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twinkle_n of_o a_o eye_n cast_v their_o countenance_n into_o a_o solemn_a mortify_a guise_n and_o they_o be_v the_o first_o that_o inveigh_v against_o persecution_n and_o cry_v out_o if_o we_o have_v be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o our_o forefather_n we_o will_v not_o have_v be_v partaker_n with_o they_o in_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o prophet_n s._n matt._n 23._o 30._o however_o they_o be_v in_o their_o principle_n prepare_v to_o fill_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o father_n wherefore_o our_o bless_a lord_n call_v they_o serpent_n v._n 33._o a_o subtle_a nimble_a insinuate_a generation_n full_a of_o fold_n and_o intrigue_n humble_a and_o flexible_a in_o all_o appearance_n of_o moderation_n to_o wind_n and_o turn_v their_o pretence_n but_o they_o be_v a_o generation_n of_o viper_n immoderate_o cruel_a and_o dangerous_a in_o this_o as_o in_o many_o other_o instance_n many_o of_o the_o romanist_n and_o the_o enthusiast_n exceed_o agree_v as_o act_v by_o the_o same_o spirit_n and_o 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yea_o the_o pretence_n to_o moderation_n have_v swell_v to_o that_o height_n among_o some_o in_o the_o roman_a church_n that_o erasmus_n 1._o erasmus_n erasin_n in_o n._n t._n ad_fw-la 1_o tim._n 1._o have_v note_v some_o in_o his_o time_n dispute_v whether_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o more_o mild_a and_o moderate_a than_o christ_n himself_o who_o never_o be_v read_v to_o have_v recall_v any_o from_o the_o pain_n of_o purgatory_n but_o of_o all_o methinks_v card._n bellarmine_n have_v a_o most_o 28._o v._o apologiam_fw-la smytheam_n de_fw-la benignitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr quòd_fw-la querantur_fw-la onus_fw-la legum_fw-la pontificiarum_fw-la &_o numero_fw-la &_o gravitate_fw-la esse_fw-la impossibile_fw-it lorinus_n in_o 15._o actor_n 28._o pleasant_a chapter_n only_o to_o show_v the_o exceed_a gentleness_n and_o moderation_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o mild_a obligation_n and_o spare_a number_n of_o its_o law_n which_o we_o shall_v afford_v a_o 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97._o moderate_a quod_fw-la apud_fw-la eum_fw-la solum_fw-la justitia_fw-la locum_fw-la haberet_fw-la s._n aug._n c._n petil._n l._n 2._o c._n 97._o prince_n and_o set_v up_o his_o image_n and_o ecclesiastic_a history_n abound_v with_o instance_n of_o most_o heretic_n who_o invade_v the_o church_n by_o this_o serpentine_a way_n of_o insinuation_n enter_v in_o by_o all_o supple_a accommodation_n to_o the_o innocence_n and_o mildness_n of_o the_o dove_n but_o afterward_o they_o appear_v of_o another_o spirit_n like_o the_o locust_n of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n rev._n 9_o 9_o which_o have_v hair_n as_o the_o hair_n of_o woman_n but_o their_o tooth_n be_v as_o the_o tooth_n of_o lion_n and_o they_o have_v tail_n like_a unto_o scorpion_n and_o they_o have_v sting_n in_o their_o tail_n v._n 10._o so_o among_o the_o disciplinarian_o to_o the_o five_o monarchy_n man_n when_o they_o want_v power_n and_o opportunity_n they_o have_v all_o show_n of_o gentleness_n and_o of_o calmness_n as_o a_o 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those_o who_o have_v not_o use_v of_o their_o ability_n the_o idiotae_fw-la the_o moderation_n of_o the_o church_n leave_v to_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o the_o care_n of_o their_o governor_n so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v capable_a for_o as_o origen_n argue_v when_o celsus_n object_v to_o the_o christian_n that_o they_o do_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 1._o ãâã_d origen_n c._n celsum_fw-la l._n 1._o believe_v without_o any_o reason_n or_o examination_n the_o contrary_a thereunto_o origen_n show_v at_o large_a yet_o of_o the_o vulgar_a he_o say_v indeed_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o all_o people_n shall_v attain_v to_o the_o reason_n of_o all_o doctrine_n how_o can_v he_o get_v wisdom_n who_o be_v diligent_a to_o give_v the_o kine_n fodder_n etc._n etc._n eccles_n 38._o 26._o wherefore_o say_v origen_n what_o more_o compendious_a way_n can_v be_v contrive_v to_o relieve_v the_o poor_a multitude_n than_o the_o plain_a doctrine_n of_o jesus_n for_o this_o we_o find_v by_o 