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with_o all_o other_o and_o receive_v what_o benefit_n they_o can_v from_o any_o other_o minister_n i_o abhor_v a_o covenant_n that_o renounce_v communion_n with_o the_o universal_a church_n or_o any_o part_n of_o it_o without_o necessary_a cause_n putide_fw-la haec_fw-la putares_fw-la §_o 17._o xiii_o he_o add_v what_o shall_v godly_a stranger_n traveller_n etc._n etc._n do_v your_o doctrine_n make_v they_o invader_n ans_fw-fr 1._o if_o i_o have_v no_o notice_n of_o their_o consent_n to_o communicate_v with_o we_o pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la they_o expect_v it_o not_o and_o de_fw-la ignotis_fw-la non_fw-la judicat_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la and_o non_fw-la apparere_fw-la be_v equal_a to_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la if_o i_o have_v notice_n of_o their_o consent_n it_o suppose_v some_o notice_n that_o they_o be_v baptize_v or_o christian_n and_o have_v more_o right_a than_o heathen_n to_o communion_n and_o if_o so_o 1._o they_o consent_v to_o be_v member_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n and_o as_o 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christianity_n by_o consent_v to_o more_o towards_o one_o another_o than_o you_o owe_v to_o every_o unknown_a wanderer_n or_o refuser_n of_o a_o settle_a church-state_n as_o if_o with_o our_o new_a politician_n all_o city_n and_o corporation_n be_v traitor_n or_o deny_v or_o wrong_v the_o king_n because_o all_o subject_n be_v not_o citizen_n some_o be_v vagrant_n some_o in_o village_n some_o soldier_n some_o in_o odd_a house_n etc._n etc._n and_o because_o city_n consent_n to_o a_o special_a sort_n of_o government_n which_o the_o rest_n have_v not_o between_o the_o anathematizer_n and_o these_o over-wise_a censurer_n there_o be_v few_o christian_n in_o the_o world_n that_o be_v not_o condemn_v as_o no_o christian_n for_o be_v sound_a christian_n §_o 18._o fourteen_o he_o be_v aware_a that_o we_o say_v that_o every_o one_o that_o may_v come_v into_o the_o temple_n be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o my_o special_a charge_n as_o a_o pastor_n which_o i_o
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will_v not_o show_v the_o rise_n and_o the_o import_n and_o tendency_n of_o it_o lest_o dr._n fullwood_n and_o the_o reflecter_n on_o sacril_n desert_n say_v again_o that_o i_o gather_v too_o hard_a consequence_n from_o our_o difference_n but_o nobis_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la must_v we_o be_v silence_v and_o ruin_v for_o want_n of_o such_o charity_n §_o 31._o xii_o silence_v such_o as_o think_v the_o surplice_n unlawful_a be_v the_o next_o pag._n 42._o and_o he_o say_v if_o any_o man_n against_o such_o authority_n and_o argument_n shall_v think_v the_o surplice_n unlawful_a it_o be_v better_a he_o shall_v be_v silence_v than_o that_o the_o church_n peace_n and_o order_n be_v disturb_v or_o ancient_a law_n abrogate_a answ_n you_o have_v own_v it_o if_o it_o be_v well_o do_v you_o may_v partake_v of_o the_o reward_n if_o ill_a of_o the_o punishment_n qu._n whether_o consent_v so_o to_o silence_n 2000_o and_o 9000_o if_o they_o have_v not_o conform_v will_v not_o make_v your_o reward_n 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may_v see_v that_o his_o charity_n and_o his_o veracity_n be_v proportionable_a he_o hence_o infer_v p._n 57_o do_v ever_o any_o bishop_n aspire_v to_o such_o tyranny_n as_o this_o the_o pope_n only_o except_v be_v not_o the_o king_n and_o whole_a nation_n great_o culpable_a not_o to_o trust_v themselves_o with_o the_o ingenuity_n of_o this_o people_n etc._n etc._n answ_n reader_n which_o be_v like_a to_o be_v guilty_a of_o tyranny_n 1._o we_o that_o desire_v no_o power_n but_o to_o plead_v god_n law_n to_o man_n conscience_n 2._o and_o that_o but_o with_o one_o congregation_n and_o 3._o with_o no_o constrain_a unwilling_a person_n but_o only_o voluntary_a consenter_n 4._o and_o to_o rule_v over_o none_o of_o our_o fellow-minister_n 5._o and_o only_o to_o be_v but_o freemen_n as_o schoolmaster_n and_o philosopher_n be_v in_o their_o school_n of_o volunteer_n that_o we_o may_v not_o against_o our_o conscience_n be_v the_o pastor_n of_o the_o unwilling_a or_o such_o as_o we_o judge_v 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