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only_o separate_v from_o the_o catholic_a church_n but_o most_o arrogant_o esteem_v their_o own_o faction_n to_o be_v the_o only_a true_a christian_n in_o who_o assembly_n salvation_n be_v to_o be_v find_v ecclesiam_fw-la find_v beelesia_n una_fw-la est_fw-la eam_fw-la tu_fw-la frater_fw-la parmeniane_n apud_fw-la â—os_v solos_fw-la esse_fw-la dixisti_fw-la optat_fw-la lib._n 2._o &_o post_n nitimini_n suadere_fw-la hominibus_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la sotos_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la so_o have_v you_o appropriate_v unto_o yourselves_o the_o style_n of_o brethren_n good_a man_n professor_n as_o if_o all_o other_o who_o favour_v not_o your_o faction_n have_v no_o brotherhood_n in_o christ_n no_o interest_n in_o goodness_n make_v no_o true_a profession_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o catholic_n acknowledge_v the_o donatist_n to_o be_v their_o brethren_n love_v pity_v and_o pray_v for_o they_o 68_o they_o velint_fw-la nolint_fw-la fratres_fw-la nostri_fw-la sunt_fw-la aug_n in_o psal_n 32._o concordate_fw-it nobiscum_fw-la flatter_v diligimus_fw-la vos_fw-la hoc_fw-la vobis_fw-la volumus_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la id._n ep._n 68_o but_o the_o peevish_a schismatickes_n requite_v their_o love_n with_o hatred_n esteem_v they_o no_o better_a than_o pagan_n and_o disdain_v to_o salute_v they_o 4._o they_o isti_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la non_fw-la esâ—is_fw-la fratres_fw-la nostri_fw-la paganos_fw-la nos_fw-la dicunt_fw-la aug_n in_o ps_n 32._o vos_fw-fr odio_fw-la noâ—_n habetis_fw-la fratres_fw-la utique_fw-la vestros_fw-la auditorum_fw-la animus_fw-la infunditis_fw-la odia_fw-la &_o docentes_fw-la ne_fw-la ave_fw-la dicant_fw-la cviquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la optat._n lib._n 4._o so_o albeit_o we_o have_v reach_v forth_o unto_o you_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o fellowship_n yet_o have_v you_o answer_v we_o with_o disdain_n term_v we_o formalist_n time-servers_a worldling_n papist_n arminian_o limb_n of_o antichrist_n and_o no_o better_o than_o reprobate_n but_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o pass_v very_o little_a to_o be_v judge_v of_o you_o for_o all_o your_o malice_n you_o shall_v have_v my_o pity_n and_o my_o prayer_n the_o donatist_n thought_n all_o thing_n pollute_v by_o the_o touch_n of_o catholic_n and_o so_o wash_v their_o church_n wall_n and_o their_o vestment_n break_v their_o chalice_n scrape_v their_o altar_n 6._o altar_n d_o rasistis_n altaria_fw-la fregistis_fw-la calices_fw-la lavastis_fw-la pallas_n paries_n &_o inclusa_fw-la spatia_fw-la salsa_fw-la aqua_fw-la spargi_fw-la praecepistis_fw-la optat._n lib._n 6._o so_o these_o man_n think_v that_o our_o service-booke_n our_o ceremony_n our_o church_n and_o all_o be_v pollute_v with_o the_o papist_n though_o they_o descend_v unto_o they_o from_o the_o ancient_a church_n and_o we_o have_v better_a right_a unto_o they_o than_o they_o have_v and_o therefore_o where_o they_o have_v power_n they_o do_v not_o wash_v the_o church_n but_o in_o a_o sacrilegious_a fury_n pull_v they_o down_o to_o the_o ground_n burn_v the_o vestment_n break_v the_o chalice_n or_o convert_v they_o to_o private_a use_n and_o raze_v the_o altar_n esteem_v a_o beggarly_a cottage_n fit_a for_o god_n service_n than_o a_o magnificent_a temple_n much_o like_o the_o officer_n of_o julian_n who_o when_o they_o see_v the_o holy_a vessel_n of_o the_o church_n cry_v out_o en_fw-fr qualibus_fw-la vasis_fw-la ministratur_fw-la mariae_fw-la filio_fw-la what_o stately_a plate_n be_v this_o for_o the_o carpenter_n son_n the_o donatist_n teach_v that_o the_o efficacy_n of_o sacrament_n depend_v on_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o so_o will_v not_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n from_o any_o but_o such_o as_o they_o esteem_v just_a man_n that_o be_v to_o say_v man_n of_o their_o own_o faction_n 167._o faction_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la dicere_fw-la solent_fw-la tune_n esse_fw-la verum_fw-la baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la come_v ab_fw-la homine_fw-la justo_fw-la datur_fw-la aug._n ep_v 167._o and_o be_v not_o some_o of_o you_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n who_o refuse_v the_o sacrament_n though_o they_o may_v have_v it_o after_o their_o own_o fashion_n only_o because_o the_o minister_n have_v conform_v himself_o unto_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n the_o donatist_n teach_v that_o the_o church_n ought_v not_o to_o tolerate_v evil_a person_n in_o her_o communion_n that_o communion_n with_o such_o person_n pollute_v and_o profane_v the_o church_n and_o that_o therefore_o all_o the_o church_n of_o the_o world_n be_v perish_v because_o they_o communicate_v with_o caecilianus_n 69._o caecilianus_n donatistae_n pertinaci_fw-la dissensione_n in_o heresin_n schisma_fw-la verterunt_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la propter_fw-la crimina_fw-la caeciliani_n de_fw-la toto_fw-la terrarum_fw-la â—â—_o be_v perierit_fw-la aug._n count_v â—pist_v parmen_fw-la l._n 3._o id._n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la cap._n 69._o and_o be_v it_o not_o upon_o the_o very_a same_o ground_n that_o your_o brethren_n the_o brounist_n do_v run_v both_o out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o out_o of_o their_o wit_n they_o build_v their_o conclusion_n upon_o your_o premise_n
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square_v by_o their_o will_n they_o give_v great_a scandal_n unto_o the_o papist_n who_o observe_v their_o practice_n and_o mistake_v their_o tenet_n for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n charge_v we_o that_o we_o be_v new-fangled_a not_o carry_v so_o much_o with_o zeal_n to_o the_o truth_n as_o with_o hatred_n to_o they_o abhor_v almost_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v use_v by_o they_o and_o depart_v further_o from_o they_o than_o they_o have_v from_o the_o primitive_a church_n insomuch_o that_o i_o dare_v say_v the_o violent_a course_n of_o these_o partial_a divine_n who_o soul_n hate_v peace_n be_v not_o the_o least_o cause_n of_o the_o papist_n separation_n from_o we_o they_o lay_v a_o stumble_a block_n before_o their_o own_o follower_n a_o number_n of_o simple_a people_n who_o by_o their_o example_n be_v animate_v or_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v edify_v without_o ground_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o cor._n viii_o 10._o to_o contemn_v authority_n and_o from_o 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