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&_o alibi_fw-la secunda_fw-la petitur_fw-la ab_fw-la exemplis_fw-la sapientium_fw-la &_o piorum_fw-la regum_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o veteri_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la testamento_fw-la 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 quam_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 externâ_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 facillime_fw-la turbarentur_fw-la ut_fw-la intestinis_fw-la bellis_fw-la ac_fw-la mutuis_fw-la lanienis_fw-la tandem_fw-la considerent_fw-la prout_fw-la hactenus_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la europae_n provinciis_fw-la galliâ_fw-la praesertim_fw-la &_o belgio_fw-la accidisse_fw-la novimus_fw-la cum_fw-la contra_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 libertas_fw-la 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 resipsa_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la licita_fw-la &_o bona_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la abusus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la accidere_fw-la possit_fw-la alst_n de_fw-fr eccl._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 14._o what_o can_v be_v say_v with_o more_o truth_n and_o soberness_n about_o this_o matter_n liberty_n of_o conscience_n the_o magistrate_n interest_n or_o to_o grant_v liberty_n of_o conscience_n to_o person_n of_o different_a persuasion_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n be_v the_o great_a interest_n of_o all_o kingdom_n and_o state_n and_o particular_o of_o england_n assert_v and_o prove_v have_v thus_o far_o consider_v those_o thing_n which_o do_v most_o immediate_o 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