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profess_v to_o believe_v one_o god_n as_o protestant_n do_v or_o shall_v i_o ever_o think_v e._n s._n a_o papist_n for_o say_v he_o believe_v in_o christ_n no_o certain_o those_o be_v point_n in_o which_o both_o party_n agree_v tertullian_n great_a wit_n will_v never_o be_v so_o easy_o surprise_v with_o hope_n of_o a_o proselyte_n if_o what_o e._n s._n say_v be_v true_a that_o both_o contend_a party_n agree_v in_o profess_v one_o god._n the_o same_o reason_n may_v be_v bring_v out_o of_o minutius_n felix_n who_o say_v pag._n 14._o audio_fw-la vulgus_fw-la cùm_fw-la ad_fw-la coelum_fw-la manus_fw-la tendunt_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la deum_fw-la dicunt_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la magnus_fw-la est_fw-la vulgi_fw-la iste_fw-la naturalis_fw-la sermo_fw-la est_fw-la a_fw-fr christiani_n confitentis_fw-la oratio_fw-la i_o hear_v the_o people_n call_v upon_o god._n name_v only_o one_o be_v these_o word_n the_o speech_n of_o pagan_a or_o the_o confession_n of_o faith_n of_o a_o christian_n here_o methinks_v i_o see_v e._n s._n triumph_v as_o find_v what_o destroy_v my_o conclusion_n in_o the_o forego_n word_n which_o show_v that_o all_o the_o people_n believe_v one_o god._n but_o i_o answer_v that_o all_o express_v that_o belief_n in_o their_o indeliberat_a action_n and_o deliberate_o act_v contrary_a and_o for_o that_o reason_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d condemn_v by_o their_o own_o judgement_n let_v we_o hear_v tertullian_n l._n de_fw-la testim_fw-la animae_fw-la c._n 6._o p._n 126._o meritò_fw-la igitur_fw-la omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la rea_fw-la &_o testis_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la tantùm_fw-la rea_fw-la erroris_fw-la in_fw-la quantùm_fw-la testis_fw-la veritatis_fw-la &_o stabit_fw-la ante_fw-la aulas_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judicii_fw-la nihil_fw-la habens_fw-la dicere_fw-la deum_fw-la praedicabas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la requirebas_fw-la damonia_fw-la abominabaris_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la adorabas_fw-la judicium_fw-la dei_fw-la appellabas_fw-la 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