know_v 6._o in_o place_n therefore_o dubious_a and_o difficult_a it_o be_v not_o good_a sense_n to_o say_v my_o conscience_n tell_v i_o this_o or_o that_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o such_o a_o text_n because_o conscience_n be_v manifest_o seat_v in_o the_o practical_a intellect_n who_o work_n be_v not_o to_o find_v out_o true_a or_o false_a in_o any_o matter_n 7._o yet_o where_o the_o 3.7_o the_o but_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o thou_o for_o they_o will_v not_o hearken_v to_o i_o ezek._n 3.7_o church_n have_v authoritative_o give_v the_o interpretation_n of_o dubious_a place_n a_o tender_a conscience_n shall_v be_v tender_a of_o reject_v it_o as_o both_o charitable_o and_o dutiful_o hope_v that_o the_o church_n will_v not_o give_v a_o interpretation_n either_o contrary_a to_o other_o express_a scripture_n the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n or_o to_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n in_o the_o most_o pure_a and_o ancient_a time_n of_o it_o 8._o nor_o be_v it_o less_o than_o equity_n that_o if_o the_o people_n trust_v the_o church_n first_o in_o set_v out_o the_o bound_n of_o canonical_a scripture_n against_o such_o as_o will_v romanist_n will_v the_o romanist_n add_v or_o he_o or_o si_fw-mi &_o petrus_n accedat_fw-la locus_fw-la ex_fw-la epistola_fw-la ejus_fw-la priore_fw-la quae_fw-la sola_fw-la genuina_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n petrus_n quoque_fw-la vetus_fw-la auctor_fw-la epistolae_fw-la posterioris_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la petri_n nomine_fw-la jam_fw-la olim_fw-la vulgata_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n walo_n messalinus_n alias_o salmasius_n de_fw-fr episcopis_fw-la &_o presbyteris_fw-la and_o other_o beside_o he_o subtract_v second_o in_o translate_n it_o against_o such_o as_o will_v lock_v it_o up_o they_o shall_v also_o cheerful_o and_o grateful_o receive_v the_o church_n interpretation_n it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a to_o a_o ingenuous_a and_o charitable_a man_n that_o they_o who_o have_v be_v faithful_a and_o industrious_a in_o fix_v the_o canon_n and_o translate_n it_o will_v be_v careless_a and_o deceitful_a in_o the_o interpretation_n 9_o i_o do_v therefore_o but_o with_o humble_a submission_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n affirm_v that_o a_o tender_a conscience_n be_v guide_v in_o her_o rule_n by_o the_o church_n translation_n may_v also_o be_v guide_v by_o her_o interpretation_n 10._o but_o beside_o ambiguous_a place_n there_o be_v clear_a scripture_n enough_o to_o show_v we_o what_o be_v good_a and_o what_o be_v evil_a deut_n 30.15_o see_v i_o have_v set_v before_o thou_o this_o day_n life_n and_o good_a and_o death_n and_o evil_n but_o more_o pregnant_o mic._n 6.8_o he_o have_v show_v thou_o o_o man_n what_o be_v good_a etc._n etc._n 11_o yet_o may_v clear_a place_n be_v obscure_v by_o unsound_a interpretation_n and_o by_o none_o more_o than_o by_o over_o lax_n and_o large_a synechdoche_n for_o of_o all_o place_n the_o moral_a law_n be_v most_o clear_a yet_o be_v the_o synechdoch_v some_o make_v so_o large_a that_o a_o man_n know_v not_o when_o he_o break_v they_o or_o keep_v they_o 12._o above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n none_o seem_v more_o clog_v with_o the_o trope_n aforesaid_a than_o the_o second_o commandment_n so_o that_o as_o they_o be_v guilty_a of_o one_o gross_a extreme_a who_o expunge_v it_o out_o of_o the_o decalogue_n so_o they_o in_o some_o degree_n of_o another_o that_o have_v overmuch_o enlarge_v it_o for_o if_o it_o must_v be_v extend_v to_o all_o invention_n of_o man_n whereby_o they_o clothe_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n with_o fit_v circumstantial_o we_o can_v stir_v a_o foot_n but_o we_o must_v stumble_v over_o some_o grave_a image_n then_o be_v the_o toll_n a_o bell_n the_o turn_v a_o glass_n the_o tune_v a_o psalm_n or_o almost_o any_o thing_n else_o not_o express_o command_v a_o grave_a