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agreeable_a to_o a_o easy_a reason_n to_o infer_v from_o the_o compare_v of_o relation_n 1._o all_o good_a christian_n who_o love_v the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o its_o peace_n will_v for_o truth_n and_o conscience_n sake_n harken_v to_o the_o church_n and_o those_o set_v over_o they_o on_o purpose_n to_o guide_v and_o direct_v they_o especial_o in_o case_n of_o doubt_n 2._o such_o will_v well_o weigh_v the_o moment_n of_o reason_n which_o the_o church_n offer_v and_o be_v ready_a with_o all_o due_a regard_n to_o entertain_v what_o the_o church_n resolve_v and_o ready_o also_o approve_v of_o those_o resolution_n unless_o it_o appear_v manifest_o that_o such_o determination_n contradict_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n which_o not_o good_a man_n will_v unadvised_o conceive_v much_o less_o seek_v occasion_n for_o exception_n 3._o in_o a_o doubtful_a and_o equal_a case_n such_o will_v incline_v to_o what_o be_v public_o determine_v because_o 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to_o be_v wise_a unto_o sobriety_n 5._o if_o before_o they_o come_v to_o know_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n they_o shall_v go_v about_o to_o divulge_v their_o sense_n in_o speak_v or_o write_v such_o will_v do_v it_o with_o submission_n to_o the_o church_n and_o to_o those_o to_o who_o be_v commit_v the_o care_n of_o censure_n if_o there_o shall_v happen_v such_o a_o lawful_a and_o necessary_a occasion_n which_o they_o can_v avoid_v to_o declare_v their_o apprehension_n different_a from_o the_o church_n if_o the_o dissenter_n err_v and_o can_v submit_v with_o consent_n he_o must_v even_o bear_v patient_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o his_o error_n which_o if_o in_o a_o less_o principal_a matter_n on_o this_o side_n heresy_n and_o schism_n such_o a_o infirmity_n 2._o infirmity_n aliter_fw-la sapere_fw-la quam_fw-la se_fw-la res_fw-la habet_fw-la humana_fw-la tentatio_fw-la est_fw-la s._n aug._n de_fw-fr bapt._n l._n 2._o and_o temptation_n incident_a to_o humane_a nature_n happen_v 4._o happen_v qualiter_fw-la pro_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la falsae_fw-la opinionis_fw-la errore_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judicii_fw-la puniendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la nullus_fw-la potest_fw-la scire_fw-la nisi_fw-la judex_fw-la salvianus_n de_fw-fr gubern_n dei_fw-la c._n 11._o §._o 4._o they_o that_o will_v retain_v their_o integrity_n must_v preserve_v 1._o a_o entire_a charity_n to_o other_o 2._o a_o reverend_a respect_n to_o the_o church_n and_o as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a a_o inviolable_a communion_n therewith_o 3._o such_o aught_o to_o endeavour_v to_o comply_v in_o other_o point_v more_o diligent_o 4._o such_o aught_o to_o profess_v their_o dissent_n from_o the_o church_n with_o great_a reluctancy_n and_o sorrow_n 5._o they_o must_v be_v very_o willing_a to_o own_o their_o error_n when_o they_o be_v convince_v thereof_o in_o the_o mean_a while_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o lay_v it_o aside_o whereby_o retain_v inviolable_a communion_n with_o the_o church_n such_o already_o be_v in_o preparation_n of_o mind_n dispose_v to_o renounce_v their_o error_n when_o they_o
case_n such_o omission_n be_v pursue_v with_o more_o care_n and_o strictness_n because_o they_o destroy_v the_o very_a end_n for_o which_o the_o power_n be_v give_v the_o church_n to_o punish_v which_o be_v the_o preservation_n of_o peace_n and_o unity_n §_o 5._o wherefore_o now_o it_o remain_v for_o we_o to_o observe_v the_o excellent_a measure_n of_o the_o moderation_n of_o our_o church_n in_o that_o gentleness_n and_o benignity_n which_o be_v show_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o her_o law_n 1._o religion_n be_v not_o where_o allow_v or_o desire_v to_o be_v more_o voluntary_a than_o among_o we_o and_o no_o where_o be_v any_o more_o require_v by_o their_o own_o choice_n and_o free_a use_n of_o their_o own_o understanding_n to_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o profession_n of_o their_o religion_n 2._o none_o by_o our_o church_n be_v ever_o compel_v to_o the_o faith_n when_o do_v ever_o our_o church_n encourage_v any_o christian_a king_n to_o send_v his_o arm_n to_o compel_v any_o pagan_n 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james_n