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nobis_fw-la regnatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n now_o you_o be_v full_a now_o you_o be_v rich_a now_o you_o reign_v without_o we_o you_o be_v wise_a we_o be_v fool_n you_o be_v strong_a we_o be_v infirm_a you_o equivocation_n be_v noble_a we_o be_v base_a etc._n etc._n may_v s._n paul_n have_v swear_v this_o which_o he_o write_v without_o a_o abominable_a profanation_n of_o that_o sacred_a institution_n of_o a_o oath_n i_o think_v he_o may_v for_o that_o often_o he_o be_v accustom_v to_o swear_v that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o call_v god_n to_o witness_v that_o he_o speak_v the_o truth_n and_o yet_o here_o he_o can_v be_v presume_v to_o think_v as_o he_o speak_v or_o as_o the_o word_n literal_o do_v import_v where_o then_o be_v thomas_n morton_n in_o this_o his_o conclusion_n 17._o again_o i_o will_v demand_v of_o he_o whether_o a_o man_n may_v swear_v without_o profanation_n that_o speech_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n concern_v the_o queen_n of_o saba_n when_o 9_o she_o see_v the_o wisdom_n riches_n &_o greatness_n of_o solomon_n non_fw-la erat_fw-la ultra_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la spiritus_fw-la prae_fw-la stupore_fw-la she_o have_v no_o long_o the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o chapter_n whether_o a_o mix_a proposition_n partly_o utter_v and_o partly_o reserve_v in_o mind_n may_v be_v a_o true_a logical_a proposition_n and_o enunciation_n §._o 1._o have_v show_v hitherto_o aswell_o what_o equivocation_n and_o amphibology_n be_v as_o also_o that_o all_o equivocation_n be_v not_o lie_v or_o rather_o that_o none_o be_v proper_o or_o can_v be_v lie_v so_o long_o as_o it_o remain_v within_o the_o nature_n of_o equivocation_n which_o yet_o afterward_o shall_v better_o be_v discuss_v and_o moreover_o that_o simple_a &_o verbal_a equivocation_n either_o in_o word_n or_o speech_n may_v be_v lawful_o use_v by_o any_o good_a man_n to_o a_o good_a end_n yea_o &_o swear_v also_o with_o due_a circumstance_n if_o need_v 〈◊〉_d without_o perjury_n or_o profanation_n and_o that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n upon_o sundry_a occasion_n do_v use_v the_o same_o now_o we_o must_v restrain_v our_o talk_n to_o the_o former_a part_n of_o ambiguity_n or_o suppose_a equivocation_n only_o which_o be_v by_o mental_a reservation_n to_o wit_n not_o to_o depart_v from_o our_o adversary_n example_n i_o be_o no_o priest_n so_o as_o i_o be_o bind_v to_o tell_v it_o to_o you_o the_o first_o part_n thereof_o be_v utter_v and_o the_o late_a reserve_v in_o mind_n which_o so_o much_o displease_v m._n morton_n as_o he_o will_v annihilate_v the_o same_o say_v first_o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o hide_a truth_n but_o a_o gross_a lie_n as_o before_o you_o have_v hear_v in_o his_o first_o proposition_n and_o then_o that_o it_o be_v no_o 〈◊〉_d at_o all_o if_o we_o respect_v the_o law_n of_o logic_n which_o he_o utter_v in_o the_o vehement_a heat_n of_o his_o spirit_n have_v these_o word_n consult_v say_v he_o with_o the_o ancient_a logician_n 54._o and_o prove_v mark_v what_o scope_n i_o yield_v unto_o you_o that_o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o world_n in_o the_o whole_a current_n of_o so_o many_o thousand_o generation_n of_o mankind_n till_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o these_o last_o four_o hundred_o year_n and_o less_o that_o ever_o any_o logician_n whether_o infidel_n or_o believer_n