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out_o in_o the_o king_n name_n and_o be_v seal_v with_o his_o seal_n and_o if_o it_o shall_v once_o please_v his_o majesty_n it_o will_v not_o displease_v they_o no_z though_o they_o themselves_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o church_n to_o have_v a_o vicar_n general_n in_o spiritualibus_fw-la quest_n be_v the_o high_a son_n of_o the_o church_n advance_v so_o many_o degree_n as_o be_v pretend_v above_o the_o poor_a nonconformist_n in_o their_o charity_n see_v debate_n p._n 20._o ed._n 1._o answ_n there_o be_v just_a cause_n to_o fear_v that_o among_o they_o some_o there_o be_v who_o have_v a_o great_a charity_n for_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n than_o for_o the_o presbyterian_o that_o be_v for_o they_o that_o differ_v from_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o substantial_o in_o doctrine_n worship_n discipline_n and_o government_n that_o for_o they_o who_o differ_v from_o they_o only_o or_o chief_o in_o circumstantial_o in_o lesser_a and_o light_a matter_n not_o of_o the_o foundation_n of_o 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