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the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n law_n and_o providence_n be_v both_o quite_o change_v if_o toleration_n of_o false_a worship_n and_o other_o abuse_n of_o religion_n tend_v not_o to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n if_o magistrate_n must_v give_v liberty_n for_o all_o to_o propagate_v a_o false_a religion_n than_o so_o must_v parent_n and_o master_n also_o which_o will_v be_v a_o crime_n so_o horrid_a in_o the_o nature_n and_o effect_n of_o it_o as_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o name_v with_o its_o proper_a title_n the_o magistrate_n will_v quick_o find_v that_o the_o distraction_n of_o the_o church_n will_v breed_v and_o feed_v such_o distraction_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n 309._o as_o may_v make_v they_o wish_v they_o have_v quench_v the_o fire_n while_o it_o be_v yet_o quenchable_a our_o unity_n be_v not_o only_o our_o strength_n but_o their_o strength_n and_o the_o fire_n that_o begin_v in_o the_o church_n may_v if_o let_v alone_o reach_v the_o court._n pag._n 423._o of_o 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