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for_o peace_n but_o when_o i_o speak_v they_o be_v for_o war_n didicerat_fw-la enim_fw-la rex_fw-la edilberth_n &_o à _fw-la doctoribus_fw-la auctoribusque_fw-la suae_fw-la salutis_fw-la servitium_fw-la christi_fw-la voluntarium_fw-la non_fw-la coactitium_fw-la debere_fw-la esse_fw-la beda_n hist._n eccles._n lib_n 1._o cap._n 26_o london_n print_v for_o nevil_n simmons_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o three_o crown_n near_o holborn_n conduit_n 1671._o calvinus_n in_o matth._n 13._o 35_o 36_o 37_o etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la porro_fw-la multis_fw-la valde_fw-la absurdum_fw-la esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sinu_fw-la foveri_fw-la vel_fw-la impios_fw-la homines_fw-la vel_fw-la profanos_fw-la vel_fw-la sceleratos_fw-la add_v quod_fw-la plerique_fw-la zeli_fw-la praetextu_fw-la plus_fw-la aequo_fw-la morosi_fw-la nisi_fw-la omne_fw-la ad_fw-la eorum_fw-la votum_fw-la composita_fw-la sint_fw-la quia_fw-la nusquam_fw-la apparet_fw-la absoluta_fw-la puritas_fw-la 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observe_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v none_o of_o our_o question_n whether_o you_o shall_v communicate_v with_o the_o parish_n church_n alone_o and_o no_o other_o 2._o nor_o whether_o you_o shall_v communicate_v with_o every_o parish_n church_n or_o any_o one_o who_o pastor_n be_v through_o insufficiency_n heresy_n or_o impiety_n intolerable_a which_o i_o have_v write_v against_o dir._n 36._o p._n 202_o etc._n etc._n 3._o nor_o whether_o we_o may_v hold_v local_a communion_n in_o worship_n with_o a_o church_n which_o deny_v we_o such_o communion_n unless_o we_o will_v sin_v this_o i_o have_v oft_o enough_o deny_v p._n 203_o etc._n etc._n 4._o nor_o whether_o caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la local_a communion_n with_o a_o pure_a and_o better_a church_n be_v not_o ordinary_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o local_a communion_n with_o a_o worse_o which_o i_o assert_v p._n 203_o etc._n etc._n 5._o nor_o whether_o a_o man_n be_v a_o separatist_n from_o another_o church_n mere_o because_o he_o be_v not_o local_o present_a with_o it_o for_o then_o when_o i_o be_o in_o one_o church_n i_o separate_v from_o all_o other_o in_o the_o world_n 6._o nor_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o remove_v one_o dwelling_n for_o communion_n with_o a_o better_a minister_n and_o church_n suppose_v that_o we_o be_v free_a p._n 204._o 7._o nor_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o remove_v to_o a_o better_a church_n without_o remove_v one_o dwelling_n in_o a_o place_n where_o another_o church_n be_v near_o to_o which_o we_o may_v go_v without_o any_o public_a injury_n or_o hurt_v to_o ourselves_o or_o other_o which_o be_v great_a than_o the_o benefit_n pag._n 204._o 8._o nor_o whether_o we_o may_v remove_v both_o from_o church_n and_o country_n by_o the_o occasion_n of_o our_o calling_n or_o trade_n or_o other_o outward_a weighty_a reason_n pag._n 298._o 9_o nor_o whether_o we_o may_v keep_v in_o communion_n private_o with_o our_o lawful_a pastor_n if_o they_o be_v turn_v out_o of_o the_o public_a temple_n 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communion_n without_o separate_v from_o the_o office_n the_o church_n or_o from_o any_o other_o bishop_n this_o be_v a_o matter_n that_o i_o do_v not_o meddle_v with_o because_o it_o be_v not_o their_o communion_n that_o you_o be_v call_v to_o but_o the_o parish_n church_n indeed_o to_o save_v mâ—ns_n life_n he_o do_v yield_v to_o the_o emperor_n once_o to_o communicate_v with_o they_o but_o say_v sulp._n severus_n â—iâ—l_o 3._o p._n bib._n paâ—_n 254._o summa_fw-la vi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la nitentibus_fw-la ut_fw-la communionem_fw-la illâ—m_fw-la subscriptione_n firmaret_fw-la extorqueri_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la and_o the_o angel_n that_o appear_v to_o he_o say_v merito_fw-la martin_n compungeris_fw-la sed_fw-la aliter_fw-la exiâ—e_fw-la nequiâ—ti_fw-la repara_fw-la virtutem_fw-la resume_v constantiam_fw-la nâ—_n jam_fw-la non_fw-la periculum_fw-la gloriae_fw-la sed_fw-la salutis_fw-la incuâ—reris_fw-la ita_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la satis_fw-la cavit_fw-la cum_fw-la 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q._n 4._o whether_o preach_v against_o god_n and_o religion_n be_v not_o worse_o than_o talk_v against_o it_o in_o a_o alehouse_n or_o in_o profane_a discourse_n and_o father_v all_o this_o on_o god_n and_o religion_n be_v not_o a_o sad_a aggravation_n of_o it_o q._n 5._o whether_o this_o brother_n that_o affirm_v this_o to_o be_v idolatry_n that_o he_o speak_v against_o shall_v not_o have_v give_v we_o some_o word_n of_o proof_n especial_o where_o he_o call_v i_o that_o deny_v it_o a_o dictator_n and_o whether_o both_o as_o affirmer_n among_o logician_n and_o as_o accuser_n among_o man_n of_o justice_n the_o proof_n be_v not_o incumbent_n on_o he_o q._n 6._o whether_o here_o be_v a_o syllable_n of_o proof_n but_o his_o angry_a affirmation_n q._n 7._o whether_o thou_o can_v receive_v this_o say_n of_o he_o if_o thou_o have_v christian_a sense_n and_o reason_n so_o far_o as_o to_o believe_v that_o all_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n forenamed_a the_o greek_a the_o abissine_n the_o 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