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A25584
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An ansvver to the city-conformists letter from the country clergy-man, about reading His Majesties declaration. With allowance.
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1688
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Wing A3399A; ESTC R214872
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decline_v the_o publish_v of_o it_o surprise_v i_o more_o and_o the_o reason_n they_o give_v most_o of_o all_o there_o be_v i_o confess_v a_o great_a deal_n in_o what_o you_o have_v on_o the_o entrance_n of_o your_o letter_n suggest_v for_o to_o read_v the_o declaration_n be_v not_o to_o read_v the_o mass_n nor_o to_o profess_v the_o romish_a faith_n and_o therefore_o no_o hurt_n in_o read_v it_o and_o to_o suffer_v for_o such_o a_o refusal_n be_v not_o to_o fall_v like_o confessor_n but_o to_o suffer_v as_o criminal_n for_o disobey_v the_o lawful_a command_n of_o our_o prince_n thus_o much_o you_o think_v will_v be_v the_o sense_n of_o some_o and_o there_o be_v so_o much_o cause_n to_o move_v the_o consider_a mind_n to_o conclude_v thus_o that_o i_o think_v you_o right_o in_o your_o notion_n of_o it_o and_o do_v further_o believe_v that_o not_o the_o comply_v but_o the_o refusal_n to_o comply_v with_o this_o order_n on_o the_o ground_n you_o do_v will_v provoke_v all_o good_a man_n 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of_o penal_a law_n beside_o 2._o you_o do_v hereby_o put_v we_o out_o of_o a_o capacity_n of_o vindicate_v ourselves_o from_o the_o reproach_n of_o be_v persecutor_n hitherto_o we_o have_v be_v able_a with_o some_o plausibleness_n to_o say_v that_o none_o be_v punish_v for_o their_o religion_n or_o their_o conscience_n but_o for_o their_o faction_n their_o sedition_n and_o rebellion_n our_o law_n declare_v the_o matter_n religious_a for_o which_o any_o fell_a under_o their_o lash_n to_o be_v a_o crime_n against_o the_o civil_a state._n and_o it_o be_v for_o that_o the_o papist_n and_o phaenaticks_n suffer_v his_o majesty_n grandfather_n of_o bless_a memory_n insist_o on_o this_o and_o so_o do_v sir_n edw._n coke_n but_o now_o his_o majesty_n distinguish_v between_o matter_n of_o mere_a religion_n and_o those_o other_o religious_a matter_n that_o be_v so_o blend_v with_o the_o civil_a state_n that_o the_o error_n in_o religion_n be_v a_o crime_n against_o the_o government_n be_v 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