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weak_a p._n 297_o 298_o 299_o seq_n mr._n coachman_n argument_n dissolve_v p._n 305_o 306_o 307._o seq_n the_o way_n of_o church_n judge_v in_o independent_a congregation_n examine_v p._n 308_o 309._o that_o there_o be_v no_o peculiar_a authority_n in_o the_o eldership_n for_o which_o elder_n they_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v over_o the_o people_n in_o the_o lord_n according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o independency_n of_o church_n and_o their_o six_o way_n of_o the_o elder_n authority_n confute_v p._n 311_o 312_o 313_o 314_o 315._o seq_n that_o independency_n do_v evert_v communion_n of_o sister-churche_n and_o their_o seven_o way_n of_o churches-communion_n refute_v from_o their_o own_o ground_n p._n 324_o 325_o 326._o seq_n the_o divine_a right_n of_o synod_n ten_o destruction_n thereanent_a p._n 331_o 332._o seq_n the_o desinition_n of_o a_o general_a or_o oecumenick_n synod_n p._n 332._o 333_o the_o place_n act_v 15_o far_a consider_v p._n 334_o 335._o synod_n necessary_a by_o 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hereanent_fw-la p._n 359_o 360_o a_o far_a consideration_n of_o compel_v or_o tolerate_v diverse_a religion_n p._n 361_o 362._o some_o indirect_a force_n lawful_a p_o 362._o erroneous_a opinion_n concern_v god_n and_o his_o worship_n though_o not_o in_o fundamental_n censurable_a p_o 363_o 364._o diverse_a non_fw-fr fundamental_n be_v to_o be_v believe_v with_o certainty_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o non-believing_a of_o they_o be_v sinne_n punishable_a p._n 365._o 366_o 367_o seq_n argument_n on_o the_o contrary_n dissolve_v and_o the_o place_n philip._n 3._o 15._o clear_v p_o 316._o &_o seq_n how_o a_o err_a conscience_n oblige_v p._n 378_o 379_o 380_o 381_o seq_n argument_n on_o the_o contrary_n answer_v p._n 383_o 384._o seq_n the_o prince_n power_n in_o church_n affair_n ten_o distinction_n thereanent_a p._n 391_o 392._o 393._o how_o the_o magistrate_n be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o church_n p._n 392_o 393._o the_o prince_n by_o his_o royal_a office_n have_v a_o special_a hand_n in_o 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4._o all_o who_o believe_v blasphemy_n to_o be_v truth_n and_o hold_v they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v reckon_v among_o formal_a blasphemer_n who_o malice_n carry_v they_o on_o to_o rail_v upon_o the_o unspotted_a way_n of_o god_n 5._o no_o heretic_n have_v false_a opinion_n of_o god_n such_o as_o antinomian_o and_o libertine_n who_o think_v that_o the_o regenerate_v can_v sin_v or_o that_o the_o worship_v of_o a_o creature_n be_v not_o idolatry_n can_v be_v innocent_a as_o if_o â—â—â—mply_o act_n of_o the_o judgement_n and_o mind_n not_o conform_v to_o god_n will_v reveal_v in_o his_o word_n be_v not_o sin_n as_o arminian_n teach_v whereas_o all_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v under_o god_n law_n 2._o hardly_o do_v the_o mind_n conceive_v false_a thought_n of_o god_n or_o his_o worship_n but_o there_o be_v wicked_a crook_n in_o the_o will_n and_o affection_n incline_v thereunto_o the_o mind_n and_o smoke_v the_o mind_n with_o will-guiltinesse_n 6._o except_o god_n be_v too_o 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