place_n and_o calling_n the_o preservation_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n in_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n in_o doctrine_n worship_n discipline_n and_o government_n now_o the_o scotch_a author_n or_o ladensium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o postscript_n against_o lysimachus_n nicanor_n tell_v we_o p._n 35._o that_o episcopacy_n be_v no_o way_n so_o opposite_a to_o the_o discipline_n of_o any_o reform_a church_n as_o to_o that_o discipline_n which_o many_o assembly_n and_o parliament_n have_v settle_v in_o scotland_n and_o therefore_o he_o conclude_v thus_o p._n 36._o 37._o we_o can_v dissemble_v any_o long_o our_o hearty_a wish_n that_o england_n will_v after_o the_o example_n of_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n ride_v themselves_o at_o last_o of_o their_o bishop_n trouble_n as_o they_o do_v of_o old_a without_o any_o repentance_n to_o this_o day_n of_o their_o abbot_n and_o monk_n this_o say_v he_o we_o conceive_v will_v much_o increase_v the_o joy_n and_o 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