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government_n of_o this_o kingdom_n be_v not_o subvert_v by_o the_o presbyterian_a member_n of_o the_o long-parliament_n p._n 95_o etc._n etc._n the_o london_n minister_n vindication_n of_o themselves_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o king_n murder_v consider_v p._n 104_o etc._n etc._n the_o murderer_n of_o the_o king_n act_v therein_o suitable_o to_o such_o principle_n as_o be_v own_v by_o presbyterian_a writer_n p._n 109_o etc._n etc._n and_o to_o the_o four_o article_n of_o the_o covenant_n p._n 114._o of_o the_o presbyterian_a minister_n exhort_v man_n to_o pray_v that_o god_n will_v not_o permit_v the_o king_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n p._n 115_o etc._n etc._n whether_o presbyterian_o disclaim_v their_o lawful_a prince_n p._n 120._o whether_o they_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v tread_v under_o foot_n rather_o than_o they_o will_v comply_v with_o republican_n p._n 123_o etc._n etc._n whether_o they_o be_v more_o conscientious_a in_o their_o duty_n to_o god_n and_o man_n than_o prelatist_n p._n 130_o etc._n etc._n the_o plea_n that_o presbyterian_o teach_v obedience_n active_a in_o all_o lawful_a and_o passive_a in_o thing_n unlawful_a enjoin_v by_o the_o high_a power_n consider_v p._n 137_o etc._n etc._n whether_o the_o restraint_n of_o profaneness_n intemperance_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o late_a time_n ought_v to_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o doctrine_n and_o orderly_o walk_v of_o presbyterian_a minister_n p._n 145_o etc._n etc._n of_o the_o inconstancy_n of_o presbyterian_o their_o inconsistency_n with_o themselves_o and_o their_o unfaithfulness_n to_o their_o principle_n when_o their_o interest_n tempt_v they_o to_o a_o change_n p._n 153_o etc._n etc._n in_o what_o sense_n they_o be_v willing_a to_o bring_v thing_n to_o the_o capacity_n of_o political_a government_n p._n 170._o whether_o sect_n and_o schism_n may_v just_o be_v reckon_v the_o offspring_n of_o presbytery_n p._n 175._o of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o its_o heal_v the_o breach_n in_o the_o netherlands_n p._n 176_o 177_o etc._n etc._n whether_o presbytery_n be_v unjust_o represent_v as_o tyrannical_a and_o domineer_a p._n 187_o ad_fw-la fin_n the_o errata_fw-la page_n 3._o line_n 29._o read_v particular_n p._n 11._o l._n 15._o r._n p._n 1â—_n p._n 28._o l._n 25._o leave_v out_o so._n p._n 32._o l._n 26._o r._n approve_v p._n 35._o l._n 18._o r._n to_o do_v your_o own_o p._n 55._o l._n 9_o r._n turner_n print_v 1647._o p._n 56._o l._n 28._o r._n check_v p._n 78._o l._n 8._o r._n the_o great_a seal_n and._n p._n 81._o l._n 18._o r._n de_fw-fr bereford_n p._n 94._o l._n 25._o r._n shall_v conclude_v be_v 1._o p._n 99_o l._n 25._o r._n precedent_n p._n 106._o l._n 26._o r._n send_v p._n 115._o l._n 3._o r._n in_o the_o humble_a edinburgh_n remonstrance_n of_o march_n 1._o 1648._o p._n 118._o l._n 16._o r._n mention_v p._n 29._o 30._o p._n 121._o l._n 14._o r._n in_o stead_n p._n 159._o l._n 1._o r._n p._n 17._o l._n 2._o r._n constitution_n l._n 3._o r._n sermon_n alter_v and_o change_n p._n 165._o l._n 8._o r._n p._n 63._o l._n 21._o r._n 99_o l._n 25._o r._n 96._o p._n 166._o l._n 29._o after_o 85_o add_v 96._o p._n 167._o l._n 31._o r._n 98._o p._n 175._o l._n 29._o r._n rumperet_fw-la l._n 30._o r._n tollerentur_fw-la the_o inconvenient_a distance_n of_o the_o author_n from_o london_n have_v occasion_v some_o errata_n more_o than_o ordinary_a to_o pass_v the_o press_n which_o i_o shall_v desire_v the_o reader_n to_o amend_v with_o his_o pen._n r._n royston_n late_o print_v for_o richard_n royston_n at_o the_o angel_n in_o amen-corner_n the_o estate_n of_o the_o empire_n or_o a_o abridgement_n of_o the_o law_n and_o government_n of_o germany_n far_a show_v what_o condition_n the_o empire_n be_v in_o when_o the_o peace_n be_v conclude_v at_o munster_n also_o the_o several_a fight_v battle_n and_o desolation_n of_o city_n during_o the_o war_n in_o that_o empire_n and_o also_o of_o the_o golden_a bull_a in_o octavo_n the_o sycillian_a tyrant_n or_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o agathocles_n with_o some_o restection_n on_o our_o modern_a usurper_n octavo_fw-la the_o royal_a martyr_n and_o the_o dutiful_a subject_n in_o two_o sermon_n by_o gilbert_n burnet_n in_o quarto_n the_o generosity_n of_o christian_a love_n deliver_v in_o a_o sermon_n by_o william_n gould_n quarto_fw-la the_o witness_n to_o christanity_n by_o sy._n patrick_n d._n d._n octavo_fw-la dâ—ctor_n dubitaâ—tium_n or_o bishop_n tailor_n case_n of_o conscience_n the_o four_o edition_n folio_n the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o k._n charles_n the_o first_o by_o r._n perenchief_n d._n d._n octavo_fw-la a_o modest_a plea_n for_o the_o church_n of_o england_n octavo_fw-la the_o spiritual_a sacrifice_n or_o devotion_n and_o prayer_n fit_v to_o the_o main_a use_n of_o a_o christian_a life_n by_o a_o late_a reverend_a author_n in_o 12o._o chirurgical_a treatise_n by_o richard_n wiseman_n serjeant-chirurgion_n to_o his_o majesty_n folio_n