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these_o new_a superfluity_n see_v they_o have_v not_o their_o original_n at_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o that_o sacrament_n the_o channel_n &_o pipe_n as_o it_o be_v of_o succession_n here_o grow_v faulty_a and_o receive_v in_o this_o stink_a water_n run_v athwart_o the_o disguisement_n which_o they_o have_v put_v upon_o the_o holy_a supper_n be_v yet_o more_o prodigious_a they_o have_v miserable_o and_o unhappy_o mangle_v it_o they_o have_v cleave_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o king_n of_o heaven_n in_o the_o middle_n and_o cast_v away_o the_o one_o half_a of_o it_o what_o be_v it_o that_o superstition_n dare_v not_o to_o venture_v upon_o we_o have_v the_o institution_n &_o canon_n of_o this_o holy_a sacrament_n recite_v by_o three_o evangelist_n and_o by_o st._n paul_n can_v there_o be_v any_o thing_n more_o pure_a more_o simple_a less_o stuff_v with_o superfluous_a &_o superstitious_a ceremony_n less_o accompany_v with_o pomp_n &_o compliment_n now_o compare_v with_o that_o 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not_o that_o they_o who_o oppose_v he_o shall_v work_v miracle_n so_o that_o if_o we_o shall_v make_v a_o trade_n of_o do_v miracle_n or_o as_o it_o be_v stage-shewes_a of_o they_o this_o will_v make_v we_o not_o more_o justify_v but_o suspect_v chap_n xxxvi_o that_o the_o example_n of_o the_o first_o reformer_n favour_v not_o schismatics_n there_o remain_v yet_o the_o four_o objection_n that_o it_o seem_v that_o this_o doctrine_n touch_v the_o true_a mark_n of_o divine_a call_n to_o wit_n sufficiency_n &_o a_o necessity_n to_o employ_v this_o sufficiency_n favour_n &_o encourage_v schism_n but_o we_o tell_v they_o that_o this_o can_v be_v for_o see_v that_o he_o who_o make_v a_o schism_n have_v no_o necessity_n to_o make_v it_o this_o note_n agree_v not_o to_o a_o schismatical_a teacher_n who_o in_o a_o tolerable_a estate_n of_o the_o church_n erect_v a_o church_n apart_o see_v that_o than_o he_o employ_v his_o gift_n without_o necessity_n for_o the_o beat_a way_n lie_v open_a what_o 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