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out_o of_o his_o abundant_a reader_n zeal_n of_o money_n and_o youth_n to_o propagate_v his_o family_n not_o once_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v a_o impossible_a thing_n for_o they_o to_o be_v heretic_n who_o never_o be_v catholic_n as_o for_o their_o custom_n of_o recusancie_n i_o say_v first_o that_o it_o be_v no_o custom_n for_o a_o custom_n be_v a_o continuance_n of_o a_o thing_n time_n out_o of_o mind_n without_o any_o interruption_n now_o recusancy_n have_v be_v interrupt_v oftentimes_o first_o by_o doctor_n wright_n who_o write_v against_o the_o same_o ann._n 1607._o and_o since_o he_o master_n broughton_n and_o now_o myself_o neither_o have_v it_o be_v time_n out_o of_o mind_n for_o there_o be_v some_o yet_o alive_a bear_v in_o queen_n mary_n day_n who_o have_v know_v when_o our_o recusancie_n be_v not_o in_o england_n and_o thereupon_o in_o these_o troublesome_a time_n do_v now_o go_v to_o church_n i_o say_v second_o that_o a_o inconvenient_a custom_n with_o imprudencie_n be_v better_a break_v then_o keep_v and_o the_o prescription_n of_o threescore_o year_n not_o good_a yet_o if_o they_o will_v needs_o claim_v a_o right_n in_o and_o to_o their_o action_n by_o the_o same_o i_o do_v hereby_o promise_v not_o to_o take_v it_o from_o they_o by_o any_o suit_n in_o law_n for_o i_o do_v write_v more_o to_o avoid_v the_o scandal_n of_o the_o weak_a then_o that_o i_o do_v think_v thereby_o to_o satisfy_v the_o weak_a or_o rob_v they_o of_o their_o say_a custom_n as_o for_o their_o suffering_n and_o loss_n i_o be_o sorry_a for_o they_o and_o do_v assure_v myself_o that_o they_o will_v receive_v a_o great_a reward_n for_o the_o same_o because_o they_o suffer_v not_o so_o much_o for_o the_o love_n of_o recusancie_n as_o for_o the_o love_n of_o god_n for_o whosoever_o do_v the_o mean_a work_n no_o indiscretion_n therein_o be_v apprehend_v by_o the_o doer_n either_o for_o god_n sake_n or_o for_o virtue_n sake_n although_o of_o some_o consider_v the_o act_n itself_o and_o 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and_o supremacy_n matth._n 10.16_o be_v you_o wise_a as_o serpent_n and_o oath_n simple_a as_o dove_n london_n print_v by_o i._n l._n for_o nicholas_n bourne_n at_o the_o south_n entrance_n to_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1642._o a_o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n gentle_a reader_n i_o be_o to_o write_v of_o a_o point_n of_o controversy_n wherein_o i_o know_v that_o i_o shall_v undergo_v the_o renounce_v censure_n of_o divers_a sort_n of_o people_n yea_o amaze_v some_o at_o the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o thing_n yet_o my_o intention_n be_v good_a as_o tend_v to_o the_o safeguard_n as_o well_o doctrine_n of_o soul_n as_o body_n of_o all_o and_o i_o myself_o be_v constrain_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o natural_a necessity_n thereto_o as_o suffer_v much_o not_o only_o by_o the_o faâ—it_fw-la severity_n of_o the_o law_n for_o my_o religion_n which_o be_v the_o least_o but_o likewise_o both_o spiritual_o and_o temporal_o by_o the_o malice_n and_o treachery_n of_o some_o evil_a spirit_n instigate_a other_o to_o take_v advantage_n by_o religion_n do_v hope_n to_o find_v approbation_n therein_o at_o least_o of_o the_o wise_a sort_n although_o i_o can_v see_v but_o why_o in_o reason_n not_o pretend_v the_o least_o prejudice_n to_o religion_n but_o rather_o the_o good_a of_o god_n church_n as_o i_o shall_v make_v appear_v the_o weak_a sort_n of_o catholic_n shall_v not_o be_v likewise_o please_v therewith_o for_o although_o religion_n as_o it_o be_v take_v for_o christian_a belief_n aught_o of_o every_o man_n to_o be_v profess_v according_a to_o st._n thomas_n aquinas_n and_o other_o doctor_n 2a._o 2ae_fw-la q._n 3._o at_o two_o particular_a time_n viz._n when_o and_o as_o often_o as_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n shall_v conduce_v thereunto_o or_o the_o spiritual_a good_a of_o our_o neighbour_n shall_v be_v either_o conserve_v or_o augment_v thereby_o ground_v themselves_o upon_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n matth._n 10.32_o qui_fw-la i_o confessus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la coram_fw-la 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time_n be_v as_o free_v of_o these_o fox_n as_o it_o be_v now_o of_o wolf_n with_o which_o in_o former_a age_n it_o much_o abound_v abound_v there_o be_v no_o fear_n of_o the_o jew_n pervert_v the_o primitive_a christian_n especial_o in_o the_o apostle_n day_n in_o which_o we_o read_v in_o the_o act_n how_o mighty_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o convert_n confound_v the_o jew_n christ_n make_v good_a his_o promise_n to_o they_o that_o he_o will_v give_v they_o a_o mouth_n and_o wisdom_n which_o their_o enemy_n shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o resist_v luk._n 21.15_o but_o the_o true_a reason_n why_o they_o make_v such_o a_o canon_n if_o yet_o they_o make_v such_o canon_n which_o be_v very_o much_o doubt_v be_v to_o prevent_v the_o scandal_n which_o the_o church_n may_v receive_v by_o the_o christian_n frequent_v the_o jew_n synagogue_n in_o which_o the_o now_o abrogate_a rite_n of_o moses_n