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so_o great_a scandal_n for_o i_o know_v by_o manifold_a experience_n the_o danger_n that_o this_o diversity_n of_o observe_v order_n bring_v some_o poor_a soul_n have_v and_o do_v stand_v amaze_v while_o they_o see_v in_o one_o parish_n one_o form_n of_o prayer_n and_o administer_a the_o sacrament_n and_o another_o in_o the_o next_o parish_n they_o think_v these_o be_v divers_a religion_n and_o doubt_n what_o they_o may_v follow_v hereupon_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o fall_n to_o popery_n some_o to_o atheism_n &_o some_o to_o other_o heresy_n &_o schism_n these_o inconvenience_n be_v wise_o foresee_v in_o the_o establish_n of_o a_o act_n in_o parliament_n for_o uniformity_n and_o if_o political_a law_n of_o heathen_a prince_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v for_o conscience_n sake_n so_o that_o they_o enjoin_v not_o disobedience_n to_o god_n much_o more_o these_o that_o be_v for_o mainetenance_n of_o concord_n order_n and_o decency_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n aug._n epist_n 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