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gal._n 1.8_o 2_o john_n 1.9_o rom._n 16.17_o 1_o cor._n 14.40_o the_o manner_n of_o worship_n leave_v to_o the_o church_n conformity_n necessary_a a_o quaint_a scruple_n matth._n 26.20_o matth._n 26.39_o 2_o king_n 4.13_o their_o scruple_n be_v faction_n pag._n 6._o reas._n 6._o the_o disproportion_n betwixt_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n and_o the_o salration_n of_o soul_n pag._n 7._o pag._n 8._o ceremony_n be_v necessary_a to_o order_n they_o oppose_v the_o power_n not_o the_o thing_n tit._n 1.5_o the_o presbyterian_o swear_v free_o who_o be_v factious_a rom._n 7.7_o 8._o the_o consequence_n of_o presbyterian_a liberty_n pag._n 8._o reas._n 7._o the_o nonconformist_n submit_v to_o all_o thing_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n pag._n 9_o thing_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n pag._n 9_o reas._n 8._o as_o well_o the_o mass-book_n as_o the_o common-prayer_n pag._n 9_o reas._n 9_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o ancient_a time_n luke_n 1_o 1.2_o a_o modest_a request_n johnson_n pag._n 9_o r._n 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