image_n then_o be_v every_o christian_a congregation_n in_o the_o world_n a_o congregation_n of_o idolater_n which_o be_v gross_o absurd_a 13._o by_o what_o therefore_o have_v be_v say_v in_o this_o and_o the_o former_a chapter_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o object_n of_o the_o tender_a conscience_n be_v clear_a or_o manifest_a evil_n or_o good_a 14._o therefore_o bare_a resemblance_n of_o evil_a be_v not_o the_o object_n of_o tenderness_n nor_o be_v that_o place_n 1_o thes_n 5.22_o abstain_v from_o every_o appearance_n of_o evil_n so_o to_o be_v understand_v because_o if_o that_o be_v the_o sense_n man_n life_n shall_v be_v a_o perpetual_a thraldom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o be_v as_o well_o kind_a as_o appearance_n and_o estius_n say_v well_o it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o ch._n 4.12_o to_o walk_v honest_o towards_o they_o without_o many_o good_a thing_n carry_v a_o resemblance_n of_o evil_n as_o diligence_n in_o calling_n of_o covetuousness_n cheerfulness_n of_o levity_n reservedness_n of_o anger_n lawful_a recreation_n of_o voluptuousness_n and_o common_o all_o virtue_n and_o grace_n of_o some_o one_o extreme_a 15._o the_o restriction_n be_v these_o 1._o it_o must_v be_v clear_o evil_a of_o which_o it_o be_v a_o appearance_n 2._o such_o a_o appearance_n it_o must_v be_v as_o do_v necessary_o infer_v we_o guilty_a or_o that_o we_o love_v or_o like_a that_o evil_a 3._o such_o a_o appearance_n as_o we_o have_v freedom_n to_o forbear_v 16._o work_n yet_o be_v the_o tender_a conscience_n tender_a of_o another_o man_n conscience_n 1_o cor._n 10.29_o conscience_n i_o say_v not_o thy_o own_o but_o of_o the_o other_o vid._n pag._n ult_n gal._n 6.4_o but_o let_v every_o man_n prove_v his_o own_o work_n there_o be_v but_o one_o consideration_n more_o in_o the_o object_n viz._n that_o a_o tender_a conscience_n be_v conversant_a about_o the_o evil_a and_o good_a of_o our_o own_o action_n and_o not_o of_o other_o man_n for_o however_o grief_n may_v arise_v in_o our_o heart_n for_o the_o misdoing_n of_o other_o yet_o can_v it_o not_o be_v call_v trouble_n of_o conscience_n but_o sorrow_n of_o mind_n chap._n ix_o of_o the_o subject_n of_o a_o tender_a conscience_n the_o remote_a subject_n be_v as_o have_v be_v show_v the_o practical_a intellect_n in_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o will_n but_o more_o approximate_o a_o regenerate_a and_o sanctify_a soul_n for_o if_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o true_a softness_n of_o heart_n be_v only_o subject_v in_o a_o regenerate_v soul_n so_o likewise_o be_v this_o 2._o tenderness_n therefore_o be_v not_o only_o the_o adjunct_n of_o such_o a_o soul_n defile_v tit._n 1.15_o but_o to_o they_o that_o be_v defile_v and_o unbelieving_a be_v nothing_o pure_a but_o even_o their_o mind_n and_o conscience_n be_v defile_v but_o the_o adequate_a adjunct_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o be_v reciprocate_v with_o the_o subject_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o regenerate_a man_n without_o a_o tender_a conscience_n no_o tender_a conscience_n but_o in_o a_o regenerate_a man_n as_o it_o be_v a_o gracious_a disposition_n 3._o hence_o it_o be_v as_o 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tenderness_n have_v a_o inherence_n in_o such_o a_o soul_n and_o can_v be_v sever_v from_o it_o how_o ever_o at_o some_o time_n it_o may_v be_v more_o dull_a then_o at_o other_o chap._n x._o of_o the_o adjunct_n of_o a_o tender_a conscience_n the_o adjunct_n property_n or_o the_o effect_n of_o this_o holy_a disposition_n will_v serve_v for_o the_o mark_n or_o character_n of_o it_o by_o which_o it_o may_v in_o some_o sort_n be_v discover_v where_o it_o be_v 1._o a_o proportionality_n to_o the_o object_n the_o great_a the_o evil_a the_o more_o tender_a the_o conscience_n those_o evil_n especial_o it_o must_v check_v we_o for_o and_o keep_v we_o from_o which_o be_v 1._o most_o dishonourable_a to_o god_n and_o his_o gospel_n 2._o such_o as_o most_o wound_v the_o conscience_n those_o that_o most_o dishonour_n god_n and_o his_o gospel_n be_v sin_n against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n nation_n and_o humane_a society_n such_o as_o
