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needs_o conclude_v that_o those_o who_o dare_v not_o use_v the_o liturgy_n and_o ceremony_n dislike_v the_o government_n and_o believe_v these_o thing_n high_o sinful_a for_o so_o we_o be_v tell_v it_o be_v sin_n and_o no_o small_a or_o tolerable_a sin_n which_o their_o conscience_n fear_v and_o what_o they_o so_o believe_v they_o will_v certain_o upon_o all_o opportunity_n direct_o or_o indirect_o bear_v witness_n and_o caution_n against_o and_o labour_n to_o withdraw_v other_o from_o how_o indeed_o shall_v they_o be_v faithful_a in_o their_o office_n upon_o their_o own_o principle_n if_o they_o shall_v do_v otherwise_o to_o '_o be_v silent_a and_o comply_v be_v to_o be_v cruel_a to_o the_o sinner_n and_o hâ—mself_n and_o who_o can_v do_v it_o that_o believe_v death_n and_o judgement_n so_o we_o have_v it_o even_o now_o how_o guilty_a be_v those_o minister_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o â—ouls_n that_o will_v not_o tell_v man_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o danger_n so_o elsewhere_o next_o 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separate_a church_n on_o which_o side_n the_o cure_n of_o our_o division_n chief_o lie_v presbyterian_a resolution_n upon_o toleration_n mr_n b_n supercilious_a contempt_n of_o his_o adversary_n and_o boast_v reason_n for_o n._n c._n of_o drunken_a reader_n of_o n._n c._n differ_v from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o what_o they_o call_v the_o new_a doctrine_n of_o the_o new_a rubric_n some_o far_a taste_n what_o they_o will_v be_v at_o upon_o toleration_n of_o ecclesiastical_a synod_n n._n c._n vie_v with_o their_o excellent_a successor_n as_o they_o ironical_o call_v they_o how_o far_o london-minister_n testify_v former_o against_o toleration_n who_o the_o chief_a cause_n of_o our_o division_n mr_n b_n picture_n draw_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n his_o humble_a petition_n as_o he_o style_v it_o to_o the_o conformist_n in_o order_n to_o a_o petition_n for_o the_o n._n c._n and_o the_o material_n propose_v for_o that_o petition_n the_o conclusion_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la one_o that_o have_v read_v lullius_n and_o his_o commentator_n answ_n to_o dr._n still_v p._n 45._o sacril_n desert_n pag._n 4._o pag._n 132._o ☜_o pag._n 32._o pag._n 88_o ☜_o saint_n everla_v rest_n gild._a salâ—ian_n p._n 179._o epist._n ded._n to_o saint_n everla_v rest_n ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ibid._n ☞_o ibid._n ☞_o ☞_o pref._n to_o câ—re_n of_o church_n divis_n ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o cure_v of_o church_n divis_n p._n 365._o ☜_o sacril_n desert_n p._n 94._o ☞_o ☞_o ibid._n p._n 95._o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ibid._n p._n 90_o 91._o ☞_o ibid._n p._n 95_o 96_o 97._o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ibid._n p._n 98._o ☞_o ibid._n p._n 101._o ☞_o ☞_o ibid._n p._n 105._o ☞_o ibid._n p._n 102_o 103_o 104_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o epist_n to_o separate_v congreg_n ☞_o id._n against_o crandon_n p._n 83._o ☞_o ☞_o gild._a salvian_n p·_fw-la 179._o ☞_o touch_v the_o author_n of_o sacril_n des_fw-mi pag._n 126._o pag._n 105._o pag._n 130._o ☞_o pag._n 131._o new_a