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the_o munition_n of_o rock_n etc._n etc._n 3._o there_o be_v other_o who_o will_n easy_o yield_v that_o good_a conscience_n be_v worth_a make_n of_o but_o be_v mighty_o mistake_v in_o judge_v what_o good_a conscience_n be_v and_o there_o be_v many_o mistake_v in_o this_o respect_n first_o some_z and_o those_o very_a many_o do_v conceive_v if_o they_o live_v according_a to_o their_o conscience_n they_o do_v well_o although_o their_o conscience_n be_v but_o a_o natural_a conscience_n now_o the_o nature_n of_o conscience_n be_v very_o good_a but_o the_o conscience_n of_o nature_n be_v very_o bad_a some_o good_a natural_a conscience_n may_v have_v in_o it_o but_o good_a it_o can_v be_v call_v 1._o it_o may_v make_v a_o man_n cum_fw-la seipso_fw-la scire_fw-la rom._n 2._o 15._o and_o so_o become_v a_o law_n unto_o himself_o 2._o such_o a_o one_o may_v cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la scire_fw-la and_o so_o far_o be_v good_a as_o adrian_n say_v to_o do_v that_o to_o other_o which_o he_o will_v expect_v 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celantia_fw-la jerom_n ad_fw-la celantia_fw-la tuo_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la totius_fw-la justitiae_fw-la breviarium_fw-la pro_fw-la fertur_fw-la ore_fw-la dominco_n quaecunque_fw-la volueritis_fw-la ut_fw-la faciant_fw-la vobis_fw-la homines_fw-la haec_fw-la tibi_fw-la quasi_fw-la speculum_fw-la quoddam_fw-la paratum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la manum_fw-la semper_fw-la positum_fw-la qualitatem_fw-la tuus_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la ostendat_fw-la etc._n etc._n therefore_o say_v paraeus_n upon_o the_o place_n 12._o par._n in_o mat._n 7._o 12._o christ_n will_v make_v every_o honest_a man_n his_o own_o rule_n and_o law_n in_o his_o deal_n with_o his_o neighbour_n will_v i_o like_v it_o well_o that_o other_o shall_v suspect_v envy_n censure_v i_o with_o their_o tongue_n when_o i_o be_o absent_a or_o abuse_v deride_v scorn_n and_o make_v jest_n of_o i_o to_o my_o face_n or_o will_v i_o be_v content_a that_o they_o shall_v overreach_v defraud_n and_o oppress_v i_o in_o their_o action_n then_o let_v i_o 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