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of_o witness_n shall_v 4._o heb._n 12.1_o verse_n 4._o resist_v even_o unto_o blood_n and_o strive_v against_o heresy_n and_o heretic_n man_n of_o corrupt_a mind_n and_o destitute_a of_o the_o truth_n from_o such_o separate_a yourselves_o 1_o tim._n 6.5_o converse_v not_o with_o such_o pestilentious_a person_n this_o too_o be_v the_o wise_a council_n of_o the_o bless_a martyr_n ignatius_n who_o as_o we_o read_v in_o 30._o in_o euseb_n l._n 3._o c._n 30._o eusebius_n use_v to_o go_v from_o house_n to_o house_n through_o all_o the_o church_n in_o the_o diocese_n admonish_v and_o entreat_v the_o christian_n to_o abstain_v from_o the_o society_n of_o know_a heretic_n who_o like_o 13.1_o eccl._n 13.1_o pitch_n defile_v the_o weak_a with_o the_o least_o touch_n of_o private_a conference_n 7.15_o mat._n 7.15_o beware_v of_o false_a prophet_n etc._n etc._n the_o three_o quere_z whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a or_o allowable_a by_o the_o word_n for_o any_o to_o frequent_a conventicle_n forsake_v the_o public_a meeting_n of_o christian_n in_o church_n as_o there_o be_v a_o peevish_a industry_n in_o wickedness_n to_o find_v or_o make_v associate_n so_o festo_fw-la so_o si_fw-mi pertinacia_fw-la insuperabiles_fw-la vires_fw-la habere_fw-la conatur_fw-la quantas_fw-la debet_fw-la habere_fw-la constantia_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n ep._n 167._o festo_fw-la it_o be_v a_o commendable_a and_o industrious_a piece_n of_o virtue_n or_o goodness_n to_o oppose_v the_o attempt_n of_o wickedness_n especial_o those_o of_o schismatic_n who_o not_o content_v themselves_o with_o the_o bound_n of_o their_o own_o impiety_n never_o rest_v till_o they_o have_v corrupt_v other_o with_o the_o poison_n of_o their_o ungodly_a tenet_n and_o i_o can_v but_o grieve_v to_o see_v the_o once_o brave_a spirit_n of_o our_o nation_n show_v in_o the_o subdue_a the_o genevise_v scot_n such_o in_o with_o greediness_n the_o position_n of_o the_o new_a jesuitise_a englandians_n who_o be_v infect_v with_o the_o venom_n 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