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excommunicate_a etc._n etc._n by_o the_o canon_n and_o yet_o you_o separate_v not_o from_o they_o can_v you_o see_v but_o on_o one_o side_n 2._o but_o your_o affirmation_n prove_v not_o that_o the_o law_n null_v such_o minister_n or_o church_n as_o use_v the_o liturgy_n and_o subscribe_v in_o the_o favourable_a sense_n though_o it_o shall_v prove_v a_o mistake_n it_o must_v first_o be_v try_v and_o judge_v to_o be_v a_o mistake_a sense_n and_o even_o where_o they_o strange_o excommunicate_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la the_o fact_n must_v be_v prove_v and_o declare_v by_o the_o judge_n before_o priest_n and_o people_n be_v bind_v to_o execution_n though_o the_o law_n be_v loco_fw-la sententiae_fw-la the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v prove_v and_o declare_v no_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o do_v execution_n on_o himself_o 3._o i_o will_v serious_o advise_v these_o brethren_n to_o think_v whether_o all_o good_a christian_a man_n and_o woman_n be_v bind_v to_o study_v the_o law_n of_o england_n before_o they_o may_v 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communicant_a have_v not_o so_o much_o more_o than_o i_o xxxvi_o but_o say_v they_o than_o you_o be_v bind_v to_o auâ—â—d_a scandal_n by_o profess_v open_o that_o you_o communicate_v 〈◊〉_d a_o dissenter_n and_o not_o with_o the_o church_n as_o establish_v by_o law_n ans_fw-fr 1._o then_o i_o shall_v false_o say_v that_o which_o i_o either_o think_v be_v otherwise_o or_o be_o not_o resolve_v in_o i_o tell_v you_o few_o can_v true_o say_v this_o if_o any_o 2._o what_o need_v this_o when_o the_o open_a profession_n of_o all_o christian_n be_v that_o it_o be_v a_o church_n and_o worship_n of_o christ_n make_n which_o they_o own_o and_o intend_v and_o none_o that_o be_v against_o they_o and_o when_o the_o article_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o the_o ordination_n covenant_n own_o scripture-sufficiency_n and_o disclaim_v all_o that_o be_v against_o god_n word_n must_v we_o be_v suppose_v to_o renounce_v religion_n when_o we_o meet_v to_o profess_v it_o and_o sure_o for_o disow_v 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