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which_o two_o thing_n i_o desire_v the_o reader_n still_o to_o have_v a_o eye_n whilst_o i_o be_o examine_v what_o our_o author_n have_v say_v which_o may_v relate_v to_o either_o of_o they_o for_o i_o can_v so_o well_o handle_v they_o each_o apart_o because_o i_o be_o confine_v to_o follow_v that_o path_n in_o which_o he_o have_v think_v fit_a to_o lead_v i_o he_o tell_v i_o then_o pag._n 107._o that_o i_o have_v not_o faithful_o frame_v the_o nonconformist_n objection_n for_o their_o notion_n it_o seem_v of_o christian_a liberty_n and_o the_o obligation_n to_o maintain_v it_o be_v some_o what_o different_a from_o i_o and_o if_o thing_n in_o their_o own_o nature_n indifferent_a be_v impose_v though_o not_o as_o essential_a part_n of_o religion_n or_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n but_o only_a as_o part_n or_o mean_n of_o worship_n or_o condition_n of_o communion_n in_o it_o this_o according_a to_o he_o be_v a_o infringement_n of_o that_o christian_a liberty_n in_o which_o we_o be_v 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