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the_o matter_n of_o his_o law_n which_o he_o forâ—…sees_v man_n weakness_n will_v make_v they_o boggle_v at_o this_o be_v his_o concession_n wherein_o he_o need_v not_o have_v be_v so_o timorous_a for_o when_o the_o magistrate_n be_v settle_v the_o civil_a peace_n of_o his_o dominion_n he_o need_v not_o concern_v himself_o whether_o the_o people_n will_v skew_z or_o no._n but_o as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v afraid_a he_o have_v concede_v too_o far_o he_o wise_o limit_n the_o concession_n as_o unless_o there_o be_v weighty_a reason_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n to_o counterbalâ—…ance_v that_o consideration_n and_o they_o must_v be_v weighty_a reason_n indeed_o that_o will_v counterbalance_v the_o edification_n and_o salvation_n of_o weak_a yet_o sincere_a christian_n that_o will_v counterbalance_v the_o peace_n and_o safety_n of_o his_o dominion_n indifferent_a thing_n will_v hardly_o weigh_v against_o these_o but_o what_o be_v those_o ponderous_a thing_n that_o will_v make_v the_o scale_n 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and_o the_o same_o time_n canonize_v primitive_a superstition_n for_o the_o christian_a religion_n and_o then_o impose_v it_o but_o our_o enquirer_n have_v mark_v out_o some_o of_o the_o peculiar_a glory_n of_o those_o elder_a time_n and_o perhaps_o it_o may_v not_o be_v unpleasant_a to_o the_o reader_n to_o run_v over_o with_o i_o some_o of_o their_o excellency_n 1_o of_o old_a to_o be_v a_o christian_n be_v to_o be_v all_o that_o be_v holy_a just_a and_o good_a etc._n etc._n when_o i_o read_v these_o juvenile_a declamation_n in_o praise_n of_o virtue_n i_o be_o ready_a to_o snatâ—…h_v the_o answer_n out_o of_o his_o mouth_n who_o reply_v in_o a_o case_n not_o unlike_a quis_fw-la enim_fw-la unquam_fw-la vituperavit_fw-la i_o wonder_v who_o ever_o speak_v one_o word_n against_o it_o but_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o strain_v a_o string_n till_o it_o break_v which_o be_v screw_v up_o to_o its_o just_a height_n will_v bear_v its_o part_n in_o the_o harmony_n to_o be_v all_o that_o be_v holy_a 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