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etc._n 1_o tim._n 6._o 3_o 4_o 5._o tit_n 1._o 10_o 11._o st._n pet._n also_o epist_n 2._o c._n 2._o throughout_o like_o wise_a st._n john_n 1_o epist_n c._n 2._o 18_o 19_o and_o st._n judas_n do_v the_o like_a the_o 11_o 12_o 13._o ver_fw-la of_o his_o epistle_n two_o say_v the_o reconciler_n thus_o to_o condemn_v and_o judge_v our_o brother_n seem_v 118._o pag._n 118._o inconsistent_a with_o the_o property_n and_o rule_n of_o charity_n for_o charity_n say_v the_o apostle_n hope_v all_o thing_n and_o believe_v all_o thing_n and_o therefore_o must_v oblige_v we_o to_o hope_n and_o to_o believe_v well_o of_o our_o brother_n action_n till_o we_o have_v demonstration_n of_o the_o contrary_a &_o not_o condemn_v he_o without_o certain_a ground_n charity_n think_v no_o evil_a
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erat_fw-la indigna_fw-es merces_fw-la unitatis_fw-la ad_fw-la galat._n 2._o 14._o he_o have_v no_o patience_n at_o his_o own_o suspicion_n of_o meisner_n sauciness_n for_o here_o he_o charge_v he_o with_o give_v the_o lie_n unto_o the_o father_n especial_o to_o st._n chrysostom_n who_o say_v that_o st._n paul_n advice_n to_o the_o roman_n be_v not_o dissimulation_n but_o condescension_n 159._o pag._n 159._o and_o dispensation_n her_o be_v ignoratio_fw-la elenchi_fw-la the_o reconciler_n snare_v in_o his_o own_o fallacy_n for_o we_o be_v discourse_v what_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v do_v under_o the_o state_n of_o christianity_n where_o the_o church_n be_v daily_o settle_v by_o authority_n with_o convenient_a liturgy_n and_o discipline_n but_o the_o reconciler_n carry_v we_o back_o to_o reflect_v upon_o what_o be_v rather_o connive_v at_o than_o establish_v what_o be_v tolerate_v by_o condescension_n and_o special_a dispensation_n when_o the_o church_n be_v in_o her_o nonage_n this_o be_v 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