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will_v account_v the_o mean_a of_o god_n mercy_n too_o great_a and_o too_o good_a for_o he_o and_o will_v be_v content_v with_o that_o portion_n god_n in_o his_o providence_n shall_v deal_v out_o unto_o he_o whatsoever_o it_o be_v the_o second_o thing_n he_o must_v labour_v for_o be_v love_n and_o charity_n for_o where_o these_o be_v there_o will_v be_v meekness_n if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n say_v if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n do_v that_o be_v capable_a of_o a_o good_a construction_n charity_n will_v give_v it_o where_o there_o be_v peace_n and_o unity_n charity_n will_v seek_v to_o maintain_v they_o where_o there_o be_v difference_n and_o distraction_n charity_n will_v labour_v to_o compose_v they_o where_o any_o thing_n be_v amiss_o charity_n will_v seek_v to_o amend_v it_o for_o want_v of_o which_o charity_n what_o woeful_a rent_n and_o breach_n have_v there_o be_v even_o among_o brethren_n witness_v the_o fall_v out_o between_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n 39_o act._n 15._o 39_o chrysostome_n and_o epiphanius_n between_o hierome_n and_o russinus_n eustathius_n 24._o zozom_n eccl._n he_o lib._n 8._o caâ—_n 15._o socrat._v eccl._n hiss_v lib._n 6._o cap._n 14._o hâ—i_fw-la mihi_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la alicubâ—_n simul_fw-la invevire_n non_fw-la possum_fw-la forte_fw-fr ut_fw-la nunc_fw-la moveor_fw-la ne_fw-la â—de_n vobâ—â—_n ea_fw-la scribendo_fw-la spargat_fw-la be_v quae_fw-la quandoâ—â—e_fw-la concord_n dâ—lâ—re_fw-la non_fw-la poteritis_fw-la aug._n ep._n 15._o zozom_n hist_o ecc'es_n lio_o 2._o cap._n 18._o socrat._v eccl._n hiss_v lib._n 1._o cap._n 24._o and_o eusebius_n and_o those_o hot_a contention_n between_o the_o lutheran_n and_o calvenist_n the_o remonstrant_n and_o contraremonstrant_n how_o have_v these_o contentiton_n be_v heighten_v and_o aggravate_v which_o may_v have_v be_v happy_o reconcile_v if_o each_o side_n will_v have_v lay_v aside_o all_o prejudice_n and_o meet_v together_o in_o charity_n with_o meekness_n three_o labour_v for_o a_o good_a conscience_n not_o scrupulous_a to_o take_v offence_n but_o tender_a to_o give_v offence_n a_o conscience_n misinform_v be_v a_o blind_a guide_n such_o like_o the_o pontic_o in_o the_o moon_n light_n will_v fight_v with_o 20._o per_fw-la errorem_fw-la long_o cadentes_fw-la uâ—bras_fw-la svas_fw-la quasi_fw-la hostium_fw-la corpora_fw-la petebant_fw-la luc._n â—â—o_o de_fw-fr bel._n pontico_fw-la isa_n 5._o 20._o their_o own_o shadow_n troublesome_a they_o be_v and_o unsatisfied_a and_o will_v be_v content_v with_o no_o religion_n except_o such_o as_o be_v after_o the_o module_n they_o have_v set_v up_o in_o their_o addlehead_n with_o some_o all_o unlawful_a both_o opinion_n and_o practice_n shall_v go_v for_o conscience_n affection_n and_o the_o stiffness_n and_o unflexibleness_n of_o their_o own_o will_n conjecture_n and_o opinion_n how_o be_v man_n carry_v away_o with_o and_o conscience_n must_v bear_v out_o all_o man_n who_o never_o make_v conscience_n of_o any_o thing_n yet_o if_o it_o come_v to_o be_v question_v wherein_o they_o be_v concern_v or_o interest_v they_o will_v evade_v a_o duty_n so_o far_o as_o the_o pretence_n of_o conscience_n will_v serve_v their_o turn_n now_o let_v any_o man_n judge_v what_o effect_n the_o grant_v liberty_n of_o conscience_n be_v likely_a to_o produce_v 20._o isa_n 5._o 20._o rashness_n shall_v go_v for_o resolution_n faction_n for_o zeal_n good_a for_o evil_n &_o evil_a for_o good_a and_o gross_a absurdity_n shall_v be_v palliate_v under_o conscience_n to_o instance_n in_o some_o particular_n the_o conscience_n of_o truth_n take_v truth_n for_o religion_n then_o the_o truth_n of_o religion_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o to_o be_v lay_v to_o conscience_n yet_o that_o may_v not_o pass_v for_o truth_n of_o religion_n which_o some_o man_n will_v take_v up_o and_o stand_v upon_o if_o it_o be_v fundamenâ—â—â—_n admit_v not_o the_o variation_n of_o a_o letter_n â—â—_o hold_v fast_o to_o it_o recede_v not_o from_o it_o contend_v earnest_o for_o it_o but_o if_o it_o be_v otherwise_o a_o circumstantial_a truth_n only_o of_o little_a moment_n some_o logomachia_n some_o trifle_n 18._o modicis_fw-la ac_fw-la valdè_fw-la minute_n be_v causis_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la contenditis_fw-la eus_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constan_n lib._n 2._o in_o ep._n const_n ad_fw-la alex._n &_o arium_fw-la num_fw-la aequum_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la propter_fw-la modicas_fw-la quasdam_fw-la ac_fw-la vanas_fw-la verborum_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la contentationes_fw-la frater_fw-la fratri_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n tam_fw-la â—xilibus_fw-la &_o nullo_n modo_fw-la necessariis_fw-la dâ—_n causis_fw-la intâ—r_fw-la nos_fw-la dim_a câ—mus_fw-la ibid._n aliqua_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la lepicula_fw-la rom._n 1._o 18._o of_o small_a concernment_n lay_v not_o this_o to_o conscience_n better_o a_o unnecessary_a truth_n be_v lose_v than_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n detain_v not_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n in_o unrighteousness_n repute_v not_o that_o zeal_n which_o be_v passion_n in_o matter_n of_o lesser_a moment_n it_o be_v christian_a prudence_n to_o prefer_v peace_n and_o far_o better_a it_o be_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o edification_n of_o the_o church_n to_o be_v quiet_a than_o contend_v a_o man_n to_o act_v according_a to_o conscience_n at_o all_o time_n be_v not_o warrantable_a for_o truth_n though_o it_o must_v never_o be_v deny_v be_v not_o always_o to_o be_v declare_v beside_o god_n be_v above_o conscience_n and_o god_n have_v set_v we_o rule_n to_o act_v by_o and_o if_o we_o leave_v god_n rule_n to_o follow_v our_o own_o humour_n this_o some_o will_v call_v conscience_n but_o such_o a_o one_o as_o must_v first_o be_v mortify_v then_o reform_v and_o what_o be_v more_o usual_a than_o to_o pretend_v conscience_n when_o other_o matter_n be_v intend_v hypocrisy_n be_v a_o paint_a sepulchre_n what_o be_v more_o usual_a then_o to_o paint_v over_o a_o rot_a heart_n with_o a_o zealous_a mouth_n absalon_n vow_n hal._n see_v dâ—_n hal._n be_v his_o mask_n for_o his_o conspiracy_n against_o david_n and_o
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