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time_n can_v prejudice_n truth_n si_fw-mi i_o reprehendas_fw-la errantem_fw-la patere_fw-la i_o quaeso_fw-la errare_fw-la cum_fw-la talibus_fw-la aug._n hier._n fr._n johnson_n in_o his_o answ_n to_o t._n wh._n pag._n 26._o ans_fw-fr against_o brough_n p._n 17._o these_o dutch_a church_n offend_v not_o only_o in_o practical_a disorder_n but_o in_o their_o constitution_n government_n worship_n etc._n etc._n troubl_n and_o excom_n at_o amsterdam_n p._n 10._o browne_n charge_v with_o it_o by_o barr._n letter_n to_o master_n egerton_n g._n johnson_n ibid._n pag._n 194._o fr._n johns_n inqui._n act._n 15.38_o depart_v that_o be_v not_o go_v with_o they_o barr._n pref_o to_o the_o separation_n defend_v in_o his_o observation_n p._n 251._o we_o do_v not_o there_o condemn_v the_o parish-assembly_n as_o separate_v from_o christ_n but_o prove_v they_o not_o as_o yet_o gather_v to_o christ_n so_o confe_fw-mi with_o sperin_n p._n 9_o fr._n johnsons_n inquiry_n pag._n 36._o h._n barr._n 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those_o bless_a light_n live_v be_v less_o deep_a in_o this_o apostasy_n than_o we_o o_o apostatical_a father_n that_o separate_v not_o yea_o say_v if_o you_o dare_v that_o other_o reform_a church_n be_v not_o over_o the_o ankle_n with_o we_o in_o this_o apostasy_n what_o hard_a news_n be_v this_o to_o we_o when_o as_o your_o oracle_n dare_v say_v not_o much_o less_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n of_o netherlands_o with_o who_o you_o live_v thus_o he_o write_v for_o not_o hear_v of_o they_o in_o other_o congregation_n in_o these_o country_n this_o i_o answer_v that_o see_v by_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n we_o have_v see_v and_o forsake_v the_o corruption_n yet_o remain_v in_o the_o public_a ministration_n and_o condition_n of_o these_o church_n if_o they_o be_v all_o like_a to_o these_o of_o this_o city_n we_o can_v therefore_o partake_v with_o they_o in_o such_o case_n without_o decline_v and_o apostasy_n from_o the_o truth_n which_o we_o have_v ourselves_o already_o receive_v and_o 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〈◊〉_d be_v expound_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 15.38_o why_o do_v we_o think_v much_o to_o drink_v of_o a_o evangelist_n cup_n yet_o let_v this_o ignorant_a epistler_n teach_v his_o censorious_a answerer_n one_o point_n of_o his_o own_o that_o be_v the_o separatist_n skill_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o object_n two_o crime_n to_o one_o poor_a church_n which_o be_v incompatible_a want_v of_o constitution_n and_o apostasy_n thus_o write_v your_o master_n of_o we_o if_o it_o be_v admit_v which_o can_v never_o be_v prove_v that_o they_o sometime_o have_v be_v true_a establish_v church_n loe_o here_o we_o never_o have_v true_a constitution_n therefore_o we_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o apostasy_n if_o we_o once_o have_v it_o and_o so_o be_v true_a church_n hear_v what_o your_o pastor_n say_v as_o christ_n give_v to_o all_o true_a church_n their_o be_v so_o we_o must_v leave_v it_o unto_o he_o to_o take_v it_o away_o when_o and_o as_o he_o please_v and_o therefore_o since_o 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illud_fw-la eniâ—mur_fw-la &_o laboramus_fw-la ut_fw-la possimus_fw-la deo_fw-la placere_fw-la &_o convitia_fw-la &_o maledicta_fw-la debemus_fw-la humana_fw-la contemnere_fw-la confess_v by_o m._n john_n loc_fw-la seq_fw-la inquir_n of_o th._n white_a pag._n 65._o gen._n 49.7_o cypr._n the_o simplic_a prael_n quid_fw-la facit_fw-la in_o cord_n christiano_n luporum_fw-la seritas_fw-la &_o caenum_fw-la rabbis_n aug._n confess_v l._n 9_o c._n 9_o qualia_n solet_fw-la eructare_fw-la turgens_fw-la indigesta_fw-la discordia_fw-la a_o apostate_n have_v wont_a to_o be_v the_o fearful_a surname_n of_o damn_a julian_n tertus_fw-la be_v a_o easy_a accuser_n to_o who_o yet_o we_o may_v say_v with_o elihu_n nâ—â—_n dicis_fw-la regi_fw-la apostata_fw-la behold_v now_o so_o many_o apostate_n as_o man_n holy_a cyprian_a describe_v he_o by_o forsake_v christ_n colour_n and_o take_v up_o arm_n for_o gentilism_n in_o life_n or_o heresy_n in_o judgement_n and_o augustine_n tell_v we_o there_o can_v be_v 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