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18._o 1647._o all_o christendom_n except_o malignant_n in_o england_n do_v now_o see_v that_o the_o question_n in_o england_n be_v whether_o christ_n or_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v lord_n and_o king_n then_o those_o that_o be_v suspend_v before_o the_o long-parliament_n time_n be_v the_o witness_n that_o be_v slay_v and_o the_o prelacy_n be_v a_o antichristian_a power_n and_o the_o take_v away_o of_o that_o and_o the_o ceremony_n be_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o city_n fall_v as_o mr._n woodcock_n do_v expound_v it_o in_o his_o sermon_n of_o the_o two_o witness_n 1643._o pag._n 83_o &_o 86._o then_o they_o be_v the_o amorites_n and_o there_o be_v the_o cup_n of_o abomination_n among_o they_o as_o you_o may_v find_v it_o in_o a_o book_n call_v the_o principal_a act_n of_o the_o general_n assembly_n convene_v at_o edinburgh_n may_v 29._o 1644._o pag._n 19_o but_o when_o the_o tide_n begin_v to_o turn_v and_o presbytery_n be_v oppose_v and_o in_o great_a danger_n of_o be_v run_v down_o 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or_o undue_a separation_n from_o church-communion_n pag._n 21_o 22._o or_o a_o voluntary_a and_o unnecessary_a divide_v and_o separation_n from_o a_o true_a church_n pag._n 31._o and_o upon_o this_o definition_n i_o shall_v proceed_v and_o show_v 1._o that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v a_o true_a church_n 2._o that_o there_o be_v a_o separation_n from_o it_o 3._o that_o this_o separation_n be_v voluntary_a and_o unnecessary_a 4._o that_o therefore_o the_o present_a separation_n be_v schismatical_a 1._o that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v a_o true_a church_n but_o here_o we_o be_v put_v to_o it_o to_o tell_v what_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v by_o the_o author_n of_o sacrilegious_a desertion_n pag._n 35._o we_o be_v tell_v say_v he_o of_o schism_n from_o the_o church_n of_o england_n when_o i_o will_v give_v all_o the_o money_n in_o my_o purse_n to_o make_v i_o understand_v what_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v i_o may_v here_o without_o any_o more_o ado_n 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