court_n james_n confer_v at_o hampt_a court_n and_o i_o dare_v say_v it_o be_v not_o the_o bishop_n intent_n present_o and_o out_o of_o hand_n to_o enforce_v these_o thing_n without_o fatherly_a admonition_n conference_n 3._o v._o refor_n leg._n eccl._n de_fw-fr jud_v contr_n har_z c._n 3._o and_o persuasion_n wherefore_o the_o rule_n of_o our_o church_n require_v in_o the_o exercise_n of_o her_o authority_n great_a gravity_n temper_n and_o wariness_n there_o be_v no_o earthly_a providence_n so_o likely_a to_o secure_v the_o obedience_n of_o child_n as_o that_o of_o parent_n not_o provoke_v they_o and_o the_o difference_n be_v not_o great_a and_o the_o danger_n equal_a whether_o that_o be_v do_v by_o too_o great_a severity_n of_o punishment_n or_o levity_n of_o command_n the_o one_o abate_v the_o love_n the_o other_o the_o reverence_n due_a to_o the_o parent_n controversy_n parent_n dr._n ham._n of_o resolve_n controversy_n our_o church_n therefore_o maintain_v the_o 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word_n than_o by_o extremity_n and_o severity_n and_o frowardness_n be_v not_o mend_v with_o frowardness_n but_o with_o softness_n wherefore_o the_o institution_n of_o a_o christian_a man_n say_v the_o bishop_n be_v not_o bind_v so_o precise_o but_o they_o may_v attemper_v and_o forbear_v the_o execution_n of_o their_o jurisdiction_n when_o by_o so_o do_v the_o cure_n of_o the_o offender_n and_o the_o tranquillity_n of_o the_o church_n may_v be_v further_v our_o church_n be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n with_o those_o father_n of_o the_o church_n who_o when_o the_o donatist_n be_v intolerable_a they_o consent_v to_o some_o lesser_a penalty_n but_o constant_o condemn_v take_v away_o their_o life_n 21._o life_n semper_fw-la tamen_fw-la augustinus_n excipit_fw-la supplicium_fw-la mortis_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la illos_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la mereri_fw-la putaret_fw-la sed_fw-la tùm_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la decere_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la mansuetudinem_fw-la putaret_fw-la c._n 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over_o to_o satan_n 27._o satan_n sic_fw-la episcopi_fw-la affectus_fw-la boni_fw-la est_fw-la postremò_fw-la quod_fw-la sanari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la cum_fw-la dolore_fw-la abscindere_fw-la
second_v the_o loud_a clamour_n 579._o clamour_n quid_fw-la juvant_n leges_fw-la aequissimae_fw-la ubi_fw-la dominantur_fw-la domini_fw-la dixissem_fw-la tyranni_fw-la legum_fw-la administri_fw-la &_o executores_fw-la altar_n damas_n p._n 579._o notwithstanding_o our_o edict_n and_o statute_n make_v for_o their_o restraint_n be_v such_o as_o serve_v only_o to_o awake_v they_o and_o cause_v they_o to_o consider_v the_o innocence_n of_o that_o cause_n for_o refusal_n of_o communion_n in_o which_o they_o endure_v as_o they_o suppose_v great_a loss_n those_o who_o be_v send_v over_o by_o they_o either_o for_o the_o retain_v the_o already_o pervert_v or_o pervert_v other_o be_v either_o return_v by_o we_o back_o again_o to_o they_o who_o dispatch_v they_o to_o we_o or_o without_o any_o wrong_n unto_o their_o person_n or_o danger_n to_o their_o life_n suffer_v a_o easy_a restraint_n which_o only_o hinder_v they_o from_o disperse_v their_o poison_n they_o bring_v and_o have_v they_o not_o be_v stickle_v in_o our_o state_n business_n and_o meddle_v with_o our_o prince_n crown_n there_o have_v not_o a_o drop_n of_o their_o blood_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n ibid._n ground_n tât_fw-la conjurationes_fw-la &_o machinationes_fw-la &_o rebelliores_fw-la publicae_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la regno_fw-la ortae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la illae_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la fuerint_fw-la justae_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la moderatae_fw-la poenae_fw-la delin_a quentium_fw-la ad_fw-la r._n eliz._n rex_fw-la jac._n in_o apologià _fw-la quod_fw-la i_o de_fw-fr catholicorum_n persecutione_n calumnià ntur_fw-la nunquam_fw-la probari_fw-la potest_fw-la quenquam_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la causà _fw-la &_o religionis_fw-la ergo_fw-la i_o regnante_fw-la hactenus_fw-la vel_fw-la morte_fw-la mulctatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o