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to_o perform_v his_o civil_a function_n which_o be_v to_o sustain_v his_o master_n walk_v or_o kneel_v do_v bow_v himself_o when_o his_o master_n bow_v before_o the_o idol_n without_o which_o action_n say_v abulensis_n non_fw-la poterat_fw-la sustentare_fw-la dominum_fw-la flectentem_fw-la genua_fw-la 6.5_o toslat_fw-la in_o 4._o reg._n 6.5_o he_o can_v not_o have_v bear_v his_o master_n up_o when_o he_o bend_v his_o knee_n that_o then_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v merciful_a unto_o he_o in_o that_o one_o thing_n this_o be_v the_o doubt_n move_v as_o sleidan_n in_o the_o seven_o of_o his_o comment_n have_v it_o by_o a_o duke_n of_o saxony_n to_o the_o protestant_a divine_n when_o according_a to_o his_o place_n he_o be_v cite_v by_o charles_n the_o five_o to_o bear_v the_o sword_n before_o he_o go_v to_o mass_n and_o it_o be_v thus_o resolve_v that_o he_o may_v lawful_o do_v it_o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la suum_fw-la officium_fw-la esset_fw-la enocatus_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la missam_fw-la 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sacrificanti_fw-la ero_fw-la tantum_fw-la spectator_n sacrificij_fw-la it_o be_v lawful_a to_o be_v present_a in_o some_o thing_n which_o import_v a_o officious_a respect_n to_o the_o man_n and_o not_o to_o the_o idol_n if_o be_v call_v to_o the_o sacrifice_n itself_o i_o come_v i_o be_o partaker_n of_o the_o idolatry_n if_o some_o other_o cause_n join_v i_o to_o he_o which_o sacrifice_v i_o shall_v be_v only_o a_o spectator_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n the_o like_a judgement_n he_o give_v of_o servant_n child_n and_o subject_n which_o perform_v civil_a duty_n to_o their_o lord_n and_o parent_n at_o such_o ceremony_n cit_fw-la tostat_fw-la lotâ—_n sup_n cit_fw-la and_o no_o less_o think_v tostatus_n and_o peter_n martyr_n of_o captive_a maid_n who_o office_n be_v 6.5_o pet._n martyr_n in_o 2._o regum_fw-la 6.5_o to_o bear_v up_o their_o mistress_n train_n to_o the_o temple_n of_o idol_n so_o that_o no_o sign_n or_o token_n be_v give_v by_o they_o of_o the_o least_o respect_n or_o 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tam_fw-la iusta_fw-la nulia_fw-la est_fw-la consultatio_fw-la in_o so_o just_a a_o cause_n there_o be_v no_o place_n leave_v for_o consultation_n what_o no_o place_n for_o consultation_n why_o then_o a_o nicodemite_n of_o our_o age_n will_v reply_v that_o christianity_n seem_v of_o all_o sect_n the_o cruel_a which_o will_v bear_v no_o corrival_n nor_o allow_v her_o professor_n any_o guard_n but_o naked_a truth_n for_o preservation_n of_o their_o life_n and_o liberty_n but_o these_o observe_v not_o the_o magnificencie_n and_o bounty_n of_o their_o mistress_n they_o aim_v at_o the_o society_n of_o man_n she_o tell_v they_o of_o the_o company_n of_o angel_n they_o meditate_v upon_o these_o rot_a and_o decay_a tenement_n upon_o earth_n she_o wish_v they_o rather_o those_o firm_a mansion_n house_n in_o heaven_n they_o will_v content_v themselves_o with_o under-office_n she_o show_v they_o the_o dominion_n over_o ten_o city_n they_o plead_v for_o their_o province_n she_o kingdom_n they_o desire_v a_o life_n which_o lead_v unto_o death_n she_o counsel_v rather_o to_o accept_v of_o that_o death_n which_o assure_v they_o of_o life_n but_o this_o counsel_n fit_v they_o best_a who_o necessary_a occasion_n detain_v in_o athens_n as_o for_o those_o which_o to_o satisfy_v their_o unsatiat_a appetite_n in_o curiosity_n