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none_o among_o the_o jew_n but_o what_o be_v pure_o civil_a and_o now_o at_o last_o we_o except_v in_o a_o parenthesis_n as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o by_o
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non_fw-la videt_fw-la pariter_fw-la à _fw-la cunctis_fw-la ut_fw-la ante_fw-la pro_fw-la re_fw-la nata_fw-la adhiberetur_fw-la but_o if_o the_o cause_n for_o which_o excommunication_n be_v inflict_v in_o the_o christian_a church_n be_v as_o the_o parenthesis_n inform_v we_o of_o a_o different_a nature_n from_o those_o for_o which_o it_o be_v inflict_v among_o the_o jew_n then_o without_o any_o far_a dispute_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o christian_a excommunication_n be_v distinct_a from_o that_o of_o the_o jew_n so_o last_o to_o mention_v no_o more_o p._n 225._o nec_fw-la disciplina_fw-la illa_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la alia_fw-la quam_fw-la judaismus_fw-la veer_fw-la reformatus_fw-la sen_fw-la cum_fw-la fide_fw-la in_o messiam_fw-la seu_fw-la christum_fw-la rite_n conjunctus_fw-la unde_fw-la judaei_n omnimodi_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la rem_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d credentes_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la credentes_fw-la tribui_fw-la solebant_fw-la we_o be_v here_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v no_o discipline_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n but_o what_o be_v in_o the_o jewish_a state_n before_o christianity_n but_o now_o it_o be_v the_o discipline_n of_o reform_a judaisme_n i._n e._n of_o christianity_n but_o pass_v by_o these_o humble_a concession_n or_o rather_o contradiction_n it_o be_v enough_o to_o our_o purpose_n that_o though_o all_o christian_n be_v jew_n all_o jew_n be_v not_o christian_n so_o that_o though_o the_o christian_n enjoy_v the_o same_o right_n in_o common_a with_o the_o jew_n yet_o they_o must_v have_v some_o right_n peculiar_a to_o themselves_o as_o christian_n non_fw-la aliter_fw-la as_o our_o author_n express_v it_o atque_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la civis_fw-la romani_fw-la aliusve_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la seu_fw-la sodalitii_fw-la 12â—_n aliâ—ujus_fw-la socius_fw-la jura_fw-la pristina_fw-la retinet_fw-la vicunque_fw-la in_o persuasionem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la inter_fw-la 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