discoverer_n discover_v chap._n 6._o §._o 13._o p._n 153._o ☞_o pag._n 130._o pref._n to_o disp_n to_o right_v to_o sacrament_n epist_n ded._n to_o saint_n reâ—_n epist_n ded._n before_o his_o five_o disp_n sacril_n desert_n p_o 115._o ☜_o pag._n 116._o ☜_o ☜_o pag._n 115._o ☞_o ☞_o cure_v of_o church_n divis_n p._n 181._o ☞_o sacril_n desert_n p_o 5._o pag_n 97._o pag._n 113._o pag·_fw-la 29._o plain_a script_n proof_n for_o infant_n church-memb_a p._n 228._o cure_v of_o church-divis_a p._n 373._o pag._n 17._o pag._n 124._o pag._n 68_o pag._n 113._o pag._n 4._o pag._n 5._o the_o disput_n p_o 344_o 345._o sacril_n desert_n pag._n 56._o pag._n 65._o pag._n 81._o pag._n 118._o pag._n 119._o pag._n 20._o pag._n 126._o ☞_o pag._n 48._o pag._n 110._o of_o the_o book_n itself_o mr._n by_o his_o fear_n of_o some_o n.c._n minister_n ability_n ☜_o pag._n 86_o 87_o 88_o ☞_o ☞_o pag._n 23_o 24._o pag._n 107_o 108._o ☞_o ☜_o of_o the_o name_n presbyterian_a &_o nonconf_n pag._n 4_o &_o 5._o ☜_o ☜_o i_o have_v hear_v i_o confess_v of_o one_o who_o be_v ask_v by_o what_o name_n he_o will_v be_v enter_v after_o some_o pause_n can_v resolve_v on_o no_o other_o but_o a_o n._n c._n or_o one_o dissatisfy_v with_o the_o establishment_n pag._n 5_o &_o 6._o ☞_o pag_n 29._o pag._n 58._o l._n primate_n cens_n of_o presbit_n ordinat_fw-la by_o dr._n b._n pag._n 125_o 126._o 126._o it_o be_v solon_n rule_n of_o old_a to_o make_v a_o city_n happy_a si_fw-mi cives_fw-la quidem_fw-la magistratui_fw-la obediant_fw-la magistratus_fw-la autem_fw-la legibus_fw-la pag._n 7._o pag._n 86._o gild._a salvian_n p·_fw-la 191_o 192._o ☜_o ☞_o see_v the_o key_n for_o cath._n pref._n to_o five_o disp_n grot._n relig._n etc._n etc._n pag._n 25_o 29_o 39_o 30_o 68_o 113_o 119_o 13_o 120.81_o 60_o 138_o 5_o 6._o not_o all_o of_o a_o mind_n pag._n 7_o 8._o pag._n 52._o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o pag._n 24._o ☞_o pag._n 127._o their_o candour_n &_o charity_n to_o conformist_n pag._n 8._o ☜_o ☜_o you_o can_v tell_v we_o elsewhere_o who_o have_v do_v more_o to_o the_o set_n up_o popery_n by_o their_o vnruliness_n &_o church-taring_a humour_n see_v it_o in_o the_o preface_n ibid._n pag._n 45._o pag._n 8_o ☞_o pag._n 12._o ☞_o pag._n 9_o pag._n 10._o pag._n 12._o ☜_o pag._n 10._o pag._n 69._o pag._n 10._o five_o disput_n p._n 130_o 131._o 131._o this_o in_o a_o book_n dedicate_v to_o his_o namesake_n r._n ☞_o pag._n 10_o 11._o of_o the_o power_n of_o magistr_n &_o bishop_n to_o confine_v and_o silence_n ☜_o pag._n 69._o pag._n 47._o ☞_o pag._n 25._o whole_a armour_n of_o god_n p._n 570_o 571._o ☜_o edit_fw-la gen._n in_o fol._n p._n 122._o ☞_o ☞_o stob._n serm_v 43._o de_fw-la repub._n of_o eject_v minister_n &_o their_o successor_n pag._n 11._o ☜_o pag._n 14._o pag._n 54._o pag._n 41_o 45._o pag._n 41._o pag._n 42._o pag._n 43._o ☜_o ☜_o pag._n 60._o pag._n 70._o pag._n 62._o ☞_o appendix_n to_o mr._n baxter_n â—_o 29._o p._n 211._o ibid._n p._n 214_o etc._n etc._n etc._n prefat_n p._n 13._o of_o schism_n chap._n 11._o pag._n 178_o 179._o ☜_o prov._n 24.21_o pag._n 35._o of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n &_o of_o schism_n from_o the_o church_n of_o england_n pag._n 37._o pag._n 38._o ☞_o pag._n 39_o ☜_o pag._n 114._o pag._n 12._o pag._n 13._o pag._n 14_o 15._o pag._n 15._o ibid._n pag._n 