intrude_v themselves_o voluntary_o into_o such_o peril_n lapsis_fw-la cyprian_n sermon_n de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la that_o of_o cyprian_n suit_n more_o fit_o he_o may_v complain_v of_o torment_n which_o be_v overcome_v of_o torment_n and_o pretend_v pain_n for_o his_o excuse_n who_o pain_n have_v vanquish_v sed_fw-la hic_fw-la non_fw-la fides_fw-la congressa_fw-la cecidit_fw-la sed_fw-la congressionem_fw-la perfidia_fw-la praevenit_fw-la nec_fw-la excusat_fw-la oppressum_fw-la necessitas_fw-la criminis_fw-la ubi_fw-la crimen_fw-la est_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la but_o here_o faith_n fail_v not_o be_v encounter_v but_o the_o encounter_n perfidiousness_n prevent_v nor_o do_v necessity_n excuse_v the_o guilty_a where_o the_o fault_n be_v voluntary_a but_o they_o dissemble_v they_o will_v pretend_v to_o discover_v
the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n weak_a impiety_n thou_o see_v they_o perhaps_o commit_v folly_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n see_v not_o that_o thou_o thyself_o commit_v great_a villainy_n thou_o may_v observe_v they_o woship_v like_o these_o athenian_n a_o god_n who_o they_o know_v not_o but_o alas_o thou_o observe_v not_o that_o thou_o deny_v a_o god_n which_o thou_o know_v thou_o may_v perhaps_o descry_v in_o they_o some_o treachery_n to_o thy_o state_n and_o yet_o discrie_v not_o that_o thou_o thyself_o be_v more_o treacherous_a to_o thy_o god_n thou_o may_v be_v proud_a that_o thy_o paper_n be_v replenish_v with_o vanity_n of_o other_o and_z lo_o thy_o heart_n more_o black_a than_o thy_o ink_n be_v dye_v with_o perfidiousness_n of_o thy_o own_o in_o a_o word_n when_o thou_o be_v return_v home_o thou_o have_v a_o few_o sheet_n to_o show_v of_o their_o absurdity_n and_o whole_a volume_n be_v they_o write_v of_o thy_o own_o impiety_n mistake_v i_o not_o belove_v i_o intend_v not_o by_o this_o discourse_n to_o condemn_v travel_v but_o to_o propose_v saint_n paul_n pauli_n ortel_n pereg_n d._n pauli_n who_o peregrination_n have_v fill_v a_o map_n of_o more_o than_o half_a the_o inhabired_a world_n to_o be_v a_o pattern_n to_o traveller_n 6._o ambroslib_a 1._o epist._n ep_v 6._o ambrose_n upon_o those_o word_n of_o esay_n vae_fw-la ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la descendunt_fw-la in_o aegyptum_fw-la woe_n be_v to_o those_o which_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n non_fw-la utique_fw-la say_v he_o transire_fw-la in_fw-la aegyptum_fw-la criminosum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la transire_fw-la in_o mores_fw-la egyptiorum_n transire_fw-la in_o corum_fw-la persidiam_fw-la escae_fw-la cupiditatem_fw-la luxuriae_fw-la defor_o mitatem_fw-la qui_fw-la eo_fw-la transit_fw-la descendit_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la descendit_fw-la cadit_fw-la i_o english_a it_o it_o be_v not_o criminous_a or_o unlawful_a to_o go_v into_o egypt_n but_o to_o go_v into_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o egyptian_n to_o go_v into_o their_o perfidiousness_n to_o lust_n after_o their_o pippin_n and_o onion_n he_o which_o so_o go_v thither_o do_v descend_v opusc_fw-la vid._n caluin_n opusc_fw-la and_o who_o descend_v falls_z i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a how_o far_o divine_n allow_v a_o traveller_n to_o suit_n and_o conform_v himself_o to_o the_o fashion_n of_o idolater_n as_o first_o in_o civil_a thing_n which_o be_v common_a to_o their_o nation_n not_o note_n of_o their_o idolatry_n idololat_a tertull._n lib._n the_o