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tenderness_n be_v ever_o join_v with_o a_o propensity_n to_o god_n public_a worship_n 24._o worship_n christiana_n libertas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la vaga_fw-la &_o effraenis_fw-la licentia_fw-la qua_fw-la qui_fw-la quid_fw-la lubet_fw-la pro_fw-la nostro_fw-la arb_n trio_o agamus_fw-la aut_fw-la omittamus_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la l_o beratio_fw-la à _fw-la maledictione_n legis_fw-la &_o a_o jugo_fw-la legalium_fw-la ceremoniarum_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la beza_n epist_n 24._o i_o never_o in_o all_o my_o life_n know_v a_o conscientious_a person_n but_o do_v love_n god_n worship_n in_o his_o house_n and_o the_o more_o conscientious_a the_o more_o constant_a in_o it_o and_o to_o it_o ibid._n it_o be_v abutitur_fw-la christianae_n libertatis_fw-la beneficio_fw-la vel_fw-la potius_fw-la adhuc_fw-la venundatus_fw-la est_fw-la sub_fw-la peccato_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la suis_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la ve_fw-la praepositis_fw-la sponte_fw-la non_fw-la paret_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la thed_a beza_n ibid._n they_o that_o can_v sit_v at_o home_n without_o necessity_n whole_a lord_n day_n nay_o many_o month_n together_o show_v from_o the_o coldness_n of_o their_o affection_n to_o their_o god_n that_o their_o conscience_n be_v not_o tender_v but_o benumb_v or_o rather_o sear_v it_o be_v no_o argument_n epist_n jactabi_fw-la musne_fw-la libertatem_fw-la conscientiis_fw-la permittendam_fw-la esse_fw-la minimè_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la quidem_fw-la libertas_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la i._n e._n quo_fw-la cuique_fw-la modo_fw-la volet_fw-la eum_fw-la colat_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la hoc_fw-la mere_a dâ—abelicum_fw-la dogma_fw-la sinendum_fw-la esse_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la volet_fw-la pereat_fw-la beza_n epist_n but_o a_o pitiful_a shift_n in_o too_o many_o to_o cover_v idleness_n pride_n disdain_v of_o the_o ministerial_a office_n and_o perhaps_o something_o worse_o to_o say_v i_o can_v come_v to_o church_n i_o understand_v not_o the_o meaning_n of_o such_o a_o ceremony_n i_o approve_v not_o of_o such_o prayer_n i_o like_v not_o the_o calling_n gifts_z or_o disposition_n of_o such_o a_o minister_n i_o like_v not_o join_v in_o assembly_n with_o profane_a person_n doctor_n ames_n a_o know_a enemy_n of_o the_o church-government_n here_o and_o something_o incline_v to_o the_o new_a england_n mode_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr conscientia_fw-la chap._n 4._o speak_v thus_o if_o any_o through_o error_n of_o conscience_n shall_v judge_v it_o unlawful_a to_o be_v present_a at_o the_o church_n assembly_n 4._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la per_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la errorem_fw-la illi_fw-la eitum_fw-la judicaret_fw-la interest_n caetui_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cvi_fw-la alius_fw-la tenetur_fw-la adesse_fw-la quia_fw-la ministrum_fw-la illius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la improbum_fw-la hominem_fw-la esse_fw-la novit_fw-la &_o se_fw-la communicaturum_fw-la putat_fw-la cum_fw-la ejus_fw-la improbitate_fw-la ille_fw-la magis_fw-la peccat_fw-la abstinendo_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la adesset_fw-la quia_fw-la gravius_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la negligere_fw-la cultum_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la communicare_fw-la cum_fw-la alterius_fw-la improbitate_fw-la personali_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la cultu_fw-la ames_n de_fw-fr consc_fw-fr cap._n 4._o