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commit_v that_o horrid_a massacre_n upon_o his_o brethren_n 2_o chr._n 21._o 4_o 12._o and_o junius_n in_o his_o note_n give_v this_o reason_n for_o it_o sic_fw-la oportuit_fw-la impium_fw-la regem_fw-la ab_fw-la absentibus_fw-la reprehendi_fw-la qui_fw-la praesentes_fw-la non_fw-la fuisset_fw-la passurus_fw-la thus_o be_v it_o fit_a that_o the_o wicked_a king_n shall_v be_v reprove_v by_o one_o that_o be_v absent_a who_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o reproof_n of_o those_o that_o be_v present_a and_o r._n david_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n as_o indeed_o junius_n in_o his_o note_n do_v frequent_o borrow_v many_o exposition_n from_o the_o jewish_a dâ—_n not_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o allegorical_a but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o literal_a interpreter_n whereof_o kimchi_n be_v judge_v the_o very_o best_a &_o he_o give_v we_o this_o gloss_n this_o writing_n from_o
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for_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o the_o martyr_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v not_o agree_v with_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 12._o 1._o so_o likewise_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o christian_n have_v the_o same_o religion_n in_o substance_n though_o not_o in_o ceremony_n or_o circumstance_n or_o the_o old_a testament_n can_v not_o be_v bring_v so_o apposite_o to_o prove_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o new_a or_o moses_n have_v be_v say_v to_o bear_v the_o reproach_n of_o christ_n heb._n 11._o 26._o and_o so_o likewise_o all_o christian_n have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o religion_n though_o they_o have_v many_o different_a profession_n the_o christian_a religion_n be_v altogether_o unchangeable_a one_o and_o the_o same_o in_o all_o place_n and_o at_o all_o time_n and_o what_o be_v otherwise_o will_v be_v find_v either_o to_o be_v superstition_n or_o faction_n or_o matter_n of_o order_n but_o in_o no_o case_n matter_n of_o religion_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o what_o be_v true_o christian_n in_o one_o place_n or_o time_n shall_v be_v make_v either_o antichristian_a or_o unchristian_a in_o another_o and_o this_o property_n of_o immutability_n religion_n partake_v in_o a_o high_a degree_n than_o the_o sublimest_n spirit_n in_o the_o high_a order_n of_o angel_n for_o they_o be_v all_o changeable_a by_o a_o power_n without_o they_o though_o not_o by_o a_o power_n within_o they_o but_o religion_n be_v not_o so_o god_n himself_o can_v make_v another_o religion_n or_o service_n of_o himself_o then_o that_o which_o he_o have_v already_o make_v i_o mean_v as_o to_o the_o substantial_a and_o internal_a nature_n of_o holiness_n consist_v in_o the_o immediate_a duty_n of_o religion_n aliquid_fw-la dicitur_fw-la mutabile_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la per_fw-la potentiam_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la est_fw-la altero_fw-la modo_fw-la per_fw-la potentiam_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o altero_fw-la aquin._n par_fw-fr 1._o qu._n 9_o 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