deo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o conscientiae_fw-la ergo_fw-la or_o a_o plea_n for_o abatement_n in_o matter_n of_o conformity_n to_o several_a injunction_n and_o order_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n to_o which_o be_v add_v some_o consideration_n of_o the_o hypothesis_n of_o a_o king_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la and_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la prove_v that_o king_n william_n be_v king_n of_o england_n etc._n etc._n as_o well_o of_o right_a as_o fact_n and_o not_o by_o a_o bare_a actual_a possession_n of_o the_o throne_n by_o iræneus_n junior_n a_o conform_v member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_n 15.20_o scripsi_fw-la deo_fw-la testae_fw-la quod_fw-la verum_fw-la esse_fw-la existimavi_fw-la non_fw-la gratiam_fw-la hominum_fw-la vel_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la propriam_fw-la sed_fw-la dei_fw-la gloriam_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la commodum_fw-la respiciens_fw-la bell._n recog_n london_n print_v for_o richard_n baldwin_n near_o the_o oxford-arm_n in_o warwick-lane_n 1693._o the_o content_n of_o the_o surplice_n and_o habit_n page_z 11_o of_o the_o cross_n in_o baptism_n page_z 13_o of_o kneel_v at_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n page_z 15_o of_o the_o liturgy_n or_o church-service_n page_n 18_o of_o the_o lord_n prayer_n and_o doxology_n page_n 26_o of_o christ_n descent_n into_o hell_n page_n 28_o of_o the_o athanasian_n creed_n page_n 31_o of_o regeneration_n by_o the_o spirit_n page_n 34_o of_o the_o office_n of_o burial_n of_o the_o dead_a page_n 36_o of_o the_o collect_v for_o the_o king_n etc._n etc._n page_n 39_o of_o confirmation_n by_o the_o bishop_n page_n 40_o of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n page_n 42_o by_o who_o the_o seed_n of_o arbitrary_a government_n have_v be_v sow_o page_n 62_o of_o the_o reformation_n of_o manner_n page_n 80_o advice_n to_o dissenter_n page_n 92_o these_o paper_n have_v for_o sometime_o be_v lay_v aside_o their_o publication_n be_v perhaps_o in_o a_o more_o proper-season_n 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