because_o he_o know_v the_o minister_n to_o be_v a_o bad-man_n and_o imagine_v he_o shall_v by_o his_o presence_n there_o partake_v with_o his_o improbity_n he_o sin_n much_o more_o by_o keep_v away_o then_o by_o be_v present_a because_o it_o be_v a_o far_o great_a sin_n to_o neglect_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n then_o to_o communicate_v with_o another_o improbity_n except_o a_o man_n by_o be_v present_a be_v force_v to_o commit_v idolatry_n thus_o amesius_n but_o no_o man_n in_o our_o assembly_n be_v force_v to_o practice_n or_o behold_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o idolatry_n nor_o do_v he_o that_o be_v present_a where_o sinner_n be_v at_o god_n worship_n communicate_v therefore_o with_o they_o in_o their_o sin_n any_o 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practice_n of_o some_o who_o own_v no_o church_n the_o cold_a and_o loose_a deal_n of_o other_o that_o own_o it_o at_o their_o leisure_n and_o the_o divide_v practice_n of_o a_o considerable_a number_n who_o frequent_v none_o but_o such_o as_o be_v private_a the_o public_a worship_n of_o god_n the_o glory_n and_o strength_n the_o beauty_n and_o security_n of_o a_o nation_n be_v sad_o eclipse_v but_o i_o hope_v it_o be_v but_o in_o a_o eclipse_n and_o so_o will_v again_o recover_v lord_n let_v not_o the_o gate_n of_o zion_n mourn_v which_o thou_o love_v more_o than_o all_o the_o dwelling_n of_o jacob_n if_o it_o be_v thy_o goodness_n to_o thy_o church_n 30.20_o isa_n 30.20_o that_o her_o teacher_n shall_v not_o be_v remove_v into_o a_o corner_n but_o her_o eye_n shall_v behold_v they_o it_o be_v no_o less_o that_o her_o people_n shall_v not_o remove_v into_o corner_n but_o that_o her_o teacher_n eye_n shall_v behold_v their_o people_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o such_o may_v be_v the_o church_n exigency_n as_o that_o she_o may_v for_o some_o time_n and_o in_o some_o degree_n bear_v with_o such_o as_o be_v erroneous_a and_o scrupulous_a when_o it_o be_v for_o the_o good_a and_o safety_n of_o the_o sound_a part_n of_o the_o
and_o clear_a good_a not_o considerable_a and_o therefore_o say_v that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v not_o i._n e._n do_v not_o so_o much_o value_n eat_v or_o forbear_v meat_n or_o drink_n but_o righteousness_n peace_n and_o joy_n in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o apostle_n therefore_o make_v a_o clear_a distinction_n betwixt_o thing_n uncertain_o good_a and_o thing_n absolute_o good_a i_o say_v those_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v put_v asunder_o let_v no_o man_n join_v together_o as_o if_o they_o be_v the_o same_o matter_n of_o doubt_v answ_n 4_o therefore_o if_o any_o shall_v be_v so_o blind_a and_o bold_a as_o to_o say_v let_v a_o thing_n be_v never_o so_o good_a that_o be_v require_v of_o i_o if_o i_o be_v not_o persuade_v it_o be_v good_a i_o may_v not_o do_v it_o or_o let_v it_o be_v never_o so_o evil_a if_o i_o be_v persuade_v i_o shall_v do_v it_o i_o must_v they_o have_v no_o ground_n from_o the_o apostle_n doctrine_n who_o only_o speak_v of_o doubt_v at_o meat_n and_o day_n which_o he_o distinguish_v from_o manifest_a good_a vers_fw-la 17._o 22.8_o thou_o have_v despise_v my_o holy_a thing_n and_o have_v profane_v my_o sabbath_n ezek._n 22.8_o if_o therefore_o the_o thing_n be_v clear_o good_a as_o to_o receive_v the_o holy_a supper_n to_o join_v in_o public_a prayer_n to_o hear_v the_o holy_a word_n read_v interpret_v and_o apply_v though_o the_o conscience_n shall_v stick_v at_o these_o good_a thing_n express_o command_v which_o sure_o must_v need_v be_v some_o strange_a fashion_a exotic_a conscience_n yet_o be_v we_o bind_v to_o perform_v the_o aforenamed_a duty_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o like_a nature_n answ_n 5_o in_o like_a manner_n we_o may_v say_v if_o the_o thing_n be_v express_o evil_a as_o to_o worship_n a_o image_n to_o forswear_v one_o self_n to_o rob_v my_o neighbour_n to_o lie_v with_o my_o sister_n to_o kill_v my_o brother_n