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style_n or_o passion_n and_o also_o tell_v i_o that_o if_o make_v odious_a god_n servant_n silence_v and_o persecute_v faithful_a minister_n and_o perjury_n shall_v prove_v as_o great_a a_o guilt_n and_o danger_n of_o destruction_n to_o the_o land_n as_o be_v fear_v i_o can_v justify_v my_o long_a silence_n nor_o that_o i_o use_v no_o more_o plainness_n and_o fervency_n in_o call_v the_o guilty_a to_o repent_v the_o content_n i._o a_o specimen_fw-la of_o the_o way_n by_o which_o this_o generation_n confute_v their_o adversary_n in_o several_a instance_n ii_o in_o the_o general_n part_n §_o 1._o hard_o for_o young_a man_n to_o know_v what_o teacher_n or_o history_n to_o believe_v §_o 7._o tempt_v reason_n for_o papacy_n §_o 8._o evident_a against_o it_o §_o 9_o the_o step_v by_o which_o bishop_n ascend_v to_o papacy_n §_o 15._o the_o different_a opinion_n of_o popery_n in_o the_o english_a §_o 18._o the_o case_n of_o fact_n discern_v what_o judgement_n i_o settle_v in_o about_o church-power_n §_o 20._o for_o what_o mr._n m._n have_v write_v with_o so_o much_o displeasure_n against_o i_o §_o 22._o instance_n of_o above_o a_o hundred_o council_n beside_o particular_a bishop_n all_o before_o an._n 1050._o of_o who_o i_o appeal_v to_o the_o conscience_n of_o all_o sober_a man_n whether_o they_o have_v not_o be_v the_o tearer_n of_o the_o church_n general_a instance_n of_o the_o great_a schism_n since_o then_o by_o popish_a bps._n some_o question_n put_v to_o mr._n m._n and_o some_o reason_n to_o abate_v his_o displeasure_n §_o 22._o of_o a_o late_a book_n of_o the_o history_n of_o my_o life_n to_o prove_v i_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n §_o 24._o whether_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o falsify_v history_n iii_o the_o particular_a answer_n to_o mr._n m_n vindication_n ch._n 1._o the_o reason_n and_o design_n of_o my_o history_n of_o the_o schism_n of_o bishop_n and_o council_n ch._n 2._o whether_o we_o ought_v to_o tell_v of_o the_o bishop_n and_o council_n church-corrupting_a way_n ch._n 3._o of_o mr._n m_n industry_n to_o show_v i_o to_o be_v unlearned_a ch._n 4._o whether_o i_o vain_o name_v historian_n which_o i_o never_o read_v ch._n 5._o of_o my_o use_n of_o translation_n and_o follow_v binnius_n ch._n 6._o his_o charge_n of_o my_o own_o mistranslation_n and_o mistake_n ch._n 7._o his_o false_a supposition_n that_o i_o be_o only_o for_o a_o church_n of_o one_o congregation_n ch._n 8._o his_o false_a supposition_n that_o i_o be_o against_o diocesanes_n when_o it_o be_v only_o the_o ill_a species_n ch._n 9_o and_o that_o i_o be_o a_o independent_a and_o yet_o plead_v for_o presbyterian_o ch._n 10._o his_o false_a accusation_n that_o i_o make_v the_o bishop_n the_o cause_n of_o all_o heresy_n and_o schism_n ch._n 11._o and_o that_o i_o mention_v all_o the_o bishop_n fault_n and_o none_o of_o their_o goodness_n ch._n 12._o his_o accusation_n of_o spite_n malice_n and_o rail_a examine_v dr._n burnet_n satisfy_v ch._n 13._o his_o supposition_n that_o i_o speak_v against_o all_o bishop_n council_n ch._n 14._o some_o man_n credit_n about_o ancient_a history_n try_v by_o their_o history_n of_o this_o age._n twenty_o instance_n of_o the_o history_n of_o our_o time_n my_o own_o experience_n of_o it_o whether_o i_o hate_v compliance_n with_o superior_n or_o to_o preach_v by_o licence_n ch._n 15._o mr._n m._n magisterial_a authorise_v or_o reject_v what_o historian_n he_o please_v his_o accusation_n of_o socrates_n and_o sozomene_n and_o value_v valesius_fw-la simond_n etc._n etc._n ch._n 16._o his_o observation_n on_o my_o note_n of_o credible_a and_o incredible_a history_n his_o instance_n of_o my_o rail_a particular_o consider_v whether_o the_o word_n hereticate_a be_v rail_n or_o causeless_a a_o instance_n of_o fifty_o five_o of_o bp._n st._n philastrius_n accuse_v heress_n by_o which_o i_o desire_v any_o sober_a man_n to_o judge_v other_o instance_n whether_o st._n theophilus_n or_o socrates_n and_o sozomene_n be_v the_o criminal_n even_o pope_n honorius_n and_o vigilius_n hereticate_v for_o be_v wise_a than_o other_o pope_n ch._n 17._o of_o his_o censure_n of_o my_o design_n and_o church_n principle_n whether_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o expose_v christianity_n more_o than_o julian_n &_o lucian_n ch._n 18._o of_o his_o 2d_o chap._n who_o be_v most_o against_o discipline_n of_o anathematise_v whether_o novatus_n be_v a_o bishop_n or_o a_o ordain_v presbyter_n council_n for_o rebaptise_v his_o self-contradiction_n some_o question_n to_o he_o whether_o the_o diocesane_a party_n as_o mr._n dodwel_n who_o nullify_v our_o sacrament_n be_v heretic_n if_o the_o re-baptisers_a be_v such_o the_o old_a qu._n be_v not_o of_o rebaptise_v heretic_n but_o of_o such_o as_o heretic_n have_v baptize_v of_o the_o donatist_n and_o many_o council_n of_o our_o liturgy_n rule_n to_o find_v easter-day_n what_o the_o novatian_o hold_v petavius_n and_o albaspineus_n testimony_n of_o they_o his_o quarrel_n about_o epiphanius_n the_o arian_n the_o audian_o divers_a synod_n antioch_n of_o the_o circumcellian_o optatus_n of_o the_o donatist_n as_o brethren_n his_o excuse_n of_o the_o bishop_n ch._n 19_o of_o the_o one_a general_n council_n at_o c._n p._n whether_o bishop_n follow_v emperor_n their_o usage_n of_o greg._n nazianz._n of_o the_o priscillianist_n the_o bishop_n and_o martin_n of_o my_o letter_n to_o dr._n hill_n of_o the_o council_n at_o capua_n jovinian_a easter_n african_n bps._n donatist_n theophilus_n aliars_n ch._n 20._o his_o 5_o chap._n of_o the_o one_a ephes_n council_n his_o revile_v socrates_n and_o sozomene_n as_o against_o cyril_n cyrils_n story_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o cruelty_n nestorius_n case_n his_o cavil_n against_o my_o translation_n the_o effect_n of_o that_o council_n at_o this_o day_n consider_v ch._n 21._o of_o the_o 2d_o ephes_n council_n of_o cyril_n the_o eutychian_o and_o dioscorus_n ch._n 22._o of_o the_o chalcedon_n council_n pulcheria_n and_o eudocia_n 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