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ceremony_n and_o device_n of_o man_n invention_n and_o although_o we_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n do_v so_o prevail_v over_o all_o the_o folly_n and_o malice_n of_o mankind_n that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o roman_a communion_n many_o very_a good_a christian_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o such_o as_o they_o be_v papist_n but_o by_o some_o thing_n that_o be_v high_a and_o before_o that_o something_o that_o be_v of_o a_o abstract_n and_o more_o sublime_a consideration_n and_o though_o the_o good_a people_n among_o they_o be_v what_o they_o be_v by_o the_o grace_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n yet_o by_o all_o or_o any_o of_o these_o opinion_n they_o be_v not_o so_o but_o the_o very_o best_a suffer_v diminution_n and_o alloy_n by_o these_o thing_n and_o very_o many_o more_o be_v whole_o subvert_v and_o destroy_v chap._n