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method_n be_v of_o divine_a institution_n and_o more_o according_a to_o reason_n than_o what_o other_o follow_v the_o word_n worship_n be_v equivocal_a and_o acknowledge_v so_o by_o st._n austin_n chap._n vi_o the_o papist_n do_v not_o believe_v but_o upon_o most_o convince_v reason_n mystery_n of_o faith_n above_o reason_n not_o contrary_a to_o it_o the_o papist_n be_v not_o deprive_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n nor_o keep_v from_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gospel_n he_o do_v not_o pray_v to_o the_o cross_n more_o than_o protestant_o pray_v to_o their_o bibles_n or_o the_o sacrament_n three_o protestant_a query_n answer_v chap._n vii_o the_o vulgar_a among_o the_o papist_n not_o deprive_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god._n they_o be_v better_o instruct_v in_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o it_o than_o those_o of_o other_o persuasion_n who_o teach_v themselves_o the_o unlearned_a and_o unstable_a wrest_v it_o to_o their_o own_o destruction_n chap._n viii_o the_o vulgar_a not_o permit_v to_o 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