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that_o it_o shall_v be_v propound_v to_o the_o assembly_n to_o morrow_n at_o their_o meeting_n to_o take_v into_o their_o consideration_n the_o ten_o first_o article_n of_o the_o 39_o article_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n to_o free_a and_o vindicate_v the_o doctrine_n of_o they_o from_o all_o aspersion_n and_o false_a interpretation_n jovis_n 6._o julii_n 1643._o some_o general_a rule_n for_o the_o assembly_n direct_v by_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o in_o parliament_n assemble_v 1._o that_o two_o assessor_n be_v join_v to_o the_o prolocutor_n to_o supply_v his_o place_n in_o case_n of_o absence_n or_o infirmity_n 2._o two_o scribe_n to_o be_v appoint_v to_o set_v down_o all_o proceed_n and_o these_o to_o be_v divine_n who_o be_v not_o member_n of_o the_o assembly_n viz._n mr._n henry_n robrough_n and_o mr._n adoniram_n bifield_n 3._o every_o member_n at_o his_o first_o entrance_n into_o the_o assembly_n shall_v make_v a_o serious_a and_o solemn_a protestation_n not_o to_o 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