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wolf_n mat._n 10.16_o he_o do_v not_o say_v i_o send_v you_o as_o wolf_n among_o sheep_n to_o kill_v imprison_v spoil_n and_o devour_v those_o unto_o who_o they_o be_v send_v again_o ver_fw-la 7._o he_o say_v they_o to_o who_o i_o send_v you_o will_v deliver_v you_o up_o in_o council_n and_o in_o their_o synagogue_n they_o will_v scourge_v you_o and_o to_o precedent_n and_o to_o king_n shall_v you_o be_v lead_v for_o my_o sake_n he_o do_v not_o say_v you_o who_o i_o send_v shall_v deliver_v the_o people_n who_o you_o ought_v to_o convert_v into_o council_n and_o put_v they_o in_o prison_n and_o lead_v they_o to_o precedent_n and_o tribunal_n seat_n and_o make_v their_o religion_n felony_n and_o treason_n again_o he_o say_v ver_fw-la 12._o when_o you_o enter_v into_o the_o house_n salute_v it_o say_v peace_n be_v to_o this_o house_n he_o do_v not_o say_v you_o shall_v send_v pursuivant_n to_o sansack_v and_o spoil_v the_o house_n again_o lie_n say_v joh._n 10._o the_o good_a pastor_n give_v his_o life_n for_o his_o sheep_n the_o thief_n come_v not_o but_o to_o steal_v kill_v and_o destroy_v he_o do_v not_o say_v the_o thief_n give_v his_o life_n for_o his_o sheep_n and_o the_o good_a pastor_n come_v not_o but_o to_o steal_v kill_v and_o destroy_v etc._n etc._n so_o that_o we_o hold_v our_o peace_n our_o adversary_n themselves_o speak_v for_o we_o or_o rather_o for_o the_o truth_n chap._n 9_o it_o be_v no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n if_o freedom_n of_o religion_n be_v suffer_v but_o will_v make_v it_o flourish_v be_v please_v not_o to_o hearken_v to_o man_n leasing_n but_o to_o what_o god_n and_o experience_n teach_v in_o this_o thing_n abraham_n abode_n among_o the_o canaanite_n a_o long-time_n yet_o contrary_a to_o they_o in_o religion_n gen._n 13.7_o and_o 16.3_o again_o he_o sojourn_v in_o gerar_n and_o king_n abimelech_n give_v he_o leave_v to_o abide_v in_o his_o land_n gen._n 20_o &_o 21.33_o 34._o isaac_n also_o dwell_v in_o the_o same_o land_n yet_o contrary_a in_o religion_n gen._n 26._o jacob_n live_v twenty_o year_n in_o one_o house_n with_o his_o uncle_n laban_n yet_o differ_v in_o religion_n gen._n 31._o the_o people_n of_o israel_n be_v 430_o year_n in_o that_o famous_a land_n of_o egypt_n and_o afterward_o 70_o year_n in_o babylon_n all_o which_o time_n they_o differ_v in_o religion_n from_o the_o state_n exod._n 12._o and_o 2_o chron._n 36._o come_v to_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n where_o israel_n be_v under_o the_o roman_n where_o live_v divers_a sect_n of_o religion_n as_o herodian_o scribe_n and_o pharifee_n saducee_n libertine_n theudaeans_n samaritan_n beside_o the_o common_a religion_n of_o the_o jew_n christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n all_o which_o differ_v from_o the_o common_a religion_n of_o the_o state_n which_o be_v like_o be_v the_o worship_n of_o diana_n which_o almost_o the_o whole_a world_n then_o worship_v act._n 19.20_o all_o these_o live_v under_o the_o government_n of_o caesar_n be_v 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the_o church_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o faith_n and_o their_o be_v the_o church_n which_o way_n the_o verdict_n will_v go_v next_o for_o that_o the_o great_a point_n of_o their_o religion_n have_v no_o foundation_n on_o the_o scripture_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o take_v away_o the_o scripture_n and_o establish_v their_o religion_n but_o establish_v the_o scripture_n and_o their_o religion_n vanish_v and_o that_o mother_n of_o whoredom_n that_o glorify_v herself_o as_o a_o queen_n rev._n 18._o shall_v be_v consume_v and_o her_o merchant_n that_o be_v wax_v rich_a through_o her_o pleasure_n and_o profit_n shall_v wail_v and_o weep_v the_o which_o they_o now_o see_v shut_v their_o eye_n lest_o they_o shall_v see_v that_o which_o will_v bring_v they_o from_o these_o honour_n profit_n and_o pleasure_n in_o like_a manner_n it_o may_v easy_o be_v judge_v by_o every_o indifferent_a man_n that_o the_o cause_n why_o the_o learned_a of_o this_o land_n will_v not_o see_v or_o at_o least_o practice_n 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come_v the_o same_o he_o teach_v and_o practise_v as_o begore_o so_o do_v his_o apostle_n after_o he_o for_o the_o weapon_n of_o his_o warfare_n be_v not_o carnal_a etc._n etc._n 2_o cor._n 10.4_o but_o he_o charge_v strict_o that_o his_o disciple_n shall_v be_v so_o far_o from_o persecute_v those_o that_o will_v not_o be_v of_o their_o religion_n that_o when_o they_o be_v persecute_v they_o shall_v pray_v mat._n 5._o when_o they_o be_v curse_v they_o shall_v bless_v the_o reason_n be_v because_o they_o that_o be_v now_o tare_n may_v hereafter_o become_v wheat_n tehy_o who_o be_v now_o blind_a may_v hereafter_o see_v they_o that_o now_o resist_v he_o may_v hereafter_o receive_v he_o they_o that_o be_v now_o in_o the_o devil_n snare_n in_o adversness_n to_o the_o truth_n may_v hereafter_o come_v to_o repentance_n they_o that_o be_v now_o blasphemer_n persecutor_n &_o oppressor_n as_o paul_n be_v may_v in_o time_n become_v faithful_a as_o he_o they_o that_o be_v now_o idolater_n as_o 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