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the_o burgemeesteren_n of_o amsterdam_n testify_v that_o no_o man_n have_v power_n to_o bind_v another_o man_n conscience_n let_v he_o be_v who_o he_o will_v say_v they_o for_o this_o power_n pertain_v only_o to_o god_n under_o who_o command_n and_o power_n the_o conscience_n be_v anno_fw-la 1617._o erasmus_n say_v that_o though_o they_o take_v our_o money_n and_o good_n they_o can_v therefore_o hurt_v our_o salvation_n they_o afflict_v we_o much_o with_o prison_n but_o they_o do_v not_o thereby_o separate_v we_o from_o god_n moreover_o the_o lord_n say_v if_o they_o persecute_v you_o in_o one_o city_n fly_v unto_o another_o thereby_o do_v he_o teach_v say_v eras_n that_o persecute_v christian_n shall_v not_o expel_v weapon_n with_o weapon_n but_o rather_o fly_v before_o weapon_n for_o if_o peter_n be_v reprove_v because_o he_o draw_v his_o sword_n against_o the_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a for_o his_o harmless_a lord_n wherefore_o then_o shall_v a_o christian_a man_n for_o the_o 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tell_v he_o that_o the_o emperor_n have_v forbid_v the_o meeting_n of_o the_o christian_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o meet_v upon_o pain_n of_o death_n than_o he_o give_v the_o governor_n to_o understand_v that_o he_o be_v prepare_v to_o die_v for_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o truth_n moreover_o say_v cyprianus_n have_v we_o not_o see_v that_o the_o martyr_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o look_v upon_o their_o torment_n with_o cruel_a eye_n neither_o do_v they_o threaten_v tyrant_n but_o be_v more_o sorrowful_a for_o their_o blindness_n than_o for_o their_o own_o suffer_v anno_fw-la 1567._o petrus_n viretus_fw-la say_fw-la that_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o soon_o break_v the_o violence_n of_o tyranny_n than_o the_o patience_n of_o the_o saint_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o better_a mean_n to_o take_v away_o the_o sharpness_n of_o their_o sword_n say_v he_o and_o to_o quench_v and_o extinguish_v their_o fire_n than_o through_o faith_n constancy_n and_o prayer_n chap._n xv._n augustinus_n testimony_n how_o ambrose_n be_v threaten_v how_o private_a meeting_n can_v not_o be_v prevent_v by_o proclamation_n etc._n etc._n how_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o christian_n to_o continue_v their_o meeting_n and_o how_o we_o be_v to_o obey_v god_n more_o than_o the_o emperor_n or_o the_o king_n augustinus_n testify_v that_o when_o emperor_n be_v in_o error_n than_o do_v they_o make_v law_n for_o to_o defend_v error_n against_o the_o truth_n yet_o ambrose_n will_v not_o obey_v the_o emperor_n in_o thing_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o god_n and_o his_o command_n wherefore_o the_o emperor_n threaten_v that_o he_o will_v cut_v off_o his_o head_n then_o say_v ambrose_n i_o will_v suffer_v as_o a_o bishop_n do_v thou_o as_o become_v a_o executioner_n or_o hangman_n apoph_n fol._n 144._o the_o chronicle_n testify_v how_o that_o in_o time_n past_a private_a meeting_n can_v never_o be_v hinder_v through_o rigorous_a proclamation_n strict_a order_n and_o execution_n nor_o yet_o sect_n of_o 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