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12.14_o eph._n 5.5_o heb._n 12.14_o holiness_n not_o only_o prepare_v for_o eternal_a life_n but_o be_v great_o advantageous_a to_o the_o church_n in_o this_o world_n wheresoever_o it_o be_v it_o invigorate_v other_o of_o this_o fellowship_n that_o be_v near_o it_o 130._o ibid._n page_n 130._o and_o it_o command_v awe_n and_o reverence_n from_o all-man_n vi_o hinder_v a_o world_n of_o good_a it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o ceremony_n in_o worship_n ever_o do_v any_o good_a the_o instance_n abovemention_v full_o prove_v that_o they_o have_v be_v very_o mischievous_a and_o there_o be_v this_o to_o provoke_v all_o good_a christian_n to_o desire_v the_o cast_v they_o away_o they_o hinder_v a_o world_n of_o good_a they_o hinder_v reformation_n love_n and_o communion_n of_o church_n i._o they_o hinder_v reformation_n the_o quarrel_n occasion_v by_o they_o hinder_v the_o progress_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n bishop_n burnet_n in_o relation_n to_o england_n charge_v this_o upon_o the_o 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of_o antichrist_n tend_v to_o her_o high_a advancement_n we_o have_v be_v in_o such_o danger_n of_o destruction_n by_o popery_n and_o arbitrary_a power_n that_o our_o ruin_n seem_v unavoidable_a god_n have_v wonderful_o rescue_v we_o from_o all_o the_o plague_n that_o seem_v to_o hang_v over_o our_o head_n we_o shall_v therefore_o cast_v off_o all_o those_o thing_n that_o by_o wound_v weak_a conscience_n may_v have_v provoke_v he_o to_o set_v darkness_n in_o our_o path_n and_o by_o divide_v we_o do_v help_v to_o bind_v we_o as_o slave_n under_o the_o most_o cruel_a tyranny_n god_n may_v intend_v this_o reformation_n among_o we_o by_o the_o glorious_a revolution_n he_o have_v wrought_v by_o our_o gracious_a sovereign_n by_o which_o the_o tide_n of_o the_o last_o persecution_n from_o antichrist_n seem_v to_o be_v turn_v and_o the_o church_n to_o be_v upon_o the_o rise_a ground_n let_v we_o then_o retain_v nothing_o that_o may_v hinder_v the_o good_a work_n of_o god_n among_o we_o that_o 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