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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 vult_fw-la venire_fw-la post_fw-la i_o apostolis_n vero_fw-la numquid_fw-la ae_z vos_fw-la abire_fw-la vultis_fw-la cap._n and_o chrysostome_n on_o the_o same_o place_n of_o john_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n interrogat_v a_o &_o ipsi_fw-la velint_fw-la discedere_fw-la quod_fw-la omnem_fw-la est_fw-la amoventis_fw-la vim_o ac_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la it_o be_v a_o excellent_a passage_n in_o hilary_n to_o this_o purpose_n imperatorem_fw-la intelligit_fw-la singularis_fw-la sapientia_fw-la tua_fw-la non_fw-la decere_fw-la non_fw-la oportere_fw-la cogi_fw-la &_o compelli_fw-la in_o vitos_fw-la ac_fw-la repugnantes_fw-la etc._n etc._n idcirco_fw-la laboratis_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la quibus_fw-la imperatis_fw-la dulcissimâ_fw-la libertate_fw-la potiantur_fw-la nec_fw-la alia_fw-la ratione_fw-la quae_fw-la turbata_fw-la sunt_fw-la componi_fw-la quae_fw-la divulsa_fw-la sunt_fw-la coerceri_fw-la possunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la unus_fw-la cuique_fw-la nulla_fw-la servitutis_fw-la 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 all_o religion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la tum_fw-la christianis_fw-la tum_fw-la aliis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la liberam_fw-la optionem_fw-la omnino_fw-la daremus_fw-la eam_fw-la religionem_fw-la sequendi_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la in_o animos_fw-la inducerent_fw-la and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n consilio_fw-la rectissimo_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la nemini_fw-la prorsus_fw-la libertas_fw-la negetur_fw-la christianorum_fw-la cultum_fw-la imitandi_fw-la &_o cuique_fw-la detur_fw-la copia_fw-la svam_fw-la mentem_fw-la ei_fw-la religioni_fw-la addicendi_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la sibi_fw-la maximè_fw-la convehire_n censuerit_fw-la and_o he_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o indulgence_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n quia_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la tranquillitati_fw-la &_o quieti_fw-la revera_fw-la accommodatum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la cuique_fw-la facultatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la deligendi_fw-la eam_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la colendo_fw-la rationem_fw-la quae_fw-la sibi_fw-la maximè_fw-la placuerit_fw-la hocque_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la factum_fw-la ut_fw-la nullius_fw-la religionis_fw-la authoritas_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la ulla_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la imminui_fw-la videatur_fw-la afterward_o such_o toleration_n be_v not_o grant_v but_o as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o imperial_a law_n sometime_o more_o or_o less_o according_a to_o the_o expendat_fw-la constitution_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o fierceness_n and_o importunity_n of_o the_o bishop_n but_o enough_o if_o not_o too_o much_o of_o this_o and_o therefore_o manum_fw-la de_fw-la tabula_fw-la he_o that_o desire_v more_o either_o say_n of_o father_n or_o imperial_a edict_n or_o constitution_n of_o particular_a church_n and_o nation_n concern_v persecution_n or_o toleration_n of_o several_a religion_n may_v have_v they_o collect_v to_o his_o hand_n by_o many_o etc._n author_n qui_fw-la plura_fw-la vellet_fw-la illos_fw-la videat_fw-la quer._n 1._o whether_o he_o that_o will_v give_v a_o toleration_n to_o several_a religion_n shall_v not_o in_o prudence_n and_o conscience_n first_o know_v what_o these_o religion_n be_v what_o point_v they_o hold_v different_a from_o that_o establish_v that_o so_o he_o may_v know_o judge_v how_o far_o he_o may_v or_o may_v not_o grant_v impunity_n for_o if_o he_o tolerate_v a_o religion_n before_o he_o know_v it_o he_o tolerate_v he_o know_v not_o what_o which_o can_v be_v a_o act_n of_o prudence_n in_o any_o magistrate_n see_v in_o this_o case_n he_o grant_v a_o toleration_n to_o that_o religion_n which_o for_o aught_o he_o know_v he_o ought_v not_o to_o tolerate_v quer._n 2._o whether_o he_o that_o do_v and_o just_o may_v tolerate_v a_o religion_n different_a from_o that_o legal_o establish_v and_o so_o compel_v none_o to_o be_v of_o his_o religion_n may_v not_o yet_o compel_v his_o subject_n to_o those_o media_n and_o the_o use_n of_o they_o by_o which_o may_v be_v inform_v of_o the_o reason_n and_o truth_n of_o his_o religion_n as_o for_o instance_n whether_o our_o king_n though_o he_o shall_v grant_v a_o toleration_n to_o papist_n and_o so_o no_o way_n compel_v they_o to_o be_v protestant_n may_v not_o compel_v they_o to_o come_v to_o sermon_n and_o hear_v disputation_n by_o which_o they_o may_v be_v inform_v of_o those_o truth_n we_o hold_v