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exclusion_n yea_o in_o a_o sort_n exclude_v and_o render_v themselves_o uncapable_a of_o communion_n that_o shall_v wilful_o refuse_v to_o submit_v unto_o instruction_n and_o the_o orderly_a way_n of_o admission_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la equidem_fw-la inquit_fw-la hyperius_fw-la non_fw-la dubitarem_fw-la uno_fw-la verbo_fw-la edicere_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la cum_fw-la doctrinâ_fw-la catechisticâ_fw-la nihil_fw-la put_v at_o sibi_fw-la common_a esse_fw-la hunc_fw-la perinde_n facere_fw-la at_o que_fw-la si_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la christianum_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la christianismo_fw-la nihil_fw-la habere_fw-la velle_fw-la negotii_fw-la testificaretur_fw-la very_o say_v he_o i_o shall_v not_o doubt_v roundly_o to_o pronounce_v that_o if_o any_o one_o think_v he_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o catechism_n it_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v declare_v himself_o not_o to_o be_v a_o christian_n and_o that_o he_o will_v have_v nothing_o to_o 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it_o in_o so_o do_v as_o your_o loss_n will_v be_v great_a in_o deprive_v yourselves_o of_o what_o otherwise_o you_o may_v enjoy_v so_o your_o sin_n will_v not_o be_v small_a in_o set_v yourselves_o against_o that_o which_o the_o lord_n in_o his_o word_n require_v and_o call_v for_o the_o saint_n have_v now_o a_o long_a time_n earnest_o desire_v and_o pray_v for_o and_o more_o than_o ordinary_a providence_n have_v make_v way_n for_o and_o give_v you_o a_o opportunity_n to_o promote_v and_o further_o object_n but_o you_o will_v haply_o say_v be_v not_o thing_n well_o enough_o before_o when_o among_o we_o no_o such_o course_n be_v take_v or_o so_o much_o as_o think_v upon_o and_o therefore_o what_o need_v this_o alteration_n and_o the_o introduce_v of_o a_o practice_n into_o the_o church_n unknown_a as_o to_o this_o use_n of_o it_o to_o our_o predecessor_n solut._n 10._o sure_o we_o shall_v be_v inexcuseable_o ungrateful_a and_o injurious_a unto_o the_o divine_a goodness_n shall_v we_o not_o with_o all_o thankfulness_n acknowledge_v the_o choice_n and_o singular_a benefit_n and_o privilege_n bestow_v on_o and_o enjoy_v by_o the_o unworthy_a people_n of_o this_o island_n above_o what_o have_v be_v vouchsafe_v to_o most_o if_o not_o to_o any_o other_o nation_n the_o lord_n for_o ever_o bless_v be_v his_o name_n and_o magnify_v be_v the_o exceed_a riches_n of_o his_o grace_n have_v ever_o look_v towards_o we_o with_o a_o eye_n of_o special_a favour_n and_o respect_n insomuch_o that_o in_o the_o very_a first_o publication_n of_o the_o glad_a tiding_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o as_o soon_o as_o ever_o it_o begin_v to_o go_v out_o into_o all_o the_o world_n the_o gracious_a providence_n of_o god_n take_v order_n that_o the_o sound_n of_o it_o shall_v reach_v unto_o and_o be_v hear_v in_o this_o remote_a corner_n thereof_o 1._o de_fw-fr pinord_n eccles_n britâ—_n 1._o à _fw-la primo_fw-la exortu_fw-la evangelâ—i_fw-la inquit_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la vsserius_fw-la 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wash_v in_o heart_n the_o catechist_n do_v call_v upon_o and_o earnest_o exhort_v they_o to_o duty_n as_o well_o as_o instruct_v they_o in_o doctrine_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o catechetical_a lecture_n of_o cyrill_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o also_o by_o augustine_n sermon_n ad_fw-la competentes_fw-la wherein_o dehort_v they_o from_o several_a vice_n he_o close_v with_o these_o word_n 116._o serm._n 116._o competentes_fw-la nihil_fw-la injustum_fw-la nihil_fw-la inhonestum_fw-la exerceant_fw-la ne_fw-la fortè_fw-la male_a agendo_fw-la viscera_fw-la materna_fw-la concutiant_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la legitimum_fw-la partum_fw-la velut_fw-la aborsum_fw-la eos_fw-la mater_fw-la sancta_fw-la proijciat_fw-la sed_fw-la magis_fw-la omnes_fw-la benigni_fw-la sint_fw-la humiles_fw-la mansueti_fw-la sobrii_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la salutaris_fw-la baptismi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la ordine_fw-la ligitimo_fw-la conveniant_fw-la the_o competentes_fw-la shall_v exercise_v or_o do_v nothing_o that_o be_v unjust_a 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