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a_o continual_a remembrancer_n of_o his_o duty_n and_o likewise_o i_o conceive_v as_o a_o encouragement_n to_o he_o after_o his_o fall_n that_o he_o shall_v recover_v his_o former_a stability_n again_o else_o it_o shall_v seem_v strange_a that_o he_o alone_o of_o the_o apostle_n shall_v have_v his_o name_n from_o firmness_n and_o stability_n who_o fall_v the_o soon_a and_o the_o foul_a of_o any_o of_o the_o apostle_n unless_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o will_v be_v worse_a divinity_n than_o rhetoric_n the_o change_n then_o of_o st_n peter_n name_n import_v no_o such_o universal_a power_n neither_o from_o the_o change_n nor_o from_o the_o name_n but_o why_o then_o have_v saint_n peter_n the_o honour_n to_o be_v name_v first_o of_o all_o the_o apostle_n first_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v employ_v as_o a_o honour_n give_v to_o peter_n above_o the_o rest_n but_o do_v all_o honour_n carry_v a_o universal_a power_n along_o with_o it_o there_o may_v be_v order_n certain_o 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necessary_a observation_n of_o the_o bucharist_n as_o proper_a to_o christianity_n here_o we_o have_v the_o scripture_n read_v by_o one_o appoint_v for_o that_o purpose_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o synagogue_n after_o which_o follow_v the_o word_n of_o exhortation_n in_o use_n among_o they_o by_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o assembly_n answer_v to_o the_o ruler_n of_o the_o synagogue_n after_o this_o the_o public_a prayer_n perform_v by_o the_o same_o precedent_n as_o among_o the_o jew_n by_o the_o public_a minister_n of_o the_o synagogue_n as_o be_v already_o observe_v out_o of_o maimoni_n than_o the_o solemn_a acclamation_n of_o amen_o by_o the_o people_n the_o undoubted_a practice_n of_o the_o synagogue_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n tertullian_n who_o if_o he_o have_v be_v to_o set_v forth_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o synagogue_n can_v scarce_o have_v make_v choice_n of_o word_n more_o accommodate_v to_o that_o purpose_n coimus_fw-la say_v he_o in_o coetum_fw-la &_o 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sancti_fw-la commercii_fw-la relegetur_fw-la prasident_n probati_fw-la quique_fw-la seniores_fw-la honorem_fw-la istum_fw-la non_fw-la pretio_fw-la sed_fw-la testimonio_fw-la adepti_fw-la where_o we_o have_v the_o same_o order_n for_o prayer_n read_v the_o scripture_n according_a to_o occasion_n and_o sermon_n make_v out_o of_o they_o for_o increase_v of_o faith_n raise_v hope_n strengthen_v confidence_n we_o have_v the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n answer_v the_o admonition_n and_o excommunication_n of_o the_o synagogue_n and_o last_o of_o all_o we_o have_v the_o bench_n of_o elder_n sit_v in_o these_o assembly_n and_o order_v the_o thing_n belong_v to_o they_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o general_a correspondency_n between_o the_o public_a service_n of_o the_o church_n and_o synagogue_n they_o that_o will_v see_v more_o particular_n may_v read_v our_o learned_a mr._n thorndikes_n discourse_n of_o the_o service_n of_o god_n in_o religious_a assembly_n who_o design_n throughout_o 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〈◊〉_d 3._o i._o e._n in_o the_o stone_n parlour_n the_o great_a sanhedrin_n of_o israel_n sit_v and_o do_v there_o judge_v the_o priest_n the_o priest_n that_o be_v find_v defective_a put_v on_o mourn_a garment_n and_o so_o go_v forth_o he_o that_o be_v not_o put_v on_o white_a and_o go_v in_o and_o minister_v with_o the_o priest_n his_o brethren_n and_o when_o no_o fault_n be_v find_v in_o the_o son_n of_o aaron_n they_o observe_v a_o festival_n solemnity_n for_o it_o three_o thing_n be_v observable_a in_o this_o testimony_n first_o that_o the_o inquiry_n that_o be_v make_v concern_v 6._o the_o priest_n be_v chief_o concern_v the_o purity_n of_o their_o birth_n and_o the_o freedom_n of_o their_o body_n from_o those_o defect_n which_o the_o law_n mention_n unless_o in_o the_o case_n of_o grosser_n and_o more_o scandalous_a sin_n as_o idolatry_n murder_n etc._n etc._n by_o which_o they_o be_v exclude_v from_o the_o priestly_a office_n the_o second_o be_v that_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n 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