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church_n and_o further_o to_o dèclare_v and_o protest_v this_o with_o the_o cause_n thereof_o to_o all_o other_o church_n of_o christ_n that_o they_o may_v do_v the_o like_a to_o send_v also_o to_o new-england_n and_o give_v notice_n to_o all_o the_o church_n of_o the_o separation_n that_o they_o may_v non-communion_n the_o apologist_n church_n but_o if_o the_o particular_a church_n of_o the_o apologist_n and_o all_o the_o church_n of_o their_o own_o communion_n will_v all_o hold_v to_o favour_v sin_n neither_o question_n the_o apologist_n nor_o their_o church_n than_o we_o shall_v have_v a_o clear_a instance_n of_o the_o partiality_n of_o those_o church_n and_o of_o their_o allow_v of_o sin_n among_o themselves_o and_o of_o the_o insuâ—…ticiencie_n of_o those_o remedy_n of_o submission_n non-communion_n declaration_n and_o protestation_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la calv._n epist_n 65._o melanct._n verum_fw-la si_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la esset_fw-la be_v animus_n qul_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la aliquod_fw-la forsan_fw-la remedium_fw-la posset_n inveniti_fw-la et_fw-la certè_fw-la foedum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la transmiâ—…imus_fw-la ad_fw-la posterot_n etc._n etc._n august_n vincentio_n epist._n 48._o nunc_fw-la vero_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la tibi_fw-la nihil_fw-la profit_n non_fw-la puto_fw-la nihil_fw-la ijs_fw-la profuturam_fw-la qui_fw-la eam_fw-la legere_fw-la cum_fw-la deitimore_n &_o sine_fw-la personarum_fw-la acceptione_n curaverint_fw-la a_o beza_n epist._n 1._o and_o 1._o duditio_fw-la dominus_fw-la te_fw-la totamque_fw-la familiam_fw-la ob_fw-la omni_fw-la malo_fw-la ac_fw-la praesertim_fw-la a_o daemoniss_n meridianis_fw-la istie_a obambulantibus_fw-la custodiat_fw-la custodiat_fw-la mat._n 1._o v._n 18_o 19_o act_n 7._o from_o v_o 2._o to_o v_o 57_o act_n 22._o v_o 1._o to_o five_o 2â—…_n act_n cap_n 24._o act_n cap._n 26._o 26._o justin._n mart._n 2._o apolog._n pro_fw-la christianis_fw-la tertul._n apol._n athenag_n apol._n vel_fw-la legatio_fw-la pro_fw-la christianis_fw-la athanas._n apol._n arnobij_fw-la apol._n eulog_n apologâ—…t_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la martyr_n martyr_n zuinglij_fw-la apol_n qua_fw-la ad_fw-la crimina_fw-la respondet_fw-la apologet._n contra_fw-la episcop_n constant._n bucer_n apolog._n contra_fw-la brentium_n dannaei_fw-la apolog._n pro_fw-la helvet_n ecclesijs_fw-la apolog_fw-la dan._n pro_fw-la adoratione_n melancthonis_n apol._n august_n confess_v apolog._n pro_fw-la luthero_n gualtb_n apol_n pro_fw-la zuinglio_n beza_n apolog._n jevelli_n apolog._n eccl._n anglicanae_n mort._n apol._n cathol_a cathol_a scâ—…venfeld_n apol._n contra_fw-la fabium_fw-la apol_n ad_fw-la regeâ—…_n hung._n de_fw-fr mediatione_fw-la stancari_fw-la apolog._n vorstij_fw-la thesis_n apolog._n exeg_n apol._n oratio_fw-la apolog._n bertij_fw-la apolog._n apolog._n remonstrantium_fw-la apolog._n schast_a francae_fw-la d._n p._n dirick_n pâ—…ps_v apol_n apolog._n episcop_n francisc._n the_o saint_n tâ—_n cl._n cl._n apology_n of_o the_o brownist_n robin_n apolog._n justif._n of_o separate_a separate_a apolog._n for_o ch._n cove_n apol._n reply_v davenport_n *_o page_n 4._o 11_o 19_o 12_o 24._o apolog._n apolog._n m_o s._n to_o a._n s._n cap._n 5._o pag._n 83._o apolog._n dissert_n de_fw-fr guber_n eccl._n pag._n 620._o quinam_fw-la bujuâ—…_n criminis_fw-la rei_fw-la judicentur_fw-la i_o quidem_fw-la latet_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o qirere_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la attinet_fw-la hoc_fw-la scio_fw-la noâ—…_n convenire_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la qui_fw-la intra_fw-la sententiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la terminos_fw-la se_fw-la continent_n apolog._n to_o his_o love_a friend_n mr_n henry_n king_n mr_n tost_n mr_n smith_n mr_n raner_n mr_n map_n apolog._n apol._n justa_fw-la &_o necessaria_fw-la per_fw-la joh._n robins_n cap._n 6._o de_fw-fr conjugio_fw-la per_fw-la pastor_n ecclesiae_fw-la celebrato_fw-la reformat_fw-la of_o ch._n govern._n in_o scotland_n pag._n 4_o 5_o 18_o 19_o reformat_fw-la of_o ch._n govern._n 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