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be_v reasonable_a suspicion_n either_o in_o their_o house_n or_o abroad_o or_o to_o have_v any_o converse_n with_o such_o among_o which_o suspicious_a person_n say_v the_o three_o canon_n of_o conc._n nice_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v all_o nisi_fw-la mater_fw-la aut_fw-la soror_fw-la aut_fw-la avia_fw-la aut_fw-la avita_n vel_fw-la matertera_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o his_o namque_fw-la solis_fw-la personis_fw-la &_o harum_fw-la similibus_fw-la omnis_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la mulieribus_fw-la est_fw-la suspitio_fw-la declinatur_fw-la which_o canon_n the_o 3d._n carthag_fw-mi council_z thus_o expound_v or_o enlarge_v sorores_n &_o filiae_fw-la fratrum_fw-la aut_fw-la sororum_fw-la &_o quaecunque_fw-la ex_fw-la familia_fw-la domesticâ_fw-la necessitate_v 〈◊〉_d antequam_fw-la ordinatis_fw-la parentibus_fw-la vxores_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la aut_fw-la seruis_fw-la non_fw-la habitantibus_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la quas_fw-la ducant_fw-la aliunde_fw-la ducere_fw-la necessitas_fw-la fuit_fw-la §_o 240_o 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overthrow_v by_o it_o to_o β_n β._n β._fw-la to_o β._fw-la β._fw-la see_v before_o §_o 204._o the_o contrary_a declare_v by_o soave_fw-it this_o brief_o here_o to_o the_o protestant_a objection_n the_o satisfaction_n of_o which_o have_v be_v more_o large_o prosecute_v through_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o former_a discourse_n and_o thus_o through_o many_o obstacle_n i_o have_v at_o length_n finish_v my_o design_n the_o vindication_n of_o a_o council_n which_o once_o admit_v have_v pass_v a_o peremptory_a sentence_n against_o the_o new_a pretend_a reformation_n and_o determine_v all_o the_o chief_a modern_a controversy_n chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o pretence_n of_o follow_a conscience_n against_o church-authority_n two_o defence_n against_o obey_v or_o yield_a assent_n to_o church-authority_n §_o 271._o 1._o the_o necessity_n of_o follow_v our_o conscience_n 2._o the_o certainty_n of_o a_o truth_n that_o be_v oppose_v by_o the_o church_n reply_v to_o the_o first_o that_o follow_v our_o conscience_n when_o misinform_v excuse_v not_o from_o fault_n §_o 272._o three_o way_n whereby_o the_o will_v usual_o corrupt_v the_o judgement_n or_o conscience_n and_o mislead_v it_o as_o it_o please_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n 1._o divert_v the_o intellect_n to_o other_o employment_n and_o not_o permit_v it_o at_o all_o to_o study_v and_o examine_v matter_n of_o religion_n §_o 274_o 2._o permit_v a_o inquiry_n or_o search_n into_o matter_n of_o religion_n but_o this_o not_o impartial_a and_o universal_a §_o 275._o 3._o admit_v a_o free_a and_o universal_a search_v as_o to_o other_o point_v controvert_v in_o religion_n but_o not_o as_o to_o church-authority_n §_o 277._o where_o that_o the_o judgement_n may_v and_o often_o do_v oblige_v man_n to_o go_v against_o their_o own_o opinion_n and_o seem_a reason_n §_o 278._o §_o 270_o after_o all_o this_o pain_n take_v for_o establish_v the_o legal_a authority_n of_o this_o council_n some_o perhaps_o will_v wish_v this_o labour_n have_v 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grievous_o offend_v god_n in_o follow_v a_o erroneous_a judgement_n or_o conscience_n dictate_v to_o they_o that_o they_o do_v god_n good_a service_n herein_o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o great_a art_n of_o the_o devil_n as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v to_o put_v out_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o judgement_n to_o make_v man_n act_v more_o resolute_o where_o conscience_n lead_v they_o on_o he_o find_v that_o the_o zeal_n of_o ignorance_n do_v he_o far_o more_o service_n than_o a_o timorous_a hypocrisy_n and_o dissemble_v against_o conscience_n can_v ever_o do_v §_o 273_o now_o here_o you_o see_v our_o freedom_n from_o gild_n in_o not_o submit_v to_o authority_n be_v devolve_v whole_o on_o this_o our_o care_n that_o this_o our_o dissent_v conscience_n or_o judgement_n be_v right_o inform_v see_v our_o nonobedience_n find_v not_o the_o least_o patronage_n or_o excuse_v from_o a_o conscience_n culpable_o err_v and_o with_o this_o care_n of_o well-informing_a the_o judgement_n or_o conscience_n it_o 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fortune_n less_o necessitate_v to_o serve_v private_a interest_n be_v by_o all_o these_o the_o less_o liable_a to_o error_n of_o the_o two_o and_o that_o the_o confine_n of_o the_o belief_n of_o such_o person_n to_o the_o direction_n of_o suppose_a fallible_a superior_n be_v of_o the_o two_o evil_n the_o much_o more_o tolerable_a than_o the_o leave_v they_o in_o such_o high_a a_o spiritual_a matter_n to_o the_o rove_a of_o their_o own_o fancy_n for_o thus_o in_o stead_n of_o some_o few_o error_n of_o the_o church_n in_o matter_n obscure_a will_v be_v multiply_v thousand_o of_o such_o person_n in_o matter_n most_o evident_a and_o clear_a §_o 293_o s._n austin_n speak_v much_o on_o this_o subject_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr utilitate_fw-la credendi_fw-la of_o the_o benefit_n of_o believe_v the_o church_n write_v to_o his_o friend_n honoratus_n lead_v away_o by_o many_o extravagant_a manichean_a dotage_n advise_v he_o submission_n of_o judgement_n to_o church-authority_n nihil_fw-la 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sanctitamen_fw-la divinarumq_fw-la rerum_fw-la pleni_fw-la prope_fw-la totius_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la confession_n diffamantur_fw-la sine_fw-la deuce_fw-la irruis_fw-la &_o the_o his_o sine_fw-la praeceptore_fw-la audes_fw-ge far_o sententiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o c._n 16._o cum_fw-la res_fw-la tanta_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la tibiratione_n cognoscendus_fw-la sit_fw-la omnes_fw-la ne_fw-la putas_fw-la idoneos_fw-la esse_fw-la percipiendis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la ad_fw-la divinam_fw-la intelligentiam_fw-la mens_fw-la ducitur_fw-la humana_fw-la thus_o he_o to_o induce_v honoratus_n in_o such_o divine_a matter_n to_o yield_v the_o guidance_n of_o himself_o to_o church-authority_n and_o then_o the_o church-authority_n he_o will_v have_v he_o submit_v to_o he_o describe_v thus_o c._n 17._o quae_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la confessionem_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la sede_fw-la per_fw-la successiones_fw-la 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