do_v allow_v your_o mix_a proposition_n which_o be_v partly_o mental_a and_o partly_o verbal_a or_o think_v it_o a_o proposition_n and_o i_o will_v be_v which_o my_o soul_n utter_o detest_v a_o equivocator_n so_o he_o and_o we_o must_v consider_v of_o this_o last_o point_n first_o and_o afterward_o of_o the_o rest_n for_o they_o be_v all_o pregnant_a as_o you_o see_v 20._o and_o first_o to_o begin_v with_o thomas_n mortons_n soul_n i_o know_v not_o what_o it_o do_v or_o may_v detest_v in_o equivocation_n but_o only_o perhaps_o the_o bare_a name_n thereby_o to_o seem_v to_o contradict_v we_o see_v it_o be_v so_o frequent_a in_o scripture_n as_o lie_v now_o have_v be_v say_v and_o after_o 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the_o other_o side_n if_o the_o judge_n be_v not_o lawful_a 36._o or_o competent_a or_o have_v not_o jurisdiction_n in_o that_o matter_n which_o he_o demand_v as_o if_o a_o lay_v magistrate_n in_o a_o catholic_a country_n will_v inquire_v of_o matter_n not_o other_o belong_v to_o his_o jurisdiction_n as_o for_o example_n sacred_a or_o secret_a or_o that_o he_o shall_v offer_v injury_n against_o law_n to_o the_o respondent_fw-la in_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o proceed_n whereby_o he_o shall_v be_v disoblige_v in_o conscience_n to_o answer_v to_o his_o meaning_n or_o interrogatory_n yea_o somtim_n rather_o oblige_v not_o to_o answer_v thereunto_o when_o it_o concern_v other_o man_n hurt_n then_o may_v he_o 2._o answer_v as_o though_o he_o be_v alone_o and_o no_o man_n by_o for_o that_o he_o have_v no_o necessary_a reference_n to_o he_o at_o all_o nor_o to_o his_o demand_n question_n or_o speech_n but_o that_o he_o may_v frame_v to_o himself_o any_o proposition_n that_o be_v true_a in_o itself_o and_o in_o his_o own_o sense_n &_o meaning_n though_o the_o other_o that_o hear_v understand_v it_o in_o a_o different_a sense_n and_o meaning_n &_o be_v thereby_o deceive_v 53._o neither_o be_v this_o to_o deceive_v another_o but_o to_o permit_v he_o that_o offer_v i_o injury_n and_o be_v no_o superior_a of_o al._n i_o in_o that_o cause_n to_o be_v deceive_v by_o my_o doubtful_a speech_n and_o by_o conceal_v that_o which_o i_o be_o not_o bind_v to_o utter_v unto_o he_o which_o kind_n of_o deceit_n or_o dissimulation_n be_v lawful_a as_o in_o the_o precedent_a chapter_n have_v be_v show_v by_o the_o example_n of_o stratagem_n in_o war_n whereby_o though_o many_o be_v slay_v and_o 〈◊〉_d hurt_v do_v yet_o nihil_fw-la homo_fw-la iustus_fw-la say_v s._n augustine_n praetereà _fw-la cogitare_fw-la debet_fw-la in_o his_o rebus_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la bellum_fw-la iustum_fw-la suscipiat_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la susceperit_fw-la utrum_fw-la aperta_fw-la pugna_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la 〈◊〉_d vicerit_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d interest_n a_o 〈◊〉_d man_n in_o war_n ought_v to_o think_v 〈◊〉_d nothing_o but_o that_o the_o war_n be_v just_a that_o he_o take_v josue_n in_o hand_n which_o be_v certain_a it_o import_v nothing_o in_o respect_n of_o justice_n whether_o he_o get_v the_o victory_n by_o sleight_n or_o by_o open_a war_n and_o this_o he_o speak_v by_o occasion_n of_o the_o direction_n of_o god_n unto_o josue_n when_o he_o 8._o teach_v he_o what_o snare_n and_o wile_n he_o shall_v use_v to_o entrap_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o city_n of_o hai_o as_o he_o do_v to_o their_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n