out_o his_o vineyard_n to_o other_o husbandman_n which_o shall_v render_v he_o the_o fruit_n in_o due_a season_n which_o parable_n be_v experimentable_o verify_v in_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o jew_n by_o the_o roman_n and_o it_o be_v add_v whosoever_o shall_v fall_v on_o this_o stone_n christ_n shall_v be_v break_v but_o on_o whosoever_o it_o shall_v fall_v it_o shall_v grind_v he_o to_o powder_n mat._n 22._o 2._o to_o 8._o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v like_a unto_o a_o certain_a king_n which_o make_v a_o marriage_n for_o his_o son_n and_o send_v his_o servant_n to_o call_v they_o that_o be_v bid_v to_o the_o wedding_n but_o they_o will_v not_o come_v etc._n etc._n and_o the_o remnant_n take_v his_o servant_n and_o entreat_v they_o spiteful_o and_o slay_v they_o but_o when_o the_o king_n hear_v thereof_o he_o be_v wroth_a and_o send_v forth_o his_o army_n and_o destroy_v those_o murderers_z and_o burn_v up_o their_o city_n real_o verify_v in_o the_o jew_n 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the_o ten_o horn_n shall_v make_v the_o whore_n desolate_a and_o naked_a and_o shall_v eat_v her_o flesh_n and_o burn_v she_o with_o fire_n and_o the_o beast_n and_o false_a prophet_n be_v take_v and_o cast_v into_o a_o lake_n which_o burn_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n the_o ground_n of_o the_o ancient_a writ_n de_fw-fr haeretico_fw-la comburendo_fw-la and_o of_o burn_a heretic_n and_o the_o rest_n be_v slay_v with_o the_o sword_n and_o all_o the_o foul_n be_v fill_v with_o their_o flesh_n if_o any_o object_n 25._o that_o the_o sword_n wherewith_o those_o last_o be_v say_v to_o be_v slay_v be_v nothing_o object_n else_o but_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o preach_v of_o the_o word_n because_o it_o be_v say_v that_o this_o sword_n proceed_v out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o he_o that_o sit_v upon_o the_o horse_n which_o they_o further_o confirm_v by_o isa_n 11._o 4._o he_o shall_v smite_v the_o earth_n with_o the_o rod_n of_o his_o mouth_n and_o by_o the_o breath_n of_o his_o 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fire_n for_o strong_a be_v the_o lord_n who_o judge_v she_o rev._n 16._o 21_o 22._o rejoice_v over_o she_o thou_o heaven_n and_o you_o holy_a apostle_n and_o prophet_n for_o god_n have_v avenge_v you_o on_o she_o and_o a_o mighty_a angel_n take_v up_o a_o stone_n like_o a_o great_a millstone_n and_o cast_v it_o into_o the_o sea_n say_v thus_o with_o violence_n shall_v the_o great_a city_n babylon_n be_v throw_v down_o and_o shall_v be_v find_v no_o more_o at_o all_o &c._n &c._n rev._n 20._o 1_o 2_o 4_o 5._o i_o hear_v a_o voice_n of_o much_o people_n in_o heaven_n say_v allelujah_o salvation_n honour_n and_o power_n unto_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n that_o sit_v on_o the_o throne_n as_o a_o judge_n for_o true_a and_o righteous_a be_v his_o judgement_n for_o he_o have_v judge_v the_o great_a where_o which_o do_v corrupt_v the_o earth_n with_o her_o fornication_n and_o have_v avenge_v the_o blood_n of_o his_o saint_n at_o her_o hand_n etc._n etc._n it_o follow_v in_o the_o very_a next_o 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5._o c._n 20._o 1._o to_o 26._o 1_o sam_n 7._o 3._o 5_o 6._o 1_o king_n 18._o 1._o 2._o to_o 66._o 1_o chro_fw-la 13._o 1._o to_o 9_o c._n 15._o 3._o to_o 29._o c._n 25._o c._n 29._o 2_o chro_fw-la 5._o 2_o 3._o c._n 7._o 3_o 4._o c._n 15._o 9_o to_o 16._o c._n 20._o 3_o 4_o 5._o 27._o 28._o c._n 23._o 7._o 16_o 17._o c._n 24._o 9_o 10._o c._n 29._o 28._o 36._o c._n 30._o 1._o to_o 27._o c._n 34._o 29_o 30_o 31_o 32_o 33._o c._n 35._o 1._o to_o 20._o ezra_n 10._o 1._o etc._n etc._n 5._o 