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isaiah_n 2._o 3._o 4._o parallel_n with_o it_o nation_n shall_v not_o lift_v up_o sword_n against_o nation_n neither_o shall_v they_o learn_v war_n any_o more_o etc._n etc._n let_v he_o therefore_o give_v over_o press_v this_o text_n any_o further_a contrary_a to_o its_o scope_n or_o if_o he_o will_v have_v it_o real_o verify_v let_v he_o now_o retract_v his_o petition_n to_o the_o parliament_n to_o suffer_v dedicatory_a separate_a assembling_n of_o the_o saint_n both_o public_o and_o private_o as_o occasion_n serve_v etc._n etc._n direct_o contrary_a to_o this_o prophecy_n and_o persuade_v his_o armedsaint_n no_o more_o to_o destroy_v hurt_n or_o kill_v cavalier_n much_o less_o any_o godly_a minister_n who_o some_o of_o they_o have_v threaten_v hurt_v &_o thrust_v out_o of_o their_o pulpit_n unless_o they_o will_v likewise_o permit_v the_o christian_a magistrate_n to_o hurt_v and_o destroy_v obstinate_a seduce_a heretic_n schismatickes_n false_a teacher_n blasphemer_n 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use_v of_o the_o ten_o horn_n who_o be_v ten_o king_n to_o punish_v burn_v and_o destroy_v the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n under_o the_o new-testament_n rev._n 17._o 16._o beside_o the_o scripture_n be_v express_v that_o christ_n be_v the_o head_n of_o all_o principallity_n and_o power_n col._n 2._o 10._o that_o the_o power_n which_o be_v be_v ordined_a of_o god_n &_o the_o sword_n to_o be_v use_v by_o they_o for_o the_o good_a of_o his_o church_n people_n who_o be_v to_o obey_v and_o submit_v unto_o they_o rom._n 13._o 1._o to_o 6._o 1_o tim._n 2._o 1._o 2._o 1._o pet._n 2._o 13._o 14._o tit._n 3._o 1._o hence_o be_v that_o of_o 4._o bernard_n to_o pope_n eugenius_n uterque_fw-la ergo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o spiritalis_fw-la scilicet_fw-la gladius_fw-la &_o materialis_fw-la say_v be_v quidem_fw-la pro_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ille_fw-la verò_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la exercendus_fw-la est_fw-la ille_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la be_v militis_n sed_fw-la sanè_fw-la ad_fw-la nutum_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la &_o
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have_v be_v compel_v to_o be_v 〈…〉_z in_o 〈…〉_z and_o many_o 15._o indâ—anâ—â—â—_n â—â—_z the_o west_n indies_n even_o by_o 〈…〉_z which_o divers_a of_o their_o otherâ—_n wâ—iâ—â—â—s_n approve_v as_o lawful_a though_o other_o 〈…〉_z iâ—_n however_o that_o act_n of_o 15â—_n jovinian_n be_v most_o christian_n and_o heroical_a who_o be_v elect_v emperor_n after_o the_o death_n of_o julian_n the_o apostate_n by_o the_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o captain_n soldier_n and_o people_n he_o absolute_o refuse_v the_o empire_n say_v 1._o that_o he_o be_v a_o christian_n will_v not_o be_v a_o emperor_n over_o infidel_n but_o all_o be_v so_o well_o please_v with_o his_o election_n that_o they_o present_o cry_v out_o we_o be_v christian_n and_o for_o his_o sake_n those_o who_o be_v not_o so_o before_o resolve_v to_o become_v christian_n upon_o condition_n he_o will_v accept_v the_o empire_n which_o thereupon_o he_o accept_v whereupon_o they_o all_o turn_v christian_n and_o be_v by_o this_o 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deus_fw-la ut_fw-la praeceperit_fw-la etiam_fw-la eos_fw-la interfici_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrificare_fw-la &_o servire_fw-la idolis_fw-la suaserint_fw-la in_o deut._n 13._o &_o iterum_fw-la loquor_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la nec_fw-la civitati_fw-la parcendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la universa_fw-la consenserit_fw-la ad_fw-la idololatriam_fw-la cujus_fw-la praecepti_fw-la &_o rigoris_fw-la memor_fw-la 2._o mathathias_n enterfecit_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la aram_fw-la sacrificaturus_fw-la accesserat_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la ante_fw-la adventum_fw-la christi_fw-la circa_fw-la deum_fw-la colendum_fw-la &_o idola_fw-la spernenda_fw-la haec_fw-la praecepta_fw-la servata_fw-la sunt_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la post_fw-la adventum_fw-la christi_fw-la servanda_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la cum_fw-la ille_fw-la passus_fw-la sit_fw-la pro_fw-la