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heretic_n if_o i_o can_v certain_o know_v what_o heresy_n be_v i_o answer_v and_o i_o be_o
christianae_n militi_fw-la ae_z sacramento_n liberè_fw-la obligati_fw-la as_o a_o good_a author_n tell_v i_o to_o be_v christian_n be_v to_o be_v in_o covenant_n with_o christ_n which_o can_v be_v compel_v it_o be_v essential_o consensus_fw-la mutuus_fw-la and_o where_o such_o free_a consent_n be_v want_v there_o be_v no_o covenant_n or_o real_a and_o true_a christianity_n it_o be_v tertullian_n who_o tell_v we_o hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la irreligiositatis_fw-la elogium_fw-la concurrit_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la liceat_fw-la mihi_fw-la colere_fw-la quem_fw-la velim_fw-la sed_fw-la cogar_fw-la credere_fw-la quem_fw-la nolim_fw-la it_o seem_v to_o he_o irreligious_a to_o compel_v religion_n piae_fw-la religionis_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la cogere_fw-la sed_fw-la suadere_fw-la agentes_fw-la say_v athanasius_n and_o again_o dominus_fw-la non_fw-la cogens_fw-la sed_fw-la libertatem_fw-la svam_fw-la voluntati_fw-la permittens_fw-la dicebat_fw-la quidem_fw-la vulgo_fw-la omnibus_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la 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necessitate_v adstrictus_fw-la integrum_fw-la habeat_fw-la vivendi_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la and_o again_o permittat_fw-la lenias_n tua_fw-la populis_fw-la ut_fw-la quos_fw-la voluerint_fw-la quos_fw-la elegerint_fw-la audiant_fw-la docentes_fw-la &_o divina_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la solennia_fw-la concelebrent_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o a_o little_a after_o deus_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la svi_fw-la docuit_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la exegit_fw-la coactam_fw-la confitendi_fw-la se_fw-la aspernatus_fw-la est_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la deus_fw-la universitatis_fw-la est_fw-la obsequio_fw-la non_fw-la eget_fw-la necessario_fw-la non_fw-la requirit_fw-la coactam_fw-la confessionem_fw-la non_fw-la fallendus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la promerendus_fw-la nolit_fw-la nisi_fw-la volentem_fw-la recipere_fw-la nisi_fw-la orantem_fw-la audire_fw-la nisi_fw-la profitentem_fw-la signare_fw-la lactantius_n thus_o 20._o defendenda_fw-la religio_fw-la non_fw-la occidendo_fw-la sed_fw-la moriendo_fw-la non_fw-la saevitiâ_fw-la sed_fw-la patientiâ_fw-la illa_fw-la enim_fw-la malorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la bonorum_fw-la &_o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la bonum_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la versari_fw-la non_fw-la malum_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la sanguine_fw-la si_fw-la tormentis_fw-la si_fw-la malo_fw-la religionem_fw-la defendere_fw-la velis_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la defendetur_fw-la illa_fw-la sed_fw-la polluetur_fw-la &_o violabitur_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la tam_fw-la voluntarium_fw-la quam_fw-la religio_fw-la and_o the_o same_o lactantius_n elsewhere_o non_fw-la expetimus_fw-la ut_fw-la deum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la velit_fw-la nolit_fw-la 14._o colat_fw-la aliquis_fw-la invitus_fw-la nec_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la coluerit_fw-la irascimur_fw-la quis_fw-la imponit_fw-la mihi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la colendi_fw-la quod_fw-la nolim_fw-la vel_fw-la quod_fw-la velim_fw-la non_fw-la colendi_fw-la st._n augustine_n be_v at_o first_o against_o all_o persecution_n for_o religion_n and_o will_v not_o have_v the_o emperor_n solicit_v to_o punish_v the_o donatist_n with_o secular_a and_o temporal_a punishment_n at_o last_o as_o frob._n he_o confess_v he_o be_v of_o another_o opinion_n yet_o even_o then_o he_o be_v against_o punish_v any_o even_o the_o worst_a heretic_n with_o death_n ita_fw-la enim_fw-la lex_fw-la fuerat_fw-la promulgata_fw-la b_o say_v he_o ut_fw-la tantae_fw-la immanitatis_fw-la haeresis_fw-la donatistarum_fw-la cui_fw-la crudelius_fw-la parci_fw-la videbatur_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la saeviebat_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la violenta_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la fineretur_fw-la esse_fw-la impunè_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la supplicio_fw-la capitali_fw-la propter_fw-la servandam_fw-la etiam_fw-la circa_fw-la indignos_fw-la mansuetudinem_fw-la christianam_fw-la sed_fw-la pecuniariis_fw-la damnis_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v in_o lat._n eusebius_n a_o edict_n of_o constantine_n and_o licinius_n which_o give_v a_o toleration_n to_o 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