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the_o ordinance_n of_o worship_n but_o a_o diocesan_n church_n can_v ordinary_o assemble_v ergo._fw-la for_o when_o god_n will_v have_v mercy_n and_o not_o sacrifice_n and_o the_o sabbath_n be_v for_o man_n he_o will_v not_o for_o ever_o ordain_v a_o thing_n so_o unequal_a and_o impossible_a as_o be_v the_o ordinary_a assemble_v of_o a_o diocesan_n multitude_n if_o any_o distinguish_v the_o assumption_n and_o consider_v a_o diocesan_n as_o she_o be_v in_o her_o part_n or_o as_o she_o be_v a_o torum_fw-la stand_v of_o her_o part_n now_o collect_v together_o and_o say_v she_o may_v and_o do_v meet_v and_o communicate_v and_o edify_v herself_o in_o the_o first_o respect_n i_o answer_v this_o be_v nothing_o and_o do_v prove_v she_o to_o be_v nothing_o as_o she_o be_v a_o diocesan_n church_n quia_fw-la quid_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la â—git_fw-la secundum_fw-la quoâ—est_fw-la if_o therefore_o a_o diocesan_n church_n be_v a_o real_a church_n she_o must_v have_v the_o effect_n of_o such_o a_o 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