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divine_a service_n prescribe_v in_o the_o liturgy_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n 10._o the_o case_n of_o kneel_v at_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n state_v and_o resolve_v etc._n etc._n in_o two_o part_n 11._o a_o discourse_n of_o profit_v by_o sermon_n and_o of_o go_v to_o hear_v where_o man_n think_v they_o can_v profit_v most_o 12._o a_o serious_a exhortation_n with_o some_o important_a advice_n relate_v to_o the_o late_a case_n about_o conformity_n recommend_v to_o the_o present_a dissenter_n from_o the_o church_n of_o england_n see_v the_o case_n of_o indifferent_a thing_n acts._n 17._o 11._o mat._n 26._o 26._o ver._n 27._o ver._n 28._o ver._n 29._o ver._n 30._o mar._n 14._o 22._o ver._n 23._o ver._n 24._o ver._n 25._o ver._n 26._o luke_n 22._o 19_o ver._n 20._o see_v dr._n lightfoot_n on_o mat._n 26._o 26._o horae_n heb._n &_o talmud_n john_n 13_o from_o ver._n 1._o to_o 31._o vid._n hor._n heb._n tal._n p._n 300._o and_o mat._n 26._o 6._o john_n 5._o 53._o ver._n 54._o ver._n 55._o ver._n 56._o ver._n 23._o ver._n 24._o ver._n 25._o ver._n 26._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 16_o 21._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 20._o act_n 2._o 46._o act_n 20._o 7._o a_o manuscript_n of_o a_o unknown_a author_n cite_v by_o mr._n paybody_n p._n 48._o object_n mat._n 26._o 20._o mar._n 14._o 18._o luke_n 22._o 14._o answ._n i._n i._n mat._n 26._o 20._o mar._n 14._o 17._o luke_n 22._o 14._o answ._n ii_o answ._n iii_o 1_o cor._n 11._o 23_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 27_o 28._o verse_n 1_o at_o cracow_n anno._n dom._n 1573._o 2_o petricow_n or_o peterkaw_n 1578._o 3_o wladislaw_n 1583._o harmon_n 4_o synod_n of_o holl._n vid._n art_n 34_o observat_fw-la of_o the_o french_a and_o dutch_a divine_n on_o the_o harmony_n of_o confession_n edit_n geneva_n 1681._o sect_n 14._o p._n 120._o in_o hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la ritu_fw-la speak_v of_o kneel_v at_o the_o sacr._n svam_fw-la cuique_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la libertatem_fw-la saluam_fw-la reliquendam_fw-la arbitraemur_fw-la mat._n 26._o 26._o mar._n 14._o 22._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 25._o luke_n 22._o 20._o luke_n 22._o 14._o mat._n 26._o 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o marg._n gen._n 18._o 4._o 19_o c._n 2._o 24._o 32._o mat._n 15._o 2._o mar._n 7._o 3._o luke_n 7._o 44._o tract_n berachoth_o pesachin_n maimon_n in_o chametz_n umatsah_n buxtorf_n synag_fw-mi c._n 13._o vid._n buxt_n synagoga_fw-la c._n 12._o p._n 286._o vid._n john_n 2._o 6._o vid._n grot._n in_o loc_n dr._n hamond_n on_o v_o 26._o mark_n 14._o 12._o joh._n 13._o 14_o 15._o as_o the_o talmudist_n and_o foremention_v writer_n testify_v vid._n dr._n lightfoot_n hor._n heb._n 291._o see_v mr._n ainsworth_n a_o learned_a nonconformist_a in_o ex._n 12._o 8._o 11._o buxt_n syn._n c._n 13._o p._n 300._o pesachin_n fol._n 37._o 2._o hor._n heb._n 291_o 292._o in_o vita_fw-la contemplate_v p._n 663._o col._n allobro_n edit_fw-la 1613._o p._n 695._o luke_n 3._o 23._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 1._o act_n 5._o 42._o act_n 11._o 20._o marc._n 16._o 15._o heb._n 5._o 9_o 2_o thess._n 1._o 8._o col._n 2._o 6._o gillesp._n against_o cer._n p._n 339._o gillesp._n 338._o disp_n against_o ceremo_n john_n 18._o 11._o joh._n 17._o 4._o v._n mat._n 11._o 27._o luke_n 2._o 49._o joh._n 4._o 34._o joh._n 5._o 30._o 8_o c._n 28_o 29._o joh._n 10._o 25._o joh._n 14._o 24_o 31._o joh._n 15._o 10_o 15._o mat._n 3._o 16._o mat._n 28._o 19_o rom._n 6._o 4._o 6._o 11_o col._n 2._o 12._o altar_n dam._n 745._o 747._o vid._n mr._n ainsworth_n exod._n 12._o 6._o 11._o phil._n 4._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mat._n 5._o 9_o 1_o cor._n 11._o 6._o altar_n dam._n p._n 762._o disput_n against_o kneel_v p._n 2._o p._n 56._o arg_n 4._o abridgement_n p._n 61._o reply_n to_o bp._n morton_n 3_o innoc._n cer._n p._n 37._o set_v forth_o in_o k._n james_n reign_n preface_n to_o his_o serm._n last_o edit_n 1681._o 1681._o so_o st._n cypr._n st._n chrysost._n and_o st._n aug._n expound_v this_o exhort_v of_o the_o minister_n at_o the_o communion_n cyp._n de_fw-fr orat_fw-la dom._n chrys._n hom._n de_fw-fr encaeniis_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la relig._n c._n 3._o 3._o st._n chrys._n in_o ps._n 90._o greg._n naz._n orat_fw-la 40._o athanasius_n st._n cyril_n hierosol_n catech._n and_o other_o eph._n 2._o 18._o eph._n 2._o 13._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 26._o ignat._n ep._n ad_fw-la ephes._n justin._n mar._n in_o dial._n cum_fw-la tryph._n luk._n 22._o 19_o 1_o cor._n 11._o 24._o set_a forth_o by_o 1._o dr._n patriâ—_n 2._o dr._n sherlock_n object_n answer_n exod._n 12._o 14._o ver._n 11._o phil._n 2._o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o luke_n 22._o 42_o 44._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ver._n 41._o ver._n 43._o see_v the_o declaration_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o communion-service_n in_o the_o book_n of_o common_a prayer_n 1_o cor_fw-la 11_o 29._o vid._n 20_o 21_o 22._o and_o compare_v they_o with_o 33_o 34._o annot._n in_o luk._n 22._o 14._o can._n apost_n 2._o st._n ignat._v in_o 3_o epistle_n ad_fw-la philad_n trallon_n eph._n justin_n mart._n irenaeus_n dispute_v against_o kneel_v arg._n 1._o p._n 6._o p._n 26_o 27_o 28_o 31_o 37._o rom._n 15._o 2._o 3_o 8._o