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our_o religion_n have_v be_v hitherto_o erroneous_a or_o be_v likely_a to_o prove_v unsure_a for_o the_o future_a some_o blame_n i_o think_v be_v due_a either_o to_o former_a time_n that_o they_o have_v not_o be_v wise_a in_o recede_v from_o rome_n so_o far_o as_o they_o have_v do_v or_o to_o the_o present_a for_o not_o be_v sincere_a in_o return_v so_o fast_o back_o again_o to_o excuse_v both_o 〈…〉_z secure_a in_o point_n of_o so_o great_a concernment_n 〈◊〉_d and_o tenderness_n of_o conscience_n will_v not_o permit_v and_o to_o be_v rash_a in_o my_o censure_n without_o search_n and_o diligent_a study_n seem_v unjust_a and_o unchristian_a wherefore_o that_o i_o may_v purchase_v to_o myself_o be_v thus_o perplex_v just_a and_o fair_a satisfaction_n and_o exâ—ricate_v myself_o out_o of_o the_o mischief_n of_o stupidity_n and_o temerity_n both_o i_o do_v serious_o addict_v myself_o notwithstanding_o the_o dissuasion_n of_o my_o own_o particular_a profession_n interest_n and_o want_n of_o 〈…〉_z debate_n ventilate_v and_o examine_v the_o novelty_n of_o the_o time_n and_o very_o as_o to_o myself_o my_o endeavour_n be_v not_o long_o successesse_v for_o i_o do_v at_o last_o perceive_v that_o there_o be_v more_o danger_n in_o our_o innovator_n then_o depth_n in_o our_o innovation_n and_o as_o to_o some_o other_o not_o injudicious_a i_o find_v they_o concur_v with_o i_o in_o opinion_n and_o encourage_v i_o withal_o to_o make_v my_o observation_n more_o public_a my_o lord_n i_o know_v none_o more_o desirous_a to_o diffuse_v good_a than_o your_o honour_n nor_o scarce_o any_o better_a mean_v whereby_o to_o diffuse_v it_o to_o other_o than_o your_o 〈…〉_z wherefore_o i_o beseech_v this_o as_o a_o addition_n to_o 〈◊〉_d former_a favour_n that_o i_o may_v 〈…〉_z honour_a name_n whereby_o to_o make_v more_o acceptable_a to_o all_o good_a man_n thesepoore_a endeavour_n of_o your_o most_o grateful_o devote_a servant_n and_o allies-man_n h._n p._n errata_fw-la page_n 8._o l._n 30._o for_o 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alter_v our_o religion_n and_o to_o new_a reform_v that_o reformation_n of_o it_o which_o be_v begin_v by_o edw._n 6._o and_o further_o mature_v by_o queen_n eliz._n the_o pretence_n be_v that_o our_o ancestor_n in_o the_o reformation_n do_v depart_v too_o far_o from_o popery_n out_o of_o favour_n to_o puritanical_a calvin_n and_o so_o the_o design_n be_v to_o have_v bring_v in_o popery_n again_o but_o with_o a_o muzzle_n upon_o it_o at_o first_o as_o sir_n ben._n ruddlard_n say_v which_o muzzle_n will_v soon_o have_v fall_v off_o or_o be_v take_v off_o as_o be_v general_o conceive_v among_o other_o innovation_n much_o care_n be_v have_v of_o altar_n many_o book_n be_v print_v and_o set_v forth_o by_o authority_n in_o favour_n of_o they_o but_o no_o man_n be_v suffer_v to_o say_v do_v or_o write_v any_o thing_n in_o answer_n or_o prejudice_n thereof_o the_o time_n be_v now_o a_o little_a more_o propitious_a and_o that_o audaciate_v i_o beyond_o my_o learning_n or_o profession_n to_o 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chap._n 1._o 1_o concerning_o the_o reality_n of_o altar_n as_o for_o the_o maintain_n of_o real_a and_o proper_a altar_n doctor_n heylin_n lay_v these_o ground_n he_o say_v that_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o saviour_n as_o it_o be_v prefigure_v to_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o legal_a sacrifice_n a_o part_n ante_fw-la so_o by_o christ_n institution_n it_o be_v to_o be_v commemorate_a by_o we_o christian_n in_o the_o holy_a supper_n a_o part_n post_fw-la a_o sacrifice_n it_o be_v in_o figure_n a_o sacrifice_n in_o fact_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n a_o sacrifice_n in_o the_o commemoration_n or_o upon_o the_o post_n fact_n he_o say_v further_a that_o if_o a_o sacrifice_n be_v there_o must_v also_o be_v both_o priest_n and_o altar_n yet_o he_o assign_v these_o difference_n that_o the_o former_a sacrifice_n be_v bloody_a as_o this_o be_v not_o that_o the_o former_a priest_n be_v from_o aaron_n we_o from_o melehisedeck_n that_o the_o former_a altar_n be_v for_o mosaical_a we_o for_o evangelical_a sacrifice_n to_o show_v the_o weakness_n of_o these_o ground_n we_o answer_v that_o the_o word_n sacrifice_n take_v in_o a_o general_a sense_n for_o any_o sacred_a office_n or_o divine_a service_n perform_v do_v not_o infer_v any_o propriety_n of_o either_o priest_n or_o altar_n and_o if_o we_o take_v sacrifice_n in_o that_o serise_n as_o the_o patriarch_n jew_n or_o heathen_n do_v or_o as_o papist_n now_o do_v we_o grant_v priest_n and_o altar_n be_v necessary_o imply_v thereby_o but_o such_o