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the_o faith_n of_o other_o begin_v to_o stagger_v and_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v like_a to_o be_v bring_v in_o question_n through_o his_o silence_n and_o gratification_n of_o their_o weakness_n but_o we_o know_v st._n paul_n do_v very_o bold_o rebuke_v st._n peter_n upon_o that_o occasion_n 885._o occasion_n petrus_n coelesti_fw-la visione_n edoctus_fw-la discrimen_fw-la ciborum_fw-la esse_fw-la sublatum_fw-la reprehensione_n meritus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la didicit_fw-la &_o in_fw-la publico_fw-la consilio_fw-la docuit_fw-la non_fw-la observavit_fw-la scandalum_fw-la judaeis_n &_o gentibus_fw-la praebuit_fw-la joan._n tâ—addaeus_n conciliat_fw-la n._n 885._o and_o in_o justification_n of_o he_o therein_o mr._n calvin_n well_o observe_v this_o be_v not_o a_o trifle_a business_n neque_fw-la vero_fw-la hîc_fw-la agebatur_fw-la hominum_fw-la negotium_fw-la sed_fw-la venerat_fw-la in_o discrimen_fw-la evangelii_n puritas_fw-la ne_fw-la judaico_fw-la fermento_fw-la inquinaretur_fw-la for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o mere_a concern_n and_o business_n of_o man_n that_o be_v then_o and_o there_o act_v but_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v bring_v in_o danger_n lest_o it_o shall_v be_v corrupt_v by_o the_o leven_n of_o judaisme_n and_o be_v it_o not_o so_o with_o we_o do_v not_o the_o dissenter_n look_v upon_o the_o thing_n they_o scruple_n at_o as_o unclean_a and_o refuse_v they_o upon_o that_o account_n and_o so_o run_v into_o a_o jewish_a superstition_n this_o can_v in_o reason_n be_v deny_v but_o the_o reconciler_n have_v prepare_v a_o 157._o p._n 156._o 157._o salve_n for_o this_o sore_a let_v our_o superior_n abate_v their_o imposition_n not_o as_o sinful_a to_o be_v practise_v or_o with_o a_o protestation_n that_o they_o do_v not_o esteem_v they_o so_o but_o pure_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o peace_n and_o unity_n this_o say_v he_o will_v be_v satisfactory_a to_o those_o who_o scruple_n the_o use_n of_o they_o and_o he_o conceive_v it_o may_v be_v the_o duty_n of_o superior_n to_o condescend_v nor_o will_v it_o be_v sufficient_a 326._o â—_o 326._o to_o excuse_v they_o when_o they_o neglect_v to_o cut_v 78._o p._n 78._o off_o this_o occasion_n of_o their_o brother_n scandal_n to_o say_v that_o their_o weak_a brother_n act_v unreasonable_o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o they_o to_o dispense_v with_o their_o imposition_n etc._n etc._n here_o the_o reconciler_n show_v himself_o a_o excellent_a contriver_n for_o the_o ease_n of_o government_n and_o a_o tender_a conscience_n but_o he_o play_v the_o mountebank_n and_o teach_v the_o people_n to_o go_v upon_o their_o head_n with_o their_o heel_n upward_o for_o it_o be_v evident_a his_o attempt_n and_o project_n be_v to_o set_v up_o subject_n above_o their_o governor_n and_o whereas_o they_o pretend_v to_o be_v offend_v he_o can_v not_o but_o take_v notice_n at_o p._n 58_o &_o 59_o which_o be_v a_o confutation_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o book_n that_o it_o be_v because_o they_o may_v not_o have_v their_o own_o will_n not_o that_o they_o see_v any_o sin_n in_o the_o imposition_n which_o they_o quarrel_n at_o for_o if_o they_o have_v any_o sense_n of_o weakness_n in_o themselves_o or_o any_o veneration_n for_o their_o superior_n why_o shall_v not_o they_o have_v so_o much_o deference_n to_o their_o judgement_n and_o authority_n as_o to_o believe_v they_o when_o they_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o practice_n they_o enjoin_v be_v very_o innocent_a and_o the_o fear_n of_o they_o who_o think_v otherwise_o very_o superstitious_a which_o be_v the_o confession_n of_o this_o reconciler_n but_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o head_n must_v stoop_v to_o the_o foot_n and_o the_o law_n bow_v down_o to_o its_o trangressor_n that_o all_o parliament_n must_v take_v their_o measure_n from_o the_o rabble_n and_o the_o wise_a shepherd_n from_o the_o silly_a 24._o p._n 3._o 24._o of_o their_o straggle_a sheep_n he_o plead_v st._n paul_n practice_n and_o 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