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pag._n 348._o etc._n etc._n neither_o be_v the_o penalty_n moderate_a nor_o be_v they_o exact_v according_a to_o law_n not_o be_v they_o thereby_o press_v to_o attend_v that_o ordinance_n which_o be_v a_o indispensible_a duty_n but_o they_o be_v press_v to_o a_o sinful_a compliance_n with_o abjure_a prelacy_n contrare_fw-la to_o their_o vow_n and_o covenant_n by_o barbarous_a tyranny_n then_o he_o say_v their_o life_n be_v not_o seek_v upon_o any_o term_n see_v the_o place_n now_o mention_v where_o that_o be_v speak_v to_o also_o and_o to_o all_o of_o common_a sense_n it_o be_v notour_n that_o their_o case_n be_v a_o case_n of_o most_o in_o exorable_a necessity_n their_o misery_n be_v so_o much_o the_o great_a that_o their_o life_n be_v leave_v they_o to_o see_v themselves_o miserable_a as_o if_o the_o barbarous_a enemy_n have_v intend_v only_o to_o make_v they_o liveto_fw-la see_v it_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o fly_n for_o a_o whole_a country_n side_n with_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o therefore_o what_o lex_n rex_fw-la say_v pag._n 327_o 328._o 329._o confirm_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o this_o as_o to_o their_o not_o supplicate_v mention_v by_o he_o next_o it_o be_v speak_v to_o also_o in_o the_o place_n cite_v and_o however_o he_o may_v think_v now_o to_o incrustate_n that_o tyrannical_a and_o irrational_a act_n forbid_v all_o joint_a supplication_n yet_o the_o whole_a land_n know_v that_o if_o that_o oppress_a country_n have_v attempt_v any_o such_o thing_n they_o have_v be_v account_v guilty_a of_o laese_n majesty_n and_o have_v get_v no_o other_o relief_n of_o all_o the_o illegal_a imposition_n which_o inferior_a officer_n do_v lay_v on_o thereafter_o he_o call_v it_o a_o notable_a contradiction_n to_o say_v that_o their_o rise_n be_v indeliberate_a and_o yet_o lawful_a just_a holy_a exemplary_a necessary_a and_o that_o the_o godly_a ancient_n never_o enroll_v they_o among_o martyr_n who_o by_o their_o own_o rashness_n have_v occasion_v their_o own_o 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to_o this_o pag._n 350._o then_o he_o say_v the_o novatian_o &_o donatist_n be_v not_o account_v martyr_n albeit_o sometime_o they_o be_v draw_v to_o death_n by_o persecute_v pagans-such_a a_o foul_a stain_v do_v they_o see_v in_o schism_n answ_n and_o indeed_o upon_o the_o same_o ground_n if_o any_o of_o this_o corrupt_a apostate_n facton_n which_o have_v make_v defection_n from_o the_o receive_a religion_n reform_v in_o doctrine_n worshipe_n discipline_n and_o government_n and_o swear_v unto_o by_o our_o whole_a church_n be_v draw_v to_o death_n by_o pagan_n under_o the_o common_a notion_n and_o name_n of_o christian_a they_o can_v not_o be_v account_v martyr_n because_o of_o their_o sinful_a and_o perfidious_a rent_v of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n they_o and_o not_o the_o honest_a party_n who_o adhere_v to_o their_o principle_n be_v the_o schismatics_n the_o novatian_o and_o donatist_n who_o depart_v from_o the_o truth_n &_o not_o the_o honest_a christian_n who_o remain_v constant_a be_v the_o true_a schismatics_n nor_o do_v naphtaly_n fix_v they_o in_o a_o schism_n when_o he_o teach_v that_o they_o be_v indispensible_o tie_v by_o the_o covenant_n to_o abhor_v a_o compliance_n with_o these_o course_n of_o defection_n more_o than_o the_o honest_a father_n of_o old_a do_v fix_v the_o honest_a party_n in_o a_o schism_n by_o teach_v that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o embrace_v the_o principle_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o donatist_n and_o novatian_n the_o 6._o and_o last_o particular_a which_o he_o mention_v pag._n 262._o be_v but_o a_o heap_n of_o groundless_a calumny_n to_o wit_n that_o their_o design_n be_v to_o put_v down_o all_o authority_n to_o destroy_v all_o who_o will_v not_o accept_v of_o their_o sense_n of_o the_o covenant_n to_o place_v themselves_o in_o the_o chair_n of_o authority_n of_o which_o stuff_n we_o have_v have_v enough_o in_o the_o former_a part_n and_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o now_o but_o that_o it_o be_v plain_a their_o cause_n be_v 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