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he_o forget_v and_o contradict_v himself_o 4._o let_v i_o put_v the_o case_n home_o to_o our_o reconciler_n and_o his_o belove_a the_o dissenter_n if_o they_o claim_v a_o title_n to_o the_o apostle_n indulgence_n rom._n 14._o in_o their_o refusal_n or_o forbearance_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v enjoin_v by_o authority_n then_o they_o must_v look_v upon_o those_o thing_n as_o common_a and_o unclean_a for_o that_o be_v the_o very_a case_n the_o apostle_n speak_v to_o rom._n 14._o 14._o if_o they_o esteem_v they_o unclean_a which_o signify_v nothing_o but_o unlawful_a that_o must_v be_v either_o according_a to_o moses_n law_n or_o according_a to_o the_o gospel_n if_o they_o go_v according_a to_o moses_n law_n they_o run_v into_o judaisme_n and_o superstition_n and_o tempt_v god_n as_o this_o reconciler_n confess_v p._n 75._o and_o in_o effect_n deny_v that_o judaisme_n be_v abolish_v and_o have_v give_v place_n to_o christianity_n if_o they_o pretend_v to_o
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