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non_fw-la nunquam_fw-la etiam_fw-la diversarum_fw-la religionum_fw-la exercitium_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la publicum_fw-la saltem_fw-la privatum_fw-la aut_fw-la clandestinum_fw-la ex_fw-la singularibus_fw-la causis_fw-la permittendum_fw-la esse_fw-la statuimus_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la demum_fw-la sensu_fw-la pacem_fw-la &_o concordiam_fw-la externam_fw-la seu_fw-la politiam_fw-la inter_fw-la orthodoxos_fw-la &_o non_fw-la orthodoxos_fw-la saepe_fw-la etiam_fw-la haereticos_fw-la simul_fw-la colendam_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la pio_fw-la magistratu_fw-la procurari_fw-la &_o pâ—sse_v &_o debere_fw-la existimamus_fw-la i_o can_v not_o wish_v my_o judgement_n more_o happy_o express_v nor_o word_n more_o accommodate_v to_o my_o sense_n viz._n that_o though_o the_o magistrate_n be_v with_o might_n and_o main_a to_o defend_v but_o one_o religion_n even_o that_o which_o he_o judge_v to_o be_v the_o truth_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n yet_o none_o ought_v to_o be_v compel_v to_o that_o by_o outward_a force_n but_o every_o man_n conscience_n to_o be_v leave_v at_o liberty_n etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v not_o english_a it_o all_o and_o that_o a_o civil_a external_a peace_n shall_v be_v maintain_v by_o the_o godly_a magistrate_n even_o between_o orthodox_n and_o heterodox_n and_o he_o give_v three_o 14._o three_o prima_fw-la nititur_fw-la generalibus_fw-la illis_fw-la scripturae_fw-la dictis_fw-la quÄ™_n justitiam_fw-la &_o charitatem_fw-la studiumque_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o concordiae_fw-la seriò_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la commendant_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la quid_fw-la alitèr_fw-la adversus_fw-la proximum_fw-la statuamus_fw-la quà m_fw-la qualitèr_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la agi_fw-la vellemus_fw-la disertè_fw-la praecipiunt_fw-la denique_fw-la ut_fw-la conscientiis_fw-la svam_fw-la libertatem_fw-la concedamus_fw-la &_o dissentientes_fw-la in_o negotio_fw-la religionis_fw-la amicè_fw-la toleremus_fw-la omnino_fw-la mandant_fw-la mat._n 5.7_o rom._n 12.14_o &_o alibi_fw-la secunda_fw-la petitur_fw-la ab_fw-la exemplis_fw-la sapientium_fw-la &_o piorum_fw-la principun_n tum_fw-la in_o veteri_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o n._n test_n etc._n etc._n tertia_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la naturali_fw-la equitate_fw-la itemque_fw-la adjuncta_fw-la utilitate_fw-la quà m_fw-la etiam_fw-la experientia_fw-la quotidiana_fw-la fere_n comprobat_fw-la nam_fw-la praeterquam_fw-la quod_fw-la aequissimum_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la causa_fw-la religionis_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o coactione_n externa_fw-la abstinere_fw-la ipsis_fw-la etiam_fw-la rebus_fw-la publicis_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la fiat_fw-la omnino_fw-la expedit_fw-la atque_fw-la conducit_fw-la quip_n quae_fw-la alioqui_fw-la facillimè_fw-la turbarentur_fw-la &_o intestinis_fw-la bellis_fw-la ac_fw-la mutuis_fw-la lanienis_fw-la tandem_fw-la conciderent_fw-la prout_fw-la hactenus_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la europae_n provinciis_fw-la gallia_n praesertim_fw-la &_o bâ—â—gio_fw-la accidisse_fw-la novimus_fw-la cum_fw-la contrà _fw-la in_o germania_n helvetia_n polonia_n &_o alibi_fw-la locorum_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la religionum_fw-la libertaâ—_n hactenus_fw-la indulta_fw-la fuit_fw-la istis_fw-la discordiis_fw-la &_o lanienis_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la locus_fw-la ergo_fw-la res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pierce_v licita_fw-la &_o bona_fw-la est_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la abusus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la accedere_fw-la possit_fw-la alst_n de_fw-fr eccl._n lib._n 4._o c._n 14._o reason_n for_o his_o judgement_n which_o i_o shall_v transject_v into_o the_o margin_n and_o what_o reformation_n this_o kingdom_n have_v in_o the_o late_a day_n it_o do_v consist_v in_o the_o incoaction_n or_o spontaneousness_n of_o it_o in_o the_o parliament_n etc._n humsred_a de_fw-fr verâ_fw-la relig._n etc._n etc._n whatsoever_o it_o do_v in_o the_o people_n as_o one_o report_n of_o it_o no_o in_o senatu_fw-la ut_fw-la