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take_v of_o the_o jew_n etc._n etc._n who_o i_o perceive_v to_o be_v accuse_v of_o question_n of_o their_o law_n but_o to_o have_v nothing_o lay_v to_o his_o charge_n worthy_a of_o death_n or_o of_o bond_n etc._n etc._n yet_o these_o be_v strange_a question_n at_o that_o time_n and_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n in_o the_o same_o case_n be_v festus_n chap._n 25.18_o where_o declare_v paul_n cause_n to_o king_n agrippa_n he_o use_v these_o word_n against_o who_o when_o the_o accuser_n stand_v up_o they_o bring_v none_o accusation_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o i_o suppose_v but_o have_v certain_a question_n against_o he_o of_o their_o own_o superstition_n and_o of_o one_o jesus_n which_o be_v dead_a who_o paul_n affirm_v to_o be_v alive_a and_o because_o i_o doubt_v of_o such_o manner_n of_o question_n etc._n etc._n observe_v here_o the_o ingenuity_n of_o a_o heathen_a that_o will_v not_o by_o a_o secular_a sword_n cut_v in_o sunder_o those_o knot_n in_o religion_n which_o he_o can_v untie_v 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to_o and_o attend_v upon_o and_o the_o latter_a do_v not_o disoblige_v from_o the_o former_a much_o less_o contra-oblige_a the_o former_a that_o be_v differ_v opinion_n in_o religion_n be_v of_o a_o secondary_a and_o remote_a consideration_n to_o the_o outward_a well-being_n of_o man_n do_v not_o oblige_v to_o destroy_v or_o to_o expose_v to_o destruction_n by_o mulct_n bond_n or_o banishment_n the_o person_n of_o man_n for_o who_o and_o in_o relation_n to_o who_o preservation_n magistracy_n be_v erect_v for_o this_o be_v a_o rule_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n supersede_v institution_n man_n have_v a_o natural_a be_v before_o they_o come_v to_o have_v a_o spiritual_a be_v they_o be_v man_n before_o they_o be_v christian_n now_o therefore_o for_o faultinesse_n in_o christianity_n you_o must_v not_o destroy_v the_o man_n it_o be_v also_o certain_a reas_fw-la 6_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o proportion_n between_o the_o fault_n and_o the_o punishment_n as_o that_o wherein_o justice_n 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the_o magistrate_n now_o than_o if_o this_o care_n do_v not_o appertain_v to_o magistrate_n we_o shall_v in_o vain_a cast_v it_o upon_o they_o or_o they_o assume_v it_o to_o themselves_o for_o christ_n will_v bless_v his_o own_o ordinance_n and_o concur_v with_o they_o but_o not_o man_n invention_n he_o be_v engage_v to_o the_o one_o isa_n 55.11_o but_o he_o decline_v the_o other_o zach._n 4.6_o the_o intermeddle_v of_o the_o magistrate_n in_o this_o kind_n reas_fw-la 2_o be_v the_o way_n but_o to_o confound_v policy_n and_o piety_n and_o to_o make_v religion_n a_o state-notion_n which_o while_o it_o seem_v to_o strengthen_v religion_n do_v indeed_o magistrate_n indeed_o iste_fw-la null_a aratione_fw-la instructus_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o potetiâ_fw-la omnes_fw-la cogit_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la statim_fw-la nulli_fw-la non_fw-la appareat_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la non_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la sed_fw-la humanam_fw-la esse_fw-la athanas_n epist_n refer_v to_o the_o arrian_n 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