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pax_fw-la cum_fw-la bonis_fw-la custodienda_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la sceleratis_fw-la and_o iniquis_fw-la qui_fw-la pacem_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la habent_fw-la in_fw-la peccatis_fw-la suis_fw-la pax_fw-la cum_fw-la bonis_fw-la bellum_fw-la cum_fw-la vitiis_fw-la semper_fw-la habendum_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n tom._n 10._o de_fw-la temp._n ser._n 166._o maneat_fw-la potius_fw-la nobis_fw-la adversus_fw-la manichaeos_fw-la pro_fw-la veritate_fw-la certamen_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la in_fw-la falsitate_fw-la concordia_fw-la aug._n tom._n 6._o contra_fw-la faustum_fw-la manich._n lib._n 29._o cap._n 2._o charitas_fw-la laudat_fw-la deum_fw-la discordia_fw-la blasphemat_fw-la aug._n in_o psal._n 149._o *_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o coagmentati_fw-la sive_fw-la coadunati_fw-la at_fw-la compacti_fw-la as_o learned_a beza_n read_v it_o satanae_fw-la triumphus_fw-la est_fw-la christianorum_fw-la dissentio_fw-la aug._n tom._n 10._o serm_n à _fw-la lâ—van_n edit._n serm._n 74._o it_o be_v a_o shame_n for_o christian_n to_o be_v like_o other_o man_n as_o samson_n be_v after_o he_o have_v lose_v his_o hair_n it_o ill_o become_v they_o to_o contend_v and_o quarrel_n as_o those_o terrigenae_fw-la fratres_fw-la use_n to_o do_v these_o overflow_n of_o the_o gall_n and_o spleen_n domâ—_z from_o a_o fullness_n of_o bad_a humour_n christian_n shall_v be_v as_o sâ—ul_n be_v high_a than_o the_o people_n by_o head_n and_o shoulder_n something_o singular_a be_v expect_v from_o they_o if_o you_o wrangle_v and_o quarrel_n the_o world_n will_v think_v you_o mad_a vide_fw-la locum_fw-la ecce_fw-la quám_fw-la bonum_fw-la and_o â—â—â—cundum_fw-la gen._n xiii_o 8._o gen._n xlv_o 24._o scilurus_fw-la that_o scythian_a king_n in_o plutarch_n de_fw-la garr_fw-mi *_o luke_n xii_o 32._o see_v dr._n sanderson_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n in_o his_o sermon_n ad_fw-la câ—erum_fw-la on_o rom._n fourteen_o 3._o and_o pag._n 21_o 22_o 23._o man_n must_v grant_v though_o they_o be_v unwilling_a that_o every_o particular_a church_n have_v power_n for_o decency_n and_o order_n sake_n to_o ordain_v and_o constitute_v ceremony_n see_v salv._n lib._n 4._o instit._n 〈◊〉_d 10_o 27._o alas_o whereto_o serve_v all_o this_o ado_n about_o gesture_n and_o vesture_n and_o other_o outward_a rite_n and_o formality_n that_o for_o such_o thing_n man_n shall_v make_v such_o clamour_n against_o the_o time_n i_o say_v whereto_o serve_v all_o this_o but_o to_o give_v scandal_n to_o the_o enemy_n of_o our_o church_n and_o religion_n believe_v it_o we_o shall_v never_o grow_v to_o christian_a unanimity_n in_o any_o tolerable_a measure_n so_o long_o as_o every_o man_n seek_v but_o to_o please_v himself_o only_o follow_v his_o own_o like_n and_o be_v not_o desirous_a withal_o to_o please_v his_o neighbour_n dr._n sanderson_n pag._n 168._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o i_o cor._n xv_o ult._n v._o see_v archbishop_n laud_n speech_n at_o his_o death_n ne_fw-la veniant_fw-la romani_fw-la etc._n etc._n jude_n 22._o heb._n four_o 14._o 1_o cor._n 12.2_o how_o have_v the_o division_n among_o the_o christian_n make_v may_v for_o and_o give_v advantage_n not_o a_o little_a to_o the_o turk_n for_o the_o make_n of_o and_o inroad_n into_o christendom_n ulysses_n demonstrate_v it_o to_o achilles_n that_o the_o discord_n between_o he_o and_o agamemnon_n will_v in_o probability_n prove_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o greek_n hom_o iliad_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o frangimur_fw-la si_fw-la collidi_fw-la mur_fw-la simul_fw-la colligamus_fw-la neè_fw-la dividendo_fw-la perdamus_fw-la aug._n de_fw-la 5._o haeres_fw-la cap._n 6._o we_o shall_v be_v insupe_fw-la rabiles_fw-la if_o we_o be_v once_o inseparabiles_fw-la quisquis_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la fuerit_fw-la separatus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ab_fw-la unitate_fw-la christi_fw-la disjunctus_fw-la ext_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n epist._n 152._o ad_fw-la pop._n fact_n don._n *_o 1_o king_n three_o 26._o 1_o king_n vi_o 7._o exod._n xv_o 25._o ubi_fw-la pax_fw-la ibi_fw-la christus_fw-la quia_fw-la christus_fw-la pax_fw-la say_v st._n ambrose_n tom._n 3._o epist._n 82._o if_o you_o bite_v and_o devour_v one_o another_o take_v heed_n that_o you_o he_o not_o consume_v one_o of_o another_o gal._n v._n 15._o i_o remember_v saint_n augustine_n thus_o argue_v against_o the_o schism_n of_o the_o donatist_n tom_n 8._o in_o psal._n lv_o fratres_fw-la sumus_fw-la say_v the_o there_o vnum_fw-la deum_fw-la incocamus_fw-la in_fw-la unum_fw-la christum_fw-la credimus_fw-la unum_fw-la evangelium_fw-la audimus_fw-la unum_fw-la psalmum_fw-la cantamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quid_fw-la in_fw-la foris_fw-la ego_fw-la intus_fw-la sum_fw-la and_o c_o and_o elsewhere_o qui_fw-la adoramus_fw-la unum_fw-la patrem_fw-la cur_fw-la non_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la unam_fw-la matrem_fw-la tom_n 6._o de_fw-la 5._o haeres_fw-la cap._n 6._o *_o act_n two_o 1._o ephes._n four_o 32._o jer._n ix_o 1._o