idololat_a such_o as_o tertullian_n term_n nativitatis_fw-la insignia_fw-la non_fw-la pietatis_fw-la generis_fw-la non_fw-la honoris_fw-la ordinis_fw-la non_fw-la superstitionis_fw-la distinction_n of_o their_o birth_n or_o family_n not_o of_o any_o idolatrous_a honour_n or_o authority_n and_o mark_n of_o their_o order_n not_o of_o superstition_n second_o in_o thing_n which_o though_o they_o be_v necessary_o impose_v upon_o the_o conscience_n yet_o in_o themselves_o be_v indifferent_a as_o abstayn_v from_o certain_a meat_n or_o observe_v of_o certain_a day_n which_o the_o apostle_n mention_n in_o the_o 1._o corinth_n so_o that_o we_o give_v no_o sign_n of_o agreement_n in_o subiect_v the_o conscience_n to_o they_o but_o in_o these_o we_o must_v go_v ad_fw-la arras_n usque_fw-la till_o our_o faith_n interpose_v her_o right_n when_o that_o be_v touch_v or_o question_v no_o man_n may_v be_v still_o or_o silent_a he_o which_o have_v a_o tongue_n to_o speak_v he_o must_v speak_v he_o which_o have_v ear_n to_o hear_v he_o must_v hear_v he_o that_o have_v hand_n to_o lift_v up_o he_o must_v lift_v they_o up_o neither_o action_n voice_n nor_o gesture_n may_v be_v deficient_a in_o a_o cause_n which_o so_o near_o concern_v our_o lord_n and_o master_n ibid._n tertul._n ibid._n quid_fw-la refert_fw-la say_v tertullian_n deos_fw-la nationum_fw-la dicendo_fw-la deos_fw-la a_o audiendo_fw-la confirm_v what_o matter_n it_o whether_o thou_o confirme_v the_o god_n of_o the_o nation_n by_o speak_v or_o by_o hear_v the_o lord_n may_v have_v command_v his_o people_n as_o baruch_n have_v it_o when_o you_o see_v in_o babylon_n god_n of_o silver_n and_o of_o gold_n and_o of_o wood_n bear_v upon_o man_n shoulder_n which_o cause_n the_o nation_n to_o fear_n say_v you_o in_o your_o heart_n o_o lord_n we_o must_v worship_v thou_o 10.11_o jer._n 10.11_o but_o jeremiah_n in_o his_o ten_o chapter_n and_o the_o eleven_o verse_n tell_v the_o remnant_n of_o juda_n this_o must_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o that_o the_o heart_n speak_v but_o the_o tongue_n also_o must_v tell_v babel_n inhabitant_n the_o god_n that_o have_v not_o make_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n even_o they_o shall_v perish_v from_o the_o earth_n and_o from_o under_o these_o heaven_n in_o which_o word_n one_o thing_n be_v worth_a the_o observe_n that_o whereas_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o jeremie_n be_v write_v in_o hebrew_n this_o verse_n alone_o be_v write_v in_o the_o chaldaicke_a tongue_n loc_n caluin_n in_o loc_n to_o note_v say_v interpreter_n that_o though_o the_o israelite_n be_v now_o in_o captivity_n and_o bondage_n under_o the_o babylonian_n yet_o the_o profession_n of_o their_o faith_n shall_v be_v free_a and_o ingenuous_a still_o and_o they_o shall_v bold_o defy_v the_o babylonian_n idol_n even_o in_o the_o language_n of_o babel_n that_o these_o idolater_n may_v understand_v it_o if_o therefore_o we_o will_v as_o saint_n paul_n here_o in_o my_o text_n do_v walk_v up_o and_o down_o athens_n i_o mean_v any_o place_n give_v to_o idolatry_n if_o we_o will_v as_o free_o as_o he_o take_v a_o inventory_n of_o their_o superstition_n let_v we_o make_v his_o constancy_n knowledge_n and_o prudencie_n companion_n to_o we_o in_o our_o travel_n the_o former_a lest_o we_o hurt_v ourselves_o the_o late_a lest_o we_o offend_v our_o brethren_n ib._n tertul._n ib._n what_o tertullian_n speak_v of_o heathen_n licet_fw-la convivere_fw-la cum_fw-la ethnicis_fw-la commori_fw-la non_fw-la 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