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against_o itself_o that_o house_n can_v stand_v mat._n 3._o 24_o 25._o not_o the_o house_n of_o god_n not_o the_o family_n of_o christ_n in_o what_o kingdom_n and_o nation_n soever_o establish_v all_o the_o kingdom_n and_o nation_n in_o christendom_n ancient_a and_o modern_a from_o the_o first_o to_o these_o last_o and_o worst_a of_o time_n have_v feel_v by_o sad_a experience_n the_o bitter_a effect_n of_o division_n and_o error_n in_o religion_n and_o none_o more_o than_o our_o own_o so_o late_o bleed_v even_o to_o the_o last_o gasp_n of_o death_n and_o almost_o bury_v in_o she_o own_o confusion_n which_o take_v beginning_n from_o the_o prophesy_a of_o lie_n and_o overspread_v of_o mistake_n and_o error_n in_o religion_n sow_v the_o seed_n of_o schism_n faction_n and_o sedition_n in_o separate_a and_o divide_a meeting_n or_o conventicle_n in_o private_a join_v with_o a_o sacrilegious_a vow_n break_v performance_n of_o holy_a duty_n in_o public_a all_o which_o now_o be_v as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o practise_v then_o ever_o some_o of_o who_o factor_n and_o follower_n do_v real_o intend_v all_o do_v certain_o tend_v to_o involve_v this_o church_n and_o kingdom_n into_o the_o sad_a condition_n of_o intestine_a war_n blood_n and_o confusion_n from_o whence_o by_o the_o great_a mercy_n of_o god_n we_o so_o late_o escape_v and_o now_o to_o you_o the_o reverend_a person_n who_o be_v come_v to_o visit_v we_o in_o our_o distemper_n and_o infirmity_n to_o you_o it_o bebelong_v as_o much_o as_o in_o you_o lie_v to_o give_v stop_n to_o our_o overflow_a division_n to_o restrain_v our_o licentious_a exorbitancy_n both_o in_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n in_o pray_v and_o preach_v and_o this_o whether_o in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n or_o in_o the_o house_n of_o man_n et_fw-la fiat_fw-la justitia_fw-la ruat_fw-la coelum_fw-la finis_fw-la finis_fw-la council_n leodic_n cel_z anno_fw-la 320._o can._n 15._o 17._o &_o ult_n council_n milevit_fw-la 2d._o an._n 416._o can._n 12._o council_n epaunens_n celeb_fw-mi an._n 509._o council_n gerund_fw-mi celeb_fw-mi an._n 516._o c._n 1._o council_n toll_v quart_n can._n 2._o council_n venet._n celeb_n an._n 452._o can._n 15._o council_n bracor_fw-la 1._o celeb_n an._n 562._o 19_o &_o 20._o &_o 22._o council_n vasen_n celeb_fw-mi 442._o can._n 5_o 6_o &_o 7._o orationis_fw-la sublimitas_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la orantis_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la sublimitate_fw-la vel_fw-la subtilitate_fw-la verborum_fw-la sed_fw-la humilitate_fw-la &_o devotionis_fw-la affectu_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la orat_fw-la pensanda_fw-la est_fw-la jac._n alvar._n de_fw-fr inquis_fw-la pac_fw-la versat_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o praecipitat_fw-la traditus_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la error_n alienisque_fw-la perimus_fw-la exemplis_fw-la sanabimur_fw-la si_fw-la modo_fw-la separemur_fw-la à _fw-la caetu_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la beata_fw-la beata_fw-la jac._n alba._n de_fw-fr inquis_fw-la pac_fw-la lib._n 2._o par_fw-fr 3._o cap._n 3._o sanct._n soph._n tract_n 3._o serm_n 2._o c._n 5._o 5._o consolation_n sensibiles_fw-la quumvis_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la despiciendae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la supra_fw-la modum_fw-la aestimandae_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la verae_fw-la virtutes_fw-la nec_fw-la solidarum_fw-la virtutum_fw-la effectus_fw-la nec_fw-la necessaria_fw-la prefectûs_fw-la instrumenta_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la plurimi_fw-la ad_fw-la magnam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la ac_fw-la mentis_fw-la puritatem_fw-la ascendunt_fw-la jac._n alu._n ibid._n ibid._n exod._n 25._o 40._o act_n 7._o 44._o heb._n 6._o 11._o 11._o matth._n 6._o 11._o 11._o is._n 6._o 3._o rev._n 4._o 8._o 8._o ps._n 88_o 1._o 1._o luk._n 18._o 1._o 1._o 1_o thes._n 5._o 13._o 13._o ephes._n 5._o 20._o 20._o ephes._n 6._o 18._o 18._o s._n aug._n l._n de_fw-fr haer_fw-mi theod._n eccl._n hist._n l._n 4._o c._n 10._o 10._o ephes._n 5._o 6._o 6._o gal._n 6._o 8._o mark_n 12._o 35._o
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