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&_o omnes_fw-la dissentientes_fw-la ferro_fw-la &_o flamma_fw-la prosequi_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la hodie_fw-la summus_fw-la pietatis_fw-la apex_n ponitur_fw-la isa_n casaub_n 1_o cor._n 5._o 19_o gal._n 5._o 6._o 6_o 15._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 9_o 10._o in_o the_o church_n will_v be_v doubtless_o more_o acceptable_a to_o god_n almighty_a than_o our_o extrascriptural_a and_o subtle_a determination_n of_o article_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o the_o prosecution_n of_o all_o dissenter_n with_o fire_n and_o sword_n which_o at_o this_o day_n be_v the_o height_n of_o some_o man_n religion_n say_v the_o great_a casaubon_n which_o yet_o st._n paul_n place_n neither_o in_o circumcision_n nor_o uncircumcision_n but_o in_o the_o new_a creature_n i._n e._n in_o faith_n that_o work_v by_o love_n or_o in_o the_o keep_n of_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o which_o will_v most_o evident_o appear_v if_o we_o consider_v that_o the_o great_a end_n and_o design_n of_o religion_n be_v to_o entitle_v we_o unto_o and_o invest_v we_o with_o a_o life_n after_o death_n and_o a_o bless_a immortality_n now_o let_v we_o consider_v first_o what_o it_o be_v that_o seclude_v we_o from_o that_o state_n saint_n paul_n will_v tell_v you_o it_o be_v unrighteousness_n 19_o galat._n 5._o 19_o fornication_n idolatry_n adultery_n effeminacy_n sodomy_n theft_n covetousness_n drunkenness_n revile_v extortion_n uncleanness_n lasciviousness_n witchcraft_n hatred_n variance_n emulation_n wrath_n strife_n sedition_n heresy_n envy_n murder_n revel_v and_o such_o like_a i_o have_v tell_v you_o before_o and_o i_o tell_v you_o again_o say_v the_o apostle_n that_o they_o that_o do_v such_o thing_n shall_v not_o inherit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n what_o be_v it_o then_o that_o admit_v into_o that_o kingdom_n our_o lord_n will_v answer_v that_o question_n how_o read_v thou_o say_v he_o to_o 26._o luke_n 10._o 26._o the_o lawyer_n who_o have_v ask_v he_o what_o he_o must_v do_v to_o inherit_v eternal_a life_n thus_o i_o read_v thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n &c._n &c._n which_o be_v no_o otherwise_o exemplify_v than_o by_o keep_v his_o command_n and_o thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o this_o do_v and_o thou_o shall_v live_v say_v christ_n herein_o also_o do_v the_o ancient_a church_n place_n the_o essence_n of_o christian_a religion_n whereof_o i_o will_v give_v you_o assurance_n from_o witness_n domestic_a and_o foreign_a j._n martyr_n if_o you_o shall_v observe_v any_o apolog._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d j._n m._n 2._o apolog._n to_o live_v not_o as_o our_o lord_n have_v teach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v all_o the_o world_n know_v they_o be_v no_o christian_n although_o they_o make_v never_o such_o orthodox_n confession_n of_o their_o faith_n so_o athenagoras_n leg_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d athen._n leg_n no_o christian_n be_v a_o wicked_a man_n unless_o he_o be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o do_v dissemble_v his_o profession_n so_o tertullian_n you_o will_v have_v we_o renounce_v the_o name_n of_o christian_a we_o be_v exclude_v if_o our_o life_n be_v as_o the_o life_n christiani_n excludimur_fw-la si_fw-la faci_fw-la mus_fw-la quae_fw-la faciunt_fw-la non_fw-la christiani_n of_o such_o as_o be_v not_o christian_n and_o upbraid_v to_o the_o gentile_n that_o their_o prison_n mine_n and_o beast_n be_v daily_o cloy_v with_o malefactor_n he_o tell_v they_o there_o be_v not_o a_o christian_a among_o they_o christianus_n nemo_fw-la illic_fw-la christianus_n nisi_fw-la plauè_fw-fr tantùm_fw-la christianus_n aut_fw-la si_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la