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up_o all_o the_o blind_a corner_n of_o his_o memory_n to_o fetch_v out_o what_o may_v be_v to_o bring_v nonconformer_n into_o distaste_n quaere_fw-la 20._o whether_o this_o be_v not_o downright_a rail_n quaere_fw-la 5.6.7.8_o whether_o the_o pharisy_n in_o their_o ceremony_n do_v not_o praetend_v more_o holiness_n than_o other_o man_n and_o whether_o conformist_n be_v not_o therein_o more_o like_o the_o pharisy_n then_o nonconformist_n whether_o this_o be_v not_o to_o leave_v the_o person_n &_o to_o gibe_v at_o sincerity_n itself_o whether_o do_v the_o profess_a enemy_n against_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n use_v any_o otherlanguage_n when_o they_o will_v jeer_v at_o the_o sincerity_n of_o god_n servant_n be_v not_o some_o historical_a use_n religious_a what_o want_v of_o sincerity_n than_o be_v it_o to_o distinguish_v that_o historical_a use_n of_o image_n which_o be_v to_o stir_v up_o devotion_n from_o other_o civil_a use_n by_o the_o term_n religious_a nay_o what_o sincerity_n be_v there_o in_o brand_a such_o a_o declaration_n with_o a_o false_a affect_a ear-mark_a his_o tart_a jest_n &_o taunt_n be_v not_o as_o grain_n of_o salt_n but_o so_o frequent_a that_o they_o seem_v as_o pickle_n in_o which_o the_o passage_n of_o his_o book_n be_v lay_v to_o steep_v &_o therefore_o i_o will_v but_o point_v at_o some_o number_n of_o place_n to_o ease_v the_o reader_n &_o myself_o pag._n 71._o lin_z praeface_n pa._n 14._o lie_n 29._o pa._n 19_o pa._n 33._o lie_n 22._o pa._n 15._o lie_n 1.2.11_o pa._n 37._o lie_n 24.25_o and_o he_o not_o only_o take_v but_o seek_v a_o occasion_n yea_o be_v content_a to_o go_v some_o mile_n about_o to_o reach_v man_n a_o blow_n who_o be_v of_o godliness_n &_o worth_a by_o some_o slight_a taunt_n to_o disparage_v their_o person_n or_o work_n that_o judicious_a &_o painful_a laborer_n &_o faithful_a servant_n of_o christ_n he_o slight_v praeâ—ace_n pa._n 4._o praeâ—ace_n on_o this_o manner_n m_o â—_o parkar_n gaudy_a &_o passionate_a 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his_o say_n our_o ceremony_n be_v not_o forbid_v by_o consequence_n only_o therefore_o they_o be_v not_o by_o particular_a word_n forbid_v the_o former_a be_v no_o reason_n the_o late_a neither_o be_v consequence_n nor_o touch_v any_o quaestion_n the_o def._n his_o second_o answer_n be_v that_o we_o may_v blush_v to_o speak_v of_o tertullian_n because_o he_o profess_v tradition_n in_o the_o same_o book_n it_o be_v answer_v that_o then_o all_o may_v blush_v which_o allege_v the_o father_n for_o that_o which_o they_o in_o other_o place_n gainsay_v the_o rejoynder_n grant_v that_o those_o need_v not_o blush_v because_o the_o father_n sometime_o be_v deaf_a and_o hear_v not_o themselves_o speak_v and_o in_o some_o particular_n leave_v their_o sound_n general_a principle_n yet_o will_v needs_o have_v we_o blush_v if_o it_o be_v not_o unpossible_a as_o his_o rejoyn_a charity_n suspect_v it_o be_v because_o they_o never_o hold_v that_o which_o we_o allege_v they_o for_o but_o how_o do_v this_o appear_v because_o they_o allow_v of_o sundry_a ceremony_n not_o praescribe_v in_o the_o word_n now_o except_o he_o can_v prove_v they_o be_v not_o as_o deaf_a on_o this_o the_o ceremonial_a ear_n or_o side_n as_o they_o be_v on_o the_o other_o or_o that_o they_o do_v not_o leave_v their_o sound_a general_n in_o the_o particular_n of_o ceremony_n as_o well_o or_o ill_o as_o in_o other_o this_o occasion_n especial_o with_o his_o affect_a exaggeration_n if_o it_o be_v not_o impossible_a and_o that_o the_o rejoynder_n can_v prove_v this_o d._n morton_n show_v in_o his_o appeal_n pag._n 324._o they_o that_o err_v in_o point_n of_o doctrine_n can_v not_o be_v altogether_o free_a from_o some_o sprinkling_n and_o spot_n of_o ceremonial_a corruption_n moreover_o how_o the_o best_a of_o those_o ancient_a writer_n allow_v of_o sundry_a humane_a ceremony_n then_o in_o use_n augustine_n show_v epist_n 119._o audeo_fw-la multa_fw-la husuâ—modi_fw-la propter_fw-la nonnullarum_fw-la vel_fw-la sanctarum_fw-la vel_fw-la turbulentarum_fw-la personaâ—um_fw-la scandala_fw-la dâ—vitanda_fw-la liberius_fw-la imâ—â—obare_fw-la non_fw-la audeo_fw-la many_o such_o thing_n i_o dare_v not_o so_o free_o gainsay_v to_o avoâ—de_v the_o offence_n partly_o of_o some_o holy_a mind_n and_o partly_o of_o some_o turbulent_a spirit_n which_o be_v the_o very_a case_n of_o the_o best_a english_a divine_n that_o do_v so_o spare_o speak_v against_o our_o ceremony_n and_o yet_o sufficient_o insinuat_fw-la that_o they_o will_v speak_v more_o if_o they_o dare_v for_o the_o time_n how_o also_o our_o divine_n do_v not_o blush_v to_o allege_v their_o testimony_n against_o humane_a ceremon_n though_o they_o know_v that_o in_o other_o place_n they_o speak_v for_o they_o this_o may_v be_v see_v in_o d._n whitaker_n tom_fw-mi 1._o pag._n 116._o insumam_fw-la augustinuâ—_n nâ—s_o illis_fw-la paucissim_fw-la ceremonijs_fw-la contentâ—s_fw-la esse_fw-la vulâ—_n quae_fw-la in_o canonicis_fw-la scripture_n continentur_fw-la si_fw-mi quid_fw-la usquam_fw-la scripserit_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la hac_fw-la sententia_fw-la minus_fw-la conveniat_fw-la in_o conciliandit_n ejus_fw-la singulus_fw-la dictis_fw-la non_fw-la magnam_fw-la operam_fw-la insumam_fw-la augustine_n will_v have_v we_o be_v content_a with_o those_o very_o few_o ceremony_n which_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n if_o elsewhere_o he_o have_v write_v aught_o that_o may_v less_o agree_v with_o this_o sentence_n for_o my_o paâ—t_n i_o will_v not_o much_o troâ—ble_n myself_o to_o reconcile_v all_o his_o speech_n d._n fulke_o rejoynder_n to_o martial_a be_v 1._o say_v plain_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n in_o idle_a ceremony_n do_v assault_v the_o church_n the_o father_n in_o they_o decline_v from_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o art_n 3._o every_o idle_a ceremony_n that_o praevayl_v have_v the_o praelate_n of_o the_o church_n either_o for_o author_n or_o for_o approver_n but_o christ_n commit_v his_o 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