o de_fw-la pec_fw-la merit_n &_o rem_fw-la 1._o istum_fw-la sicut_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la noverunt_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la bonum_fw-la ac_fw-la praedicandum_fw-la virumâ—_n ib._n c._n 3._o 3._o non_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o cujusquam_fw-la persona_fw-la praetermittendum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la institutis_fw-la generalibus_fw-la continetur_fw-la leo._n dist._n 61._o miramur_fw-la 30._o 30._o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n for_o more_o particular_a satisfaction_n to_o fr._n mason_n serm._n on_o 1_o cor._n 14._o 40._o pag._n 30._o sam._n collins_n serm._n on_o 1_o tim._n 6._o 3._o pa._n 21_o 22_o and_o other_o but_o especial_o to_o their_o own_o write_n write_n brightman_n in_o apoc._n cap._n 3._o 31._o 31._o this_o simile_n be_v first_o use_v by_o a_o very_a reverend_n grave_a and_o worthy_a dean_n who_o have_v many_o way_n deserve_v well_o of_o our_o whole_a church_n alexander_n noel_n dean_n of_o paul_n in_o a_o sermon_n before_o queen_n elizabeth_n and_o modest_o and_o moderate_o urge_v not_o at_o all_o against_o the_o ceremony_n which_o by_o his_o practice_n he_o do_v allow_v but_o for_o the_o further_a restraint_n of_o popish_a priest_n and_o jesuit_n who_o lie_v thick_a in_o ireland_n and_o the_o western_a coast_n of_o england_n and_o wales_n as_o heap_n of_o dust_n and_o dirt_n behind_o the_o door_n yet_o i_o here_o ascribe_v it_o to_o the_o puritan_n who_o though_o they_o father_n it_o upon_o that_o good_a man_n must_v own_v it_o as_o their_o own_o brat_n because_o by_o miss_v apply_v it_o to_o the_o ceremony_n they_o have_v make_v it_o their_o own_o malè_fw-la dum_fw-la recitas_fw-la incipit_fw-la esse_fw-la tâ—un_fw-la tâ—un_fw-la meditation_n on_o the_o lord_n prayer_n page_n 21_o etc._n etc._n primae_fw-la edit_fw-la 1619._o see_v hooker_n preface_n sect._n 8._o 32._o 33._o 34._o 35._o 36._o 37._o 1._o 1._o eadem_fw-la velle_fw-la eos_fw-la cognosces_fw-la da_fw-la posse_fw-la quantum_fw-la volunt_fw-la sen._n ep._n 42._o 2._o 2._o matth._n 10._o 27._o 3._o 3._o gal._n 2._o 14._o utique_fw-la conversationis_fw-la fuit_fw-la vitium_fw-la
divin_n nomin_v 2._o 2._o marlorat_n in_o enchirid._n 3._o 3._o acts._n 15._o 9_o 9_o joh._n 1._o 12._o &_o galat._n 4._o 26._o 26._o rom._n 3._o 28._o &_o 5._o 1._o 1._o hab._n 2._o 4._o &_o gal._n 2._o 20._o 20._o rom._n 15._o 13._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 8._o 8._o rom._n 5._o 1._o 1._o act_n 16._o 34._o ephes._n 1._o 8._o 8._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la opera_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ante_fw-la justificationem_fw-la fiunt_fw-la verè_fw-la esse_fw-la peccata_fw-la anathema_n sit_v con._n trident._n sess._n 6._o can._n 7._o 4._o 5._o 1._o 2._o 2._o though_o s._n august_n sometime_o apply_v it_o also_o to_o prove_v that_o all_o the_o action_n of_o infidel_n meaning_n &c_n &c_n be_v sin_n rhem._n annot_n in_o loc._n loc._n et_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la sc_n intelligat_fw-la justitiam_fw-la infidelium_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la justitiam_fw-la quia_fw-la sordet_fw-la natura_fw-la sine_fw-la gratia_fw-la prosper_v in_o epist_n ad_fw-la rufin_n vid._n etiam_fw-la eundem_fw-la contra_fw-la collat._n collat._n extra_n ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la integrum_fw-la nihil_fw-la castum_fw-la dicente_fw-la apostolo_n omne_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la etc._n etc._n leo_fw-la serm_n 2._o the_o jejun_n penitent_n 6._o 6._o t._n c._n l._n 1._o p._n 59_o etc._n etc._n apud_fw-la hooker_n lib._n 2._o 2._o rom._n 10._o 17._o 17._o t._n c._n l._n p._n 27._o apud_fw-la hooker_n lib._n 2._o sect._n 4._o 7._o 7._o job_n 13._o 7._o 8._o 8._o i_o say_v that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n contain_v whatsoever_o thing_n can_v fall_v into_o any_o part_n of_o man_n life_n t._n c._n lib._n 1._o p._n 20._o apud_fw-la hooker_n lib._n 2._o §._o 1._o 9_o 9_o rom._n 4._o 15._o 15._o rom._n 2._o 15._o 15._o rom._n 2._o 15._o 15._o tertul._n de_fw-fr coron_n milit_fw-la cap._n 4._o 