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4._o and_o 25._o 2_o chron._n 8._o 14_o 15._o of_o jest_n at_o other_o man_n â—â—ayers_n the_o temptation_n of_o suffering_n many_o be_v overcome_v by_o suffering_n who_o think_v they_o overcome_v it_o be_v a_o reproach_n to_o our_o nation_n that_o hornius_n hist._n eccl._n say_v ita_fw-la ut_fw-la seperatismus_fw-la sive_fw-la brownismus_fw-la non_fw-la alios_fw-la habeat_fw-la authores_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la tyrannide_fw-la &_o superstitione_n episcopos_fw-la dominantes_fw-la pag._n 244._o so_o much_o good_a suffering_n do_v whether_o all_o that_o use_v any_o thing_n in_o god_n worship_v not_o command_v and_o in_o particular_a a_o form_n of_o prayer_n be_v idolater_n and_o what_o this_o censure_n of_o idolatry_n signify_v whither_o we_o be_v guilty_a of_o consent_v to_o all_o that_o be_v faulty_a in_o the_o prayer_n that_o we_o be_v present_a at_o 17_o untruth_n of_o flatter_a christian_n whether_o any_o 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈…〉_z ignorant_a and_o injudicious_a see_v my_o book_n of_o 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