5._o and_o albeit_o there_o be_v but_o one_o legal_a covenant_n yet_o what_o be_v the_o circumcision_n and_o the_o passeover_n and_o many_o more_o make_v or_o lawful_a to_o be_v make_v and_o sundry_a of_o they_o to_o be_v renew_v also_o as_o the_o passeover_n and_o other_o festival_n by_o such_o solemn_a prescribe_v and_o whereas_o he_o bless_v god_n as_o they_o that_o bless_v a_o idol_n 66.3_o idol_n esay_n 66.3_o that_o apostasy_n to_o false_a and_o strange_a god_n be_v not_o the_o case_n of_o the_o church_n or_o people_n of_o england_n so_o as_o to_o take_v rise_v from_o thence_o to_o enter_v into_o this_o covenant_n i_o desire_v he_o to_o tell_v i_o what_o mean_v the_o fall_n off_o of_o sundry_a bishop_n to_o too_o much_o popery_n both_o in_o doctrine_n witness_n all_o their_o arminian_n tenet_n which_o the_o learned_a banne_n and_o other_o dominican_n papist_n disclaim_v and_o confute_v and_o also_o in_o the_o general_a practice_n in_o cathedral_n and_o elsewhere_o the_o set_n 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