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church_n yea_o let_v they_o hearken_v at_o the_o chancel-door_n itself_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v much_o wise_a beside_o how_o will_v you_o provide_v for_o great_a parish_n where_o there_o be_v a_o thousand_o people_n a_o objection_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o then_o to_o come_v to_o the_o apostle_n where_o do_v you_o read_v that_o in_o external_n behaviour_n they_o do_v wear_v frock_n or_o gown_n or_o four_o cornered_a cap_n or_o that_o at_o their_o prayer_n they_o sit_v in_o side_n fall_v prostrate_a or_o sing_v te_fw-la dâ—…um_fw-la or_o look_v towards_o the_o south_n or_o wear_v cope_n of_o tâ—…ssue_n or_o velvet_n with_o a_o thousand_o more_o such_o question_n pag._n 446._o the_o next_o question_n he_o ask_v he_o be_v where_o the_o church_n of_o god_n so_o well_o order_v with_o excellent_a man_n of_o learning_n and_o piety_n be_v ever_o constrain_v to_o suffer_v cobbler_n weaver_n tinker_n tanner_n card-maker_n tapster_n fiddler_n gaoler_n and_o other_o of_o like_a profession_n 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