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omni_fw-la parte_fw-la beatum_fw-la ass_n cons_n c._n 6._o art_n 5._o &_o c._n 25._o art_n 5._o we_o conclude_v lament_v the_o unhappy_a time_n we_o live_v in_o wherein_o the_o christian_a religion_n sad_o suffer_v partly_o by_o the_o gross_a immorality_n of_o many_o of_o the_o professor_n of_o it_o upon_o the_o one_o hand_n partly_o by_o the_o dissension_n divisive_a practice_n and_o implacable_a like_o animosity_n of_o other_o of_o they_o upon_o the_o other_o hand_n as_o for_o the_o first_o of_o our_o malady_n we_o may_v just_o say_v with_o seneca_n collecta_fw-la vitia_fw-la per_fw-la tot_fw-la aetates_fw-la diu_fw-la in_o nos_fw-la redundant_fw-la seculo_fw-la premimur_fw-la gravi_fw-la quo_fw-la sceleta_fw-la regnant_n sen_n octav_n 355._o and_o this_o epidemical_a plague_n of_o profanity_n seem_v herein_o to_o be_v the_o more_o prodigious_a and_o desperate_a that_o notorious_o scandalous_a person_n approbrious_o contemn_v the_o cure_n of_o their_o sin_n viz_o the_o faithful_a administration_n of_o gospel_n ordinance_n particular_o that_o august_n and_o veneral_a ordinance_n of_o god_n ecclesiastic_a discipline_n and_o censure_n alas_o few_o be_v persuade_v this_o be_v a_o divine_a ordinance_n and_o far_o few_o will_v submit_v to_o it_o as_o such_o but_o rather_o in_o their_o pride_n perversitie_n and_o ignorance_n decline_v and_o scorn_v church_n censure_n tell_v it_o not_o in_o gath_n &c_n &c_n that_o among_o christian_n christ_n law_n and_o constitution_n be_v so_o contemptuous_o treat_v what_o other_o can_v be_v expect_v of_o turk_n and_o pagan_n we_o will_v sav_v no_o more_o to_o such_o unchristian_a christian_n but_o what_o a_o heathen_a do_v say_v of_o old_a sequitur_fw-la superbos_fw-la ultor_fw-la a_o tergo_fw-la deus_fw-la sen._n here_o fur_n 197._o as_o to_o the_o other_o malady_n of_o contention_n &_o sebism_n in_o the_o church_n which_o be_v also_o the_o bane_n of_o religion_n we_o may_v complain_v as_o opratus_fw-la do_v of_o his_o time_n 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