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insert_v in_o the_o margin_n be_v true_a 42._o illi_fw-la scilicet_fw-la religionis_fw-la ergô_o alii_fw-la ministeriis_fw-la suis_fw-la aincti_fw-la alii_fw-la prescripti_fw-la relegati_fw-la extorres_fw-la etc._n etc._n nempe_fw-la hillenius_n alcmariâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n tu_fw-la quoque_fw-la aliique_fw-la tui_fw-la simile_n aut_fw-la libellis_fw-la infame_v aut_fw-la concionibus_fw-la tribunitiis_fw-la conventiculis_fw-la schismate_fw-la seditione_n ac_fw-la rebellione_fw-la adversus_fw-la illust_n ordd._n decreta_fw-la ac_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la edicta_fw-la ensign_fw-la hos_fw-la tu_fw-la totidem_fw-la quasi_fw-la religionis_fw-la ac_fw-la professionis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la martyr_n habe_fw-la &_o in_o canonem_fw-la refer_v non_fw-la invideo_fw-la nec_fw-la uchementer_fw-la nego_fw-la si_fw-la quidem_fw-la ista_fw-la est_fw-la religio_fw-la populum_fw-la mendaciis_fw-la splendidis_fw-la decipere_fw-la ac_fw-la dementatum_fw-la in_o pastor_n ac_fw-la superiores_fw-la suos_fw-la 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evenisse_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la transeunte_fw-la in_o rem_fw-la permissam_fw-la h._n e._n deum_fw-la voluisse_fw-la ut_fw-la adamus_n laberetur_fw-la d._n twiss_n in_o vind_z grat._n l._n 2._o p._n 1._o sect._n 2._o c._n 12._o vigr_n 3._o p._n 142._o col_fw-fr 2._o what_o ever_o public_a profession_n they_o have_v make_v to_o detest_v it_o a_o four_o doctrine_n which_o the_o synod_n do_v purposely_o disow_v and_o public_o profess_v to_o detest_v be_v that_o reprobation_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o infidelity_n and_o impiety_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o election_n be_v the_o fountain_n and_o cause_n of_o faith_n and_o piety_n that_o sin_n follow_v the_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n by_o a_o unavoidable_a necessity_n be_v the_o express_a affirmation_n not_o only_o of_o piscator_fw-la zanchy_a etc._n etc._n but_o of_o many_o synodist_n also_o reprobationem_fw-la tria_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la privatio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la peccata_fw-la &_o poenae_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la say_v 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