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leur_fw-fr égard_fw-fr tous_fw-fr les_fw-fr fideles_fw-la doivent_fw-fr sentir_fw-fr une_fw-fr mesme_fw-fr choose_v nulle_n ne_fw-fr peut_fw-fr y_fw-fr avoir_fw-fr de_fw-fr diversité_fw-fr sans_fw-fr rompre_fw-it mais_n quant_fw-fr aux_fw-fr auter_n qui_fw-fr ne_fw-fr sont_fw-fr pas_fw-fr de_fw-fr cette_fw-fr importance_n nous_fw-fr devons_fw-fr y_fw-fr souffrir_fw-fr la_fw-fr diversité_fw-fr quand_fw-fr il_fw-fr y_fw-fr en_fw-fr a_o l'example_n de_fw-fr l'apostre_fw-fr qui_fw-fr oblige_v bien_fw-fr ci_fw-fr apres_fw-fr tous_fw-fr les_fw-fr fideles_fw-la à _fw-fr cheminer_n d'une_fw-fr mesme_fw-fr ragle_n en_fw-fr ce_fw-fr a_fw-fr quoy_fw-fr ils_fw-fr estoyent_n parvenus_fw-la mais_fw-fr support_v neantmoins_fw-fr ceux_fw-fr qui_fw-fr aux_fw-fr rest_n sentent_fw-fr quelque_fw-fr choose_v autrement_fw-fr que_fw-fr luy_fw-fr &_o les_fw-fr fideles_fw-la parfaits_n esperant_fw-la que_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr le_fw-fr leur_fw-fr revelera_fw-la aussi_fw-fr comme_fw-fr vous_fw-fr voyez_fw-fr que_fw-fr dans_fw-fr un_fw-fr estate_n pourveu_n que_fw-fr tous_fw-fr les_fw-fr citoyens_fw-fr tiennent_fw-fr les_fw-fr maxim_n fondamentales_fw-la &_o necessaires_fw-fr pour_fw-fr la_fw-fr sanction_n des_fw-fr devoirs_fw-fr essentiel_n à _fw-fr sa_fw-fr conservation_n l'on_n tolere_fw-la entre_fw-fr eux_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr diversité_fw-fr en_fw-fr plusieurs_fw-fr autres_fw-fr subject_n de_fw-fr moindre_fw-fr importance_n daille_n on_o phil._n 2.2_o 3._o let_v the_o essential_a part_n of_o christianity_n be_v so_o careful_o collect_v that_o there_o be_v no_o defect_n nor_o no_o redundance_n let_v there_o be_v no_o defect_n lest_o such_o person_n as_o be_v no_o profess_a christian_n be_v admit_v to_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n let_v there_o be_v no_o redundance_n lest_o those_o that_o be_v true_a christian_n and_o believe_v all_o the_o essential_o of_o the_o christian_a religion_n be_v exclude_v and_o deny_v their_o proper_a privilege_n and_o right_n jacobus_n acontius_n discourse_v of_o a_o common_a creed_n to_o be_v use_v among_o all_o christian_n and_o to_o be_v repute_v the_o test_n and_o condition_n of_o communion_n speak_v as_o follow_v ac_fw-la oportet_fw-la quidem_fw-la confessionem_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la esse_fw-la instar_fw-la definitionis_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la enim_fw-la requiritur_fw-la ut_fw-la definitio_fw-la neque_fw-la plura_fw-la complectatur_fw-la neque_fw-la pauciora_fw-la quam_fw-la res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quae_fw-la definitur_fw-la viz._n ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la desit_fw-la nihil_fw-la redundet_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o fidei_fw-la symbolo_fw-la nihil_fw-la deesse_fw-la oportet_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la cognitu_fw-la necessaria_fw-la nil_fw-la etiam_fw-la contineri_fw-la debet_fw-la absque_fw-la cujus_fw-la cognition_n contingere_fw-la salus_fw-la possit_fw-la si_fw-la deesset_fw-la etenim_fw-la aliquid_fw-la cognitu_fw-la necessarium_fw-la fieret_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la christianus_n 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