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applause_n p._n 148_o 8._o pusillanimity_n and_o lukewarmenesse_n in_o the_o ministry_n where_o a_o exhortation_n to_o christian_a con-age_n p._n 155_o 9_o neglect_v of_o catechism_n p._n 159_o 2._o of_o corruption_n about_o the_o sacrament_n 1._o of_o baptism_n p._n 190_o 2._o of_o the_o lord_n supper_n ibid_fw-la 3._o in_o abolition_n of_o excommunication_n p._n 194_o 4._o in_o reject_v the_o grave_n and_o learned_a ministry_n and_o put_v up_o youth_n and_o raw_a novice_n to_o be_v the_o guide_v of_o the_o people_n p._n 196_o and_o lay_v man_n without_o any_o lawful_a call_n p._n 29_o a_o discussion_n of_o that_o point_n at_o large_a of_o popular_a election_n etc._n etc._n p._n â—52_n of_o the_o ordination_n of_o minister_n the_o apostolic_a call_n way_n p._n 278_o 5._o in_o the_o sacrilegious_a take_v away_o of_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n as_o tithe_n etc._n etc._n where_o the_o question_n about_o tithe_n and_o of_o thing_n devate_v to_o god_n service_n be_v discuss_v p._n 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