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as_o to_o obdurateness_n pag._n 235._o neither_o the_o war_n nor_o last_a plague_n nor_o dreadful_a flame_n which_o follow_v move_v you_o say_v he_o to_o see_v so_o great_a and_o grievous_a sin_n no_o nor_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o obduration_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o the_o pharisee_n with_o the_o consequent_n make_v you_o afraid_a lest_o wrath_n shall_v come_v upon_o you_o to_o the_o uttermost_a 7._o it_o will_v be_v indeed_o endless_a to_o set_v down_o those_o several_a passage_n he_o have_v which_o in_o humane_a appearance_n can_v have_v no_o other_o design_n than_o to_o expose_v our_o church_n and_o clergy_n to_o this_o purpose_n the_o corrupt_a manner_n not_o unjust_o tax_v in_o the_o romish_a clergy_n both_o by_o ancient_n and_o more_o modern_a censor_n of_o they_o be_v careful_o sum_v up_o and_o a_o charitable_a suggestion_n make_v that_o our_o life_n be_v the_o commentary_n with_o which_o they_o be_v to_o be_v read_v pag._n 172_o 173_o 174_o 175._o and_o because_o many_o reader_n haply_o understand_v not_o latin_a the_o same_o or_o worse_a character_n of_o we_o be_v scatter_v and_o insinuate_v up_o and_o down_o throughout_o the_o book_n in_o english_a pag._n 50._o according_a to_o this_o rule_n which_o we_o dissent_v from_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v suffer_v to_o be_v hang_v and_o damn_v for_o ever_o rather_o than_o a_o conformist_n shall_v lose_v a_o game_n at_o chess_n or_o a_o cup_n of_o sack_n or_o abate_v a_o ceremony_n and_o again_o at_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o same_o page_n be_v i_o of_o this_o opinion_n i_o shall_v not_o stick_v to_o make_v merchandise_n of_o soul_n and_o to_o sell_v a_o hundred_o for_o a_o benefice_n and_o twenty_o thousand_o for_o a_o bishopric_n nor_o to_o give_v over_o preach_v etc._n etc._n then_o as_o to_o our_o labour_n and_o what_o we_o do_v in_o discharge_n of_o our_o ministry_n hear_v how_o vile_a all_o that_o be_v as_o well_o as_o our_o life_n and_o heart_n pag._n 203._o if_o these_o preacher_n speak_v of_o the_o nonconformist_n will_v have_v talk_v a_o little_a half-sense_n as_o they_o do_v often_o and_o print_v it_o too_o and_o have_v read_v a_o cold_a oration_n and_o live_v like_o those_o that_o have_v little_a sense_n of_o god_n and_o heaven_n and_o will_v save_v man_n by_o a_o charm_n of_o word_n and_o show_v without_o serious_a godliness_n and_o christianity_n they_o may_v have_v have_v maintenance_n and_o as_o much_o honour_n as_o such_o man_n as_o these_o can_v put_v upon_o they_o but_o judicious_a serious_a hearty_a godliness_n be_v intolerable_a to_o all_o the_o fleshly_a tribe_n who_o mind_n neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o which_o their_o interest_n and_o disposition_n have_v a_o enmity_n i_o again_o will_v return_v nothing_o hereto_o but_o only_o ask_v whether_o these_o thing_n tend_v to_o peace_n nay_o do_v they_o not_o evident_o infer_v that_o no_o peace_n ought_v to_o be_v with_o we_o for_o if_o holiness_n be_v the_o condition_n and_o measure_n of_o peace_n with_o such_o man_n as_o he_o make_v we_o what_o peace_n can_v genuine_a christian_n enter_v or_o maintain_v or_o final_o be_v this_o agreeable_a to_o his_o own_o principle_n express_v pag._n 8_o that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o vilify_v our_o brethren_n and_o represent_v they_o as_o odious_a and_o intolerable_a and_o overlook_v that_o of_o christ_n which_o be_v amiable_a in_o they_o 8._o but_o as_o to_o some_o of_o our_o particular_a person_n we_o will_v have_v bear_v more_o silent_o such_o calumny_n though_o there_o be_v enough_o of_o we_o that_o can_v never_o play_v a_o game_n at_o chess_n in_o our_o life_n the_o do_v of_o which_o in_o season_n notwithstanding_o we_o take_v not_o to_o be_v a_o sin_n nor_o ever_o make_v merchandise_n of_o soul_n nor_o have_v leave_v off_o preach_v etc._n etc._n we_o will_v have_v bear_v this_o i_o say_v without_o complaint_n be_v he_o not_o please_v to_o deal_v as_o unkind_o to_o say_v no_o worse_o with_o the_o very_a constitution_n itself_o it_o be_v small_a perhaps_o that_o he_o say_v our_o article_n to_o which_o we_o require_v subscription_n be_v not_o intelligible_a or_o have_v contrary_a meaning_n to_o fit_v the_o use_n of_o every_o subscriber_n pag._n 122._o of_o which_o imputation_n perhaps_o i_o may_v speak_v anon_o yet_o that_o be_v not_o so_o easy_o to_o be_v pass_v by_o that_o in_o order_n to_o the_o fix_v looseness_n upon_o our_o principle_n and_o cause_n to_o use_v his_o term_n i._n e._n in_o plain_a english_a on_o our_o law_n and_o church_n he_o accuse_v the_o law_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o looseness_n in_o seven_o particular_n and_o of_o those_o seven_o proposition_n he_o bring_v five_o be_v notorious_o false_a whether_o he_o know_v it_o or_o no_o i_o will_v not_o say_v viz._n 1_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 7_o the_o second_o be_v impertinent_a for_o it_o pronounce_v only_o touch_v baptise_v infant_n die_v before_o actual_a sin_n can_v be_v no_o encouragement_n to_o looseness_n of_o life_n and_o the_o damn_v of_o child_n for_o the_o vice_n of_o their_o immediate_a parent_n be_v a_o doctrine_n which_o i_o believe_v mr._n baxter_n will_v be_v loath_a to_o be_v put_v upon_o to_o make_v good_a and_o the_o six_o be_v a_o uncertain_a inference_n of_o his_o own_o from_o the_o word_n of_o the_o liturgy_n take_v in_o nequiorem_fw-la sensum_fw-la too_o tedious_a will_v it_o be_v to_o speak_v several_o to_o each_o in_o short_a to_o they_o all_o i_o say_v no_o person_n by_o the_o present_a law_n of_o the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v confirm_v till_o he_o understand_v in_o some_o good_a measure_n as_o well_o as_o be_v able_a to_o repeat_v the_o word_n of_o the_o catechism_n be_v present_v and_o therefore_o approve_v as_o such_o by_o the_o minister_n this_o be_v plain_a enough_o from_o the_o rubric_n and_o from_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o office_n of_o confirmation_n next_o no_o person_n be_v to_o communicate_v till_o confirm_v or_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n be_v desirous_a 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