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providence_n of_o god_n make_v way_n concur_v to_o their_o restauration_n like_o another_o sanballat_n use_v this_o common_a highway_n insinuation_n thereunto_o take_v from_o the_o scandalous_a rabble_n and_o worst_a of_o our_o enemy_n and_o i_o have_v be_v credible_o tell_v that_o yourself_o do_v neither_o subscribe_v nor_o read_v the_o service-book_n till_o that_o fatal_a as_o some_o call_v it_o st._n bartholomew_n and_o you_o have_v otherwise_o be_v deprive_v of_o your_o rectory_n of_o sutton_n and_o this_o subject_n you_o reassume_v in_o your_o preface_n spend_v a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o with_o a_o vehement_a zeal_n and_o ardency_n in_o defence_n of_o libertinism_n so_o far_o as_o that_o no_o church_n law_n ought_v to_o be_v enjoin_v as_o term_n of_o communion_n but_o those_o which_o christ_n have_v himself_o give_v we_o or_o those_o that_o be_v immediate_o direct_v by_o the_o guidance_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god._n those_o thing_n you_o say_v be_v sufficient_a for_o that_o 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amputati_fw-la errando_fw-la rebel_n abscedunt_fw-la nec_fw-la possunt_fw-la novum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aut_fw-la aliud_fw-la agere_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la jamdudum_fw-la apud_fw-la svam_fw-la matrem_fw-la didicerunt_fw-la haeretici_fw-la veritatis_fw-la exules_fw-la sacri_fw-la symboli_fw-la desertores_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr se_fw-la nosci_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la ideo_fw-la &_o falsum_fw-la habent_fw-la baptisma_fw-la vobis_fw-la vero_fw-la schismaticis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la non_fw-la sitis_fw-la haec_fw-la negari_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la quia_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o communia_fw-la traxistis_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la ibid._n the_o very_a schism_n in_o the_o day_n of_o st._n paul_n at_o corinth_n for_o if_o he_o that_o come_v preach_v another_o jesus_n who_o we_o have_v not_o preach_v or_o if_o you_o receive_v another_o spirit_n which_o you_o have_v not_o receive_v or_o another_o gospel_n which_o you_o have_v not_o accept_v you_o may_v well_o 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aug._n l._n 2._o cont._n petil._n donatist_n c._n 96._o quid_fw-la ergò_fw-la prodest_fw-la homini_fw-la vel_fw-la sana_fw-la fides_fw-la vel_fw-la sanum_fw-la fortasse_fw-la solum_fw-la fidei_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la vbi_fw-la letali_fw-la vulnere_fw-la schismatis_fw-la perempta_fw-la est_fw-la sanitas_fw-la charitatis_fw-la per_fw-la cujus_fw-la solius_fw-la peremptionem_fw-la etiam_fw-la illa_fw-la integra_fw-la trabuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la idem_fw-la l._n 1._o de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la contra_fw-la donatist_n c._n 8._o nobiscum_fw-la enim_fw-la estis_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la in_fw-la symbolo_fw-la in_fw-la caeteris_fw-la dominicis_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la autem_fw-la unitatis_fw-la in_fw-la ipsa_fw-la denique_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la non_fw-la estis_fw-la ep_v 48._o vincentio_n quisquis_fw-la ab_fw-la hac_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la fuerit_fw-la separatus_fw-la quantumlibet_fw-la laudabiliter_fw-la se_fw-la 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