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name_n p._n 47._o what_o man_n many_o bishop_n and_o conformist_n have_v be_v and_o be_v in_o england_n p._n 48._o the_o religion_n which_o be_v uppermost_a right_a or_o wrong_n will_v be_v profess_v usual_o by_o the_o most_o and_o therefore_o by_o bad_a man_n p._n 49._o it_o be_v worse_a with_o the_o papist_n who_o be_v many_o very_a bad_a even_o where_o they_o differ_v from_o superior_n and_o suffer_v ibid._n his_o accusation_n of_o puritan_n and_o prelaticks_n protestant_n about_o impute_a righteousness_n and_o inherent_a confute_v a_o true_a description_n of_o the_o protestant_n judgement_n of_o justify_v righteousness_n p._n 51_o 52_o etc._n etc._n his_o derision_n of_o impute_v righteousness_n as_o a_o mummery_n p._n 54_o 55._o his_o gross_a slander_n that_o we_o be_v for_o mere_a impute_v holiness_n p._n 55._o the_o true_a middle_a way_n about_o indifferent_a ritual_n p._n 56._o i._o of_o his_o charge_n on_o prelatist_n for_o silence_v puritan_n for_o not_o observe_v fast_n etc._n etc._n which_o they_o neglect_v themselves_o p._n 57_o puritan_n and_o papist_n fast_v 2._o of_o wax_n taper_n on_o the_o altar_n p._n 58._o 3._o of_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n p._n 58_o 59_o 4._o of_o the_o real_a presence_n p._n 60._o 5._o of_o confession_n and_o absolution_n p._n 61._o 6._o of_o bow_v at_o the_o name_n jesus_n and_o image_n p._n 62._o 7._o of_o the_o surplice_n girdle_n steal_v and_o casuble_a p._n 63._o 8._o of_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a p._n 64._o 9_o of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o council_n p._n 65._o 1._o whether_o god_n wisdom_n require_v it_o 2._o civil_a and_o ecclesiastic_a monarchy_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n compare_v p._n 66_o 67._o 3._o be_v the_o pope_n universal_a apostle_n or_o teacher_n p._n 55._o 4._o whether_o the_o pope_n be_v head_n but_o in_o the_o vacancy_n of_o council_n p._n 66._o 5._o most_o of_o the_o christian_a world_n by_o far_o be_v no_o papist_n 68_o 6._o the_o pope_n dissent_v from_o general_a council_n and_o so_o far_o from_o the_o universal_a church_n we_o own_v they_o when_o he_o do_v not_o 69._o 7._o the_o difference_n between_o the_o king_n headship_n and_o the_o pope_n 37._o 8._o puritan_n be_v for_o the_o king_n supremacy_n 70._o 9_o how_o far_o they_o submit_v their_o judgement_n to_o the_o church_n p._n 70._o 10._o the_o church_n teach_v we_o the_o faith_n but_o may_v not_o judge_v in_o partem_fw-la utramlibet_fw-la viz._n that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n no_o christ_n no_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n p._n 71._o ii_o it_o be_v schismatical_a and_o worse_a to_o feign_v that_o various_a habit_n gesture_n meat_n etc._n etc._n make_v various_a religion_n q._n 1._o do_v variety_n of_o liturgy_n make_v various_a religion_n 2._o be_v not_o religion_n more_o concern_v in_o the_o papist_n doctrinal_a difference_n among_o themselves_o about_o predestination_n grace_n freewill_n the_o immaculate_a conception_n and_o hundred_o more_o in_o the_o school_n doctor_n and_o about_o the_o depose_n excommunicate_v and_o kill_v king_n and_o about_o all_o the_o controversy_n mention_v by_o the_o jansenist_n in_o the_o jesuit_n moral_n and_o by_o mr._n clarkson_n in_o the_o practical_a divinity_n of_o the_o papist_n than_o in_o variety_n of_o clothes_n form_n or_o ceremony_n and_o be_v it_o not_o as_o laudable_a for_o protestant_n to_o hold_v union_n and_o communion_n with_o they_o that_o use_v not_o the_o same_o word_n or_o rite_n as_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o tolerate_v without_o so_o much_o as_o any_o disow_a censure_n the_o foresay_a doctrinal_a difference_n about_o king_n kill_v when_o excommunicate_a murder_n adultery_n fornication_n perjury_n lie_v steal_v etc._n etc._n mention_v in_o the_o foresay_a book_n p._n 72._o chap._n iu._n h._n w_n ill_o form_v accusation_n which_o he_o can_v best_o answer_v p._n 77._o what_o grotius_n mean_v by_o papist_n p._n 79._o i._o of_o papist_n image-worship_n p._n 79._o ii_o of_o pope_n pardon_n p._n 80._o iii_o their_o pray_n 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