mortis_fw-la periculo_fw-la versari_fw-la rex_fw-la jacobus_n ibid._n yet_o they_o traduce_v our_o judiciary_n proceed_n against_o they_o for_o sanguinary_a and_o violent_a 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come_v indeed_o who_o make_v now_o so_o much_o of_o nothing_o 1572._o nothing_o archbishop_n whitgift_n answer_v to_o admon_n 1572._o the_o moderation_n of_o our_o church_n in_o this_o matter_n bishop_n sanderson_n view_n sanderson_n bishop_n sanderson_n judgement_n in_o one_o view_n thus_o also_o defend_v our_o church_n it_o be_v well_o know_v have_v not_o always_o use_v that_o rigour_n she_o may_v have_v do_v where_o she_o have_v be_v force_v to_o proceed_v as_o far_o as_o deprivation_n she_o have_v ordinary_o by_o her_o fair_a slow_a and_o compassionate_a proceed_n therein_o sufficient_o manifest_v her_o unwillingness_n thereunto_o and_o declare_v herself_o a_o mother_n every_o way_n indulgent_a enough_o to_o such_o ill_a nurture_a child_n as_o will_v not_o be_v rule_v by_o she_o 2._o those_o that_o be_v suspend_v or_o deprive_v suffer_v it_o but_o just_o for_o their_o obstinacy_n and_o contempt_n for_o however_o they_o will_v bear_v the_o world_n in_o hand_n that_o they_o be_v the_o only_o persecute_a one_o and_o that_o they_o suffer_v for_o their_o conscience_n yet_o in_o truth_n they_o do_v but_o abuse_v the_o credulity_n of_o the_o simple_a therein_o and_o herein_o as_o in_o many_o other_o thing_n jump_v with_o the_o papist_n who_o they_o will_v seem_v above_o all_o other_o most_o abhorrent_n from_o for_o as_o seminary_n priest_n and_o jesuit_n give_v it_o out_o they_o suffer_v for_o religion_n when_o the_o truth_n be_v they_o be_v just_o execute_v for_o their_o prodigious_a treason_n and_o felonious_a or_o treacherous_a practice_n against_o lawful_a prince_n and_o state_n so_o the_o brethren_n pretend_v they_o be_v persecute_v for_o their_o conscience_n when_o they_o be_v indeed_o but_o just_o censure_v for_o their_o obstinate_a and_o pertinacious_a contempt_n of_o lawful_a authority_n it_o be_v well_o know_v the_o quaker_n be_v hang_v in_o new-england_n yet_o to_o these_o who_o so_o much_o cry_v out_o persecution_n say_v the_o friendly_a debate_n be_v 1._o pag._n 218._o part._n 1._o you_o not_o allow_v to_o worship_n god_n just_a as_o you_o please_v in_o your_o own_o family_n may_v not_o some_o of_o your_o neighbour_n join_v with_o you_o for_o shame_n do_v not_o complain_v of_o persecution_n who_o be_v so_o kind_o use_v 167._o use_v si_fw-mi ea_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la misericordissimam_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la comparentur_fw-la sactis_fw-la quae_fw-la furiâsa_fw-la temeritate_fw-la committunt_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la videat_fw-la qui_fw-la magis_fw-la persecutores_fw-la vocandi_fw-la sunt_fw-la s._n aug._n ep._n 167._o who_o endeavour_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n to_o oppose_v other_o the_o common_a prayer_n be_v never_o impose_v with_o such_o rigour_n as_o the_o directory_n be_v 1678._o be_v m._n dryden_n ep._n ded._n 1678._o we_o have_v already_o all_o the_o liberty_n which_o freeborn_a subject_n can_v enjoy_v and_o all_o beyond_o be_v but_o licence_n but_o if_o it_o be_v liberty_n of_o conscience_n which_o 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thankfulness_n and_o duty_n bind_v we_o to_o make_v mention_n of_o the_o most_o glorious_a example_n of_o princely_a moderation_n which_o the_o christian_a world_n ever_o have_v exhibit_v namely_o the_o moderation_n of_o our_o king_n which_o have_v be_v since_o the_o reformation_n which_o give_v a_o great_a lustre_n to_o the_o subject_n here_o treat_v of_o of_o who_o those_o have_v be_v most_o fortunate_a to_o who_o belong_v that_o character_n which_o be_v give_v of_o marcus_n aurelius_n antoninus_n 16._o antoninus_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d mar._n anton._n l._n 1._o §._o 16._o he_o have_v skill_n and_o knowledge_n when_o rigour_n and_o extremity_n and_o when_o remissness_n and_o moderation_n pastor_n neque_fw-la multâ_fw-la asperitate_fw-la exulcerentur_fw-la subditi_fw-la nec_fw-la nimiâ_fw-la benignitate_fw-la solvantur_fw-la gregor_n m._n de_fw-fr curà _fw-it pastor_n be_v in_o season_n or_o as_o king_n james_n phrase_n to_o the_o parliament_n 1622._o be_v when_o the_o spur_n 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