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â—_o 4._o be_v never_o offer_v but_o either_o unto_o god_n or_o to_o some_o creature_n w_z ch_o be_v esteem_v of_o as_o god_n and_o therefore_o all_o nation_n of_o what_o religion_n soever_o they_o be_v have_v ever_o use_v to_o offer_v sacrifice_n as_o though_o they_o think_v that_o they_o give_v not_o unto_o their_o god_n his_o right_a honour_n and_o worship_n unless_o they_o shall_v offer_v unto_o he_o one_o sacrifice_n or_o other_o 〈…〉_o l._n 〈…〉_o pliny_n report_v that_o the_o people_n of_o sabea_n offer_v as_o sacrifice_n unto_o their_o god_n all_o manner_n of_o spice_n but_o myrrh_n where_o with_o that_o country_n abound_v other_o have_v offer_v fruit_n and_o herb_n of_o the_o earth_n other_o brute_n beast_n other_o have_v sacrifice_v child_n &_o man_n unto_o their_o god_n wherein_o though_o many_o superstition_n and_o abominable_a idolatry_n be_v commit_v yet_o thereby_o appear_v that_o noesooner_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v possess_v with_o religion_n true_a or_o false_a 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from_o a_o hear_v of_o beast_n and_o because_o the_o old_a and_o ancient_a sage_n know_v well_o how_o much_o it_o import_v to_o have_v law_n in_o a_o common_a welthe_n they_o devise_v mean_n to_o move_v the_o people_n to_o a_o great_a and_o high_a conceit_n of_o law_n that_o they_o may_v the_o more_o willing_o embrace_v they_o and_o more_o diligent_o put_v they_o in_o execution_n zoroaster_n who_o prescribe_a law_n to_o the_o bactrianes_n and_o persian_n make_v oromasis_n the_o autour_fw-fr of_o they_o trismegistus_n who_o give_v law_n to_o the_o egyptian_n say_v that_o a_o god_n enact_v they_o minos_n of_o whon_n the_o people_n of_o crete_n receive_v their_o law_n tell_v they_o that_o jupiter_n be_v the_o inventour_n of_o they_o charondas_n to_o bring_v the_o carthaginian_n to_o a_o reverend_a conceit_n of_o his_o law_n avouch_v that_o he_o be_v teach_v they_o by_o saturnus_n lycurgus_n who_o rule_v the_o lacedaemonian_n father_v his_o law_n where_o with_o he_o rule_v they_o upon_o 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the_o observation_n of_o law_n 5._o l._n 4_o inst_z 〈◊〉_d §._o 5._o caluin_n pronounce_v thus_o the_o law_n of_o man_n whether_o they_o be_v make_v by_o the_o magistrate_n or_o by_o the_o church_n although_o they_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v keep_v yet_o therefore_o do_v they_o not_o by_o themselves_o bind_v in_o conscience_n 2d_o §._o 2d_o and_o for_o a_o example_n he_o affirm_v that_o the_o apostle_n nether_a do_v nor_o can_v make_v any_o law_n in_o their_o first_o council_n 15._o act._n 15._o but_o only_o promulgate_v the_o liberty_n that_o christ_n have_v give_v and_o add_v not_o as_o a_o law_n that_o bynd_n but_o as_o a_o admonition_n 27._o §._o 27._o that_o of_o charity_n to_o their_o weak_a brethren_n they_o shall_v abstain_v from_o thing_n offer_v to_o idol_n from_o strangle_v and_o from_o blood_n and_o after_o ward_n again_o he_o repeat_v that_o although_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o government_n to_o have_v law_n human_a and_o ecclesiastical_a in_o the_o church_n â—â—_o §._o 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