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enforce_v submission_n and_o obedience_n to_o their_o determination_n concern_v they_o be_v antiprotestant_n and_o antichristian_a and_o consequent_o not_o to_o be_v permit_v in_o any_o protestant_a country_n 10._o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o important_a duty_n incumbent_a on_o the_o clergy_n as_o i_o have_v show_v par._n 2._o chap._n 6._o to_o take_v care_n that_o difference_n of_o opinion_n which_o in_o this_o state_n of_o darkness_n and_o ignorance_n be_v unavoidable_a shall_v not_o destroy_v love_n and_o charity_n nor_o disturb_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n by_o erect_v schism_n and_o division_n but_o the_o pious_a clergy_n so_o far_o from_o do_v this_o have_v make_v the_o direct_a contrary_n their_o almost_o sole_a business_n by_o impose_v their_o own_o conception_n instead_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n on_o the_o people_n and_o by_o industrious_o contrive_v such_o expression_n as_o be_v the_o likely_a to_o create_v division_n and_o then_o curse_v damn_v persecute_v 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