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with_o for_o edification_n and_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o suffer_v the_o people_n to_o be_v nurse_v up_o in_o ignorance_n much_o less_o in_o superstition_n and_o judaisme_n and_o i_o say_v for_o man_n to_o refuse_v the_o surplice_n the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n and_o kneel_v at_o the_o sacrament_n as_o common_a and_o unclean_a i._n e._n as_o thing_n unlawful_a this_o be_v contrary_n to_o the_o apostle_n and_o smell_v rank_a 324._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 12._o c._n 10._o 23._o pag._n 324._o of_o superstition_n and_o judaisme_n which_o be_v to_o be_v root_v out_o of_o their_o mind_n by_o a_o due_a instruction_n and_o discipline_n but_o the_o reconciler_n tell_v we_o as_o be_v note_v above_o that_o st._n paul_n never_o do_v enjoin_v the_o weak_a to_o be_v of_o the_o same_o principle_n and_o apprehension_n with_o the_o strong_a but_o always_o do_v command_v the_o strong_a to_o bear_v with_o and_o restrain_v his_o liberty_n that_o he_o may_v minister_v no_o scandal_n or_o offence_n unto_o the_o weak_a and_o do_v confirm_v his_o exhortation_n by_o his_o own_o practice_n in_o like_a case_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o st._n paul_n be_v a_o princi_fw-la precatur_fw-la eos_fw-la apostolus_fw-la quos_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la authoritate_fw-la monere_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la praecepto_fw-la urgere_fw-la poterat_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la modestius_fw-la erat_fw-la ita_fw-la prosundius_a animus_fw-la piorum_fw-la insidere_fw-la poterat_fw-la humilis_fw-la illa_fw-la petitio_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la obscurè_fw-la docebat_fw-la quà m_fw-la illi_fw-la cordi_fw-la esset_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la salus_fw-la etc._n etc._n gualt_n ad_fw-la rom._n homil._n 9â—_n post_fw-la princi_fw-la person_n of_o great_a prudence_n and_o civility_n and_o he_o know_v very_o well_o that_o to_o some_o person_n his_o very_a entreaty_n will_v have_v the_o force_n of_o a_o command_n thus_o he_o choose_v to_o treat_v philemon_n say_v though_o i_o may_v be_v much_o bold_a in_o christ_n to_o enjoin_v 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