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do_v they_o relapse_n after_o deliverance_n both_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o king_n and_o of_o the_o judge_n yea_o and_o after_o solemn_a vow_n of_o reformation_n how_o quick_o after_o hezekias_n death_n do_v they_o turn_v aside_o how_o quick_o after_o josiahs_n death_n how_o quick_o after_o solomon_n death_n do_v rehoboam_n forsake_v the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o all_o israel_n with_o he_o i_o think_v these_o scripture_n instance_n of_o as_o universal_a &_o far_o great_a defection_n than_o this_o be_v anent_o the_o proestos_fw-la may_v have_v make_v this_o man_n ashamed_a to_o bring_v this_o as_o one_fw-mi absurdity_n now_o what_o will_v he_o say_v to_o his_o own_o question_n here_o ay_o it_z possible_a be_v it_o probable_a that_o god_n israel_n can_v be_v ignorant_a of_o his_o mind_n and_o adventure_v so_o quick_o to_o change_v his_o ordinance_n hear_v not_o all_o the_o church_n of_o israel_n god_n voice_n from_o mount_n sinai_n have_v not_o these_o departer_n afterward_o know_v 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the_o divine_a pattern_n as_o for_o blond_n apol_n pag_n 25._o the_o informer_n have_v be_v mistake_v in_o this_o citation_n no_o such_o word_n be_v find_v in_o that_o place_n but_o in_o page_n 52._o after_o that_o he_o have_v abundant_o prove_v this_o thesis_fw-la initio_fw-la presbyter_n &_o episcopus_fw-la synonyma_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la that_o in_o the_o beginning_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o he_o begin_v the_o next_o sect_n thus_o ubicumque_fw-la primum_fw-la nascente_fw-la chistianismo_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la aggregari_fw-la collegium_fw-la caepit_fw-la antiquissimum_fw-la rectius_fw-la antiquissimo_fw-la inter_fw-la collegas_fw-la primatus_fw-la contigit_fw-la ut_fw-la concessus_fw-la totius_fw-la caput_fw-la fratrumque_fw-la tandem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jure_fw-la quodam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fieret_fw-la which_o only_o a_o mount_v to_o thus_o much_o that_o first_o a_o moderator_n among_o minister_n be_v establish_v grow_v by_o peecmeal_n to_o a_o
embolden_v to_o judge_v without_o ground_n and_o the_o person_n hinder_v to_o act_v in_o faith_n or_o induce_v to_o act_v against_o it_o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o to_o assert_v that_o the_o magistrate_n command_n can_v invalidat_n these_o ground_n and_o principle_n and_o render_v the_o action_n not_o sandaâ—…ous_a which_o be_v such_o otherwise_o be_v to_o give_v he_o a_o dominion_n over_o the_o conscience_n and_o subject_v it_o immediate_o and_o absolute_o to_o his_o law_n which_o be_v a_o principle_n disow_v by_o all_o protestant_n moreover_o the_o informer_n himself_o define_v the_o offence_n of_o the_o weak_a brother_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a a_o embolden_v he_o to_o sin_v contrary_a to_o his_o conscience_n or_o to_o judge_v that_o we_o sin_v when_o we_o sin_v not_o cite_v 1_o cor._n 8._o rom._n 14._o now_o if_o the_o action_n be_v upon_o this_o ground_n &_o principle_n necessary_o sinful_a in_o its_o present_a circumstance_n how_o i_o pray_v can_v the_o magistrate_n command_v 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ground_n and_o command_n touch_v the_o maintain_n of_o love_n and_o union_n in_o the_o church_n and_o the_o great_a rule_n of_o edification_n and_o not_o stumble_v the_o weak_a jew_n be_v the_o great_a and_o stand_a scripture_n principle_n upon_o which_o this_o decree_n be_v ground_v now_o to_o show_v how_o our_o informer_n take_v the_o papist_n here_o by_o the_o hand_n in_o this_o gloss_n let_v we_o hear_v calvine_n upon_o the_o place_n praeter_fw-la haec_fw-la necessaria_fw-la huius_fw-la vocis_fw-la praetextu_fw-la superb_fw-la triumphant_a papistae_fw-la quasi_fw-la hominibus_fw-la liceat_fw-la far_o leges_fw-la quae_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la conscientiis_fw-la imponant_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la deccrnunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la necessario_fw-la servandum_fw-la esse_fw-la pronuntiant_fw-la i._n e._n the_o papist_n triumph_v proud_o upon_o pretext_n of_o â—…his_n this_o place_n as_o if_o man_n may_v make_v law_n impose_v a_o necessity_n upon_o conscience_n because_o what_o the_o 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