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as_o you_o know_v shall_v not_o be_v admit_v and_o declare_v against_o the_o church_n faultiness_n in_o not_o proceed_v against_o they_o you_o may_v communicate_v with_o they_o because_o you_o have_v do_v all_o you_o can_v in_o this_o case_n daven._n determ._n quest_n 2_o 7._o reb._n catechis_fw-la ans._n to_o 2._o quest_n reb._n justific_a pag._n 221._o manus_fw-la treat._n of_o a_o church_n i_o propound_v these_o thing_n as_o be_v according_a to_o their_o principle_n but_o not_o as_o i_o ames_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-la cons._n cap._n 24._o de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d and_o what_o ever_o liturgy_n or_o ceremony_n or_o discipline_n be_v leave_v to_o accompany_v this_o national_a church_n government_n it_o be_v indifferent_a with_o we_o so_o as_o we_o may_v enjoy_v our_o christian_a liberty_n in_o the_o true_a use_n of_o such_o ordinance_n and_o of_o such_o independent_a government_n as_o christ_n the_o only_a lawgiver_n of_o his_o church_n and_o lord_n of_o the_o conscience_n have_v leave_v unto_o we_o in_o his_o word_n rom._n 14._o 3._o a_o cal._n farel_n epist._n 397._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la pervicaciter_fw-la recusare_fw-la institerit_fw-la denuncient_a sibi_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la loco_fw-la fratris_fw-la qui_fw-la communem_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la contumacia_fw-la sua_fw-la perturbet_fw-la semper_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la valuit_fw-la quod_fw-la veteribus_fw-la synodis_fw-la suit_fw-la decretum_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la subjici_fw-la communis_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la legibus_fw-la noluerit_fw-la munere_fw-la abdiâ—â—â—â—â—neque_fw-la hic_fw-la quaerenda_fw-la est_fw-la hominum_fw-la authoritas_fw-la cum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la de_fw-la talibus_fw-la pronunciaverit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la morem_fw-la contendendi_fw-la valere_fw-la ergo_fw-la ipsum_fw-la jubeant_fw-la qui_fw-la communis_fw-la societatis_fw-la jura_fw-la respuit_fw-la b_o fratrem_fw-la vero_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la hactenus_fw-la a_fw-la vobis_fw-la dissensit_fw-la obsecramus_fw-la in_fw-la domino_fw-la ne_fw-la ulterius_fw-la pertinacia_fw-la contendat_fw-la ad_fw-la repugnandum_fw-la meminerit_fw-la inter_fw-la alia_fw-la quae_fw-la paulus_fw-la in_fw-la pastore_fw-la requirit_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la postren_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o nesit_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la proprio_fw-la judicio_fw-la addictus_fw-la et_fw-fr cene_z haec_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la praecipuis_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la boni_fw-la pastoris_fw-la sic_fw-la exhorrere_fw-la toto_fw-la pectore_fw-la contentiones_fw-la ut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la a_fw-la fratribus_fw-la nisi_fw-la ob_fw-la causas_fw-la maxim_fw-la necessarias_fw-la dissideat_fw-la cal._n epi._n 55._o c_o substantiam_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la exprimit_fw-la di_fw-la sertis_fw-la verbis_fw-la scriptura_fw-la forma_fw-la autem_fw-la ejus_fw-la exercendae_fw-la quoniam_fw-la a_fw-la domino_fw-la prescript_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la a_fw-la ministris_fw-la constitui_fw-la debet_fw-la pro_fw-la aedificatione_fw-la cal._n epist._n 55._o d_o et_fw-la certe_fw-la omni_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o simulac_fw-la se_fw-la occasio_fw-la dederit_fw-la itarim_fw-la â—et_fw-la schismaticus_fw-la cai_fw-mi in_o tit._n 1._o v._n 7._o