and_o the_o ground_n and_o reason_n of_o they_o as_o parent_n compel_v their_o child_n to_o go_v to_o school_n for_o information_n though_o they_o shall_v not_o can_v compel_v they_o to_o a_o assent_n and_o belief_n of_o what_o they_o be_v teach_v see_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o scripture_n we_o and_o all_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o try_v all_o thing_n and_o hold_v fast_o that_o which_o be_v good_a and_o so_o may_v by_o our_o lawful_a governor_n be_v compel_v to_o a_o examination_n and_o rational_a trial_n of_o several_a religion_n though_o not_o to_o the_o belief_n of_o any_o now_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o difference_n in_o this_o 1._o it_o be_v evident_a and_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v every_o man_n duty_n to_o make_v such_o trial_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o several_a religion_n that_o so_o he_o may_v be_v of_o the_o best_a religion_n by_o choice_n and_o not_o only_o by_o chance_n 2._o it_o be_v as_o evident_a that_o the_o end_n of_o magistracy_n be_v to_o bring_v all_o man_n under_o their_o jurisdiction_n to_o do_v their_o duty_n either_o by_o suasory_n allurement_n or_o if_o that_o will_v not_o do_v by_o compulsory_a punishment_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n he_o may_v compel_v they_o to_o such_o trial_n of_o the_o truth_n 2._o but_o after_o such_o trial_n make_v by_o hear_v sermon_n and_o disputation_n the_o magistrate_n can_v tell_v certain_o when_o it_o be_v their_o duty_n of_o several_a religion_n to_o believe_v this_o or_o that_o in_o particular_a
2._o this_o i_o conceive_v to_o be_v a_o manifest_a mistake_n for_o it_o will_v evident_o and_o undeniable_o follow_v god_n permit_v usury_n and_o polygamy_n and_o marry_v a_o sister_n to_o the_o jew_n by_o a_o positive_a law_n therefore_o neither_o of_o they_o be_v or_o can_v be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n it_o be_v a_o demonstrative_a truth_n and_o general_o confess_v by_o the_o best_a lawyer_n schoolman_n and_o casuist_n that_o god_n 14._o never_o do_v nor_o manente_fw-la naturâ_fw-la humanâeadem_fw-la can_v dispense_v with_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n so_o that_o i_o think_v that_o assertion_n of_o 9_o grotius_n and_o many_o before_o he_o to_o be_v a_o certain_a truth_n that_o nothing_o be_v permit_v to_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n which_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n nor_o shall_v any_o such_o sin_n be_v tolerate_v now_o 2._o the_o second_o sort_n of_o sin_n be_v such_o as_o be_v against_o some_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n and_o of_o such_o the_o jew_n must_v needs_o be_v guilty_a i_o mean_v such_o of_o they_o and_o only_o such_o to_o who_o the_o gospel_n have_v be_v sufficient_o reveal_v as_o deny_v the_o bless_a trinity_n and_o the_o whole_a gospel_n of_o jesus_n christ_n that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v mistake_v in_o this_o assertion_n i_o say_v 1._o that_o sufficient_a promulgation_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o the_o obligation_n of_o any_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n or_o man_n humane_a or_o divine_a it_o be_v moral_o impossible_a that_o any_o man_n shall_v be_v bind_v to_o obey_v the_o law_n of_o any_o authority_n till_o it_o be_v sufficient_o evidence_v to_o he_o that_o indeed_o they_o be_v the_o law_n of_o such_o authority_n 2._o if_o then_o there_o be_v any_o jew_n in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o world_n as_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o there_o may_v be_v many_o to_o who_o the_o gospel_n or_o any_o part_n of_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_o reveal_v than_o i_o dare_v pronounce_v they_o innocent_o ignorant_a of_o all_o or_o so_o much_o of_o the_o gospel_n as_o have_v not_o be_v sufficient_o discover_v to_o they_o and_o christian_n guilty_a who_o have_v take_v no_o more_o care_n and_o pain_n to_o discover_v that_o truth_n to_o other_o of_o which_o they_o be_v abundant_o convince_v themselves_o and_o upon_o this_o ground_n i_o think_v that_o there_o lie_v a_o sacred_a and_o heavy_a obligation_n upon_o christian_n as_o be_v bind_v to_o seek_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n the_o propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o conversion_n and_o salvation_n of_o their_o brethren_n to_o endeavour_v the_o conversion_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o certain_o can_v be_v by_o banish_v they_o from_o all_o christian_a commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o they_o must_v either_o go_v to_o the_o jew_n or_o bring_v the_o jew_n to_o they_o that_o so_o they_o may_v win_v they_o to_o christ_n by_o the_o innocence_n of_o their_o life_n and_o the_o truth_n and_o evidence_n of_o their_o doctrine_n now_o these_o two_o be_v both_o one_o 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