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the_o power_n of_o thing_n indifferent_a as_o well_o those_o that_o think_v it_o a_o sin_n to_o use_v they_o as_o those_o that_o think_v it_o a_o sin_n to_o omit_v they_o calvin_n affirm_v against_o the_o anabaptist_n that_o one_o main_a use_n of_o political_a administration_n be_v ut_fw-la inter_fw-la christianos_n publica_fw-la religionis_fw-la facies_fw-la existat_fw-la and_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v some_o authority_n requisite_a in_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n that_o they_o may_v be_v able_a to_o order_v it_o aright_o while_o he_o dispute_v against_o the_o tyranny_n of_o popish_a prelate_n he_o say_v 6._o ibid._n c._n 10._o §_o 6._o si_fw-la very_fw-la essent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la he_o will_v grant_v they_o aliquid_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la non_fw-la quantum_fw-la sibi_fw-la postulant_fw-la sed_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la notitiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la rite_n ordinandam_fw-la requiritur_fw-la and_o else_o where_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o some_o constitution_n 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see_v pocklington_n etc._n etc._n answ_n so_o they_o have_v call_v the_o communion_n table_n a_o altar_n the_o presbyter_n priest_n the_o lord_n supper_n a_o sacrifice_n we_o must_v not_o conclude_v from_o hence_o a_o necessity_n of_o abolish_n the_o thing_n but_o a_o convenience_n to_o redress_v the_o language_n but_o from_o the_o word_n 2._o pag._n 2._o our_o author_n pass_v to_o the_o matter_n and_o tell_v we_o that_o our_o man_n approve_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o mass_n answ_n we_o must_v distinguish_v of_o this_o matter_n all_o good_a matter_n in_o the_o mass_n or_o elsewhere_o in_o that_o church_n the_o sound_a protestant_n will_v allow_v and_o embrace_v as_o i_o show_v before_o out_o of_o doct._n rivet_n and_o i_o must_v say_v they_o be_v of_o a_o very_a hard_a belief_n towards_o our_o saviour_n that_o think_v no_o good_a thing_n can_v come_v out_o of_o nazareth_n be_v if_o the_o author_n think_v nothing_o can_v be_v good_a which_o smell_n of_o the_o mass_n in_o what_o esteem_n 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