27_o 30._o pag._n 91._o pag._n 71._o pag._n 16._o pag._n 17._o ☜_o ibid._n pag._n 20._o the_o great_a evil_n of_o gather_v into_o distinct_a and_o separate_a church_n pag._n 19_o 20._o ☜_o ☞_o pag._n 53._o tolerat_fw-la not_o to_o be_v abuse_v p._n 20._o ☞_o pag._n 53._o pag._n 29._o pag_n 20._o on_o which_o side_n the_o cure_n of_o our_o diâ—is_n chief_o lie_v ibid._n &_o p._n 2d_o ☜_o ☜_o pag._n 21._o â—ag_n 65._o pag._n 21._o ☞_o pag._n 96_o 97._o pag._n 126._o pag._n 23._o pag._n 25_o 26._o ☜_o the_o same_o text_n we_o may_v find_v in_o the_o paper_n deliver_v from_o the_o n._n c._n commissioner_n 1661._o p._n 108._o with_o many_o other_o passage_n of_o like_a nature_n with_o this_o treatise_n ☞_o pag._n 57_o pag._n 118._o cure_v of_o church_n divis_n p._n 259_o 260._o ☜_o pag._n 119._o pag._n 28._o presbyterian_a resolution_n letter_n of_o lâ—n_n miniâ—â—_n to_o the_o assembly_n jan._n 1._o 1645._o see_v their_o form_n of_o câ—rch-government_n p_o 20_o quarrel_v of_o the_o covenant_n serm._n 2._o pag._n 65_o 66._o ibid._n p._n 62._o pag._n 29._o pag._n 29._o mr._n b'_v supercilious_a contempt_n of_o his_o adversary_n pag._n 25._o pag._n 44._o pag._n 61._o pag._n 60._o pag._n 48_o 50._o pag._n 57_o pag._n 61._o pag._n 62._o pag._n 48._o pag._n 54._o pag._n 43._o pag_n 62._o pag._n 65_o of_o n.c._n boast_v reason_n pag._n 30._o pag._n 31._o pag._n 32._o pag._n 43._o ☞_o pag._n 25._o pag._n 71._o pag._n 39_o ☜_o ex_fw-la malis_fw-la moribus_fw-la bonae_fw-la leges_fw-la pref_n to_o cure_v of_o ch._n divis_n pag._n 32._o ☜_o pag._n 34._o ☜_o pag._n 74._o pag._n 132._o pag._n 64._o pag_n 43._o pag._n 76._o pag._n 32._o of_o drunken_a reader_n pag._n 44._o ☞_o gild._a salvian_n p._n 179._o ans_fw-fr to_o mr._n b._n chap._n 6._o §._o 13._o p_o 152._o pag._n 45._o of_o the_o n._n c._n difference_n from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n see_v the_o thirty-nine_o article_n ☞_o pag._n 15._o pag._n 75._o pag._n 75._o pag._n 45._o ☜_o pag._n 65._o mr._n b_o be_v confess_v vnmannerliness_n to_o the_o bishop_n pag._n 72._o pag._n 60._o pag._n 55._o some_o taste_n what_o the_o n.c._n will_v be_v at_o upon_o toleration_n pag_n 124._o ☞_o pag._n 55._o letter_n against_o tolerat_fw-la p._n 4_o 5._o â—ag_n 56._o of_o ecclesiast_n â—…nods_n pag._n 113._o â—…e_fw-la disput_n 12_o 13._o ☜_o de_fw-fr imper._n sum_n pot._n ch_n 4._o §._o 10._o pag._n 113._o chap._n 8._o §._o 2._o pag._n 57_o 58._o the_o n_o c._n vie_v with_o their_o successor_n lib._n 6._o c._n 3_o §._o 4._o sâ—_n b._n serm._n 43._o pag._n 93_o 94._o ☞_o pag._n 61._o how_o far_o lond._n minist_n former_o against_o tolerat_fw-la pag._n 67._o ☞_o testim_fw-la to_o the_o truth_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o sol._n league_n 1647._o ☞_o pag._n 8._o ☜_o pag._n 9_o ibid._n pag._n 10._o pag._n 11._o ☜_o ☜_o pag._n 15._o ☜_o pag._n 22._o ☜_o ibid._n pag._n 23._o pag._n 24._o ☜_o ibid._n ☜_o pag._n 25._o ☞_o pag._n 31._o ☞_o pag._n 32._o pag._n 33._o ☜_o sacril_n des_n pag._n 5._o pag._n 23._o pag_n 29._o ☜_o pag._n 41._o ep._n deed_n to_o sts._n rest_v rest_v to_o who_o methodus_fw-la evangelica_n print_v after_o his_o death_n 1676_o mr_n b._n with_o dr._n m._n prefix_v a_o preface_n sacril_n def_n pag._n 74._o ☜_o pag._n 25._o who_o the_o chief_a cause_n of_o our_o divition_n pag._n 82._o ☞_o