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libertinisme_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n as_o non-scribers_a will_v â—ather_v upon_o they_o their_o argument_n may_v be_v retort_v upon_o themselves_o it_o be_v scandalous_a that_o they_o who_o hold_v toleration_n of_o difference_n in_o outward_a form_n of_o discipline_n unlawful_a shall_v claim_v a_o toleration_n in_o civil_a matter_n and_o it_o will_v be_v scandalous_a in_o the_o magistrate_n to_o tolerate_v any_o thing_n 61._o festus_n hommius_n col_fw-fr anti-bellarminianum_a disp_n 34._o thes_n 4.5_o sam._n bolton_n arraignment_n of_o error_n pag._n 335._o 336._o plea_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 61._o or_o to_o grant_v any_o privilege_n which_o by_o the_o privilege_a be_v look_v upon_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o sin_n and_o learned_a presbyterian_o into_o the_o number_n of_o who_o non-scribers_a itch_n to_o be_v receive_v rank_a opinion_n destructive_a to_o the_o public_a peace_n with_o such_o as_o be_v blasphemous_a and_o contrary_a to_o fundamental_a truth_n and_o allow_v the_o magistrate_n a_o equal_a nay_o great_a power_n to_o punish_v they_o that_o be_v seditious_a then_o they_o that_o be_v so_o erroneous_a concern_v the_o agreement_n of_o the_o people_n i_o have_v this_o only_a to_o say_v that_o the_o parliament_n never_o own_v it_o and_o therefore_o non-scribers_a do_v mere_o calumniate_v they_o in_o lay_v it_o at_o their_o door_n but_o their_o new_a strain_n of_o poetry_n wherein_o they_o will_v make_v sphynx_n a_o resolver_n of_o riddle_n i_o must_v say_v that_o for_o aught_o i_o have_v read_v 42._o isti_fw-la quidem_fw-la orationi_fw-la oedipos_n epus_fw-la conjectori_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la sphyngi_fw-la interpres_fw-la fuit_fw-la plautus_n in_o paenulo_n act._n 1._o scen._n 3._o plea_n etc._n etc._n page_n 42._o the_o propose_v of_o riddle_n be_v only_o attribute_v to_o sphynx_n the_o resolution_n to_o oedipus_n and_o for_o the_o riddle_n itself_o since_o non-scribers_a be_v the_o sphynge_n i_o will_v make_v they_o according_a to_o their_o own_o 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engagement_n profess_v opposition_n to_o tyranny_n and_o make_v justice_n and_o liberty_n their_o motto_n but_o that_o you_o may_v know_v