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general_o disesteem_v pag._n 5._o the_o first_o of_o these_o prove_v at_o large_a by_o consider_v what_o be_v necessary_a to_o eternal_a life_n two_o thing_n lay_v down_o 1._o a_o sound_a belief_n of_o all_o thing_n necessary_a and_o the_o church_n find_v guilty_a of_o no_o defect_n in_o that_o particular_a p._n 6_o 7._o 2._o a_o holy_a practice_n be_v find_v necessary_a and_o the_o church_n of_o england_n find_v abound_v with_o every_o thing_n necessary_a to_o promote_v that_o p._n 10_o usque_fw-la 28._o 2._o a_o enquiry_n how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v such_o a_o church_n be_v despise_v p._n 28._o two_o sort_n of_o man_n find_v faulty_a p._n 29._o 1._o profess_a enemy_n those_o consider_v 1._o as_o person_n disaffect_v upon_o a_o worldly_a account_n p._n 29._o 2._o person_n disaffect_v upon_o a_o pretence_n of_o conscience_n and_o religion_n p._n 31_o 32_o 33_o 34._o 2._o a_o consideration_n of_o false_a friend_n as_o enemy_n to_o the_o church_n and_o those_o rank_v into_o two_o 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of_o god_n judgement_n p._n 51_o 53_o 55._o 2._o another_o reason_n of_o the_o church_n suffer_v assign_v from_o the_o jealousy_n of_o many_o of_o the_o gentry_n especial_o those_o who_o have_v swallow_v down_o the_o principle_n of_o mr._n hobbs_n lest_o the_o clergy_n shall_v encroach_v too_o much_o upon_o their_o power_n in_o those_o country_n where_o they_o live_v p._n 56._o 3._o the_o church_n loss_n consider_v by_o erect_v school_n of_o academic_a study_n and_o thereby_o poison_v the_o youth_n of_o the_o nation_n p._n 62._o 4._o the_o church_n loss_n consider_v by_o idle_a tale_n against_o the_o reverend_a bishop_n and_o their_o regular_a clergy_n p._n 65._o 5._o another_o account_n of_o the_o neglect_n of_o this_o church_n from_o simoniacal_a contract_n p._n 70._o two_o injury_n prove_v and_o assert_v from_o hence_o p._n 71_o 72._o with_o a_o expostulation_n with_o the_o lay-patron_n in_o order_n to_o a_o more_o conscientious_a disposal_n of_o their_o live_n p._n 73._o 6._o the_o church_n damage_n by_o the_o careless_a and_o remiss_a attendance_n of_o many_o of_o her_o profess_a admirer_n upon_o her_o public_a devotion_n and_o instruction_n p._n 74_o 75._o 7._o the_o church_n honour_n prove_v lose_v by_o a_o careless_a consideration_n of_o those_o confusion_n that_o follow_v her_o dissolution_n by_o the_o pretend_a power_n of_o the_o long_a parliament_n p._n 76._o 8._o this_o church_n find_v a_o great_a loser_n by_o misinterpret_v and_o misapply_v of_o several_a text_n of_o scripture_n some_o of_o those_o text_n name_v and_o the_o unworthiness_n and_o falseness_n of_o those_o interpretation_n reflect_v upon_o p._n 78_o 79_o 80_o 81._o 9_o the_o credulity_n and_o easiness_n of_o the_o common_a people_n to_o take_v in_o whatsoever_o be_v suggest_v by_o man_n pretend_v to_o more_o than_o ordinary_a sanctity_n and_o holiness_n prove_v another_o cause_n of_o the_o church_n present_a ruin_n p._n 82_o 83_o 84._o 10._o the_o church_n prove_v a_o loser_n by_o the_o 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