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shall_v consider_v it_o the_o person_n that_o he_o know_v who_o be_v so_o fearful_a and_o superstitious_a that_o they_o will_v not_o break_v up_o a_o letter_n on_o sunday_n we_o do_v not_o approve_v nor_o do_v our_o scruple_n countenance_v such_o misapprehension_n if_o we_o meet_v with_o any_o such_o for_o i_o know_v none_o of_o they_o but_o rather_o observe_v that_o a_o undue_a liberty_n be_v take_v general_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n we_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o instruct_v they_o better_o he_o tell_v we_o p._n 302._o the_o five_o or_o six_o time_n that_o superstition_n lead_v to_o atheism_n and_o add_v that_o by_o the_o power_n of_o prejudice_n and_o faction_n it_o make_v a_o man_n despise_v the_o omniscience_n of_o god_n and_o to_o venture_v upon_o the_o most_o dare_a impiety_n though_o i_o will_v not_o be_v a_o advocate_n for_o superstition_n nor_o for_o ignorant_a or_o groundless_a scrupulosity_n yet_o this_o his_o assertion_n i_o can_v understand_v for_o it_o be_v the_o apprehension_n of_o god_n omniscience_n that_o make_v these_o poor_a soul_n who_o dare_v not_o break_v up_o a_o letter_n on_o the_o lord_n day_n to_o fear_v where_o no_o fear_n be_v and_o it_o be_v want_v of_o all_o scruple_a even_o where_o there_o be_v just_a ground_n that_o make_v people_n venture_n on_o the_o most_o dare_a impiety_n it_o be_v because_o they_o be_v stout_a heart_a not_o because_o they_o be_v fearful_a heart_v and_o how_o faction_n come_v in_o to_o make_v up_o the_o scene_n i_o can_v see_v but_o that_o presbyterian_o who_o he_o have_v conclude_v to_o be_v factious_a must_v be_v the_o person_n to_o be_v thus_o load_v his_o probative_a instance_n of_o what_o he_o have_v say_v be_v yet_o less_o accountable_a it_o be_v that_o the_o covenanter_n when_o they_o in_o their_o full_a career_n against_o the_o ancient_a constitution_n of_o church_n and_o state_n thus_o
his_o prejudice_n against_o they_o do_v represent_v they_o to_o he_o and_o his_o hatred_n of_o they_o make_v he_o so_o represent_v they_o to_o the_o world_n with_o hand_n lift_v up_o to_o heaven_n abjure_v the_o primitive_a station_n and_o these_o station_n he_o high_o extoll_v and_o think_v the_o presbyterian_o know_v not_o what_o they_o be_v and_o conclude_v that_o we_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o covenant_n never_o to_o be_v present_a at_o such_o exercise_n of_o mortification_n etc._n etc._n the_o station_n be_v their_o meeting_n on_o wednesday_n and_o friday_n for_o fast_v till_o nine_o of_o the_o clock_n and_o for_o other_o spiritual_a exercise_n so_o albaspin_n who_o he_o cit_v and_o his_o adnotator_fw-la keitombellius_fw-la obseru._n 16._o p._n 23_o 24._o who_o also_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o they_o do_v primis_fw-la iâ—is_fw-la saeculis_fw-la quibus_fw-la miseriis_fw-la &_o persecutionibus_fw-la undique_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la perpetuis_fw-la stiparentur_fw-la i_o know_v no_o 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tell_v we_o of_o indulgence_n grant_v to_o these_o station_n by_o pope_n boniface_n this_o term_n may_v also_o be_v apply_v to_o their_o solemn_a procession_n for_o perambulate_v any_o piece_n of_o ground_n wherein_o they_o do_v often_o stand_v at_o such_o a_o cross_n or_o at_o such_o a_o turn_v and_o rehearse_v certain_a prayer_n this_o supestition_n be_v what_o be_v renounce_v in_o the_o covenant_n and_o it_o be_v join_v with_o peregrination_n and_o such_o other_o foppery_n he_o call_v superstition_n a_o bastard_n kind_a of_o worship_n p._n 305._o but_o scruple_v at_o ceremony_n have_v nothing_o in_o it_o like_o worship_n whether_o bastard_n or_o legitimate_a how_o will_v he_o then_o reconcile_v this_o with_o call_v our_o scruple_n superstition_n the_o jewish_a superstition_n the_o murder_v of_o a._n bishop_n sharp_a the_o heathen_n superstition_n that_o he_o have_v consult_v juvenal_n about_o none_o of_o these_o touch_n the_o presbyterian_o though_o one_o of_o they_o be_v act_v by_o some_o who_o bear_v that_o name_n to_o the_o great_a dislike_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o they_o he_o further_o argue_v p._n 307_o 308._o that_o we_o contend_v for_o our_o own_o opinion_n he_o for_o the_o church_n and_o her_o catholic_n constitution_n the_o same_o argument_n the_o papist_n use_v against_o protestant_n the_o name_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o shelter_n that_o some_o flee_v to_o when_o they_o have_v no_o other_o cover_n for_o the_o nakedness_n of_o their_o opinion_n we_o affirm_v and_o our_o assertion_n be_v as_o probative_a as_o he_o be_v that_o we_o maintain_v the_o opinion_n that_o we_o have_v learned_a from_o the_o scripture_n and_o not_o such_o as_o we_o have_v groundless_o choose_v for_o ourselves_o §_o 19_o he_o next_o p._n 309._o fall_v on_o the_o catechism_n which_o be_v own_v and_o teach_v in_o this_o church_n after_o he_o have_v load_v we_o with_o servile_a condescend_v to_o popular_a fancy_n and_o leave_v the_o people_n in_o profound_a ignorance_n this_o be_v 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