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pestem_fw-la caveant_fw-la qui_fw-la saluam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la &_o quum_fw-la illam_fw-la in_o scotia_n in_o tempore_fw-la profligaris_fw-la ne_fw-la quaeso_fw-la illam_fw-la unquam_fw-la admittas_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la unitatis_fw-la retinendae_fw-la specie_fw-la quae_fw-la veteres_fw-la etiam_fw-la optimos_fw-la multos_fw-la fefellit_fw-la blandiatur_fw-la bez_n epist._n 79._o this_o be_v a_o great_a gift_n of_o god_n that_o you_o have_v bring_v into_o scotland_n together_o pure_a religion_n and_o good_a order_n which_o be_v the_o bond_n to_o hold_v fast_o the_o doctrine_n i_o hearty_o pray_v and_o beseech_v for_o god_n sake_n hold_v fast_o these_o two_o together_o so_o that_o you_o may_v remember_v that_o if_o one_o be_v lose_v the_o other_o can_v long_o remain_v so_o bishop_n bring_v forth_o popery_n so_o false_a bishop_n the_o relic_n of_o popery_n shall_v bring_v into_o the_o world_n epicureism_n whosoever_o will_v have_v the_o church_n safe_a let_v they_o beware_v of_o this_o pest_n and_o see_v you_o have_v timely_o dispatch_v it_o in_o scotland_n i_o beseech_v you_o never_o admit_v it_o again_o albeit_o it_o flatter_v with_o show_n of_o the_o preservation_n of_o unity_n which_o have_v deceive_v many_o of_o the_o best_a of_o the_o ancient_n a_o three_o of_o the_o body_n of_o confession_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v the_o rare_a privilege_n of_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n before_o many_o in_o which_o respect_n her_o name_n be_v famous_a even_o among_o stranger_n that_o about_o the_o space_n of_o four_o and_o fifty_o year_n without_o schism_n let_v be_v heresy_n she_o have_v keep_v and_o hold_v fast_o unity_n with_o purity_n of_o doctrine_n the_o great_a help_n of_o this_o unity_n through_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n be_v that_o with_o the_o doctrine_n the_o discipline_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n as_o it_o be_v prescribe_v in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v by_o little_a and_o little_a together_o receive_v and_o according_a to_o that_o discipline_n so_o near_o as_o may_v be_v the_o whole_a government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v dispose_v by_o this_o mean_v all_o the_o seed_n of_o schism_n and_o error_n so_o soon_o as_o they_o begin_v to_o bud_v and_o show_v themselves_o in_o the_o very_a breed_n and_o birth_n be_v smother_v and_o root_v out_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o his_o infinite_a goodness_n grant_v unto_o the_o king_n most_o gracious_a majesty_n to_o all_o the_o ruler_n of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o power_n that_o be_v the_o nurser_n of_o the_o church_n that_o according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n they_o may_v keep_v perpetual_o that_o unity_n and_o purity_n of_o doctrine_n amen_n est_fw-la illud_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la scoticanae_n privilegium_fw-la rarum_fw-la prae_fw-la multis_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la etiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la nomen_fw-la apud_fw-la exteros_fw-la fùit_fw-la celebre_fw-la quod_fw-la circiter_fw-la annos_fw-la plus_fw-la minus_fw-la 54._o sine_fw-la schismate_fw-la nedum_fw-la haeresi_fw-la unitatem_fw-la cum_fw-la puritate_fw-la doctrina_fw-la servaverit_fw-la &_o retinuerit_fw-la huius_fw-la unitatis_fw-la adminiculum_fw-la ex_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la maximum_fw-la fuit_fw-la quod_fw-la paulatim_fw-la tum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la sicut_fw-la ex_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la praaescripta_fw-la una_fw-la fuit_fw-la recepta_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la proixme_fw-la fieri_fw-la potuit_fw-la secundum_fw-la eam_fw-la totum_fw-la regimen_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la fuit_fw-la administratum_fw-la hâ—e_n ratione_fw-la omne_fw-la schismatum_fw-la atque_fw-la errorum_fw-la semina_fw-la quam_fw-la prinum_fw-la pullulare_fw-la aut_fw-la se_fw-la exerere_fw-la visa_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quasi_fw-la herba_fw-la &_o partu_fw-la sunt_fw-la suffocata_fw-la &_o extirpata_fw-la det_fw-la dominus_fw-la deus_fw-la pro_fw-la immensa_fw-la sum_o a_fw-la bonitate_fw-la regiae_n majestati_fw-la serenissimo_fw-la 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