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brand_a and_o capital_a punishment_n which_o sundry_a council_n and_o canonist_n earnest_o importune_v the_o temporal_a magistrate_n to_o inflict_v upon_o blasphemer_n sir_n ed._n cook_n in_o his_o 5._o report_n f._n 8._o 9_o of_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a law_n conclude_v that_o blasphemy_n apostasy_n from_o christianity_n heresy_n and_o schism_n be_v to_o be_v decide_v and_o determine_v by_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n according_a to_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o no_o doubt_n they_o may_v be_v punish_v by_o the_o very_a common_a law_n itself_o by_o way_n of_o indictment_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o hamant_n and_o lewis_n forecited_a i_o shall_v close_v up_o this_o with_o the_o word_n of_o isychius_n in_o levit._n l._n 7._o c._n 25._o x_o audivimus_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la de_fw-la castris_fw-la eduxit_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la blasphemavit_fw-la lapidibus_fw-la que_fw-la 109._o eum_fw-la opprimi_fw-la praecepit_fw-la propterea_fw-la 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like_a with_o so_o much_o earnestness_n upon_o our_o parliament_n and_o magistrate_n in_o the_o church_n and_o present_v it_o to_o they_o in_o the_o parliament_n house_n in_o print_n 2_o will_v it_o follow_v hence_o that_o because_o christ_n use_v this_o speech_n as_o a_o prophet_n a_o saviour_n only_o not_o a_o magistrate_n ergo_fw-la he_o come_v not_o to_o punish_v or_o destroy_v man_n life_n at_o all_o as_o a_o king_n when_o there_o be_v just_a cause_n for_o he_o to_o do_v it_o how_o then_o will_v mâ—_n dell_n reconcile_v or_o answer_v this_o express_a text_n to_o the_o contrary_a in_o the_o same_o evangelist_n luke_n 19_o 17._o but_o those_o my_o enemy_n that_o will_v not_o that_o i_o shall_v reign_v over_o they_o bring_v they_o hither_o and_o slay_v they_o before_o i_o together_o with_o psal_n 89_o 23._o psal_n 110_o 5._o 6._o rev._n 17._o 16._o 17._o c._n 19_o 17._o 18._o math._n 21._o 41._o to_o omit_v other_o quotation_n or_o how_o can_v he_o justify_v peter_n extraordinary_a 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