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which_o if_o it_o be_v deny_v we_o our_o christian_a liberty_n be_v so_o far_o violate_v nor_o do_v we_o deny_v the_o magistrate_n a_o power_n about_o our_o christian_a liberty_n if_o any_o shall_v turn_v this_o liberty_n into_o licentiousness_n he_o may_v restrain_v they_o nay_o he_o may_v restrain_v the_o liberty_n itself_o where_o god_n have_v not_o praeengage_v we_o to_o restrain_v it_o and_o he_o will_v eminent_o employ_v his_o power_n for_o christ_n when_o he_o exert_v it_o to_o assert_v and_o vindicate_v to_o all_o his_o loyal_a subject_n the_o free_a use_n of_o that_o great_a charter_n and_o if_o encroach_a violence_n shall_v make_v a_o forcible_a entry_n upon_o that_o privilege_n whereof_o we_o be_v in_o quiet_a and_o peaceable_a possession_n we_o shall_v complain_v of_o the_o force_n to_o he_o who_o will_v remove_v it_o and_o reinvest_v we_o in_o our_o christian_a freehold_n whereof_o christ_n have_v make_v the_o purchase_n with_o his_o own_o blood_n two_o thing_n there_o 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and_o which_o be_v more_o change_v the_o very_a nature_n of_o thing_n and_o make_v that_o good_a and_o holy_a which_o be_v wicked_a and_o rebellious_a before_o this_o can_v canonize_v any_o opinion_n legitimate_a any_o action_n warrant_v any_o extravagancy_n in_o the_o person_n that_o own_v it_o whatsoever_o he_o think_v can_v be_v no_o heresy_n and_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v can_v be_v no_o sin_n in_o which_o charge_n he_o have_v sprinkle_v here_o and_o there_o a_o word_n of_o truth_n for_o he_o that_o will_v be_v believe_v in_o a_o great_a falsehood_n must_v be_v sure_a to_o intersperse_v some_o little_a verity_n conscience_n be_v a_o most_o absolute_a monarch_n indeed_o if_o it_o have_v all_o these_o praerogative_n but_o this_o be_v the_o great_a praerogative_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n to_o bear_v self_n witness_v against_o his_o neighbour_n and_o if_o we_o may_v call_v thing_n by_o their_o proper_a name_n by_o unworthy_a scandalous_a insinuation_n sinister_a reflection_n and_o false_a accusation_n against_o dissenter_n to_o provoke_v the_o magistrate_n to_o proscribe_v they_o as_o outlaw_n but_o i_o answer_v §_o 1._o the_o high_a immunity_n i_o ever_o meet_v with_o ascribe_v to_o conscience_n be_v in_o bishop_n saunderson_n a_o most_o zealous_a stickler_n for_o ceremony_n serm._n on_o 14._o rome_n 23._o there_o can_v say_v he_o be_v imagine_v a_o high_a contempt_n of_o god_n then_o for_o a_o man_n to_o despise_v the_o power_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n which_o be_v the_o high_a under_o heaven_n as_o be_v god_n most_o immediate_a deputy_n for_o the_o order_v his_o life_n and_o way_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v the_o heathen_a say_v conscience_n be_v a_o god_n to_o all_o man_n which_o be_v somewhat_o a_o high_a note_n than_o the_o enquirer_n make_v the_o dissenter_n sing_v that_o it_o pretend_v to_o be_v god_n peculiar_a and_o be_v exempt_a from_o any_o inferior_a cognizance_n §_o 2._o it_o be_v a_o most_o injurious_a charge_n if_o apply_v to_o nonconformist_n that_o conscience_n can_v alter_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n make_v that_o good_a which_o be_v wicked_a and_o rebellious_a before_o etc._n etc._n all_o they_o say_v in_o this_o particular_a be_v with_o aâ—…es_n thes._n de_fw-fr conscience_n 18._o tanto_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la ut_fw-la actionem_fw-la suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la mediam_fw-la efficiat_a bonam_n vel_fw-la malam_fw-la &_o suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la bonam_n reddat_fw-la malam_fw-la quamvis_fw-la illam_fw-la quae_fw-la suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la mala_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la convertere_fw-la in_o bonam_n so_o great_a be_v the_o power_n of_o conscience_n that_o it_o can_v make_v a_o action_n in_o itself_o indifferent_a to_o become_v either_o good_a or_o evil_n viz._n to_o the_o person_n and_o a_o action_n in_o its_o own_o nature_n good_a to_o become_v evil_a although_o it_o can_v make_v that_o which_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n evil_a to_o become_v good_a which_o power_n be_v clear_o 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cause_n but_o it_o be_v too_o common_a for_o man_n to_o charge_v other_o with_o the_o wickedness_n of_o their_o own_o thought_n and_o heart_n and_o what_o be_v once_o their_o own_o old_a crime_n to_o make_v other_o man_n new_a accusation_n §_o 2._o as_o to_o the_o power_n of_o conscience_n to_o excuse_v error_n from_o heresy_n we_o say_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o material_a heresy_n which_o be_v not_o formal_o so_o what_o a_o man_n judge_n to_o be_v a_o real_a truth_n though_o possible_o it_o may_v be_v a_o dangerous_a error_n yet_o unless_o there_o be_v prava_fw-la dispositie_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o that_o error_n or_o something_o of_o obstinacy_n in_o the_o will_n in_o adhaer_v to_o it_o error_n and_o heterodoxy_n it_o be_v but_o heresy_n it_o can_v be_v that_o be_v it_o will_v not_o denominate_v the_o person_n a_o heretic_n thus_o the_o learned_a and_o judicious_a mr._n hales_n heresy_n be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n not_o of_o the_o reason_n and_o be_v indeed_o a_o lie_n 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