pag._n 113._o and_o 114._o ☞_o pag._n 97._o ☞_o pag._n 105._o ☞_o the_o conformable_a n.c._n or_o mr_n b_n character_n of_o himself_o pag._n 100_o ☞_o ☜_o his_fw-la humble_a petition_n to_o the_o conformist_n pag._n 118._o ibid._n ☜_o ibid._n pag._n 119._o ibid._n ep_n deed_n to_o st_n rest_v pag._n 119._o ibid._n pag._n 120._o ibid._n ☜_o ibid._n pag._n 134._o pag._n 135._o pag._n 136._o 136._o this_o the_o abstract_n of_o prynn_n antipathy_n of_o english_a lordly_a prelacy_n etc._n etc._n 1641._o qui_fw-la dabat_fw-la olim_fw-la imperium_fw-la fasces_fw-la legiones_fw-la omne_fw-la nunc_fw-la se_fw-la continet_fw-la atque_fw-la dvas_fw-la tantùm_fw-la res_fw-la anxius_fw-la optat_fw-la juven_n sit_v 10._o pag._n 137._o ibid._n anno_fw-la 13_o eliz._n ch_z 12._o e._n gr_n no_o bishop_n no_o common_a liturgy_n or_o ceremony_n it_o be_v lawful_a on_o some_o pretence_n to_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o the_o king_n and_o by_o his_o authority_n to_o war_n against_o his_o person_n and_o those_o commission_v by_o he_o the_o solemn_a leag_n and_o coven_n still_o oblige_v to_o endeavour_v the_o alteration_n of_o the_o government_n &_o câ—…e_n â—…e_z the_o founâ—ation-princiâ—les_a of_o the_o good_a use_v cause_n of_o â—â—…ction_n and_o rebellion_n â—…g_v 137._o pag._n 71._o pag._n 134_o 135._o ☜_o pag._n 137._o pag._n 73._o pag._n 137._o q._n 1._o q._n 2._o pag_n 6._o in_o his_o letter_n to_o a_o unsettle_a young_a man_n before_o his_o quaker_n catechism_n 1657._o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o mr._n hooker_n â—…p_n ded._n to_o â—…ccles_n pol._n yet_o that_o it_o seem_v be_v a_o virtue_n note_v that_o the_o truth_n yet_o be_v on_o their_o side_n note_v that_o too_o ☞_o laud_n seven_o sermon_n pag._n 130._o ☜_o historice-prophetice_a p._n 278.279_o ☜_o p._n 281.282_o ☜_o â—ive_a disputation_n of_o ch_z government_n â—nd_v worship_n â—â—g_v 483._o ☞_o â—d_a p._n 461._o etc._n etc._n ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o pag._n 485._o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o pag._n 487._o ☞_o ☞_o pag._n 488._o ☜_o ☜_o ☜_o pag._n 489._o ☜_o pag._n 490._o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o disput_n 1._o pag._n 5._o ☞_o ☞_o
sober_a and_o useful_a reflection_n upon_o a_o treatise_n of_o mr._n richard_n baxter_n style_v sacrilegious_a desertion_n of_o the_o holy_a ministry_n rebuke_v and_o tolerate_v preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n vindicate_v with_o a_o most_o serious_a preface_n to_o the_o same_o out_o of_o the_o say_v mr._n baxter_n write_a about_o eight_o year_n since_o and_o not_o print_v but_o now_o make_v seasonable_a to_o be_v publish_v by_o the_o repetition_n of_o some_o material_a point_n which_o be_v here_o reflect_v on_o in_o mr._n baxter_n late_o hasty_a answer_n to_o dr._n stillingfleet_n sermon_n nonúmque_fw-la premantur_fw-la in_o annum_fw-la london_n print_v for_o richard_n chiswell_n at_o the_o rose_n and_o crown_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1680._o to_o his_o respect_a friend_n mr._n r._n c._n bookseller_n sir_n the_o ensue_a reflection_n be_v write_v about_o eight_o year_n since_o and_o then_o upon_o the_o come_n out_o of_o a_o more_o particular_a defence_n from_o the_o worthy_a 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