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exitio_fw-la terrere_fw-la credunt_fw-la aut_fw-la laetitiam_fw-la svam_fw-la quarente_n de_fw-la mortibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la aut_fw-la tristitiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la de_fw-la mortibus_fw-la suis_fw-la august_n epist_n 61._o either_o solace_v themselves_o in_o the_o destruction_n of_o we_o or_o sad_v we_o by_o their_o own_o death_n and_o such_o in_o some_o degree_n do_v our_o day_n afford_v who_o because_o they_o can_v have_v their_o will-worship_n will_v put_v themselves_o into_o such_o a_o untractable_a and_o brutish_a posture_n that_o if_o you_o let_v they_o alone_o they_o have_v their_o end_n if_o you_o attempt_v to_o bring_v they_o to_o justice_n they_o will_v create_v great_a hatred_n to_o their_o adversary_n by_o part_v with_o their_o life_n rather_o than_o stir_v upon_o fair_a or_o necessary_a mean_n or_o motive_n to_o conclude_v 10._o legimus_fw-la vidimus_fw-la quotidâ—_n éque_fw-la comprobamus_fw-la quando_fw-la persecutio_fw-la contra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la oritur_fw-la 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new_a acquifiâ—ions_n moderation_n three_o they_o say_v that_o indifferent_a thing_n ought_v to_o remain_v so_o and_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v oblige_v any_o further_a than_o christ_n and_o the_o scripture_n bind_v they_o the_o first_o part_n of_o this_o argument_n be_v as_o false_a dangerous_a and_o pernicious_a to_o all_o church_n and_o all_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n as_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n can_v invent_v any_o thing_n and_o be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o scripture_n which_o require_v obedience_n as_o likewise_o themselves_o do_v be_v in_o power_n to_o superior_n and_o therefore_o to_o deny_v superior_n that_o wherein_o only_o their_o power_n be_v see_v and_o exercise_v be_v to_o take_v away_o what_o the_o scripture_n grant_v they_o now_o to_o the_o second_o part_n christ_n and_o the_o scripture_n oblige_v man_n to_o be_v subject_a in_o such_o case_n to_o man_n â—â—tavo_fw-la calvinus_n adversus_fw-la anaba_n pag._n 27.2_o in_o â—â—tavo_fw-la and_o calvin_n express_o 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