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which_o be_v contrary_a to_o it_o certain_o our_o church_n be_v never_o able_a to_o draw_v back_o from_o the_o purity_n of_o our_o doctrine_n nor_o from_o the_o sincerity_n with_o which_o they_o express_v it_o without_o be_v at_o the_o same_o time_n guilty_a of_o great_a prevarication_n and_o moreover_o the_o lutheran_n will_v never_o have_v yield_v to_o go_v off_o from_o their_o engagement_n to_o luther_n and_o his_o consubstantiation_n if_o both_o have_v comply_v and_o meet_v at_o half_a way_n it_o will_v have_v be_v a_o most_o wretched_a peace_n quae_fw-la as_o saint_n austin_n speak_v fit_a dispenaio_fw-la veritatis_fw-la the_o present_a posture_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o england_n be_v a_o very_a clear_a and_o convince_a proof_n that_o the_o endeavour_n of_o those_o reconciler_n how_o good_a soever_o their_o design_n be_v be_v ruinous_a both_o to_o church_n and_o state_n there_o have_v be_v a_o attempt_n for_o above_o this_o last_o age_n to_o get_v into_o a_o neighbourhood_n and_o 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