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wheresoever_o they_o come_v they_o will_v start_v new_a tenor_n their_o share_n in_o the_o eternal_a glory_n for_o aught_o i_o conceive_v may_v be_v the_o great_a of_o the_o two_o for_o their_o behaviour_n that_o be_v fit_v unto_o their_o expression_n for_o if_o our_o saviour_n be_v but_o in_o the_o state_n of_o a_o elder_a brother_n why_o may_v they_o not_o be_v honour_v when_o they_o stand_v before_o he_o talk_v with_o he_o as_o familiar_o as_o with_o one_o another_o and_o sit_v down_o with_o he_o at_o his_o table_n a_o gesture_n at_o the_o holy_a supper_n however_o much_o desire_v both_o here_o and_o elsewhere_o which_o in_o three_o several_a synod_n of_o the_o polish_v church_n stand_v condemn_v of_o arianismâ—_n ritum_fw-la sedendi_fw-la ad_fw-la mensam_fw-la dominicam_fw-la pol_n profectum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la arianis_fw-la tran_v fugis_fw-la it_o come_v say_v they_o express_o from_o the_o arian_n heretic_n and_o to_o they_o i_o leave_v it_o i_o only_o note_v it_o as_o a_o 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