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shall_v employ_v you_o back_o to_o this_o our_o babylon_n for_o the_o call_n out_o of_o more_o proselyte_n you_o be_v intercept_v imprison_v shall_v it_o be_v sin_n in_o you_o not_o to_o hear_v the_o prophecy_n at_o amsterdam_n the_o clinke_n be_v a_o lawful_a excuse_n if_o your_o foot_n be_v bind_v your_o conscience_n be_v not_o bind_v in_o these_o negative_n outward_a force_n take_v away_o both_o sin_n and_o blame_v and_o alter_v they_o from_o the_o patient_a to_o the_o actor_n so_o that_o now_o you_o see_v your_o straight_a bond_n if_o they_o be_v such_o loose_v by_o obedience_n and_o overruling_a power_n section_n xix_o separ_fw-la the_o bond_n of_o god_n word_n unjust_o plead_v by_o the_o separ_fw-la but_o what_o bond_n be_v these_o straight_o one_o god_n word_n and_o your_o own_o necessity_n both_o strong_a and_o indissoluble_a where_o god_n have_v bid_v god_n forbid_v that_o we_o shall_v care_v for_o the_o forbiddance_n of_o man_n i_o reverence_v from_o my_o soul_n so_o do_v our_o church_n their_o dear_a sister_n those_o worthy_a foreign_a church_n which_o have_v choose_v and_o follow_v those_o form_n of_o outward_a government_n that_o be_v every_o way_n fit_a for_o their_o own_o condition_n it_o be_v enough_o for_o your_o sect_n to_o censure_v they_o i_o touch_v nothing_o common_a to_o they_o with_o you_o smith_n you_o you_o aug._n epist_n 58._o pastor_n autem_fw-la &_o doctores_fw-la quâ—â—_n maxim_n ut_fw-la discernerâ—m_fw-la voluisti_fw-la eosdem_fw-la puto_fw-la esse_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o â—ibi_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la alios_fw-la pastor_n alios_fw-la doctores_fw-la intelligeremus_fw-la sed_fw-la ideo_fw-la cùm_fw-la praedixisset_fw-la pastor_n subiâ—â—xisse_fw-la doctores_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligerent_fw-la pastor_n ad_fw-la officium_fw-la suum_fw-la pertinere_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la barr._n against_o gyff_fw-mi inveigh_v for_o this_o cause_n against_o the_o consistory_n of_o geneva_n fr._n johns_n complaint_n of_o the_o dutch._n 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