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that_o neither_o
be_v not_o as_o the_o altar_n be_v to_o the_o jewish_a sacrifice_n for_o the_o jewish_a altar_n do_v sanctify_v the_o sacrifice_n but_o our_o table_n borrow_v its_o sanctity_n from_o the_o sacrament_n we_o therefore_o honour_v the_o table_n as_o a_o sacred_a utensil_n but_o we_o attract_v no_o honour_n from_o it_o we_o hold_v it_o a_o diminution_n to_o name_v the_o sacrament_n by_o the_o altar_n when_o we_o may_v more_o honourable_o name_v it_o by_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o our_o saviour_n for_o our_o prince_n sake_n we_o bow_v to_o his_o chair_n but_o we_o denominate_v not_o the_o prince_n by_o his_o chair_n or_o bow_n to_o the_o prince_n for_o the_o chair_n sake_n neither_o do_v we_o disgrace_v the_o word_n table_n or_o altar_n when_o we_o denominate_v not_o the_o sacrament_n by_o they_o but_o contrary_a to_o the_o papist_n we_o rather_o name_v the_o sacrament_n by_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n then_o by_o they_o as_o we_o style_v king_n rather_o by_o nation_n than_o castle_n 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to_o conclude_v then_o if_o word_n may_v be_v profane_v and_o make_v unchristian_a mere_o by_o come_v into_o the_o mouth_n of_o pagan_n etc._n etc._n sure_o much_o more_o impurity_n and_o offence_n be_v likely_a to_o stick_v upon_o the_o thing_n themselves_o but_o in_o thing_n abuse_v by_o papist_n wherein_o we_o ought_v to_o to_o elongue_v ourselves_o from_o they_o i_o think_v we_o ought_v not_o to_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o the_o primitive_a christian_n do_v the_o jew_n but_o as_o the_o jew_n do_v heathen_n for_o the_o jewish_a religion_n have_v be_v true_a and_o be_v rather_o alter_v then_o abolish_v and_o that_o in_o accident_n rather_o than_o in_o substance_n and_o so_o we_o must_v not_o hold_v of_o the_o popish_a schism_n and_o it_o may_v be_v conceive_v that_o our_o ancestor_n in_o the_o reformation_n do_v shun_v correspondence_n and_o conformity_n with_o papist_n in_o some_o thing_n and_o word_n otherwise_o indifferent_a not_o only_o for_o conscience_n sake_n but_o also_o 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