9_o 12._o c._n 3._o 1._o neh._n 8._o 1._o etc._n etc._n cap._n 9_o 1._o joel_n 2._o 15._o 16._o zeph._n 2._o 1_o 2._o which_o i_o wish_v all_o separatist_n and_o independent_o will_v well_o study_v and_o consider_v my_o second_o argument_n be_v this_o godly_a king_n and_o magistrate_n under_o the_o law_n and_o old_a testament_n have_v power_n to_o 2._o punish_v sabbath-breaker_n sorcerer_n witch_n murderer_n adulterer_n wicked_a doer_n and_o disobeyer_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n with_o temporal_a and_o capital_a punishment_n ergo._fw-la christian_n magistrate_n and_o prince_n now_o have_v power_n under_o the_o gospel_n to_o punish_v idolater_n apostate_n heretic_n false_a teacher_n obstinate_a schismatic_n and_o blasphemer_n with_o corporal_a and_o capital_a punishment_n the_o sequel_n be_v firm_a because_o the_o same_o reason_n hold_v a_o like_a in_o all_o and_o because_o it_o be_v a_o argument_n a_fw-fr minori_fw-la ad_fw-la maju_fw-la sin_n against_o the_o first_o second_v third_z fourth_z commandment_n as_o divine_v general_o accord_v be_v more_o heinous_a than_o sin_n against_o the_o second_o table_n because_o more_o immediate_a against_o the_o very_a nature_n essence_n and_o name_n of_o god_n himself_o and_o spiritual_a sorcerer_n witch_n murderer_n adulterer_n such_o as_o all_o idolater_n heretic_n apostate_n false_a teacher_n obstinate_a schismatic_n and_o blasphemer_n be_v be_v worse_o and_o more_o dangerous_a than_o corporal_a because_o they_o hurt_v and_o destroy_v 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the_o state_n he_o have_v power_n over_o their_o person_n estate_n life_n if_o so_o than_o he_o may_v deprive_v they_o for_o their_o wickedness_n of_o the_o good_a thing_n of_o this_o life_n and_o inflict_v upon_o they_o temporal_a death_n let_v m._n del_n therefore_o assoyl_v his_o own_o contradiction_n here_o which_o he_o thus_o second_o p_o 40._o do_v you_o ever_o hear_v i_o say_v or_o hint_n that_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v not_o punish_v outward_a wickedness_n yes_o here_o you_o hint_n intimate_a and_o argue_v it_o too_o and_o therefore_o need_v to_o reconcile_v these_o your_o contradiction_n or_o renounce_v this_o argument_n second_o god_n himself_o the_o fountain_n and_o rule_n of_o justice_n do_v many_o time_n punish_v wicked_a man_n who_o refuse_v the_o good_a thing_n of_o heaven_n and_o eternal_a life_n with_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o good_a thing_n of_o this_o life_n &_o infliction_n of_o temporal_a and_o eternal_a death_n to_o boot_v witness_n deut._n 28._o 15._o to_o 68_o levit._fw-la 26._o 14._o to_o 44._o and_o rev._n 18_o 19_o instead_o of_o many_o other_o text_n if_o god_n then_o the_o 14._o standard_n of_o justice_n do_v usual_o this_o and_o threaten_v all_o wicked_a man_n that_o they_o shall_v thus_o be_v punish_v why_o may_v not_o christian_a prince_n and_o magistrate_n who_o be_v his_o 6._o deputy_n minister_n revenger_n do_v the_o like_a without_o the_o least_o injustice_n or_o cruelty_n three_o the_o law_n of_o all_o kingdom_n and_o of_o our_o own_o do_v punish_v malefactor_n as_o traitor_n murderer_n and_o heretic_n among_o other_o with_o confiscation_n of_o good_n imprisonment_n banishment_n and_o death_n too_o not_o think_v it_o punishment_n sufficient_a that_o they_o refuse_v the_o good_a thing_n of_o heaven_n and_o eternal_a life_n m._n deal_v then_o must_v be_v wise_a than_o god_n than_o all_o state_n lawgiver_n whatsoever_o than_o our_o own_o law_n parliament_n judge_n and_o tax_v they_o both_o of_o cruelty_n injustice_n and_o add_v misery_n to_o the_o miserable_a if_o he_o dare_v maintain_v this_o absurd_a paradox_n which_o have_v neither_o reason_n nor_o