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usu_fw-la nullam_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la poni_fw-la sed_fw-la liberè_fw-la assumi_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la assumi_fw-la modò_fw-la absit_fw-la contemptus_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la in_o ceremoniam_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la prepositos_fw-la qui_fw-la cam_fw-la instituerunt_fw-la imò_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la cadit_fw-la dicente_fw-la ad_fw-la illos_fw-la christo_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la spernit_fw-la i_o spernit_fw-la also_o by_o the_o rheims_n testament_n say_v 1â—_n say_v rhem._n tâ—_n stame_n annotat_fw-la in_o math._n 15_o 1â—_n neither_o flesh_n nor_o fish_n of_o itself_o do_v defile_v but_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o church_n precept_n defile_v likewise_o write_v bellarmine_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o their_o church-ceremony_n but_o yet_o notwithstanding_o every_o good_a christian_n know_v well_o that_o their_o tradition_n be_v plain_o superstitious_a and_o unlawful_a how_o then_o shall_v not_o we_o also_o be_v the_o like_a what_o be_v we_o better_a than_o they_o 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year_n space_n after_o christ_n use_v this_o word_n for_o a_o visibâ—â—_n church_n with_o order_n and_o government_n do_v signify_v by_o it_o a_o particular_a congregation_n only_o and_o it_o no_o where_o signify_v in_o they_o a_o diocesan_n church_n etc._n etc._n where_o note_n that_o the_o strength_n of_o this_o reason_n stand_v whole_o in_o the_o proper_a take_n and_o use_v of_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o church_n note_n note_n the_o adversary_n error_n have_v advantage_n by_o the_o improper_a and_o ambiguous_a use_n of_o it_o which_o be_v sophistical_a yea_o if_o you_o will_v their_o sense_n be_v a_o verdict_n a_o by_o the_o scripture_n verdict_n false_a sense_n of_o it_o wherein_o yet_o it_o often_o use_v in_o writer_n and_o in_o common_a speech_n for_o want_n of_o due_a regard_n by_o which_o mean_v also_o sundry_a other_o error_n have_v creep_v in_o heretofore_o &_o much_o prevayl_v even_o by_o misunderstanding_n of_o certain_a word_n as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o latin_a meritum_fw-la word_n equivocal_a word_n poenitentia_fw-la crux_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la etc._n etc._n out_o of_o all_o those_o testimony_n before_o allege_v this_o general_a reason_n may_v be_v conclude_v no_o diocesan_n church_n or_o bishop_n be_v know_v or_o once_o hear_v of_o in_o the_o world_n till_o many_o distinct_a ordinary_a congregation_n begin_v to_o be_v appoint_v in_o one_o city_n but_o there_o be_v no_o multiplication_n nor_o distinction_n of_o many_o ordinary_a and_o constant_a congregation_n in_o a_o city_n till_o about_o 200._o year_n after_o christ_n some_o conjecture_n it_o be_v long_o after_o this_o no_o man_n show_v that_o it_o be_v before_o this_o the_o truth_n in_o deed_n hereof_o that_o for_o this_o while_n general_o in_o each_o city_n there_o be_v but_o one_o ordinary_a constant_a congregation_n of_o christian_n have_v be_v plentiful_o show_v in_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o 2._o assertion_n before_o go_v 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invehatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o counsel_n you_o moreover_o that_o as_o soon_o as_o possible_a may_v be_v you_o bring_v in_o the_o discipline_n whole_o into_o your_o church_n for_o if_o it_o be_v not_o receive_v at_o the_o beginning_n when_o man_n be_v hot_a in_o love_n with_o the_o gospel_n it_o will_v not_o be_v easy_o let_v in_o afterward_o when_o some_o coldness_n shall_v creep_v in_o as_o usual_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o how_o vain_o man_n labour_v without_o it_o describe_v england_n describe_v very_o many_o church_n may_v be_v a_o example_n unto_o you_o which_o from_o the_o foundation_n of_o their_o restore_n when_o they_o will_v not_o undergo_v so_o healthful_a a_o yoke_n they_o can_v never_o after_o in_o their_o life_n and_o manner_n be_v bring_v into_o order_n by_o any_o rule_n whence_o it_o be_v with_o grief_n i_o speak_v it_o that_o all_o thing_n almost_o have_v little_a firmness_n and_o do_v threaten_v ruin_n on_o every_o side_n therefore_o it_o be_v a_o grievous_a 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