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and_o convenience_n to_o inform_v your_o self_n as_o to_o the_o particular_n i_o shall_v present_v you_o second_o with_o a_o true_a and_o brief_a account_n of_o popery_n or_o the_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o to_o those_o particular_n wherein_o they_o differ_v from_o the_o church_n of_o england_n for_o which_o cause_n we_o be_v force_v to_o separate_v from_o they_o since_o we_o can_v communicate_v with_o they_o without_o sin_n nor_o have_v we_o depart_v further_o from_o they_o than_o they_o have_v depart_v from_o themselves_o and_o the_o truth_n now_o for_o method_n sake_n we_o shall_v consider_v also_o first_o the_o principle_n or_o doctrine_n and_o second_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o pretend_a catholic_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n whereby_o it_o will_v evident_o appear_v that_o popery_n if_o right_o understand_v be_v no_o such_o beautiful_a and_o charm_a object_n as_o to_o allure_v any_o man_n of_o reason_n and_o conscience_n to_o fall_v in_o 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maker_n but_o
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wide_a gap_n to_o atheism_n and_o profaneness_n heresy_n and_o popery_n and_o be_v a_o dismal_a presage_v of_o the_o remove_n of_o our_o candlestick_n mat._n 12.25_o why_o then_o shall_v any_o person_n withdraw_v and_o separate_v themselves_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o our_o church_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o a_o few_o ceremony_n and_o set_v up_o altar_n against_o altar_n and_o hereby_o put_v a_o opportunity_n into_o the_o adversary_n hand_n to_o ruin_v both_o we_o and_o themselves_o but_o 4._o though_o all_o person_n in_o this_o nation_n be_v oblige_v to_o hold_v communion_n with_o the_o church_n of_o england_n see_v those_o pretend_a defect_n in_o she_o be_v only_a modal_n and_o circumstantial_a which_o no_o church_n in_o the_o world_n can_v be_v free_a from_o in_o this_o state_n of_o trial_n and_o probation_n yet_o we_o be_v sorbidden_v to_o communicate_v with_o any_o church_n in_o sin_n and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a reason_n and_o ground_n of_o forsake_v the_o church_n of_o 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