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division_n will_v ruin_v even_o satan_n himself_o and_o what_o our_o division_n have_v do_v this_o way_n by_o obstruct_v all_o public_a undertake_n and_o expose_v we_o to_o hazard_n both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o i_o leave_v the_o world_n to_o judge_v nor_o can_v we_o think_v of_o any_o other_o expedient_a to_o secure_v we_o but_o union_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o way_n to_o union_n but_o mutual_a condescension_n nor_o must_v we_o expect_v as_o long_a experience_n have_v teach_v we_o that_o if_o we_o stiff_o stand_v our_o ground_n other_o will_v move_v unless_o perhaps_o to_o confound_v and_o ruin_v we_o therefore_o if_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o put_v life_n into_o the_o affair_n of_o church_n and_o state_n if_o necessary_a to_o secure_v to_o ourselves_o peace_n and_o prospetity_n it_o be_v then_o necessary_a to_o make_v those_o condescension_n which_o seem_v now_o the_o only_a mean_n to_o that_o end_n 3._o this_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o general_a sense_n of_o all_o party_n 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the_o cause_n of_o separation_n to_o be_v not_o only_o the_o other_o weakness_n but_o their_o own_o wilfulness_n too_o in_o that_o as_o the_o one_o will_v not_o understand_v so_o the_o other_o will_v not_o remove_v so_o far_o as_o they_o may_v the_o occasion_n of_o error_n therefore_o as_o dr._n beveridge_n say_v if_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o reduce_v wander_v sheep_n into_o christ_n flock_n if_o necessary_a to_o take_v off_o scruple_n from_o the_o mind_n of_o weak_a brethren_n if_o necessary_a to_o suppress_v all_o dissension_n concern_v religion_n if_o necessary_a to_o keep_v those_o we_o have_v and_o to_o give_v up_o our_o account_n with_o joy_n at_o the_o last_o day_n it_o must_v be_v necessary_a to_o admit_v such_o change_n as_o be_v conducive_a to_o such_o end_n 5._o we_o argue_v from_o thing_n impose_v as_o 1._o apocryphal_a lesson_n which_o ought_v in_o reason_n and_o prudence_n to_o be_v change_v for_o canonical_a scripture_n because_o these_o contain_v some_o thing_n 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