christianus_n unless_o he_o be_v there_o for_o his_o christianity_n only_o for_o if_o he_o be_v upon_o any_o other_o account_n he_o be_v no_o christian_a and_o again_o you_o will_v say_v even_o some_o of_o we_o do_v swerve_v from_o the_o rule_n of_o our_o discipline_n than_o they_o cease_v to_o be_v account_v christian_n among_o etc._n desinunt_fw-la tum_fw-la christiani_n haberi_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la apol._n haec_fw-la non_fw-la admittet_fw-la omnivo_fw-la qui_fw-la natus_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la fuerit_fw-la non_fw-la futurus_fw-la dei_fw-la filiussi_fw-fr admiserit_fw-la de_fw-fr vestro_fw-la numero_fw-la carcer_fw-la exaestuat_fw-la christianus_n ibi_fw-la nullus_fw-la nisi_fw-la aut_fw-la reus_fw-la suae_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o and_o in_o another_o treatise_n have_v enumerate_v very_o many_o of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n he_o say_v he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o god_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n commit_v these_o thing_n for_o if_o he_o shall_v commit_v they_o he_o will_v be_v no_o long_o the_o son_n of_o god_n so_o minucius_n fellix_fw-la your_o prison_n be_v crowd_v with_o your_o own_o number_n but_o not_o a_o christian_a among_o they_o nisi_fw-la aut_fw-la reus_fw-la suae_fw-la religionis_fw-la aut_fw-la profugus_fw-la unless_o guilty_a only_a of_o his_o religion_n or_o a_o runagado_n from_o it_o so_o lucian_n in_o his_o peregrinus_n tell_v we_o they_o worship_v their_o crucify_a sophist_n 97._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n 97._o and_o live_v according_a to_o his_o law_n so_o pliny_n to_o trajan_n tell_v we_o speak_v of_o christian_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o convene_v on_o a_o set_a day_n before_o it_o be_v light_a and_o there_o 27._o carmen_fw-la christo_fw-la quasi_fw-la deo_fw-la dicere_fw-la secum_fw-la inuicem_fw-la ne_fw-fr furta_fw-la ne_fw-la latrocinia_fw-la ne_fw-la adulteria_fw-la committerent_fw-la ne_fw-la fidem_fw-la fallerent_fw-la ne_fw-la depositum_fw-la appellati_fw-la abnegarent_fw-la ad_fw-la capiendum_fw-la cibum_fw-la promiscuum_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o innoxium_fw-la mic._n 6._o 8._o james_n 1._o 27._o to_o sing_v alternat_o a_o hymn_n to_o christ_n as_o if_o he_o be_v god_n and_o to_o bind_v themselves_o by_o oath_n to_o no_o wickedness_n but_o that_o they_o will_v commit_v no_o theft_n nor_o robbery_n nor_o adultery_n nor_o break_v their_o faith_n nor_o betray_v their_o 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apostle_n 2._o that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n be_v not_o a_o speculative_a but_o a_o practical_a doctrine_n 3._o and_o which_o will_v follow_v from_o both_o the_o raise_n of_o opinion_n beside_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o his_o apostle_n and_o which_o have_v no_o good_a influence_n upon_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o pride_n ignorance_n corruption_n and_o destitution_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o envy_n strife_n reproaching_n suspicion_n and_o perverse_a dispute_n of_o these_o succinct_o the_o only_a rule_n of_o a_o christian_n faith_n and_o life_n be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o 〈◊〉_d tertul._n de_fw-fr prescript_n c._n 6._o nobis_fw-la verò_fw-la nihil_fw-la ex_fw-la nostro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la inducere_fw-la licet_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la eligere_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la de_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la svo_fw-la induxerit_fw-la apostolos_fw-la domini_fw-la habemus_fw-la auctores_fw-la qui_fw-la 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