though_o conscience_n shall_v urge_v i_o to_o any_o of_o these_o or_o the_o like_a i_o may_v not_o do_v they_o reas_n 1_o because_o else_o we_o set_v conscience_n above_o god_n which_o be_v a_o breach_n both_o of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o commandment_n 1_o joh._n 3.20_o god_n be_v great_a than_o our_o conscience_n conscience_n must_v not_o regulate_v the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o that_o must_v regulate_v the_o conscience_n reas_n 2_o it_o be_v a_o undoubted_a rule_n nulla_fw-la est_fw-la obligatio_fw-la ad_fw-la illicita_fw-la god_n law_n oblige_v not_o to_o sin_n therefore_o conscience_n which_o be_v to_o be_v rule_v by_o that_o must_v not_o error_n be_v a_o sin_n and_o how_o can_v it_o bind_v and_o if_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o lay_v down_o error_n of_o judgement_n than_o also_o error_n of_o conscience_n both_o be_v part_n of_o the_o old_a man_n to_o be_v put_v off_o eph._n 4.22_o as_o be_v observe_v both_o by_o amesius_n and_o perkins_n reas_n 3_o if_o man_n shall_v plead_v never_o so_o much_o satisfaction_n of_o conscience_n to_o do_v the_o foremention_v evil_n or_o forbear_v the_o good_a aforesaid_a yet_o every_o man_n have_v in_o he_o so_o much_o certain_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o every_o christian_n probable_o so_o much_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o word_n that_o they_o can_v neither_o do_v the_o evil_a or_o forbear_v the_o good_a without_o reluctancy_n so_o that_o conscience_n in_o such_o case_n if_o plead_v be_v but_o a_o fond_a and_o weak_a pretence_n reas_n 4_o grant_v but_o this_o allowable_a what_o good_a may_v not_o be_v omit_v all_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n may_v lie_v unfrequented_a and_o disuse_v neglect_v and_o affront_v yea_o what_o mischief_n may_v not_o be_v act_v upon_o pretext_n of_o conscience_n one_o neighbour_n may_v plunder_v pillage_n yea_o 〈◊〉_d so_o it_o be_v here_o at_o home_n of_o which_o time_n i_o may_v true_o say_v as_o syne_n he_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o bless_v be_v god_n i_o may_v say_v what_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o murder_v another_o upon_o this_o pretext_n servant_n may_v make_v away_o their_o master_n good_n &_o they_o too_o child_n may_v butcher_v their_o parent_n and_o which_o be_v more_o subject_n their_o king_n what_o 1._o what_o et_fw-la quando_fw-la uberior_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la copia_fw-la juvenal_n satyr_n 1._o villainy_n and_o outrage_n be_v they_o that_o be_v not_o commit_v of_o late_a year_n upon_o pretence_n of_o conscience_n and_o reformation_n and_o upon_o those_o tragical_a act_n how_o well_o do_v the_o word_n of_o the_o poet_n agree_v to_o we_o quod_fw-la mare_fw-la nam_fw-la anglicae_fw-la 1._o hor._n lib._n 2._o odd_a 1._o non_fw-la decoloravere_fw-la caedes_fw-la quae_fw-la caret_fw-la ora_fw-la cruore_fw-la nostro_fw-la answ_n 6_o if_o the_o thing_n be_v not_o forbid_v by_o god_n but_o lawful_a or_o not_o evil_a but_o indifferent_a if_o the_o magistrate_n command_v it_o to_o be_v do_v anglia_fw-it res_fw-la alioqui_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la mediae_fw-la mutant_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la naturam_fw-la quum_fw-la aliquo_fw-la legitimo_fw-la mandato_fw-la vel_fw-la praecipiuntur_fw-la vel_fw-la prohibentur_fw-la beza_n epist_n 24._o ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la peregrinarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it though_o we_o know_v not_o the_o good_a or_o the_o end_n of_o the_o ordinance_n the_o conscience_n be_v bind_v to_o yield_v to_o it_o otherwise_o we_o take_v away_o from_o the_o magistrate_n the_o power_n of_o make_v law_n and_o ordinance_n and_o give_v he_o only_o a_o power_n to_o confirm_v they_o that_o be_v make_v already_o in_o scripture_n contrary_a to_o 1_o pet._n 2.13_o if_o the_o magistrate_n make_v a_o law_n about_o meat_n ibid._n etsi_fw-la conscientias_fw-la propriâ—_n