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vetusta_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la certamina_fw-la see_v mr._n caryll_o on_o that_o text._n tanto_fw-la plus_fw-la glâ—riae_fw-la referemus_fw-la quâ—niam_fw-la to_o plures_fw-la supâ—rabimus_fw-la nisi_fw-la haereticis_fw-la exercitaremur_fw-la atque_fw-la cogeremur_fw-la ad_fw-la inspiciendos_fw-la &_o exercendâ—s_fw-la thesauros_fw-la nostros_fw-la ignavi_fw-la sterteremus_fw-la &_o marcesseremus_fw-la animâ—_n luther_n see_v dr._n wilkinsâ—nâ—ast_n â—ast_z ser._n preach_v 1644._o oct._n 25._o oâ—do_fw-la seculi_fw-la taâ—quam_fw-la pulcherrimum_n carmen_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la quasi_fw-la antithetis_fw-la antitheâ—a_fw-la veâ—o_fw-la sunt_fw-la ornamenta_fw-la elocutionis_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 11._o c._n 18._o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o great_a world_n all_o good_a and_o useful_a thing_n have_v their_o contrary_a evil_n there_o be_v herb_n and_o weed_n tare_n and_o wheat_n useful_a and_o hurtful_a creature_n so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o 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sincerissimos_fw-la fidelissimos_fw-la cum_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnium_fw-la mendacissimi_fw-la luther_n they_o pretend_v to_o walk_v so_o spiritual_o as_o if_o they_o have_v no_o body_n and_o yet_o act_v so_o carnal_o as_o if_o they_o have_v no_o soul_n they_o talk_v as_o if_o they_o have_v cleave_v tongue_n yet_o walk_v as_o if_o they_o have_v cleave_v foot_n mr._n wild_a in_o his_o assize_n serm._n on_o rom._n 1.32_o cum_fw-la vitium_fw-la virtus_fw-la putatur_fw-la ibi_fw-la culpa_fw-la sine_fw-la metu_fw-la cumulatur_fw-la greg._n dum_fw-la verba_fw-la molliunt_fw-la virus_fw-la infundunt_fw-la greg._n mr._n firmin_n have_v speak_v very_o well_o to_o this_o point_n in_o his_o treatise_n against_o the_o quaker_n p_o 12._o to_o 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-fr 〈…〉_z ndo_fw-mi torquent_fw-la contorquent_fw-la detorquent_fw-la atque_fw-la retorquent_fw-la non_fw-la aliunde_fw-la natae_fw-la sunt_fw-la haereses_fw-la nisi_fw-la dum_fw-la scripturae_fw-la bonae_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la intelliguntur_fw-la etiam_fw-la temerè_fw-la &_o audacter_fw-la asseritur_fw-la august_n tract_n 18._o in_o job_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr haec_fw-la libertas_fw-la credendi_fw-la sed_fw-la errandi_fw-la non_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la sed_fw-la phantasiae_fw-la non_fw-la libertas_fw-la sed_fw-la libertinismus_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsam_fw-la veritatem_fw-la criminari_fw-la &_o obscâ—rare_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la homines_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la abducunt_fw-la in_o odium_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la &_o fingere_fw-la quicquid_fw-la in_o mentem_fw-la venerit_fw-la possant_fw-la aug._n epist_n 137._o see_v the_o letter_n send_v to_o nayler_n naylers_n examination_n noctem_fw-la peccatis_fw-la &_o fraudibus_fw-la objice_fw-la nubem_fw-la horat._n solaecismus_fw-la in_o verbis_fw-la transit_fw-la in_o solaecismos_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la barbarismus_fw-la sepè_fw-la abit_fw-la in_o haeresin_fw-la doctor_n slatyr_n peregrinâ_fw-la &_o insolenti_fw-la utuntur_fw-la linguâ_fw-la quâ_fw-la sic_fw-la cornicantur_fw-la ut_fw-la nihilo_fw-la plus_fw-la perspicuitatis_fw-la insit_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o aviam_fw-la cantu_fw-la calvin_n adversus_fw-la libeâ—tinos_fw-la cap._n 7._o in_o fruticosis_fw-la gaudet_fw-la auceps_fw-la fur_n in_o tenebris_fw-la piscator_fw-la in_o turbidis_fw-la it_o be_v well_o observe_v by_o master_n clapham_n that_o seducer_n do_v not_o always_o deny_v in_o down_o right_a word_n great_a and_o fundamental_a truth_n reveal_v in_o scripture_n but_o often_o while_o they_o pretend_v to_o own_o the_o scripture_n expression_n they_o pervert_v and_o deny_v the_o truth_n themselves_o belingues_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o in_o multiplices_fw-la species_n se_fw-la transformant_fw-la nunc_fw-la hoc_fw-la nunc_fw-la illud_fw-la asserentes_fw-la calv._n cont_n libert_n c._n 8._o ubi_fw-la plura_fw-la see_v master_n sherlock_n against_o the_o quaker_n cap._n 4.5_o 6._o etc._n etc._n nayler_n talk_v much_o of_o the_o spirit_n in_o his_o examination_n putant_fw-la