alienis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la muliò_fw-la magis_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la suis_fw-la pati_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la debere_fw-la from_o which_o place_n jacobus_n pamelius_n in_o his_o annotation_n on_o this_o chapter_n annot._n 27._o and_o bellarmin_n de_fw-fr laicis_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 21._o infer_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o put_v not_o only_o idolater_n but_o heretic_n also_o to_o death_n under_o the_o gospel_n and_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o if_o we_o believe_v 112_o rhabanus_fw-la maurus_n for_o haeretici_fw-la quot_fw-la erroribus_fw-la tot_fw-la idolis_fw-la sunt_fw-la obnoxii_fw-la 66._o epiphanius_n agog_o cyrill_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o 32._o other_o record_n and_o approve_v the_o punishment_n of_o manes_n the_o heretic_n who_o have_v his_o skin_n flay_v off_o from_o his_o body_n and_o then_o be_v cast_v unto_o and_o devour_v of_o dog_n saint_n â—_o jerom_n record_v and_o approve_v the_o edict_n of_o the_o christian_a emperor_n quae_fw-la de_fw-fr alexandria_n &_o aegypto_n origenistas_n pelli_fw-la jubent_fw-la and_o against_o priscillian_n the_o heretic_n qui_fw-la &_o seculi_fw-la gladio_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la orbis_n 2._o auctoritate_fw-la damnatus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o in_o his_o commentary_n on_o galat._n 5._o i_o will_v they_o be_v cut_v off_o that_o trouble_n you_o he_o write_v thus_o certè_fw-la nullam_fw-la puto_fw-la inveteri_fw-la lege_fw-la iam_fw-la trucem_fw-la tam_fw-la cruentam_fw-la in_o aliquos_fw-la esse_fw-la sententiam_fw-la quam_fw-la utinam_fw-la abscindantur_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la perturbant_fw-la si_fw-mi putant_fw-la sibi_fw-la hoc_fw-la prodesse_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la circumcidentur_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la abscindantur_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la expoliatio_fw-la membri_fw-la proficit_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la ablatio_fw-la with_o who_o primasius_n and_o claudius_n altisiodorensis_n concur_v in_o terminis_fw-la in_o cap._n 5._o epist_n ad_fw-la galat._n 60._o saint_n chrysostome_n though_o he_o seem_v unwilling_a to_o have_v all_o heretic_n slay_v and_o put_v to_o death_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la morte_fw-la plectarentur_fw-la haeretici_fw-la atrox_n profectô_o &_o irreconciliabile_fw-la bellum_fw-la universo_fw-it terrarum_fw-la orbi_fw-la esset_fw-la inserendum_fw-la their_o multitude_n be_v then_o so_o great_a disperse_v over_o the_o whole_a world_n yet_o he_o add_v even_o from_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o tare_n itself_o non_fw-la autem_fw-la prohibet_fw-la dominus_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la impudentem_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la audaciam_fw-la suffrenemus_n simul_fw-la et_fw-la restringamus_fw-la verum_fw-la ne_fw-la vita_fw-la prorsus_fw-la exigamus_fw-la and_o in_o his_o 47._o homily_n on_o matthew_n he_o add_v non_fw-la prohibet_fw-la autem_fw-la conciliabula_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la dissipare_fw-la ora_fw-la obstuere_fw-la libertatem_fw-la loquendi_fw-la concidere_fw-la verum_fw-la interficere_fw-la &_o trucidare_fw-la with_o who_o euthymius_n accord_v both_o of_o they_o agree_v that_o where_o heretic_n who_o be_v tare_n can_v be_v pluck_v up_o without_o danger_n to_o the_o wheat_n and_o orthodox_n christian_n there_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o when_o and_o where_o there_o be_v no_o such_o danger_n they_o may_v be_v execute_v even_o be_v death_n 3._o this_o be_v saint_n augustine_n opinion_n at_o first_o that_o heretic_n be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o secular_a magistrate_n nor_o put_v to_o death_n which_o upon_o consideration_n he_o afterward_o retract_v assert_v at_o last_o both_o the_o utility_n and_o necessity_n of_o the_o magistrate_n coercive_a power_n and_o justify_v the_o emperor_n law_n and_o proceed_n against_o they_o even_o unto_o death_n itself_o though_o to_o avoid_v the_o censure_n of_o cruelty_n he_o sometime_o intercede_v for_o the_o spare_n of_o the_o live_v even_o of_o those_o heretical_a donatist_n who_o have_v murder_v some_o