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it_o abroad_o gather_v disciple_n and_o make_v a_o new_a sect_n in_o short_a time_n we_o shall_v have_v so_o many_o sect_n and_o faction_n that_o christ_n which_o scarce_o with_o great_a pain_n and_o labour_n be_v bring_v to_o unity_n in_o every_o church_n shall_v be_v divide_v again_o into_o many_o part_n wherefore_o as_o you_o have_v singularelie_o and_o with_o great_a wisdom_n and_o labour_n already_o restore_v the_o true_a religion_n of_o christ_n and_o banish_v all_o superstition_n and_o erroneous_a doctrine_n so_o likewise_o as_o the_o same_o zuinglius_fw-la say_v in_o those_o perilous_a time_n wherein_o satan_n seek_v so_o busy_o to_o baptismo_fw-la in_o his_o epistle_n before_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la entrap_v we_o so_o that_o with_o new_a contention_n about_o external_a thing_n he_o go_v about_o to_o trouble_v those_o who_o the_o sword_n of_o persecution_n either_o move_v not_o or_o terrify_v not_o look_v well_o about_o you_o note_v the_o craft_n and_o subtlety_n 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enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la communis_fw-la illius_fw-la hostess_fw-la nostri_fw-la ingenium_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o subtle_a e_o of_o our_o common_a enemy_n this_o be_v his_o manner_n hereunto_o do_v he_o bend_v himself_o whole_o and_o sleep_v not_o that_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o lord_n have_v reveal_v the_o light_n of_o his_o word_n he_o also_o by_o and_o by_o sow_v darnel_n this_o do_v almost_o all_o the_o epistle_n of_o s._n paul_n teach_v we_o wherein_o it_o be_v manifest_o declare_v that_o there_o have_v be_v always_o some_o man_n pietatis_fw-la simulatores_fw-la potiùs_fw-la quà m_fw-la cultores_fw-la rather_o feyner_n of_o holiness_n than_o embracer_n of_o it_o who_o for_o certain_a external_a and_o unprofitable_a thing_n doubt_v not_o to_o lay_v as_o it_o be_v grevous_a stumble_a block_n to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n only_o let_v we_o be_v diligent_a in_o our_o vocation_n earnest_n against_o all_o kind_n of_o enemy_n fervent_a in_o prayer_n for_o 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life_n of_o blasphemer_n contemptuous_a and_o stubborn_a i_o dolater_n
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