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to_o admit_v diverse_a hypocrite_n than_o to_o keep_v out_o one_o sincere_a child_n of_o god_n it_o be_v obvious_a than_o that_o hypocrite_n may_v be_v admit_v and_o yet_o the_o minister_n incur_v neither_o the_o rebuke_n of_o conscience_n or_o of_o this_o scripture_n nay_o he_o may_v be_v approve_v of_o god_n as_o do_v his_o duty_n though_o hypocrisy_n may_v too_o well_o consist_v with_o sufficient_a knowledge_n find_v belief_n a_o blameless_a life_n a_o credible_a profession_n etc._n etc._n to_o conclude_v it_o be_v very_o observable_a the_o reverend_a author_n close_v this_o first_o enquiry_n by_o say_v that_o the_o church_n here_o be_v free_a to_o admit_v those_o into_o their_o communion_n who_o be_v thus_o qualify_v we_o marvel_v then_o his_o zeal_n be_v not_o stir_v to_o rebuke_v they_o afresh_o but_o what_o will_v the_o reader_n think_v if_o we_o shall_v make_v a_o apology_n after_o all_o for_o the_o reverend_a author_n and_o assure_v he_o he_o mean_v no_o more_o than_o that_o 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pretend_v that_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o minister_n in_o new-england_n be_v of_o that_o mind_n in_o the_o beginning_n in_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o elder_n of_o several_a church_n in_o n._n england_n unto_o the_o nine_o position_n it_o be_v say_v position_n 8._o if_o you_o mean_v by_o a_o ministerial_a act_n such_o a_o act_n of_o authority_n and_o power_n in_o dispense_n god_n ordinance_n as_o a_o minister_n do_v perform_v to_o the_o church_n whereunto_o â—â—_o be_v call_v to_o be_v a_o minister_n than_o we_o awny_v that_o he_o can_v perform_v any_o ministerial_a act_n to_o any_o other_o church_n but_o his_o own_o because_o his_o office_n extend_v no_o far_a tâ—aâ—_n his_o call_n and_o now_o we_o appeal_v to_o the_o reader_n if_o the_o reverend_a author_n must_v not_o either_o renounce_v these_o his_o darling_n principle_n or_o own_v himself_o guilty_a of_o that_o declension_n from_o the_o first_o principle_n of_o new-england_n which_o in_o another_o he_o will_v call_v apostasy_n and_o indeed_o we_o know_v well_o enough_o that_o a_o few_o year_n ago_o no_o young_a man_n can_v have_v escape_v that_o odious_a brand_n that_o dare_v have_v print_v such_o a_o principle_n but_o all_o be_v well_o that_o we_o do_v ourselves_o and_o every_o other_o congregational_a tenet_n have_v be_v laudable_o reject_v have_v some_o man_n the_o do_v of_o it_o let_v another_o presume_v he_o be_v a_o backslider_n a_o aposâ—aâ—â—_n â—â—â—uâ—_n â—aâ—b_n contemptuous_a and_o despisâ—â—_n of_o his_o father_n the_o same_o thing_n to_o allude_v to_o the_o author_n word_n pag._n 71._o in_o one_o man_n be_v a_o modest_a inoffensive_a dissent_n in_o another_o a_o dare_a contradiction_n to_o synod_n qu._n 16._o be_v it_o a_o duty_n for_o christian_n in_o their_o prayer_n to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o word_n of_o that_o which_o be_v common_o call_v the_o lord_n prayer_n though_o the_o author_n answer_v hereto_o be_v very_o large_a yet_o we_o shall_v say_v very_o little_a to_o it_o or_o 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