a_o sacrifice_n we_o deny_v our_o communion_n to_o be_v it_o be_v true_a the_o passion_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v prefigure_v in_o sacrifice_n a_o part_n ante_fw-la but_o very_o dark_o and_o if_o cain_n abel_n noah_n or_o aaron_n do_v sacrifice_n to_o foresignify_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n yet_o their_o main_n or_o their_o mere_a end_n be_v not_o to_o make_v any_o such_o type_n or_o figure_n sacrifice_n be_v from_o the_o beginning_n as_o well_o before_o aaron_n as_o after_o 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but_o a_o slanderous_a consequent_a issue_v out_o of_o his_o malice_n not_o out_o of_o our_o tenet_n for_o if_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o sacrament_n do_v not_o whole_o consist_v in_o be_v a_o sacrifice_n or_o the_o honour_n of_o sacrifice_n in_o the_o external_a work_n do_v there_o be_v no_o more_o necessity_n of_o altar_n than_o table_n or_o that_o either_o altar_n or_o table_n shall_v be_v hold_v so_o essential_o honourable_a to_o the_o sacrament_n and_o this_o may_v be_v hold_v by_o he_o which_o hold_v not_o all_o place_n equal_a and_o indifferent_a for_o divine_a service_n wherefore_o as_o for_o saint_n cyprian_n rule_n eucharistia_n in_fw-la altari_fw-la consecratur_fw-la which_o doctor_n pocklington_n affirm_v to_o be_v undeniable_a we_o say_v it_o must_v stand_v with_o our_o saviour_n example_n who_o do_v administer_v the_o eucharist_n upon_o a_o real_a table_n but_o upon_o a_o imaginary_a altar_n and_o so_o we_o be_v not_o oppose_v to_o it_o but_o say_v doctor_n heylin_n 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of_o sacrifice_n nor_o minister_n but_o under_o the_o name_n of_o priest_n nor_o the_o communion-table_n but_o under_o the_o name_n of_o altar_n d._n heylins_n supposition_n herein_o of_o i_o must_v be_v more_o weighty_a than_o my_o own_o certain_a knowledge_n of_o myself_o doctor_n pocklington_n also_o concur_v herein_o for_o he_o which_o deny_v altar_n say_v he_o may_v as_o well_o deny_v church_n and_o he_o which_o deny_v church_n may_v as_o well_o deny_v the_o throne_n of_o bishop_n in_o the_o choir_n near_o the_o altar-place_n and_o he_o which_o deny_v throne_n deny_v the_o truth_n of_o christian_a religion_n by_o a_o strange_a dismember_v deform_a kind_n of_o argumentation_n he_o make_v altar_n as_o necessary_a to_o be_v believe_v as_o throne_n of_o bishop_n and_o throne_n as_o the_o succession_n of_o bishop_n and_o the_o succession_n of_o bishop_n as_o the_o rock_n and_o foundation_n of_o all_o religion_n cartwright_n ames_n and_o those_o of_o geneva_n and_o all_o other_o country_n which_o can_v derive_v their_o lineal_a succession_n of_o bishop_n from_o the_o apostle_n be_v puritan_n and_o heretic_n though_o they_o scarce_o differ_v from_o we_o in_o any_o other_o point_n of_o consequence_n yet_o in_o this_o they_o be_v in_o worse_a condition_n than_o the_o papist_n the_o anchor_n of_o our_o salvation_n be_v that_o my_o lord_n of_o canterbury_n be_v lineal_o descend_v from_o saint_n peter_n for_o no_o inthronization_n of_o bishop_n no_o personal_a succession_n and_o no_o personal_a succession_n no_o derivation_n of_o faith_n can_v be_v from_o god_n to_o etc._n etc._n be_v not_o this_o write_v against_o puritan_n or_o by_o such_o as_o have_v a_o authority_n to_o prove_v quidlibet_fw-la ex_fw-la quolibet_fw-la it_o will_v deserve_v laughter_n and_o not_o a_o answer_n but_o now_o we_o must_v be_v more_o serious_a the_o allegation_n be_v that_o there_o be_v the_o same_o evidence_n for_o altar_n as_o throne_n and_o therefore_o since_o it_o be_v most_o 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apostolical_a and_o till_o the_o doctor_n can_v better_o convince_v i_o of_o they_o i_o can_v wish_v he_o will_v call_v in_o his_o anathema_n or_o rather_o epigram_n against_o such_o atheist_n as_o i_o be_o but_o say_v doctor_n pocklington_n further_o no_o altar_n no_o priest_n no_o priest_n no_o rubric_n etc._n etc._n but_o we_o say_v in_o answer_n first_o that_o the_o relation_n between_o priest_n and_o altar_n be_v not_o inseparable_a as_o have_v be_v prove_v second_o that_o the_o word_n priest_n derive_v from_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o imply_v not_o real_a sacrifice_n three_o if_o we_o do_v reject_v the_o word_n priest_n utter_o as_o less_o proper_a than_o minister_n and_o less_o fit_a to_o be_v use_v as_o sir_n francis_n bacon_n maintain_v and_o as_o we_o do_v not_o affect_v to_o use_v it_o yet_o we_o reject_v not_o the_o thing_n with_o the_o name_n the_o same_o ministry_n the_o same_o sacred_a order_n we_o retain_v and_o honour_n and_o 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