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habet_fw-la species_n propriè_fw-la dictas_fw-la and_o yet_o i_o acknowledge_v he_o say_v c._n 32._o s_o 5._o ecclesia_fw-la particularis_fw-la respectu_fw-la communis_fw-la illius_fw-la naturae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la ecclesiâ—s_fw-la particularibus_fw-la reperitur_fw-la est_fw-la species_n ecclesiae_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la sed_fw-la respectu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la quae_fw-la habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la integri_fw-la est_fw-la membrum_fw-la ex_fw-la aggregatione_fw-la variorum_fw-la membrâ—rum_fw-la singularium_fw-la compositum_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la respectu_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la integrum_fw-la a_o similar_v totum_fw-la differ_v much_o from_o a_o universal_a similarity_n of_o part_n do_v not_o at_o all_o hinder_a integrality_n but_o universality_n be_v of_o another_o nature_n be_v a_o abstract_n second_a notion_n society_n or_o polity_n be_v a_o genus_fw-la and_o be_v divide_v or_o rather_o distinguish_v into_o civil_a and_o 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mat._n 18._o etc._n etc._n but_o as_o the_o church_n be_v not_o one_o visible_a policy_n or_o corporation_n in_o number_n so_o neither_o in_o outward_a government_n of_o it_o vind_z 35._o answ_n the_o presbyterian_o do_v acknowledge_v many_o distinct_a particular_a corporation_n of_o particular_a church_n exercise_v government_n actual_o and_o constant_o by_o their_o own_o officer_n but_o as_o this_o oneness_n in_o kind_n of_o worship_n and_o government_n give_v every_o private_a christian_a who_o constant_a actual_a exercise_n of_o public_a worship_n be_v in_o one_o congregation_n a_o habitual_a right_n to_o worship_n god_n and_o communicate_v in_o any_o though_o never_o so_o far_o remote_a congregation_n if_o occasion_n serve_v and_o make_v he_o liable_a to_o reproof_n and_o suspension_n there_o if_o there_o be_v know_v cause_n why_o shall_v not_o the_o officer_n also_o who_o constant_a actual_a exercise_n be_v but_o in_o one_o congregation_n have_v the_o like_a privilege_n to_o 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