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apply_v that_o pollution_n and_o impiety_n may_v be_v wear_v or_o wrought_v out_o and_o a_o good_a use_n may_v be_v find_v without_o offence_n and_o although_o divers_a constitution_n and_o ordinance_n in_o use_n in_o our_o church_n be_v make_v at_o first_o under_o the_o papal_a authority_n yet_o they_o be_v such_o as_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n nor_o the_o law_n and_o statute_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o some_o other_o of_o those_o canon_n and_o constitution_n have_v be_v purge_v from_o superstition_n they_o appear_v full_a of_o sincerity_n and_o equity_n and_o so_o be_v endenize_v and_o make_v english_a by_o our_o church_n and_o state_n in_o parliament_n and_o be_v now_o in_o that_o regard_n no_o more_o to_o be_v abandon_v than_o wheat_n because_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v invent_v by_o the_o goddess_n ceres_n or_o many_o excellent_a law_n of_o the_o roman_n set_v out_o at_o first_o by_o paynim_n and_o by_o cruel_a persecutor_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n and_o be_v since_o make_v of_o excellent_a use_n over_o all_o christendom_n 14._o christendom_n philosophi_fw-la &_o meximi_fw-la platonici_fw-la siqua_fw-la fortè_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la accommoda_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la formidan_n de_fw-fr non_fw-fr sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la ils_fw-fr etiam_fw-la tenquam_fw-la injuflis_fw-la possessoribus_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la vendicanda_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr doctrina_fw-la christiana_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi &_o necessario_fw-la usu_fw-la dectrinae_fw-la &_o alierum_fw-la rerum_fw-la paganorum_fw-la &_o gemilium_fw-la socrates_n eccl._n bist_fw-ge lib._n 3._o c._n 14._o but_o let_v the_o lawgiver_n or_o magistrate_n be_v never_o so_o careful_a to_o satisfy_v erroneous_a or_o tender_a conscience_n he_o shall_v never_o cut_v out_o his_o work_n to_o fit_v every_o man_n conscience_n or_o humour_n yet_o when_o as_o thing_n enjoin_v by_o lawful_a authority_n be_v in_o themselves_o 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the_o mean_n to_o rectify_v his_o conscience_n for_o he_o be_v not_o then_o lead_v by_o invincible_a ignorance_n which_o as_o the_o schoolman_n say_v be_v purae_fw-la negationis_fw-la but_o rather_o by_o a_o supine_n negligence_n or_o a_o affect_a ignorance_n which_o be_v term_v prauae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la through_o ignorance_n 4.18_o eph._n 4.18_o say_v the_o apostle_n which_o be_v in_o they_o because_o of_o the_o blindness_n of_o their_o heart_n have_v their_o understanding_n darken_v distinguendum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o pro_fw-la certo_fw-la sciat_fw-la homo_fw-la a_o conscientia_fw-la pulsat_fw-la animum_fw-la ex_fw-la credulitate_fw-la probabili_fw-la &_o discreta_fw-la a_o ex_fw-la credulitate_fw-la levi_fw-la &_o temeraria_fw-la excom_n cap._n 44._o decretal_a de_fw-fr sentent_fw-fr excom_n ne_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la vel_fw-la contra_fw-la judicium_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la committat_fw-la offensam_fw-la alii_fw-la alberic_n gentil_n &_o alii_fw-la insipida_n est_fw-la 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certain_o have_v condemn_v such_o man_n as_o our_o new_a professor_n who_o for_o much_o slight_a cause_n make_v a_o separation_n and_o break_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o dislike_n of_o all_o ceremony_n and_o discipline_n that_o be_v not_o of_o their_o own_o invention_n the_o apostle_n deliver_v not_o express_v and_o particular_a order_n for_o all_o church_n government_n but_o leave_v most_o of_o it_o to_o be_v accommodate_v to_o the_o time_n and_o occasion_n as_o may_v best_o serve_v for_o edification_n and_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o so_o touch_v ordinance_n and_o custom_n in_o the_o church_n which_o man_n ought_v to_o observe_v and_o those_o who_o be_v contentious_a and_o give_v to_o innovation_n the_o apostle_n take_v they_o off_o with_o this_o say_n we_o have_v no_o such_o custom_n neither_o the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o his_o rebus_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la certi_fw-la statuit_fw-la divina_fw-la scriptura_fw-la mos_fw-la populi_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o instituta_fw-la majorum_fw-la prolege_n tenenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o sieut_n praevaricatores_fw-la divinarum_fw-la legum_fw-la januarium_fw-la â—t_a d._n august_n decret_n gratian._n distinct_a 11._o c._n 7._o qui_fw-la etiam_fw-la that_fw-mi hanc_fw-la regulam_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la contra_fw-la fidem_fw-la neque_fw-la contra_fw-la bonos_fw-es more_o be_v et_fw-la habent_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ad_fw-la exhort_v tionem_fw-la vita_fw-la melioris_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la institui_fw-la videmus_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la non_fw-la improbemus_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la laudando_fw-la &_o imitando_fw-la sectemur_fw-la epistola_fw-la ejus_fw-la ad_fw-la januarium_fw-la ita_fw-la contemptores_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la consuetudinum_fw-la coercendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la but_o these_o innovator_n be_v not_o rule_v by_o any_o custom_n and_o law_n but_o such_o as_o please_v they_o they_o still_o urge_v without_o bring_v any_o proof_n that_o nothing_o 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unto_o that_o yoke_n and_o swear_v whatsoever_o be_v require_v of_o they_o and_o do_v not_o use_v all_o mean_n possible_a to_o recover_v their_o liberty_n and_o the_o right_n of_o their_o country_n captivis_fw-la l._n 19_o cod._n de_fw-fr postlim_n l._n 20._o f._n de_fw-fr captivis_fw-la qui_fw-la hostilis_fw-la irruptionis_fw-la necessitate_v transductus_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la proprias_fw-la terras_fw-la festinare_fw-la se_fw-la debere_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la solùm_fw-la requirendum_fw-la est_fw-la utrum_fw-la cum_fw-la hostibus_fw-la voluntate_fw-la fuerit_fw-la a_o coactus_fw-la si_fw-la sva_fw-la voluntate_fw-la apud_fw-la host_n mansit_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ei_fw-la jus_o postliminii_fw-la by_o this_o doctrine_n that_o subject_n under_o the_o yoke_n of_o any_o tyrant_n and_o usurper_n as_o well_o as_o of_o a_o foreign_a just_a enemy_n ought_v quiet_o to_o submit_v and_o take_v new_a oath_n contrary_a to_o their_o allegiance_n our_o allegiance_n be_v a_o thing_n leave_v 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he_o that_o take_v it_o deceitful_o but_o when_o the_o word_n be_v ambiguous_a and_o may_v receive_v different_a signification_n as_o he_o may_v worthy_o be_v blame_v for_o take_v such_o oath_n so_o he_o that_o do_v tender_a it_o willing_o ought_v not_o to_o receive_v any_o benefit_n thereby_o nomini_fw-la dolus_fw-la suus_fw-la lucrosus_fw-la sit_fw-la aut_fw-la esse_fw-la debeat_fw-la juris-consulius_a paulus_n juris-consulius_a nec_fw-la dolus_fw-la suus_fw-la cviquam_fw-la per_fw-la occasionem_fw-la juris_fw-la prosit_fw-la pactionem_fw-la obscuram_fw-la &_o ambiguam_fw-la iis_fw-la nocere_fw-la in_o quorum_fw-la potestate_fw-la â—uit_fw-la legem_fw-la apertiùs_fw-la conscribere_fw-la baldus_n l._n 39_o f._n de_fw-fr pacâ—is_fw-fr cujac_n &_o alit_fw-la ad_fw-la dict_z l._n 39_o baldus_n &_o interpretationem_fw-la contra_fw-la eum_fw-la potius_fw-la faciendam_fw-la esse_fw-la omnis_fw-la oratio_fw-la obscura_fw-la &_o ambigua_fw-la tendicula_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la ei_fw-la 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engagement_n or_o a_o law_n obscure_a or_o ambiguous_a and_o not_o clear_a and_o perspicuous_a which_o be_v essential_a property_n of_o a_o oath_n or_o law_n it_o be_v presume_v quòd_fw-la sub_fw-la involucro_fw-la verborum_fw-la &_o per_fw-la occasionem_fw-la obscuritatis_fw-la tendunt_fw-la laqueos_fw-la deceptionis_fw-la but_o in_o two_o contrary_a or_o incompatible_a oath_n take_v by_o one_o man_n if_o the_o former_a be_v not_o unlawful_a but_o of_o thing_n indifferent_a in_o themselves_o neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a the_o second_o oath_n contrary_a to_o the_o former_a be_v invalid_a and_o can_v hardly_o escape_v the_o taint_n of_o perjury_n but_o if_o the_o first_o oath_n be_v for_o the_o performance_n of_o a_o necessary_a and_o moral_a duty_n require_v by_o divine_a and_o humane_a law_n the_o second_o oath_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o former_a although_o extort_a by_o fear_n be_v clear_o void_a and_o most_o common_o impious_a when_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o the_o performance_n of_o a_o duty_n or_o act_n we_o as_o much_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v be_v oblige_v to_o withstand_v and_o remove_v all_o impediment_n which_o may_v probable_o hinder_v we_o in_o the_o performance_n thereof_o for_o in_o a_o stipulation_n or_o promise_n not_o to_o hinder_v a_o act_n be_v regular_o employ_v a_o endeavour_n to_o have_v it_o perform_v in_o illa_fw-la stipulatione_fw-la ob_fw-la l._n 50._o f._n de_fw-fr verb._n ob_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la hec_fw-la significatur_fw-la nihil_fw-la te_fw-la facturum_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la facere_fw-la possis_fw-la sed_fw-la curaturum_fw-la ut_fw-la facere_fw-la possis_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la spondet_fw-la dolum_fw-la malum_fw-la abesse_fw-la abfuturúmve_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la simplex_fw-la abnutivum_fw-la spondet_fw-la fraud_n l._n 83._o de_fw-fr verb._n oblige_v l._n 21._o f._n deregul_n jur._n l._n 4._o f._n quae_fw-la in_o fraud_n sed_fw-la curaturum_fw-la se_fw-la ut_fw-la dolus_fw-la malus_fw-la absit_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la quod_fw-la facere_fw-la debet_fw-la videtur_fw-la facere_fw-la adversus_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la tenetur_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la in_o a_o promise_n and_o contract_n the_o nature_n and_o quality_n thereof_o &_o quid_fw-la actum_fw-la erat_fw-la inter_fw-la part_n &_o quid_fw-la necessariò_fw-la subintelligitur_fw-la although_o express_v word_n be_v want_v must_v chief_o be_v take_v into_o consideration_n the_o divine_n say_v that_o in_o the_o six_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v be_v contain_v our_o duty_n in_o preserve_v the_o life_n of_o our_o neighbour_n as_o far_o as_o our_o wit_n and_o power_n extend_v quia_fw-la imperantur_fw-la contraria_fw-la officia_fw-la dum_fw-la mala_fw-la