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the_o conformity_n of_o the_o discipline_n and_o government_n of_o those_o who_o be_v common_o call_v independent_n to_o that_o of_o the_o ancient_a primitive_a christian_n by_o dr._n lewis_n du_n moulin_n sometime_o history_n professor_n of_o oxford_n qui_fw-la repertâ_fw-la veritate_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ulterius_fw-la discutit_fw-la mendacium_fw-la quaerit_fw-la valentinianus_n &_o martianus_n london_n print_v for_o richard_n janeway_n 1680._o the_o table_n of_o the_o chapter_n chap._n 1._o of_o prejudices_fw-la in_o general_n and_o of_o the_o force_n of_o the_o objection_n common_o urge_v against_o the_o tenet_n and_o principle_n of_o nestorius_n to_o serve_v by_o way_n of_o introduction_n to_o the_o prejudices_fw-la that_o be_v form_v against_o the_o independent_n pag._n 1._o chap._n 2._o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o congregational_a may_v above_o any_o other_o establishment_n of_o the_o church_n beside_o that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o reasonable_a and_o that_o all_o other_o have_v 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church_n chap._n
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