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more_o religion_n say_v mr._n fleury_n can_v subsist_v without_o study_n and_o preach_v to_o preserve_v the_o soundness_n of_o its_o doctrine_n and_o the_o purity_n of_o its_o moral_n it_o must_v necessary_o fall_v into_o decay_n unless_o the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v diligent_o read_v teach_v and_o expound_v to_o the_o people_n unless_o the_o apostolical_a tradition_n be_v preserve_v in_o their_o purity_n and_o purge_v from_o time_n to_o time_n of_o those_o spurious_a addition_n which_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n without_o any_o just_a authority_n have_v make_v to_o they_o will_v but_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n take_v away_o these_o and_o all_o other_o addition_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o and_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a age_n of_o christianity_n and_o forbid_v all_o disputation_n etc._n etc._n as_o innocent_a xi_o by_o his_o decree_n of_o the_o 19_o of_o feb._n 1678._o entire_o abolish_v the_o office_n of_o the_o immaculate_a conception_n etc._n etc._n approve_a by_o paul_n v._o they_o may_v happy_o put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o great_a division_n that_o have_v so_o long_o make_v the_o enemy_n of_o christianity_n to_o rejoice_v or_o be_v able_a to_o maintain_v the_o charge_n of_o schism_n against_o those_o that_o shall_v then_o refuse_v their_o communion_n what_o passage_n or_o expression_n occur_v in_o this_o treatise_n which_o may_v be_v judge_v contrary_a to_o and_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o doctrine_n worship_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o by_o law_n establish_v the_o author_n and_o editor_n of_o this_o book_n be_v not_o answerable_a for_o nor_o pretend_v to_o justify_v consider_v that_o it_o be_v only_o a_o translation_n of_o a_o historical_a tract_n write_v in_o french_a and_o often_o print_v by_o a_o learned_a author_n of_o the_o roman_a communion_n who_o name_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o title-page_n of_o this_o book_n what_o he_o have_v say_v in_o favour_n of_o several_a of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o reformation_n and_o the_o admirable_a moral_a reflection_n which_o frequent_o occur_v throughout_o his_o history_n and_o especial_o the_o former_a part_n together_o with_o other_o pious_a relation_n of_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o show_v that_o excellent_a use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o this_o treatise_n and_o hence_o to_o justify_v the_o publication_n of_o it_o in_o our_o own_o language_n and_o the_o more_o exceptionable_a passage_n that_o be_v in_o it_o i_o must_v entreat_v the_o reader_n to_o consiâ—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d the_o mere_a effect_n of_o our_o author_n be_v 〈…〉_o the_o communion_n wherein_o he_o 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o admire_v rather_o that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d say_v so_o much_o on_o our_o side_n than_o that_o 〈◊〉_d have_v say_v no_o more_o errata_fw-la page_n 8._o line_n 16._o read_v to_o establish_v p._n 13._o l._n 13._o r._n in_o mind_n of_o p._n 27._o l._n 22._o deal_n and._n p._n 35._o l._n 22._o r._n orchard_n p._n 37._o ibid._n l._n 22._o r._n disease_n p._n 41._o l._n 11._o r._n furnish_v ibid._n 18._o r._n christian_n p._n 42._o l._n 24._o r._n paedagogus_fw-la p._n 45._o l._n 8._o r._n sanctify_v p._n 47._o l._n 29._o r._n give_v p._n 54._o l._n 32._o r._n itself_o p._n 56._o l._n 27._o r._n use_v p._n 77._o l._n 18._o for_o where_o r._n be_v ibid._n l._n 24._o r._n zealous_a p._n 86._o l._n 26._o r._n occasion_n p._n 87._o l._n 13._o r._n gnostic_n p._n 99_o l._n 15._o r._n tutelar_a p._n 103._o l._n 18._o r._n eqweus_n p._n 104._o l._n 28._o r._n lewd_a way_n p._n 105._o l._n 5._o for_o of_o r._n off_o ibid._n l._n 6._o r._n spit_v it_o p._n 106._o l._n 17._o r._n martyr_n p._n 107._o l._n 23._o deal_n the._n p._n 110._o l._n 25._o r._n reduce_v p._n 119._o l._n 25._o r._n slave_n ibid._n r._n state_n p._n 124._o l._n 22._o r._n such_o case_n p._n 129._o l._n 9_o for_o bell_n r._n bell_n p._n 136._o l._n 7._o for_o thy_o r._n they_o ibid._n r._n deliver_v p._n 148._o l._n 12._o r._n wife_n p._n 149._o l._n 25_o r._n fifty_o p._n 156._o l._n 1._o r._n to_o each_o other_o p._n 157._o l._n 2._o r._n priest_n p._n 158._o l._n 17._o for_o they_o r._n him_z p._n 165._o l._n 20._o for_o this_o r_o his_o p._n 182._o l._n 24._o r._n martyrium_fw-la p._n 204._o l._n 30_o deal_n or_o the_o least_o sign_n p._n 205._o l._n 15._o r._n have_v reteme_v p._n 240_o l._n 22._o r._n sylvester_n p._n 241._o l._n 5._o r._n ornament_v ibid._n l._n 30._o r._n candlestick_n p._n 242._o l._n 15._o deal_n with_o p._n 251._o l._n 8._o r._n pestilence_n p._n 259._o l._n 15_o r._n soever_o p._n 266._o l._n 17._o r._n many_o p._n 272._o l._n 1._o for_o for_o r._n the_o p._n 289._o l._n 24._o r._n thereupon_o p._n 305._o l._n 30._o r._n conversion_n ibid._n l._n 32._o for_o be_v r._n were_z p._n 306._o l._n 1._o r._n religion_n ibid._n l._n 17._o r._n hungarian_n p._n 307._o l._n 13._o r._n can_v p._n 310._o l._n 2._o r._n canon_n ibid._n l._n 31._o r._n how_o miserable_o p._n 313._o 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