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lawful_a authority_n any_o way_n for_o say_v the_o xxx_o canon_n and_o i_o embrace_v it_o thing_n of_o themselves_o indifferent_a do_v in_o some_o sort_n alter_v their_o nature_n when_o they_o be_v either_o command_v or_o forbid_v by_o a_o lawful_a magistrate_n and_o may_v not_o be_v omit_v at_o every_o man_n pleasure_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n when_o they_o be_v command_v nor_o ùse_v when_o they_o be_v prohibit_v till_o then_o at_o least_o i_o may_v use_v the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n you_o say_v it_o be_v popery_n but_o you_o must_v remember_v that_o all_o your_o word_n be_v not_o gospel_n nor_o all_o popery_n that_o displease_v a_o puritan_n chap._n xxv_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n approve_v vnadvised_a informer_n noveller_n reject_v informer_n hemention_v and_o approve_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o ancient_n they_o sign_v say_v he_o their_o forehead_n their_o hand_n etc._n etc._n mountagu_n it_o be_v true_a he_o mention_v that_o practice_n of_o antiquity_n it_o be_v false_a that_o he_o approve_v it_o in_o that_o passage_n of_o he_o for_o he_o bare_o relate_v it_o and_o no_o more_o but_o you_o know_v his_o heart_n peradventure_o by_o instinct_n for_o though_o it_o then_o drop_v not_o from_o his_o pen_n what_o he_o think_v thereof_o yet_o see_v you_o put_v he_o to_o it_o to_o discover_v himself_o he_o have_v do_v it_o and_o do_v assure_v you_o he_o do_v approve_v it_o and_o it_o seem_v strange_a to_o he_o that_o some_o few_o pigmy_n of_o these_o time_n shall_v presume_v to_o control_v the_o practice_n of_o those_o ancient_a hero_n of_o former_a age_n and_o to_o do_v it_o so_o with_o a_o high-hand_n wherein_o unadvised_o they_o run_v upon_o that_o rock_n which_o of_o all_o they_o can_v endure_v to_o fall_v upon_o for_o they_o confess_v therein_o that_o popery_n be_v ancient_a which_o m._n mountagu_n say_v all_o the_o papist_n in_o the_o world_n can_v prove_v for_o they_o say_v in_o direct_a term_n m._n mountagu_n approve_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o that_o which_o he_o approve_v be_v by_o themselves_o censure_v for_o popery_n nay_o more_o they_o profess_v themselves_o therein_o papist_n that_o give_v so_o much_o credit_n unto_o popery_n as_o to_o confess_v it_o so_o direct_o to_o be_v ancient_a out_o of_o this_o ground_n è_fw-la lege_fw-la â—alionis_fw-la because_o they_o have_v now_o more_o than_o once_o inform_v against_o i_o for_o popery_n i_o may_v as_o well_o pay_v they_o in_o their_o own_o coin_n howsoever_o let_v all_o noveller_n know_v i_o have_v rather_o venture_v to_o approve_v a_o suppose_a error_n with_o those_o ancient_n the_o learn_a in_o the_o primitive_a church_n of_o old_a than_o a_o imaginary_a truth_n or_o not_o so_o good_a with_o these_o youngling_n according_a to_o that_o dictate_v of_o the_o council_n of_o niee_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n xxvi_o the_o testimony_n of_o s._n athanasius_n vilify_v by_o the_o