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quantum_fw-la mali_fw-la eorum_fw-la
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the_o field_n which_o christ_n interpret_v to_o be_v the_o world_n v._n 38._o not_o in_o the_o church_n which_o be_v not_o the_o world_n i_o answer_v first_o that_o the_o world_n here_o answer_n be_v not_o put_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o church_n but_o for_o it_o as_o including_z it_o for_o it_o be_v put_v for_o the_o world_n and_o field_n wherein_o there_o be_v tare_n mingle_v with_o the_o wheat_n and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o wicked_a intermix_v together_o with_o the_o child_n of_o the_o kingdom_n now_o if_o you_o take_v the_o world_n here_o in_o opposition_n or_o contradistinction_n to_o the_o church_n than_o there_o can_v be_v nothing_o but_o tare_n in_o it_o and_o no_o wheat_n nor_o child_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o grow_v only_o in_o the_o church_n not_o in_o the_o world_n as_o distinct_a from_o it_o therefore_o this_o evasion_n will_v not_o avoid_v the_o objection_n nor_o justify_v their_o separation_n no_o more_o than_o the_o donatist_n of_o old_a as_o augustine_n prove_v at_o large_a against_o cresconius_n the_o donatist_n out_o of_o cyprian_a and_o other_o conclude_v thus_o 38._o si_fw-mi videntur_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la zizania_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la impediri_fw-la debet_fw-la aut_fw-la fides_fw-la aut_fw-la charitas_fw-la nostra_fw-la ut_fw-la quoniam_fw-la zizania_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la cernimus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la recedamus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la laborandum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la frumentum_fw-la esse_fw-la possumus_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la caeperit_n frumentum_fw-la dominicis_fw-la horreis_n condi_fw-la fructum_fw-la pro_fw-la opere_fw-la nostro_fw-la &_o labour_v capiamus_fw-la apostolus_fw-la in_o epistola_fw-la sua_fw-la dicit_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la autem_fw-la magna_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la vasa_fw-la sunt_fw-la aurea_fw-la et_fw-la argentea_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la lignea_fw-la &_o fictilia_fw-la et_fw-la quaedam_fw-la quidem_fw-la honorata_fw-la quaedam_fw-la 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be_v tare_n grow_v in_o they_o with_o the_o wheat_n and_o your_o cast_v out_o from_o your_o separate_a congregation_n â—uch_o as_o you_o deem_v tare_n and_o goat_n be_v justifiable_a than_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n may_v and_o must_v by_o the_o same_o reason_n punish_v banish_v root_n &_o cast_v such_o out_o of_o their_o christian_n republiks_n there_o be_v no_o ground_n why_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v admit_v such_o to_o grow_v together_o with_o the_o wheat_n in_o the_o field_n of_o the_o christian_n state_n or_o church_n when_o as_o the_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n ought_v not_o to_o suffer_v they_o in_o their_o particular_a church_n so_o as_o this_o parable_n contradict_v your_o own_o practice_n of_o separation_n and_o this_o your_o objection_n from_o it_o against_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n power_n 2_o to_o answer_v more_o particular_o the_o objector_n may_v with_o better_a probability_n ague_n hence_o that_o husbandman_n must_v not_o weed_v their_o corn_n nor_o pluck_v up_o 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death_n as_o unlawful_a in_o itself_o but_o admit_v it_o lawful_a and_o that_o they_o may_v deserve_v it_o second_o that_o he_o speak_v here_o only_o of_o make_v a_o law_n to_o put_v false_a teacher_n and_o seducer_n to_o death_n in_o that_o age_n which_o he_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n than_o admit_v of_o not_o because_o it_o be_v unlawful_a but_o only_o inconvenient_a at_o that_o time_n because_o it_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v abuse_v to_o the_o shed_n of_o innocent_a blood_n three_o that_o he_o hold_v it_o then_o sufficient_a and_o lawful_a too_o for_o the_o magistrate_n to_o banish_v seducer_n and_o false_a teacher_n though_o they_o do_v not_o put_v they_o actual_o to_o death_n and_o by_o consequence_n hold_v it_o lawful_a to_o imprison_v and_o fine_v they_o too_o which_o be_v less_o than_o banishment_n yea_o himself_o write_v to_o 5._o methusum_n very_o earnest_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o receive_v the_o anabaptist_n into_o their_o city_n but_o expel_v they_o so_o that_o luther_n 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