religion_n in_o it_o his_o four_o objection_n be_v much_o of_o the_o same_o strain_n 25_o christ_n impose_v no_o other_o 4._o punishment_n on_o those_o that_o will_v not_o hear_v the_o church_n then_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v reckon_v as_o a_o heathen_a math._n 18._o and_o paul_n tit._n 3._o teach_v we_o after_o once_o and_o twice_o admonition_n to_o avoid_v a_o heretic_n but_o not_o to_o imprison_v he_o or_o kill_v he_o or_o banish_v he_o ergo_fw-la the_o christian_n magistrate_n must_v neither_o imprison_v nor_o kill_v nor_o banish_v heretic_n here_o mr._n dell_n speak_v plain_a english_a and_o out_o of_o his_o abundant_a zeal_n profess_o answer_n plead_v for_o the_o impunity_n even_o of_o heretic_n themselves_o by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n and_o if_o we_o compare_v this_o with_o his_o p._n 29._o take_v heed_n you_o do_v nothing_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o faithful_a god_n own_o people_n as_o he_o have_v warn_v you_o by_o the_o spirit_n say_v touch_v not_o my_o anoint_a and_o do_v my_o prophet_n no_o harm_n etc._n etc._n these_o anoint_a one_o be_v the_o lord_n prophet_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v no_o prophet_n but_o such_o as_o be_v anoint_a with_o the_o spirit_n thus_o prophesy_v christ_n be_v make_v the_o lord_n prophet_n and_o thus_o be_v all_o his_o brethren_n make_v prophet_n be_v fellow_n with_o he_o in_o his_o unction_n and_o therefore_o take_v heed_n how_o you_o meddle_v with_o the_o lord_n anoint_a one_o and_o with_o the_o lord_n prophet_n etc._n etc._n the_o lord_n have_v still_o the_o same_o care_n of_o the_o same_o people_n and_o will_v suffer_v no_o man_n to_o do_v they_o wrong_v but_o will_v reprove_v king_n and_o parliament_n and_o kingdom_n and_o city_n and_o county_n and_o committee_n he_o will_v reprove_v they_o all_o for_o their_o sake_n and_o say_v touch_v not_o my_o anoint_a and_o do_v
auderet_fw-la impunitas_fw-la vel_fw-la quantum_fw-la eye_v in_o melius_fw-la mutandis_fw-la confer_v posset_n diligentin_fw-fr disciplina_fw-la 48._o sed_fw-la haec_fw-la opinio_fw-la mea_fw-la nec_fw-la contradicentium_fw-la verbis_fw-la sed_fw-la demonstrantium_fw-la superabatur_fw-la exemplis_fw-la primò_fw-la mihi_fw-la opporrebatur_fw-la civitas_fw-la mea_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la tota_fw-la esset_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la donati_n ad_fw-la vnitatem_fw-la catholicam_fw-la timore_fw-la legum_fw-la imperialium_fw-la conversaest_n quam_fw-la nunc_fw-la videmus_fw-la ita_fw-la huius_fw-la vestra_fw-la animâ—fiâ—aâ—iâ—_n perniciem_fw-la detestari_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la nunquam_fw-la suisse_fw-la credatur_fw-la ita_fw-la aliae_fw-la multae_fw-la quae_fw-la mihi_fw-la nominatim_fw-la commemorabantur_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsit_fw-la rebus_fw-la agnoscerem_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la causa_fw-la restè_fw-fr intelligi_fw-la posse_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la dam_fw-la sapienti_fw-la occasionem_fw-la &_o sapientior_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o he_o second_v in_o the_o same_o epistle_n and_o epist_n 50._o 275._o about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 430._o divert_v of_o the_o schismatical_a dotatist_n be_v slay_v and_o put_v to_o death_n for_o their_o sedition_n schism_n and_o violence_n which_o saint_n augustin_n deem_v lawful_a and_o justify_v at_o the_o last_o when_o he_o perceive_v their_o schism_n and_o mischief_n can_v not_o else_o be_v suppress_v though_o he_o be_v former_o of_o another_o opinion_n the_o emperor_n â—_o honorius_n and_o theodosius_n make_v