10._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 3._o matth._n 7._o 12._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 40._o ii_o 12._o 12._o ver._n 4_o 10_o &_o 13._o 13._o 13._o verse_n 3._o 14._o 14._o it_o be_v indeed_o full_o handle_v by_o m_n hooker_n in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o eccles_n policy_n but_o few_o man_n of_o that_o party_n will_v read_v his_o work_n though_o write_v with_o singular_a learning_n wisdom_n godliness_n and_o moderation_n moderation_n pet._n blesens_n epist._n 131._o 131._o delicata_fw-la satis_fw-la imo_fw-la nimis_fw-la molesta_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la obedientia_fw-la etc._n etc._n bern._n the_o precept_n &_o dispen_v dispen_v infirmae_fw-la prorsus_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la indicium_fw-la est_fw-la statuta_fw-la seniorum_fw-la studiosiùs_fw-la discutere_fw-la haerere_fw-la ad_fw-la singulae_fw-la quae_fw-la injunguntur_fw-la exigere_fw-la de_fw-la quibusque_fw-la rationem_fw-la &_o male_a suspicari_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la praecepto_fw-la cujus_fw-la causa_fw-la latuerit_fw-la nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la libenter_fw-la ordire_fw-la nisi_fw-la &c_n &c_n bern._n ibid._n 15._o 15._o isaiah_n 40._o 1_o 2._o 2._o isaiah_n 61._o 1_o 3._o 3._o rom._n 8._o 15._o 15._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 7._o 7._o psal._n 45._o 7._o 7._o psal._n 30._o 11._o 16._o 16._o see_v article_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n artic._n 6._o 17._o 17._o hime_v in_o rom._n 14._o 1._o 1._o piscat_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n joh._n 3._o 36._o &_o act_v 14._o 1_o 2._o 2._o hic_fw-la verse_n 2._o 2._o 2._o verse_n 14._o 3._o 3._o verse_n 22._o 4._o 4._o verse_n 23._o 18._o 19_o 1._o 1._o respectus_n non_fw-la mutant_fw-la naturam_fw-la naturam_fw-la opinio_fw-la nostra_fw-la nobis_fw-la legem_fw-la facit_fw-la ambr._n de_fw-fr paradis_n 2._o 2._o joh._n 16._o 2._o 2._o act_n 26._o 9_o 9_o 1_o tim._n 1._o 13._o 13._o act_n 23._o 3_o 4._o &_o phil._n 3._o 6._o 3._o 20._o 1._o 2._o 3._o ubi_fw-la est_fw-la suspicio_fw-la ibi_fw-la discussiâ—_n necessaria_fw-la bernard_n ep._n 7._o 7._o ratio_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la manifestis_fw-la non_fw-la inquirit_fw-la sed_fw-la statim_fw-la judicat_fw-la aquin._n 1_o 2._o qu._n 14._o 4._o ad_fw-la 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n arist._n 1._o mag._n moral_a 18._o 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n 2._o eth._n 5._o 21._o 21._o verse_n 5._o hic_fw-la plene_fw-la certus_fw-la sit_fw-la heming_n heming_n quasi_fw-la plenis_fw-la velis_fw-la feratur_fw-la piscat_fw-la in_o schol._n ad_fw-la rom._n 14._o 5._o 5._o luke_n 9_o 50._o 50._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 40._o 40._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 4._o 4._o tit._n 1._o 15._o 15._o rom._n 14._o 14._o 14._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 12._o 22._o 22._o herodot_n in_o clio_n senec._n 3._o de_fw-fr ira_fw-la 21._o 23._o 23._o qui_fw-fr agit_fw-fr contra_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la qua_fw-la credit_n deum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prohibuisse_fw-la licet_fw-la erret_fw-la contemnit_fw-la deum_fw-la bonavent_n 2._o scent_n do_v 39_o 39_o menand_n menand_n pres._n satyr_n 5._o 5._o jam._n 4._o 17._o 17._o quod_fw-la sit_fw-la contra_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la aedificat_fw-la ad_fw-la gehennam_fw-la c._n 28._o qu._n 1._o omnes_fw-la sect._n ex_fw-la his_o his_o rom._n 14._o 22._o 22._o dan._n 3._o 16_o 18._o 18._o c._n 11._o qu._n 3._o qui_fw-la resistet_fw-la ex_fw-la augustino_n 24._o 25._o 25._o animo_fw-la nunc_fw-la huc_fw-la nunc_fw-la fluctuat_fw-la illuc_fw-la virg._n aeneid_n 10._o 10._o jam._n 1._o 8._o 1._o 1._o ibid._n ibid._n eph._n 4._o 14._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 26._o 1._o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n 3._o ethic_n 4._o 3._o 3._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 36._o 36._o non_fw-la tibi_fw-la imputabitur_fw-la ad_fw-la culpam_fw-la quod_fw-la invitus_fw-la