solus_fw-la deus_fw-la ligat_fw-la tamen_fw-la quatenus_fw-la vel_fw-la magstratus_fw-la qui_fw-la dei_fw-la minister_n est_fw-la judicat_fw-la interest_n reipublicae_fw-la ut_fw-la quippiam_fw-la alio_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la licitum_fw-la non_fw-la fiat_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ordâ—nis_fw-la &_o decori_fw-la adeoque_fw-la aedificationis_fw-la rationem_fw-la habens_fw-la leges_fw-la aliquas_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la mediis_fw-la rite_n conduit_n illae_fw-la leges_fw-la à _fw-la pijs_fw-la omninò_fw-la sunt_fw-la observanda_fw-la beza_n ibid._n which_o be_v in_o themselves_o and_o so_o acknowledge_v by_o he_o to_o be_v but_o indifferent_a let_v it_o be_v out_o of_o civil_a end_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o commonwealth_n or_o out_o of_o religious_a end_n viz._n charitable_o and_o christian_o to_o comply_v with_o the_o ancient_a church_n of_o christ_n however_o a_o subject_n may_v plead_v matter_n of_o health_n or_o want_n yet_o the_o plea_n of_o conscience_n in_o this_o case_n be_v unwarrantable_a and_o ridiculous_a answ_n 7_o if_o the_o thing_n be_v lawful_a in_o itself_o and_o indifferentâ—s_a meat_n be_v 8.8_o 1_o cor._n 8.8_o and_o no_o obligation_n from_o the_o governor_n lie_v upon_o i_o ibid._n leges_fw-la magistratus_fw-la eatenus_fw-la conscientias_fw-la ligant_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la sciens_fw-la &_o prudens_fw-la rebellandi_fw-la animo_fw-la possit_fw-la absque_fw-la ptccato_n vel_fw-la facere_fw-la quae_fw-la ita_fw-la prohibentur_fw-la vel_fw-la omittere_fw-la quae_fw-la fic_z praecipiwtur_fw-la beza_n ibid._n i_o be_o then_o leave_v to_o follow_v the_o light_n of_o my_o own_o conscience_n and_o to_o take_v care_n i_o do_v nothing_o against_o i_o own_o persuasion_n for_o of_o such_o thing_n be_v the_o apostle_n instance_n and_o not_o of_o thing_n command_v by_o god_n or_o man_n or_o forbid_v answ_n 8_o if_o the_o thing_n be_v lawful_a and_o indifferent_a both_o in_o regard_n of_o god_n law_n of_o man_n law_n and_o in_o the_o persuasion_n of_o my_o own_o conscience_n so_o that_o i_o think_v i_o may_v use_v it_o or_o not_o use_v it_o do_v it_o or_o not_o do_v it_o and_o have_v no_o tie_n any_o of_o those_o 3._o way_n either_o from_o god_n man_n or_o myself_o i_o must_v then_o look_v next_o to_o the_o apostle_n rule_v concern_v offence_n locum_fw-la 1_o cor._n 10.29_o nulla_fw-la ratione_fw-la committere_fw-la debeo_fw-la nec_fw-la occasionem_fw-la dare_v ut_fw-la alius_fw-la erroneam_fw-la &_o infirmam_fw-la habens_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la judicet_fw-la i._n e._n damnet_fw-la libertatem_fw-la meam_fw-la qua_fw-la possum_fw-la indifferenter_fw-la quidvis_fw-la â—ederâ—_fw-la estius_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la 1._o not_o judge_n or_o despise_v he_o that_o be_v not_o just_a of_o my_o persuasion_n rom._n 14.3_o 2._o not_o lay_v a_o stumble_a block_n in_o our_o brother_n way_n vers_n 13._o nor_o to_o give_v he_o occasion_n to_o think_v ill_o of_o i_o 3._o not_o to_o grieve_v or_o afflict_v our_o brother_n with_o our_o liberty_n vers_fw-la 25.4_o not_o to_o occasion_v any_o brangle_v or_o dispute_v but_o rather_o to_o forbear_v that_o how_o lawful_a soever_o that_o may_v occasion_v it_o v._o 19_o let_v we_o therefore_o follow_v after_o the_o thing_n which_o make_v for_o peace_n and_o thing_n wherewith_o we_o may_v edify_v one_o another_o gal._n 5.13_o for_o brethren_n you_o have_v be_v call_v unto_o liberty_n only_o use_v not_o your_o liberty_n for_o a_o occasion_n to_o the_o flesh_n but_o by_o love_n serve_v one_o another_o domine_fw-la deus_fw-la da_fw-la nobâ—s_fw-la celeriter_fw-la audire_fw-la frequenter_a legere_fw-la diligenter_n attendere_fw-la recte_fw-la intelligere_fw-la tuto_fw-la agere_fw-la bene_fw-la &_o inculpate_v vivere_fw-la per_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la dominum_fw-la &_o salvatorem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la amen_n finis_fw-la