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church_n to_o its_o purity_n 9_o thorn_n like_o just_a weight_n and_o measure_n chap._n 1.2_o chap._n 1.3_o chap._n 2._o p._n 9_o without_o cast_v the_o sin_n of_o schism_n at_o their_o own_o door_n and_o be_v answerable_a for_o all_o the_o ill_a consequence_n of_o it_o nay_o more_o that_o he_o who_o take_v the_o pope_n for_o antichrist_n and_o the_o papist_n for_o idolater_n can_v never_o weigh_v by_o his_o own_o weight_n and_o mete_v by_o his_o own_o measure_n till_o he_o hate_v papist_n worse_a than_o jew_n or_o mahometans_n of_o which_o the_o presbyterian_a and_o the_o puritan_n have_v be_v guilty_a but_o the_o clergy_n and_o gentry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n have_v be_v hitherto_o more_o christian_n i_o will_v glad_o therefore_o know_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v 88_o defence_n p._n 88_o that_o at_o this_o time_n when_o he_o acknowledge_v there_o be_v never_o more_o cause_n to_o hope_v for_o a_o union_n and_o wish_n that_o all_o such_o thing_n as_o heighten_v our_o 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