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direction_n pag._n 3._o direction_n 6._o it_o be_v there_o thus_o ordain_v that_o all_o parish_n and_o place_n whatsoever_o as_o well_o privilege_v place_n and_o exempt_a jurisdiction_n as_o other_o be_v bring_v under_o the_o government_n of_o congregational_a classical_a and_o national_a assembly_n provide_v that_o the_o chapel_n or_o place_n in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o peer_n of_o this_o realm_n shall_v continue_v free_a for_o the_o exercise_n of_o divine_a duty_n to_o be_v perform_v according_a to_o the_o directory_n and_o also_o that_o it_o be_v order_v by_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o assemble_v in_o parliament_n decemb._n 21._o 1646._o that_o the_o several_a class_n in_o lancashire_n shall_v be_v one_o province_n as_o appear_v by_o their_o order_n to_o that_o purpose_n as_o there_o be_v also_o another_o order_n of_o they_o of_o octob._n 16._o 1648._o enable_v the_o several_a class_n within_o this_o province_n to_o send_v their_o delegate_n to_o meet_v in_o a_o provincial_a 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