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against_o she_o and_o her_o child_n be_v to_o take_v special_a notice_n be_v her_o open_a profess_a direct_a intendment_n to_o honour_v they_o which_o be_v no_o god_n with_o those_o prayer_n or_o devotion_n with_o these_o elevation_n of_o mind_n and_o spirit_n wherewith_o they_o present_v the_o only_a wise_a immortal_a king_n in_o temple_n dedicate_v to_o his_o service_n he_o that_o pray_v in_o old_a time_n to_o a_o idol_n in_o a_o grove_n destinate_a to_o his_o worship_n do_v wrong_v the_o true_a god_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o he_o do_v which_o rob_v he_o of_o his_o tyth_n before_o they_o be_v set_v apart_o for_o his_o house_n but_o to_o come_v into_o his_o house_n of_o prayer_n with_o serious_a purpose_n to_o honour_v he_o with_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o a_o contrite_a or_o break_a spirit_n and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o oblation_n to_o divert_v our_o best_a intention_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o our_o fellow-creature_n be_v worse_a than_o ananias_n and_o saphirahs_n sin_n a_o lie_v to_o the_o
see_v vain_o puff_v up_o in_o his_o fleshly_a mind_n if_o so_o main_a a_o pillar_n of_o christ_n church_n as_o s._n john_n who_o foresee_v the_o general_a apostasy_n from_o the_o sincere_a worship_n of_o god_n to_o antichristian_a idolatry_n be_v thus_o shake_v with_o this_o temptation_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v expect_v that_o any_o after_o that_o satan_n who_o can_v transform_v himself_o into_o a_o angel_n of_o light_n be_v let_v loose_a shall_v be_v able_a to_o stand_v without_o vigilant_a attention_n unto_o johns_n admonition_n and_o these_o fair_a warning_n which_o god_n have_v give_v the_o world_n in_o he_o and_o cornelius_n a_o senseless_a and_o reprobate_a stupidity_n more_o than_o jewish_a have_v befall_v most_o of_o the_o modern_a romanist_n for_o their_o wilful_a relapse_n into_o heathenish_a idolatry_n what_o heathenish_a priest_n do_v ever_o frame_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n of_o the_o orthodox_n either_o so_o ridiculous_a in_o itself_o or_o which_o may_v 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john_n proffer_v to_o adore_v shall_v undoubted_o appear_v unto_o we_o and_o vouchsafe_v we_o liberty_n of_o propose_v our_o desire_n unto_o they_o we_o may_v and_o will_v tender_v they_o respect_n and_o reverence_n not_o for_o their_o civil_a dignity_n or_o hope_n of_o promotion_n from_o they_o but_o for_o their_o personal_a sanctity_n which_o shall_v exceed_v all_o the_o reverence_n we_o owe_v to_o ordinary_a godly_a man_n as_o much_o as_o the_o civil_a honcaâ—_n we_o give_v to_o king_n do_v our_o civil_a respect_n of_o any_o subject_n that_o be_v our_o better_a but_o as_o our_o sovereign_a observance_n of_o king_n or_o supreme_a earthly_a majesty_n may_v not_o transcend_v the_o latitude_n of_o civil_a honour_n so_o neither_o may_v we_o tender_v such_o honour_n reverence_n or_o worship_n to_o s._n peter_n or_o the_o angel_n be_v they_o present_v as_o will_v transgress_v the_o utmost_a bound_n of_o that_o respect_n or_o reverence_n which_o be_v in_o some_o measure_n due_a to_o every_o 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