a_o law_n for_o the_o ganish_n and_o punishment_n of_o pelagius_n and_o câ—lestius_n the_o broacher_n of_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n and_o their_o follower_n wherein_o there_o be_v this_o notable_a clau_n hos_fw-la ergo_fw-la reperâ—â—â—_n ubicunque_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la tam_fw-la nefando_fw-la scelere_fw-la conferentes_fw-la a_o quibuscunque_fw-la jubemus_fw-la corripi_fw-la 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condemnatum_fw-la rigore_fw-la publico_fw-la seize_v finxeret_fw-la ignorare_fw-la datum_n pridie_fw-la callendas_fw-la maiias_n ravennae_n d_o d._n n_o n._n honorio_n xii_o &_o theodosio_n viii_o augustis_fw-la consulibus_fw-la whereupon_o palladius_n in_o pursuance_n of_o this_o law_n make_v this_o edict_n exemplar_n edicti_fw-la propositi_fw-la a_o palladio_n praefecto_fw-la praetorio_fw-la junius_n quartus_fw-la palladius_n monaxius_n &_o agricola_n iterum_fw-la praefecti_fw-la praetotorio_n edixerunt_fw-la in_o pelagium_fw-la atque_fw-la coelestium_fw-la catholici_fw-la dogmatis_fw-la fidem_fw-la scaevis_fw-la tractatibus_fw-la destruentes_fw-la sententia_fw-la principalis_fw-la invalnit_fw-la ut_fw-la venerabili_fw-la urbe_fw-la submoti_fw-la bonorum_fw-la concilio_fw-la mulctarentur_fw-la hoc_fw-la igitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la admoneri_fw-la oportet_fw-la edicto_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la sinistrae_fw-la persuasionis_fw-la erroribus_fw-la praestet_fw-la assensum_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la ille_fw-la plebeius_fw-la ac_fw-la clericus_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o caliginis_fw-la huius_fw-la obscaena_fw-la reciderit_fw-la â_fw-la quocunque_fw-la tractus_fw-la ad_fw-la judicem_fw-la sine_fw-la accusatricis_fw-la discretione_fw-la personae_fw-la facultatum_fw-la publicatione_n nudain_v irrevocabile_fw-la patietur_fw-la exilium_fw-la num_fw-la superâ—a_fw-la maje_v as_o ut_fw-la colligit_fw-la ex_fw-la secreti_fw-la ignor_fw-it atione_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la it_o a_o ex_fw-la incepta_fw-la disputationâ—_n injuriam_fw-la 32._o manes_n the_o heretic_n a_o persian_a bear_v the_o first_o author_n of_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o manichee_n about_o the_o four_o year_n of_o aurelion_n the_o emperor_n grow_v to_o that_o madness_n at_o last_o as_o to_o style_v himself_o christ_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o choose_v he_o twelve_o disciple_n with_o who_o he_o travel_v over_o the_o kingdom_n of_o persia_n from_o whence_o be_v expel_v as_o a_o manifest_a contemner_n of_o god_n he_o be_v at_o last_o apprehend_v by_o command_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n and_o subject_v to_o a_o persian_a punishment_n have_v his_o skin_n flay_v off_o his_o body_n and_o then_o cast_v unto_o the_o dog_n naked_a to_o be_v devour_v of_o they_o a_o end_n suitable_a to_o his_o damnable_a heresy_n and_o blasphemy_n his_o skin_n be_v afterward_o stuff_v with_o reed_n and_o keep_v for_o a_o monument_n to_o deter_v other_o 445._o justinian_n the_o emperor_n condemn_v severus_n by_o a_o promulged_a law_n and_o appoint_v most_o grievous_a punishment_n for_o his_o follower_n the_o emperor_n justin_n cause_v the_o arian_n heresy_n and_o arian_n to_o be_v extirpate_v and_o give_v their_o church_n to_o the_o orthodox_n christian_n and_o the_o heretic_n bus_fw-la priscillian_n be_v slay_v by_o maximus_n the_o emperor_n 445._o theodoricus_n apher_n inflict_v capital_a punishment_n upon_o his_o deacon_n who_o be_v orthodox_n at_o first_o apostatise_v to_o the_o arian_n heresy_n hope_v 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