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church_n to_o its_o purity_n 9_o thorn_n like_o just_a weight_n and_o measure_n chap._n 1.2_o chap._n 1.3_o chap._n 2._o p._n 9_o without_o cast_v the_o sin_n of_o schism_n at_o their_o own_o door_n and_o be_v answerable_a for_o all_o the_o ill_a consequence_n of_o it_o nay_o more_o that_o he_o who_o take_v the_o pope_n for_o antichrist_n and_o the_o papist_n for_o idolater_n can_v never_o weigh_v by_o his_o own_o weight_n and_o mete_v by_o his_o own_o measure_n till_o he_o hate_v papist_n worse_a than_o jew_n or_o mahometans_n of_o which_o the_o presbyterian_a and_o the_o puritan_n have_v be_v guilty_a but_o the_o clergy_n and_o gentry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n have_v be_v hitherto_o more_o christian_n i_o will_v glad_o therefore_o know_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v 88_o defence_n p._n 88_o that_o at_o this_o time_n when_o he_o acknowledge_v there_o be_v never_o more_o cause_n to_o hope_v for_o a_o union_n and_o wish_n that_o all_o such_o thing_n as_o heighten_v our_o 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creditur_fw-la aug._n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr baptis_n cenntra_fw-la donatistas_n c._n 24._o tom._n 7._o pag._n 433._o a._n st._n augustin_n rule_n we_o must_v necessary_o conclude_v it_o to_o have_v come_v from_o the_o apostle_n they_o who_o will_v establish_v a_o beginning_n of_o the_o use_n of_o holy_a water_n tell_v we_o that_o binn_n that_o aquam_fw-la enim_fw-la sale_n conspersam_fw-la populis_fw-la benâ—dicimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la cuncti_fw-la aspersi_fw-la sanctisicentur_fw-la ac_fw-la purificentur_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la faciendum_fw-la esse_fw-la mandamus_fw-la ep._n 1._o decret_a extat_fw-la to._n 1._o council_n pag._n 68_o n._n 5._o c._n binn_n alexander_n the_o first_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o live_v you_o must_v know_v anno_fw-la 121._o so_o near_o the_o apostle_n command_v it_o to_o be_v practise_v but_o they_o who_o read_v his_o first_o epistle_n will_v find_v that_o he_o do_v not_o command_v it_o as_o a_o new_a thing_n but_o as_o the_o 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