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church_n nor_o thereupon_o to_o proceed_v be_v that_o the_o church_n may_v err_v and_o that_o it_o be_v dangerous_a follow_v de_fw-fr hevige_fw-fr end_n huestige_fw-fr kerckelijcbre_fw-fr luijden_n i._n e._n the_o vehement_a and_o hasty_a clergy_n in_o eubul_n 252.254_o 256_o folly_n the_o lord_n of_o pleffy_n refer_v the_o judgement_n of_o doctrine_n and_o teacher_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o christian_n and_o not_o only_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o politic_a magistrate_n nor_o not_o alone_o to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a clergy_n neither_o only_a to_o they_o both_o no_o but_o to_o all_o man_n vide_fw-la his_o trac_n of_o the_o church_n pag._n 80_o 130_o 147._o experience_n have_v sufficient_o demonstrate_v that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a hurtful_a thing_n to_o compel_v all_o people_n to_o dance_v after_o the_o magistrate_n pipe_n say_v a_o certain_a writer_n for_o where_o it_o have_v be_v so_o oh_o what_o have_v be_v the_o effect_n thereof_o but_o most_o common_o 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to_o judge_v of_o what_o more_o assurance_n shall_v they_o have_v than_o the_o magistrate_n who_o through_o their_o strong_a importune_v blind_o persecute_v the_o heretic_n and_o have_v martyr_v and_o put_v to_o death_n most_o of_o the_o christian_n and_o servant_n of_o god_n say_v he_o how_o can_v they_o then_o more_o than_o the_o magistrate_n judge_v of_o such_o hide_a mystery_n as_o before_o mention_v vide_fw-la synopsis_fw-la disp._n 57_o thes._n chap._n 20._o chap._n xiii_o the_o necessity_n of_o just_a and_o equal_a liberty_n how_o expedient_a it_o be_v to_o hear_v and_o see_v before_o one_o judge_n how_o the_o persecute_v clergy_n do_v follow_v the_o example_n of_o the_o jew_n how_o life_n and_o conversation_n have_v not_o be_v so_o much_o look_v at_o as_o difference_n in_o doctrine_n and_o worship_n and_o how_o prejudicial_a it_o will_v be_v for_o christian_n if_o their_o counsel_n be_v follow_v that_o stir_v up_o man_n to_o persecute_v aremnus_fw-la say_fw-la the_o profitableness_n of_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n require_v a_o firm_a and_o entire_a union_n of_o all_o the_o citizen_n and_o subject_n now_o there_o can_v be_v no_o firm_a union_n say_v he_o except_o that_o all_o the_o citizen_n and_o subject_n enjoy_v equality_n and_o that_o especial_o in_o matter_n of_o religion_n for_o inequality_n among_o they_o in_o that_o particular_a be_v and_o have_v be_v of_o most_o politician_n call_v one_o pestilence_n of_o the_o kingdom_n or_o commonwealth_n anno_fw-la 1575._o com._n do_v fol._n 79._o qui_fw-la autem_fw-la partem_fw-la civium_fw-la consulunt_fw-la partem_fw-la negligunt_fw-la rem_fw-la pernitiosissimam_fw-la in_o civitatem_fw-la inducunt_fw-la cicero_n in_o offi_n when_o the_o king_n lodewick_n of_o france_n be_v much_o importune_v by_o the_o cardinal_n and_o bishop_n to_o put_v several_a people_n to_o death_n in_o his_o dominion_n who_o be_v accuse_v of_o much_o odious_a heresy_n the_o king_n say_v if_o i_o be_v to_o begin_v a_o war_n with_o the_o turk_n or_o the_o devil_n i_o will_v first_o hear_v they_o and_o afterward_o he_o send_v legaten_v to_o examine_v the_o matter_n and_o when_o he_o find_v they_o to_o be_v such_o in_o their_o life_n and_o conversation_n and_o worship_n that_o he_o break_v out_o with_o a_o oath_n and_o say_v these_o man_n be_v better_a than_o i_o with_o my_o catholic_n urede_a hand_n van_fw-mi colen_n fol._n 39_o the_o jew_n scribe_n and_o pharisee_n exclaim_v against_o christ_n to_o the_o magistrate_n and_o say_v if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v a_o evil_a doer_n we_o will_v not_o have_v deliver_v he_o up_o unto_o thou_o and_o then_o they_o accuse_v he_o of_o pervert_v the_o nation_n of_o forbid_v the_o people_n to_o give_v tribute_n to_o caesar_n of_o stir_v up_o the_o people_n of_o cast_v out_o devil_n through_o beelzebub_n and_o they_o also_o say_v that_o they_o have_v a_o law_n and_o that_o by_o that_o law_n he_o ought_v to_o die_v etc._n etc._n luke_n 23.2_o 5._o john_n 18.30_o mark_n 3.21_o john_n 19.6_o 7._o thus_o do_v they_o seek_v to_o deceive_v pilate_n who_o be_v unexperienced_a in_o their_o law_n even_o as_o the_o clergy_n now_o say_v a_o certain_a writer_n stir_v up_o the_o magistrate_n with_o their_o lie_n seek_v to_o make_v they_o believe_v that_o they_o have_v a_o law_n by_o which_o heretic_n ought_v to_o be_v persecute_v and_o put_v to_o death_n and_o by_o their_o sophistical_a art_n say_v he_o can_v they_o prevail_v with_o they_o so_o far_o as_o that_o final_o they_o