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confirmation_n the_o lord_n supper_n absolution_n and_o all_o church_n consolation_n to_o they_o they_o be_v all_o use_v by_o the_o church_n as_o pardon_v sinner_n and_o judge_v to_o be_v such_o how_o vicious_a soever_o they_o will_v the_o easy_o believe_v they_o be_v such_o indeed_o and_o reject_v all_o passage_n in_o sermon_n that_o will_v convince_v they_o and_o all_o that_o will_v persuade_v they_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o a_o change_n so_o that_o no_o doubt_n but_o many_o thousand_o be_v hinder_v from_o conversion_n and_o salvation_n for_o want_v of_o discipline_n §_o 341._o 3._o and_o it_o tend_v to_o propagate_v the_o sin_n as_o impunity_n from_o magistrate_n or_o parent_n will_v do_v which_o make_v the_o apostle_n say_v 1._o cor._n 5._o a_o little_a leaven_n leaven_v the_o whole_a lump_n many_o will_v be_v encourage_v to_o do_v that_o which_o undergo_v no_o more_o censure_n §_o 342._o 4._o it_o keep_v up_o the_o credit_n of_o sin_n itself_o and_o gratifi_v satan_n while_o the_o church_n be_v deprive_v of_o the_o public_a mean_n appoint_v by_o god_n for_o put_v sin_n to_o open_a shame_n and_o bruise_v the_o serpent_n head_n by_o a_o solemn_a condemnation_n of_o his_o work_n of_o darkness_n §_o 343._o 5._o it_o deprive_v holiness_n and_o obedience_n of_o the_o honour_n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v for_o it_o by_o this_o public_a difference_v judgement_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v as_o tertullian_n call_v it_o praejudicium_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicij_fw-la do_v represent_v the_o justification_n and_o condemnation_n of_o that_o day_n and_o wonderful_o tend_v to_o the_o public_a honour_n of_o godliness_n and_o honesty_n and_o consequent_o to_o the_o conversion_n and_o establishment_n of_o man_n soul_n §_o 344._o 6._o it_o great_o tend_v to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o the_o church_n by_o its_o pollution_n whenas_o christian_a society_n shall_v be_v conspurcate_v with_o
learned_a and_o worthy_a man_n mr._n shaw_n another_o silence_v minister_n and_o his_o brother_n in_o law_n who_o be_v shut_v up_o give_v god_n thanks_o for_o his_o deliverance_n in_o a_o very_a learned_a and_o profitable_a treatise_n which_o he_o publish_v thereupon_o and_o since_o be_v find_v not_o only_o very_o learned_a but_o moderate_a and_o hold_v communion_n in_o the_o public_a assembly_n and_o a_o peaceable_a man_n have_v get_v connivance_n to_o teach_v a_o public_a school_n a_o great_a favour_n in_o these_o time_n 3._o mr._n roberts_n a_o godly_a welsh_a minister_n who_o also_o fly_v from_o the_o plague_n fall_v sick_a as_o far_o off_o as_o between_o shrewsbury_n and_o oswestry_n and_o die_v on_o a_o little_a straw_n while_o none_o dare_v entertain_v he_o §_o 4._o it_o be_v scarce_o possible_a for_o people_n that_o live_v in_o a_o time_n of_o health_n and_o security_n to_o apprehend_v the_o dreadfulness_n of_o that_o pestilence_n how_o fearful_a people_n be_v thirty_o or_o 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