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peace_n and_o unity_n and_o those_o thing_n that_o tend_v to_o edification_n and_o stick_v at_o some_o thing_n that_o either_o be_v not_o command_v or_o not_o forbid_v by_o god_n and_o therefore_o leave_v to_o the_o magistrate_n liberty_n or_o which_o be_v but_o obscure_a and_o doubtful_a when_o they_o swallow_v great_a sin_n as_o perjury_n rebellion_n falsehood_n and_o yet_o strain_n and_o scruple_n at_o a_o indifferent_a ceremony_n when_o they_o place_v so_o much_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o the_o forbear_n a_o indifferent_a rite_n that_o they_o think_v god_n be_v profane_v by_o it_o and_o refuse_v communion_n with_o those_o that_o so_o worship_v he_o when_o they_o praecipitate_v themselves_o either_o through_o envy_n passion_n or_o design_n into_o the_o several_a sect_n of_o dissenter_n without_o a_o search_n after_o the_o truth_n and_o so_o ignorant_o that_o they_o know_v not_o what_o it_o be_v they_o embrace_v but_o only_o that_o 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