orthodox_n minister_n and_o christian_n out_o of_o a_o misguide_a zeal_n and_o offer_v violence_n to_o their_o person_n house_n good_n and_o most_o just_o deserve_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n as_o he_o acknowledge_v this_o opinion_n of_o he_o even_o for_o the_o capital_a punish_v of_o heretic_n you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o his_o lib._n 1._o contr_n epist_n parmeniani_n cap._n 7._o &_o tract_n 11._o in_o joan._n where_o he_o thus_o write_v mirantur_fw-la quia_fw-la commoventur_fw-la potestates_fw-la christiane_n adversus_fw-la detestandos_fw-mi dissipatores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la moverentur_fw-la &_o quomodo_fw-la redderent_fw-la rationem_fw-la de_fw-la imperio_fw-la svo_fw-la etc._n etc._n videtis_fw-la qualia_fw-la faciunt_fw-la &_o qualia_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la occidunt_fw-la animas_fw-la affliguntur_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la sempeter_n las_fw-fr mortes_fw-la faciunt_fw-la et_fw-la temporales_fw-la see_fw-la perpeti_fw-la qveruntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n cyrill_n archbishop_n of_o alexandria_n in_o his_o 24._o 20._o epistle_n determine_v thus_o concern_v the_o heresy_n and_o blasphemy_n of_o the_o heretic_n nestorius_n to_o who_o he_o hold_v it_o very_o dangerous_a to_o indulge_v a_o pardon_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la unam_fw-la contra_fw-la religiosissimos_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la amanâ—iâ—simos_fw-la reges_fw-la nostros_fw-la blasphemam_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la emittere_fw-la vocem_fw-la meritò_fw-la quam_fw-la leges_fw-la praescribunt_fw-la patitur_fw-la indignationem_fw-la non_fw-fr magis_fw-la impius_n ille_fw-la eam_fw-la patietur_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la mysterium_fw-la universum_fw-la subvertit_fw-la &_o dispensationem_fw-la è_fw-la medio_fw-la tollit_fw-la quam_fw-la sanctus_fw-la &_o benignus_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la unigenitus_fw-la filius_fw-la homo_fw-la fieri_fw-la dignatus_fw-la nostri_fw-la gratia_fw-la adimplevit_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la omnes_fw-la servaret_fw-la &_o
coarguitur_fw-la eorum_fw-la stultitia_fw-la qui_fw-la vellent_fw-la neglectà _fw-la dei_fw-la cura_fw-la juri_fw-la inter_fw-la homines_fw-la dicundo_fw-la tantum_fw-la intentos_fw-la esse_fw-la quasi_fw-la verò_fw-la praefectos_fw-la deus_fw-la svo_fw-la nomine_fw-la constituerit_fw-la qui_fw-la terrenas_fw-la controversias_fw-la deciderent_fw-la quod_fw-la verò_fw-la longè_fw-la gravioris_fw-la momenti_fw-la erat_fw-la praetermiserit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la purè_fw-la coleretur_fw-la exlegis_fw-la suae_fw-la praescripto_fw-la sed_fw-la huc_fw-la turbulentos_fw-la homines_fw-la impellit_fw-la impius_fw-la omne_fw-la novandi_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la violatae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la vindices_fw-la è_fw-la medio_fw-la sublatos_fw-la cupiant_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o his_o commentary_n on_o rom._n 13._o and_o elsewhere_o he_o assert_v the_o like_a and_o that_o christian_a prince_n and_o magistrate_n be_v to_o suppress_v and_o punish_v heresy_n schism_n blasphemy_n refute_v the_o anabaptist_n opinion_n and_o objection_n to_o the_o contrary_a yea_o master_n calvin_n cause_v the_o anabaptisticall_a heretic_n servetus_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o magistrate_n of_o geneva_n for_o his_o obstinate_a heresy_n and_o blasphemy_n for_o which_o be_v blame_v by_o some_o anabaptist_n he_o write_v a_o particular_a treatise_n wherein_o he_o demonstrate_v to_o the_o world_n licitum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o haereticos_fw-la gladio_fw-la animadvertere_fw-la that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n to_o put_v heretic_n to_o death_n as_o beza_n record_v in_o his_o life_n and_o bellarmine_n cite_v it_o too_o lib._n 3._o de_fw-la laicis_fw-la cap._n 21._o final_o master_n calvin_n in_o his_o praelectiones_fw-la in_o daniel_n cap._n 4._o ver_fw-la 1._o fol._n 43._o assert_n the_o lawfulness_n of_o punish_v heretic_n and_o blasphemer_n even_o with_o death_n inform_v we_o what_o manner_n of_o person_n they_o be_v and_o what_o they_o aim_v 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