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A70306 The true Catholicks tenure, or, A good Christians certainty which he ought to have of his religion, and may have of his salvation by Edvvard Hyde ... Hyde, Edward, 1607-1659.; Hyde, Edward, 1607-1659. Allegiance and conscience not fled out of England. 1662 (1662) Wing H3868; ESTC R19770 227,584 548

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it_o however_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o many_o good_a christian_n have_v rather_o suffer_v in_o her_o afflict_a communion_n then_o reign_v in_o the_o prosperity_n and_o glory_n of_o those_o who_o either_o do_v cause_n or_o do_v not_o regard_v her_o affliction_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o can_v but_o pass_v this_o for_o a_o general_a animadversion_n that_o since_o only_o the_o true_a catholic_n be_v the_o true_a christian_a and_o he_o have_v two_o oposites_n the_o pseudocatholick_a who_o be_v peccant_a in_o excess_n and_o the_o anticatholick_a who_o be_v peccant_a in_o defect_n it_o fare_v with_o these_o two_o opposite_n as_o it_o fare_v with_o those_o two_o extreme_n that_o oppose_v the_o moral_a truth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o proud_a boaster_n love_v to_o make_v show_n of_o more_o than_o be_v so_o do_v the_o pseudocatholick_a who_o obtrude_v more_o for_o religion_n then_o can_v be_v prove_v religion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o dissembler_n be_v quite_o 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who_o will_v not_o shame_v his_o religion_n here_o nor_o himself_o hereafter_o must_v with_o the_o psalmist_n have_v respect_n unto_o all_o the_o commandment_n psal._n 119._o v_o 6._o than_o shall_v i_o not_o be_v a_o shame_v when_o i_o have_v respect_n unto_o all_o thy_o commandment_n or_o so_o shall_v i_o not_o be_v confound_v neither_o internal_o in_o my_o own_o conscience_n nor_o external_o before_o the_o world_n nor_o eternal_o before_o the_o dreadful_a tribunal_n of_o christ_n and_o this_o threefold_a confusion_n can_v possible_o be_v avoid_v by_o any_o christian_a church_n or_o man_n but_o by_o have_v respect_n unto_o all_o god_n commandment_n to_o all_o 1._o in_o toto_fw-la universali_fw-la in_o their_o full_a number_n it_o be_v as_o antichristian_a to_o leave_v out_o the_o five_o as_o to_o leave_v out_o the_o second_o commandment_n as_o heretical_a to_o leave_v out_o the_o thirteen_o as_o to_o leave_v out_o the_o nine_o chapter_n to_o the_o roman_n 2._o in_o toto_fw-la 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