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55._o 56_o etc._n etc._n and_o for_o their_o worship_n p._n 113_o 114_o 115._o and_o about_o their_o church_n government_n p._n 162._o 163._o archbishop_n see_v bishop_n b._n baptism_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n unlawful_o administer_v p._n 104._o benefice_n how_o they_o be_v obtain_v by_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n p._n 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o etc._n etc._n bell_n as_o they_o be_v use_v in_o their_o assembly_n unlawful_a p._n 112._o the_o english_a service-booke_n take_v out_o of_o the_o vile_a massebooke_n p._n 78_o 79._o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o bishop_n describe_v p._n 31_o 32_o 33._o their_o office_n false_a and_o antichristian_a and_o reason_n for_o the_o same_o p._n 33._o 34._o 35._o they_o can_v give_v a_o true_a ministry_n p._n 37._o their_o book_n of_o ordination_n take_v out_o of_o the_o pope_n pontifical_a p._n 12_o the_o manner_n of_o burial_n in_o england_n unlawful_a p._n 102_o mr._n bradsh_fw-mi his_o scoff_a p._n 212._o 227._o 235._o 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p._n 95._o 96_o excommunication_n and_o the_o absolution_n of_o the_o person_n be_v action_n common_a to_o the_o whole_a church_n p._n 134_o church_a of_o woman_n see_v woman_n d._n there_o aught_o to_o be_v deacon_n in_o every_o true_a church_n reason_n thereof_o p._n 4._o 5._o their_o office_n consist_v only_o in_o receive_v and_o distribute_v the_o benevolence_n of_o the_o church_n and_o argument_n for_o it_o idem_fw-la the_o deaconry_n of_o their_o church_n assembly_n be_v a_o unlawful_a office_n p._n 48_o the_o office_n of_o a_o doctor_n be_v distinct_a from_o that_o of_o a_o pastor_n and_o reason_n for_o it_o p._n 4_o mr._n dayrel_n description_n of_o a_o visible_a church_n refute_v p._n 182._o 183._o the_o reason_n which_o he_o lay_v down_o to_o prove_v their_o parish_n assembly_n true_a church_n answer_v p._n 185._o 186._o 187._o 188._o 189_o etc._n etc._n discipline_n see_v government_n e._n the_o election_n of_o every_o ecclesiast_n officer_z must_v be_v by_o the_o free_a 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and_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n p._n 136_o it_o can_v be_v a_o true_a church_n which_o want_v it_o p._n 149_o this_o government_n must_v be_v set_v up_o and_o practise_v though_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n allow_v not_o thereof_o pag._n 15â—_n and_o reason_n for_o it_o p._n 156._o 157._o 158_o etc._n etc._n the_o church_n government_n in_o england_n take_v whole_o and_o every_o part_n from_o the_o pope_n page_n 138._o 147_o man_n can_v submit_v to_o it_o without_o break_v the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n pag._n 148._o 149_o governor_n or_o rule_v elder_n ought_v to_o be_v in_o every_o true_a church_n page_n 4_o godfather_n in_o baptism_n popish_a p._n 104_o the_o manner_n of_o read_v the_o gospel_n and_o epistle_n condemn_v pag._n 107_o gift_n make_v not_o minister_n pag._n 65_o h._n homily_n unlawful_a to_o be_v read_v in_o the_o church_n reason_n for_o it_o p._n 109._o 110._o the_o observation_n of_o holy_a day_n superstitious_a p._n 106_o 107_o the_o hierarchy_n impair_v the_o 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