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that_o without_o love_n they_o can_v be_v christ_n disciple_n john_n 13._o and_o that_o all_o other_o duty_n without_o charity_n profit_n nothing_o but_o what_o be_v more_o opposite_a to_o these_o than_o to_o tempt_v man_n to_o make_v themselves_o miserable_a hereafter_o to_o avoid_v be_v so_o here_o for_o either_o they_o must_v continue_v all_o their_o life_n under_o persecution_n which_o who_o can_v support_v or_o else_o they_o must_v buy_v their_o temporal_a quiet_n with_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o eternal_a happiness_n but_o 4._o this_o doctrine_n of_o compulsion_n be_v not_o only_o inconsistent_a with_o love_n meekness_n and_o suchlike_a but_o direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o very_a foundation_n of_o natural_a equity_n and_o justice_n in_o cause_v man_n to_o do_v as_o they_o will_v not_o be_v do_v unto_o for_o they_o that_o be_v when_o they_o have_v the_o civil_a power_n on_o their_o side_n
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consist_v therefore_o the_o magistrate_n be_v so_o far_o from_o have_v a_o right_a to_o punish_v man_n for_o act_v according_a to_o their_o conscience_n that_o it_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o see_v they_o do_v not_o violate_v they_o though_o suppose_v never_o so_o erroneous_a and_o consequent_o all_o force_n be_v religious_o to_o be_v abstain_v from_o which_o as_o mr._n chillingworth_n chap._n 5._o n._n 96._o observe_v may_v make_v man_n counterfeit_v but_o can_v make_v they_o believe_v and_o therefore_o be_v fit_a to_o breed_v form_n without_o and_o atheism_n within_o yet_o this_o be_v not_o the_o only_a fatal_a consequence_n of_o this_o doctrine_n but_o as_o i_o shall_v show_v in_o my_o next_o chap._n iu._n compulsion_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o all_o those_o duty_n that_o god_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o man_n temporal_a happiness_n require_v of_o one_o towards_o another_o 1._o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o diametrical_o opposite_a to_o all_o those_o precept_n of_o love_n charity_n 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