ignoras_fw-la aug._n the_o nat_n &_o great_a 27._o 27._o nil_fw-la faciendum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la dubites_fw-la sit_fw-la necne_fw-la rectè_fw-la factum_fw-la cic_fw-la l._n 1._o de_fw-fr offic_n 28._o 28._o be_v damnum_fw-la that_fw-mi qui_fw-la jubet_fw-la dare_fw-mi ejus_fw-la ver_fw-la ê°_n nulla_fw-la culpa_fw-la est_fw-la cui_fw-la parere_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la l._n 169._o f._n the_o div_o reg._n jur_n jur_n bernard_n â—e_v precept_n &_o dispen_n dispen_n rom._n 13._o 1._o 1_o peâ—_n 2._o 13._o 29._o 29._o rom._n 15._o 6._o 6._o isidor_n isidor_n dubius_n incertus_fw-la quasi_fw-la duarum_fw-la viarum_fw-la isid._n 10._o etym._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plus_fw-fr est_fw-fr standum_fw-la praecepto_fw-la praelati_fw-la quam_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la bonav_n 2._o â—sen_n distinct_a 39_o 30._o 30._o gregor_n 31._o 32._o 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d solon_n apud_fw-la stob._n serm._n 3_o 33._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 34._o luk._n 12._o 1_o matth._n 16._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 5._o 8._o percuâ—it_fw-la illos_fw-la atrociore_fw-la recriminatione_fw-la eras._n in_o paraph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n hom._n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n ibid._n isa._n 29._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 26._o 5._o luk._n 16._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o tim._n 4._o 2._o 1_o thes._n 5._o 21._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n mark_v 10._o 19_o luk._n 18._o 10._o jer._n 45._o 6._o jer._n 35._o 18_o 19_o abridgm_n linc._n p._n 44._o per_fw-la appositionem_fw-la eras._n bez._n jer._n 23._o 28._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 12_o 15._o gal._n 1._o 8._o 2_o joh._n 10._o mat._n 15._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 12._o 15._o andradus_fw-la multò_fw-la maxima_fw-la pars_fw-la evangelii_n pervenit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la traditione_n perexigua_fw-la literis_fw-la est_fw-la mandata_fw-la hos._n confes._n c._n 92._o egenum_fw-la elementum_fw-la hosius_n plumbea_fw-la regula_fw-la pighius_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n v._o chamier_n tom._n 1_o panstrat_n lib._n 9_o c._n 16._o jewel_n defence_n 2._o c._n 9_o 9_o non_fw-fr male_a comparari_fw-la pharisaeos_fw-la catholicis_fw-la serarius_fw-la apud_fw-la hal._n seron_n mat._n 5._o 30._o 30._o sadoc_n discipulus_fw-la antiqui_fw-la sochaei_fw-la author_n sectae_fw-la sadducaeorum_n secundum_fw-la rabbinos_fw-la v._o el._n tisb_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schindler_n in_o lexic_n pentagl_n sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la commentum_fw-la rabbinicum_fw-la exigit_fw-la montacutius_n qui_fw-la sadducaeorum_n originem_fw-la ad_fw-la dositheum_fw-la quendam_fw-la refert_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la epiphanii_n &_o aliorum_fw-la eosque_fw-la sadducaeos_fw-la dictos_fw-la confirmat_fw-la à _fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d justitia_fw-la ob_fw-la mores_fw-la austeros_fw-la &_o in_o judiciis_fw-la severitatem_fw-la v._o montacut_n appar_fw-la 7._o sect_n 49._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n jos._n 13._o antiq._n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiph._n in_o ptol._n justin._n nuell_n 146._o &_o alii_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n hom_o 51._o in_o mat._n mox_fw-la subsecuta_fw-la est_fw-la corruptela_fw-la calvin_n in_o loc_n exod._n 8._o 14._o 1_o cor._n 8._o 8._o rom._n 13._o 5._o 20._o every_o particular_a or_o national_a church_n have_v authority_n to_o ordain_v change_n and_o abolish_v ceremony_n etc._n etc._n art_n 34._o 34._o the_o ceremony_n that_o remain_v be_v retain_v for_o discipline_n and_o order_n which_o upon_o just_a cause_n may_v be_v alter_v and_o change_v and_o therefore_o be_v not_o to_o be_v esteem_v equal_a with_o god_n law_n pref._n of_o cerem_fw-la cerem_fw-la the_o church_n have_v power_n to_o decree_v rite_n and_o ceremony_n but_o it_o ought_v not_o beside_o the_o