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and_o contention_n about_o word_n whereof_o come_v envy_n strife_n rail_n or_o blasphemy_n evil_n surmise_n or_o suspicion_n perverse_a dispute_n of_o man_n of_o corrupt_a mind_n and_o destitute_a of_o the_o truth_n suppose_v that_o gain_n be_v godliness_n and_o although_o the_o precious_a truth_n of_o god_n be_v manifest_o reveal_v unto_o they_o yet_o do_v they_o utter_o refuse_v to_o be_v holpen_v except_o by_o some_o of_o their_o own_o party_n i_o think_v it_o therefore_o most_o safe_a for_o myself_o and_o more_o conduce_v unto_o these_o man_n information_n to_o appear_v to_o they_o under_o a_o disguise_n that_o i_o may_v deceive_v they_o into_o a_o better_a mind_n but_o since_o his_o majesty_n in_o his_o most_o moderate_a declaration_n have_v now_o condescend_v so_o low_a as_o may_v consist_v with_o his_o authority_n and_o prerogative_n and_o use_v all_o real_a inducement_n unto_o peace_n and_o unity_n what_o far_a mean_n be_v leave_v for_o the_o restore_n of_o this_o church_n and_o kingdom_n disjoint_v yea_o break_a and_o scatter_v like_o the_o dry_a bone_n which_o ezekiel_n see_v ezek._n 37._o what_o mean_n be_v leave_v for_o the_o bring_v they_o to_o life_n again_o but_o the_o endeavour_n of_o wise_a pious_a and_o moderate_a man_n their_o example_n counsel_n and_o prayer_n by_o such_o moderate_a man_n the_o kingdom_n stand_v and_o the_o church_n also_o and_o what_o mean_n do_v the_o lord_n command_n ezekiel_n to_o use_v but_o prophesy_v to_o the_o dry_a bone_n and_o prophesy_v to_o the_o wind_n for_o a_o breath_n upon_o they_o there_o be_v some_o hope_n therefore_o of_o restauration_n leave_v since_o the_o lord_n command_v ezekiel_n to_o prophesy_v to_o the_o dry_a bone_n and_o say_v unto_o they_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n o_o that_o the_o wise_a pious_a and_o moderate_a man_n according_a to_o the_o strength_n of_o god_n in_o they_o that_o be_v ezekiel_n will_v drop_v their_o word_n upon_o these_o dry_a bone_n o_o that_o they_o will_v pray_v to_o the_o father_n of_o spirit_n that_o he_o will_v vouchsafe_v they_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o moderation_n that_o every_o bone_n may_v know_v its_o place_n and_o come_v unto_o its_o bone_n that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o mutual_a yield_v according_a to_o the_o due_a measure_n of_o every_o part_n that_o so_o all_o may_v become_v one_o body_n as_o the_o element_n can_v become_v one_o body_n while_o their_o quality_n be_v in_o their_o intense_a but_o in_o their_o remiss_a degree_n and_o temper_v one_o by_o other_o until_o this_o be_v do_v what_o anguish_n what_o dolour_n and_o pain_n disquiet_v and_o torment_v the_o whole_a body_n but_o when_o every_o one_o know_v his_o place_n and_o move_v in_o it_o as_o he_o ought_v with_o delight_n what_o a_o change_n will_v then_o follow_v what_o less_o than_o even_a life_n from_o the_o dead_a then_o shall_v the_o whole_a church_n rise_v up_o tanquam_fw-la acies_fw-la ordinata_fw-la as_o a_o army_n with_o banner_n 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est_fw-la uno_fw-la verho_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la noster_fw-la beneficâ—um_fw-la tanti_fw-la per_fw-la annum_fw-la valoris_fw-la orthodoxum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la conostris_fw-la non_fw-la dedecebit_fw-la at_o super_fw-la hacâ—re_fw-la aliiisque_fw-la pluribus_fw-la tilenus_n adeundus_fw-la unum_n autem_fw-la exemplum_fw-la addam_fw-la quo_fw-la tandem_fw-la finiam_fw-la quidam_fw-la haud_fw-la it_o a_o pridem_fw-la vir_fw-la doctu_fw-la &_o partium_fw-la episcopalium_n venit_fw-la in_o hanc_fw-la â—u_n iam_fw-la examinandus_fw-la illu_z inquisitorum_fw-la antesignanus_fw-la adoritur_fw-la inter_fw-la alia_fw-la consimilis_fw-la farinae_fw-la problemiata_fw-la proposuit_fw-la istud_fw-la quo_fw-la sensu_fw-la deus_fw-la author_n peccati_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la cui_fw-la alter_fw-la quo_fw-la ait_fw-la sensu_fw-la certain_o nullo_n nisi_fw-la non-sensu_a hominem_fw-la praefidum_fw-la impudentem_fw-la perfrictae_fw-la frontis_fw-la eo_fw-la ventum_fw-la audasiae_fw-la uti_fw-la 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etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la modum_fw-la at_o hi_o conficti_fw-la olim_fw-la a_o presbyteris_fw-la asque_fw-la in_o illorum_fw-la locum_fw-la sufficiendi_fw-la hoc_fw-la ego_fw-la certissime_fw-la novi_fw-la statutum_fw-la a_o primariis_fw-la presbyterianarum_fw-la partium_fw-la new_a quid_fw-la ex_fw-la immutata_fw-la forma_fw-la regiminis_fw-la honorum_fw-la titulorunave_n deperderetur_fw-la caeterum_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la conmemorata_fw-la sunt_fw-la haud_fw-la arduum_fw-la est_fw-la consicere_fw-la homunciones_fw-la etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la titulis_fw-la honorumque_fw-la decoramentis_fw-la opprimere_fw-la ally_n ambitiose_fw-la gerere_fw-la se_fw-la posse_fw-la insolescere_fw-la ac_fw-la superbire_fw-la as_o the_o presbyter_n except_o against_o title_n of_o honour_n so_o likewise_o against_o form_n of_o godliness_n and_o those_o of_o two_o sort_n either_o form_n of_o prayer_n or_o form_n and_o mode_n of_o ceremony_n which_o consist_v either_o 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