and_o thereby_o restit_fw-la all_o divine_n do_v infer_v that_o such_o dissimulation_n &_o stratagem_n be_v lawful_a in_o just_a war_n which_o yet_o s._n thomas_n do_v limit_v out_o of_o s._n ambrose_n to_o be_v true_a when_o the_o party_n have_v not_o give_v their_o word_n and_o promise_n to_o the_o other_o contrary_a but_o yet_o both_o he_o and_o all_o 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by_o the_o christian_n in_o remembrance_n of_o christ_n benefit_n exhibit_v in_o his_o sacred_a 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n m._n 〈◊〉_d teach_v his_o hearer_n that_o this_o be_v speak_v by_o s._n cyrill_n to_o excuse_v the_o christian_n and_o cover_v their_o fault_n as_o though_o in_o deed_n s._n cyrill_n have_v be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n 〈◊〉_d with_o julian_n the_o apostata_fw-la and_o have_v mislike_v the_o make_n 172._o of_o that_o sign_n as_o he_o do_v which_o be_v manifest_o false_a and_o a_o great_a slander_n to_o the_o say_v holy_a father_n and_o what_o then_o will_v you_o say_v of_o this_o minister_n equivocate_a spirit_n in_o the_o worst_a kind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 55._o the_o three_o example_n we_o shall_v take_v out_o of_o the_o write_n 〈◊〉_d of_o meridith_n hanmer_n and_o m._n william_n charke_n minister_n who_o be_v charge_v with_o a_o certain_a pernicious_a doctrine_n 〈◊〉_d martin_n luther_n who_o they_o earnest_o defend_v and_o not_o be_v other_o wise_a able_a to_o escape_v use_v both_o of_o they_o a_o notorious_a equivocation_n in_o this_o kind_n of_o lie_v the_o doctrine_n of_o luther_n be_v this_o that_o if_o any_o 120._o woman_n say_v he_o can_v or_o will_v not_o prove_v by_o order_n of_o law_n the_o insufficiency_n of_o her_o husband_n let_v her_o request_n at_o his_o hand_n a_o divorce_n or_o else_o by_o his_o consent_n let_v she_o privy_o lie_v with_o his_o brother_n or_o with_o some_o other_o man_n and_o this_o doctrine_n be_v object_v campian_n to_o these_o two_o minister_n hanmer_n think_v best_o you_o may_v imagine_v by_o what_o equivocation_n utter_o to_o deny_v the_o thing_n as_o never_o write_v or_o speak_v by_o luther_n inveigh_v great_o against_o catholic_n for_o raise_v such_o a_o slander_n upon_o he_o but_o charke_n doubt_v lest_o he_o shall_v be_v convince_v with_o luther_n own_o book_n and_o edition_n of_o wittenberg_n dare_v not_o stand_v to_o this_o equivocation_n but_o devise_v another_o far_o worse_a to_o wit_n that_o luther_n give_v this_o counsel_n when_o he_o be_v yet_o a_o papist_n and_o therefore_o say_v he_o if_o any_o shame_n be_v in_o this_o doctrine_n it_o light_v upon_o you_o and_o not_o upon_o us._n 56._o but_o two_o thing_n do_v convince_v this_o of_o a_o notable_a wilful_a untruth_n the_o first_o for_o that_o the_o time_n and_o year_n be_v consider_v wherein_o luther_n write_v this_o sermon_n it_o appear_v evident_o that_o he_o have_v leave_v long_o before_o the_o catholic_a union_n though_o yet_o himself_o say_v in_o this_o place_n that_o he_o remain_v still_o with_o some_o fear_n and_o dread_n of_o antichrist_n which_o he_o mean_v in_o respect_n that_o it_o be_v yet_o doubtful_a unto_o he_o whether_o the_o protection_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n will_v be_v sufficient_a for_o his_o defence_n against_o the_o pope_n emperor_n and_o other_o catholic_a prince_n that_o seek_v to_o have_v he_o punish_v but_o when_o in_o process_n of_o time_n he_o perceyve_v in_o deed_n that_o he_o be_v secure_a than_o 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