to_o continue_v their_o friend_n and_o the_o emperor_n or_o the_o king_n deliver_v they_o into_o their_o hand_n as_o pilate_n do_v christ_n who_o say_v take_v he_o and_o judge_v he_o according_a to_o your_o law_n etc._n etc._n certain_o say_v one_o where_o christ_n be_v now_o make_v manifest_a there_o be_v also_o iudas_n to_o be_v find_v the_o world_n be_v no_o better_a nor_o holy_a than_o it_o be_v but_o rather_o worse_a and_o therefore_o do_v the_o truth_n now_o suffer_v under_o the_o name_n of_o heresy_n say_v he_o as_o heretofore_o for_o now_o in_o these_o day_n man_n do_v little_a regard_n life_n or_o conversation_n but_o present_o fall_v upon_o judge_v of_o the_o doctrine_n persecute_v and_o shameful_o entreat_v those_o that_o differ_v from_o they_o in_o doctrine_n though_o their_o life_n be_v never_o so_o good_a say_v he_o but_o indeed_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v otherwise_o and_o with_o the_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n to_o instruct_v those_o that_o err_v and_o not_o to_o put_v man_n to_o death_n for_o their_o error_n which_o be_v indeed_o a_o very_a great_a error_n condonabiles_fw-la sunt_fw-la quidem_fw-la piorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la errores_fw-la sicut_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la quivis_fw-la corporis_fw-la morbus_fw-la uxitialis_fw-la est_fw-la certain_o it_o be_v unchristianlike_a yea_o unnatural_a that_o any_o shall_v judge_v a_o man_n to_o be_v a_o obstinate_a heretic_n who_o live_v a_o good_a life_n and_o be_v of_o a_o upright_a mind_n and_o who_o can_v comprehend_v the_o matter_n otherwise_o than_o he_o understand_v it_o and_o thereupon_o be_v he_o resolve_v to_o suffer_v whatsoever_o may_v come_v but_o when_o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o charge_n against_o his_o life_n then_o rail_v they_o against_o his_o doctrine_n like_v as_o the_o persecutor_n of_o daniel_n say_v we_o shall_v have_v nothing_o against_o he_o except_o it_o be_v concern_v his_o worship_n and_o as_o amazia_n the_o priest_n of_o bethel_n inform_v the_o king_n against_o amos_n and_o accuse_v he_o of_o uproar_v and_o tell_v he_o that_o the_o land_n can_v not_o bear_v all_o his_o word_n amos_n 7.10_o dan._n 6.5_o act_n 24._o jer._n 26.8_o 9_o 11._o if_o one_o sect_n shall_v rise_v up_o against_o another_o to_o the_o destroy_v one_o of_o another_o which_o must_v needs_o follow_v if_o their_o counsel_n be_v follow_v who_o will_v have_v heretic_n put_v to_o death_n than_o when_o they_o have_v destroy_v one_o another_o consider_v then_o what_o a_o door_n there_o will_v be_v open_v for_o the_o turk_n and_o for_o other_o barbarous_a people_n for_o they_o to_o take_v possession_n of_o the_o remainder_n and_o then_o to_o tyrannize_v over_o they_o but_o as_o lactantius_n say_v even_o as_o they_o be_v deceive_v in_o the_o religion_n itself_o so_o be_v they_o deceive_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o its_o protection_n for_o the_o true_a religion_n be_v not_o to_o be_v defend_v with_o kill_v but_o with_o exhort_v not_o with_o cruelty_n but_o with_o patience_n not_o with_o wickedness_n but_o by_o faith_n for_o they_o that_o go_v about_o to_o defend_v their_o worship_n with_o torment_n they_o rather_o pollute_v it_o than_o defend_v it_o chap._n fourteen_o several_a testimony_n against_o persecution_n and_o force_v of_o conscience_n of_o the_o liberty_n among_o the_o heathen_a how_o meekness_n be_v better_a than_o war_n how_o the_o christian_n meeting_n be_v forbid_v upon_o pain_n of_o death_n and_o of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o faith_n and_o patience_n stephanus_n king_n of_o poland_n say_v it_o belong_v not_o to_o i_o to_o reform_v the_o conscience_n i_o have_v always_o glad_o give_v that_o over_o to_o god_n which_o belong_v to_o he_o and_o so_o shall_v i_o do_v now_o and_o also_o for_o the_o future_a i_o will_v suffer_v the_o weed_n to_o grow_v until_o the_o time_n of_o harvest_n for_o i_o know_v that_o the_o number_n of_o believer_n be_v but_o small_a therefore_o say_v he_o when_o some_o be_v proceed_v in_o persecution_n ego_fw-la sum_fw-la rex_fw-la populorum_fw-la non_fw-la conscientiarum_fw-la i._n e._n i_o be_o king_n of_o the_o people_n and_o not_o of_o their_o conscience_n he_o also_o affirm_v that_o religion_n be_v not_o to_o be_v plant_v with_o fire_n and_o sword_n chron._n van_fw-mi de_fw-fr rel._n urijh_o 2_o deel_n tindallus_fw-la apud_fw-la foxium_fw-la in_fw-la act_v et_fw-la monument_n be_v say_v the_o new-testament_n of_o christ_n suffer_v no_o law_n of_o compel_v but_o alone_o of_o persuade_v and_o exhort_v pag._n 1338._o 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