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To mention but one more; it is worth our Confideration, in observing what is expressed in that general Catechism made by the great Martyr Reformers, in King Edward VI. time, to be used throughout the Nation, at leaft by all the Latin Scholars, and should now be so decried by this present Generation, who so much efteemed that Time of Reformation, is a Thing to be wonder'd at. But to give a few Hints.

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