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i_o mistake_v in_o the_o poverty_n of_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n and_o the_o parity_n at_o least_o of_o presbytery_n to_o episcopacy_n i_o must_v borrow_v your_o spectacle_n when_o i_o look_v into_o any_o thing_n of_o antiquity_n but_o sure_a sir_n smectyâ—â—nuus_n will_v not_o think_v you_o modest_a to_o charge_v impudence_n and_o falsity_n on_o such_o as_o deny_v it_o they_o be_v bold_a to_o contradict_v your_o opinion_n in_o this_o very_a point_n assert_v by_o the_o remonstrant_a your_o predecessor_n and_o assign_v several_a thing_n in_o which_o the_o english_a bshop_n differ_v from_o the_o primitive_a when_o you_o have_v reconcile_v they_o we_o will_v find_v you_o more_o but_o they_o will_v be_v enough_o for_o one_o book_n of_o forty_o sheet_n 7._o this_o universal_a custom_n be_v not_o to_o be_v despise_v by_o any_o sober_a christian_a yet_o this_o episcopacy_n be_v not_o only_a tradition_n and_o universal_a observation_n for_o it_o have_v further_o the_o stamp_n and_o 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the_o worshipful_a person_n concern_v and_o by_o he_o those_o to_o who_o that_o book_n shall_v come_v b._n sir_n â—_o b._n the_o dissatisfaction_n and_o delusive_a danger_n he_o find_v in_o that_o book_n and_o therefore_o he_o do_v on_o july_n 8._o 1660._o send_v after_o it_o a_o analepsis_n or_o st._n peter_n bond_n abide_v detect_v the_o impiety_n thereof_o in_o subvert_v the_o covenant_n by_o a_o pretend_a interpretation_n thereof_o nay_o enervate_a the_o sacred_a obligation_n and_o power_n of_o all_o oath_n by_o the_o principle_n therein_o suggest_v and_o its_o excee_a imbecility_n as_o to_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o conscience_n unto_o which_o it_o profess_v this_o do_v mr._n crofton_n compose_v himself_o in_o silence_n and_o submission_n wait_v for_o the_o reply_n of_o the_o reverend_a author_n of_o the_o analysis_n but_o receive_v none_o only_o more_o than_o one_o though_o one_o a_o stranger_n to_o mr._n crofton_n