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ezek._n 30.19_o chap._n 20.26_o he_o say_v thus_o will_v i_o execute_v judgement_n in_o egypt_n and_o they_o shall_v know_v that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n and_o sometime_o these_o punishment_n be_v inflict_v to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v know_v that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n god_n grant_v none_o in_o this_o land_n for_o want_n of_o perform_v their_o duty_n in_o his_o station_n do_v provoke_v god_n in_o the_o way_n of_o judgement_n to_o make_v they_o know_v he_o be_v the_o lord_n who_o both_o act_n and_o speak_v with_o a_o strong_a hand_n 8.11_o isa_n 8.11_o whether_o or_o not_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n have_v in_o this_o occasion_n of_o socinianism_n act_v its_o part_n according_a to_o law_n i_o must_v not_o take_v it_o upon_o i_o but_o leave_v it_o for_o the_o world_n to_o judge_v but_o this_o i_o now_o do_v insist_v upon_o that_o whether_o or_o not_o it_o be_v do_v in_o conformity_n to_o law_n the_o magistrate_n be_v about_o it_o to_o be_v address_v to_o for_o in_o such_o case_n 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obstinate_a heretic_n must_v at_o last_o be_v send_v to_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n to_o be_v punish_v de_fw-fr judiciis_fw-la contra_fw-la haereses_fw-la c._n 4._o de_fw-la contumacibus_fw-la haereticis_fw-la and_o as_o to_o the_o point_n of_o blasphemy_n in_o the_o first_o chapter_n under_o that_o head_n be_v pathetical_o express_v the_o detestableness_n of_o that_o most_o wicked_a and_o in_o some_o sense_n unpardonable_a sin_n in_o chap._n 2d_o quomodo_fw-la sit_fw-la punienda_fw-la blasphemia_fw-la it_o be_v say_v sit_fw-la igitur_fw-la hoc_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la constitutum_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la execrabilis_fw-la blasphemiarum_fw-la impietas_fw-la quà m_fw-la primùm_fw-la de_fw-la eà _fw-la ritè_fw-la constiterit_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la nulla_fw-la ratione_fw-la toleretur_fw-la sed_fw-la eodem_fw-la supplicio_fw-la confixa_fw-la sit_fw-la quâ_fw-la pertinax_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la insania_fw-la plectitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n wherefore_o we_o order_n thus_o that_o 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