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10._o pag._n 557._o phil._n 1._o 15._o hos_fw-la 4_o 6_o 7._o 1_o sam._n 2._o 12_o 13_o 14_o 17_o 14._o jer._n 8._o 8_o 9_o mic_n 3._o 11_o 12._o phil_n 1._o 15._o helv_n conf_n cap_n 18_o §_o 11._o &_o 19_o §._o 9_o gal._n conf_n art_n 28_o arg._n conf_n art_n 13._o saxon._n conf_n art_n 12_o zep._n de_fw-fr sac_n l._n 2._o c._n 6._o art_n of_o religion_n hybera_n art_n 70_o carlton_n praelect_a de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cap._n 20._o we_o see_v no_o warrant_n why_o for_o every_o particular_a act_n that_o in_o a_o large_a sense_n be_v idolatrous_a adjoin_v to_o god_n true_a worship_n we_o shall_v forbear_v our_o presence_n at_o the_o true_a worship_n itself_o unreason_n of_o separation_n answ_o to_o 6._o argument_n compare_v what_o '_o master_n i._o d._n have_v write_v in_o defence_n or_o excuse_n in_o resort_v to_o the_o assemb_v of_o the_o separatist_n call_v brownist_n apol._n sect._n 5._o exam_n p._n 6â—_n &_o apol._n sect._n 28_o exam_n pag._n 246._o rome_n 16_o