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declare_v that_o under_o pain_n of_o be_v schismatic_n and_o heretic_n they_o be_v oblige_v in_o conscience_n to_o submit_v to_o their_o determination_n chap._n ix_o 1._o the_o examination_n of_o the_o six_o prop_n by_o demand_v whether_o the_o maxim_n mounseur_fw-fr maimbourg_n proprose_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o full_a sense_n without_o any_o appeal_n to_o any_o common_a agree_v on_o principle_n of_o grammar_n rhetoric_n logic_n and_o morality_n 2._o instance_n of_o enormous_a result_v from_o thence_o with_o a_o demand_n whether_o the_o protestant_a church_n will_v allow_v of_o such_o absurd_a synodical_a decision_n 3._o that_o the_o citation_n of_o history_n touch_v the_o synod_n of_o dort_n prove_v not_o that_o all_o synodical_a decision_n pass_v into_o proper_a article_n of_o faith_n with_o the_o author_n free_a judgement_n touch_v the_o carriage_n of_o that_o synod_n and_o of_o the_o party_n condemn_v thereby_o 4._o his_o judgement_n countenance_v from_o what_o be_v 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