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priscillianist_n make_v it_o their_o practice_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o catholic_n church_n to_o fast_o on_o sunday_n yet_o even_o the_o montanist_n who_o pretend_v much_o to_o that_o kind_n of_o mortification_n abstain_v from_o fast_v on_o the_o lord_n day_n as_o be_v evident_a from_o tertullian_n treatise_n de_n jejuniis_fw-la which_o he_o write_v after_o his_o unhappy_a montanize_a but_o this_o fast_n in_o our_o church_n on_o the_o lord_n day_n be_v a_o part_n of_o that_o old_a presbyterian_a leaven_n not_o yet_o half_o well_o purge_v out_o of_o this_o land_n for_o when_o that_o tyrannical_a usurpation_n be_v culminate_v in_o the_o cusp_n of_o the_o ten_o house_n such_o be_v their_o meridian_n line_n that_o they_o think_v it_o their_o glory_n though_o it_o be_v indeed_o their_o shame_n to_o run_v counter_a to_o all_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n therefore_o the_o pilot_n of_o the_o leman_n lake_n steer_v such_o a_o course_n as_o they_o may_v at_o last_o become_v perfect_a antipode_n thereunto_o for_o whereas_o the_o primitive_a church_n solemnize_v a_o
episcopis_fw-la servire_fw-la non_fw-la cogantur_fw-la quia_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la nâ—que_fw-la ut_fw-la dominantes_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la vid._n hieronym_n epist._n 2._o add_v nepotian_n where_o he_o say_v sâ—a_fw-la subjectus_fw-la pontifici_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la animae_fw-la parentem_fw-la suscipe_fw-la which_o counsel_n savour_v very_o little_a of_o fanaticism_n se_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la non_fw-la dominos_fw-la esse_fw-la noverint_fw-la honorent_fw-la clericos_fw-la quasi_fw-la clericos_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la à _fw-la clericâ—s_fw-la quasi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la honour_n deseratur_fw-la sâ—itum_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la oratoris_fw-la domitii_n curio_n ego_fw-la te_fw-la inquit_fw-la habeam_fw-la ut_fw-la principem_fw-la cum_fw-la tu_fw-la i_o non_fw-la habeas_fw-la ut_fw-la senatorem_fw-la augustin_n epist._n 48._o nonomnis_fw-la qui_fw-la parcit_fw-la amicus_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la verberat_fw-la iâ—micus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ambros._n serm._n 14._o leon._n 1._o epist._n 82._o greg._n 1._o de_fw-fr cura_fw-la past._n par_fw-fr 3._o admonendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la subditi_fw-la ne_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la expedit_fw-la sint_fw-la subjecti_fw-la ne_fw-la cum_fw-la student_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la hominibus_fw-la subjici_fw-la compellantur_fw-la vitra_fw-la eorum_fw-la venerari_fw-la article_n fourteen_o psal._n 95._o 6._o mat._n 18._o 20._o rom._n 15._o 6_o &_o 16_o 17._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 10._o &_o 5._o 8._o &_o 6._o 20._o &_o 11._o 2_o 4_o 7_o 22_o 34._o &_o 14._o 33_o 40._o col._n 2._o 5._o tit._n 1._o 5._o heb._n 10._o 25._o sing_v we_o have_v so_o frequent_o mention_v the_o ancient_a canon_n of_o the_o church_n it_o be_v as_o indecent_a if_o not_o as_o dangerous_a for_o a_o church_n to_o be_v without_o canon_n as_o for_o a_o state_n to_o be_v without_o edict_n these_o serve_v not_o only_a as_o a_o directory_n to_o the_o reciprocal_a duty_n of_o bishop_n presbyter_n and_o people_n 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