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to_o enterprise_v any_o thing_n which_o may_v infringe_v or_o abate_v the_o tenor_n of_o the_o law_n the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n of_o rome_n write_v to_o s._n cypr._n l._n 2._o ep._n 7._o be_v very_o positive_a quid_fw-la magis_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o can_v be_v more_o necessary_a either_o in_o time_n of_o peace_n or_o persecution_n than_o to_o exercise_v due_a severity_n according_a to_o divine_a order_n s._n augustine_n full_o tract_n 11._o in_o joh._n admirantur_fw-la donatistae_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o donatist_n wonder_v that_o christian_a prince_n shall_v bestir_v themselves_o against_o the_o detestable_a divider_n of_o the_o church_n but_o to_o abate_v their_o wonderment_n he_o subjoin_v this_o reason_n si_fw-mi verò_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o they_o do_v not_o labour_v to_o suppress_v they_o how_o can_v they_o give_v a_o account_n to_o god_n of_o their_o power_n which_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o he_o because_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o christian_a king_n that_o 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vicegerent_n they_o have_v most_o impudent_o imprudent_o and_o wicked_o provoke_v both_o by_o their_o rebellious_a act_n and_o preposterous_a course_n heu_n probatum_fw-la est_fw-la witness_n not_o to_o go_v far_o back_o our_o late_a exclusioner_n and_o no-money-man_n num._n 3._o admit_v a_o change_n be_v submit_v to_o this_o will_v not_o gain_v nor_o secure_v those_o that_o be_v give_v to_o change_v for_o upon_o every_o such_o change_n they_o be_v ready_a ever_o and_o anon_o to_o change_v their_o principle_n and_o practice_n the_o donatist_n the_o great_a grandsire_n of_o our_o sectary_n do_v so_o at_o first_o they_o yelp_v quid_fw-la imperatori_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o have_v the_o emperor_n to_o do_v in_o church_n affair_n but_o s._n augustine_n tell_v we_o with_o the_o change_n of_o the_o time_n they_o change_v their_o note_n for_o take_v their_o time_n they_o petition_v julian_n the_o apostate_n supplicantibus_fw-la rogatiano_n &_o pontio_n say_v opt._n for_o liberty_n of_o 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