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well-pleased_a with_o such_o external_a behaviour_n as_o serve_v best_a to_o testify_v the_o same_o but_o when_o to_o this_o it_o be_v add_v that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o significant_a sign_n of_o that_o reverence_n which_o the_o creature_n ought_v to_o exhibit_v to_o god_n in_o supplication_n and_o that_o as_o the_o sacrament_n be_v particular_o deliver_v to_o every_o man_n therewith_o so_o each_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o particularize_v and_o apply_v to_o himself_o the_o sacramental_a benefit_n by_o devout_a invocation_n of_o god_n name_n who_o then_o can_v be_v offend_v with_o our_o liturgy_n for_o enjoin_v the_o decent_a use_n of_o it_o or_o question_v his_o piety_n who_o in_o obedience_n thereunto_o shall_v observe_v it_o i_o know_v it_o have_v be_v and_o be_v the_o fancy_n of_o some_o that_o sit_v be_v a_o gesture_n better_o agree_v with_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o supper_n but_o such_o aught_o to_o remember_v that_o it_o be_v no_o ordinary_a meal_n but_o a_o heavenly_a banquet_n 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reason_n pag._n 163_o apocrypha_fw-la why_o read_v in_o the_o church_n pag._n 37_o b._n baptism_n whether_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n 150._o the_o peril_n of_o those_o through_o who_o default_n infant_n be_v deprive_v thereof_o pag._n 151_o c._n charity_n to_o our_o neighbour_n require_v in_o a_o communicant_a pag._n 159_o christian_a religion_n whether_o a_o politic_a invention_n only_o pag._n 12_o why_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o other_o religion_n pag._n 13_o whether_o to_o be_v enforce_v 17_o not_o destructive_a to_o magistracy_n pag._n 167_o christ_n whether_o to_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o the_o father_n or_o holy_a ghost_n 46._o whether_o he_o descend_v into_o hell_n pag._n 49_o conscience_n what_o it_o be_v 1._o the_o rule_n for_o it_o to_o walk_v by_o 6._o the_o praejudice_n by_o neglect_n of_o they_o pag._n 7_o content_v in_o what_o estate_n or_o condition_n soever_o enjoin_v in_o the_o last_o commandment_n pag._n 113_o covenant_n old_a and_o new_a the_o difference_n 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what_o it_o be_v pag._n 124_o holy_a day_n whether_o to_o be_v observe_v pag._n 86_o holy_a ghost_n what_o warrant_v we_o have_v to_o direct_v our_o prayer_n to_o he_o pag._n 118_o holy_a kiss_n when_o use_v and_o the_o reason_n pag._n 163_o i._n image_n whether_o to_o be_v permit_v to_o remain_v in_o church_n their_o use_n their_o abuse_n pag._n 70_o infant_n of_o believe_a parent_n whether_o to_o be_v baptize_v pag._n 144_o irreverence_n in_o receive_v the_o mystery_n the_o danger_n of_o it_o pag._n 159_o k_o kneel_v at_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o sacrament_n whether_o a_o pious_a and_o decent_a gesture_n pag._n 168_o l._n lay-impropriators_a whether_o with_o conscience_n they_o withhold_v the_o right_n from_o the_o church_n pag._n 104_o letter_n whether_o to_o be_v lay_v aside_o that_o the_o spirit_n may_v act_v the_o more_o free_o pag_n 31_o lie_v whether_o upon_o any_o pretext_n lawful_a pag._n 106_o lord_n prayer_n case_n concern_v it_o pag._n 116_o m._n marriage_n within_o 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