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A56215 The sword of Christian magistracy supported, or, A vindication of the Christian magistrates authority under the Gospell, to punish idolatry, apostacy, heresie, blasphemy, and obstinate schism, with corporall, and in some cases with capitall punishments ... by William Prinne of Lincolns Inne, Esquire. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1653 (1653) Wing P4099; ESTC R15969 222,705 186

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deus_fw-la ut_fw-la praeceperit_fw-la etiam_fw-la eos_fw-la interfici_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrificare_fw-la &_o servire_fw-la idolis_fw-la suaserint_fw-la in_o deut._n 13._o &_o iterum_fw-la loquor_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la nec_fw-la civitati_fw-la parcendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la universa_fw-la consenserit_fw-la ad_fw-la idololatriam_fw-la cujus_fw-la praecepti_fw-la &_o rigoris_fw-la memor_fw-la 2._o mathathias_n enterfecit_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la aram_fw-la sacrificaturus_fw-la accesserat_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la ante_fw-la adventum_fw-la christi_fw-la circa_fw-la deum_fw-la colendum_fw-la &_o idola_fw-la spernenda_fw-la haec_fw-la praecepta_fw-la servata_fw-la sunt_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la post_fw-la adventum_fw-la christi_fw-la servanda_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la cum_fw-la ille_fw-la passus_fw-la sit_fw-la pro_fw-la alienis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la muliò_fw-la magis_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la suis_fw-la pati_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la 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gladio_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la orbis_n 2._o auctoritate_fw-la damnatus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o in_o his_o commentary_n on_o galat._n 5._o i_o will_v they_o be_v cut_v off_o that_o trouble_n you_o he_o write_v thus_o certè_fw-la nullam_fw-la puto_fw-la inveteri_fw-la lege_fw-la iam_fw-la trucem_fw-la tam_fw-la cruentam_fw-la in_o aliquos_fw-la esse_fw-la sententiam_fw-la quam_fw-la utinam_fw-la abscindantur_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la perturbant_fw-la si_fw-mi putant_fw-la sibi_fw-la hoc_fw-la prodesse_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la circumcidentur_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la abscindantur_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la expoliatio_fw-la membri_fw-la proficit_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la ablatio_fw-la with_o who_o primasius_n and_o claudius_n altisiodorensis_n concur_v in_o terminis_fw-la in_o cap._n 5._o epist_n ad_fw-la galat._n 60._o saint_n chrysostome_n though_o he_o seem_v unwilling_a to_o have_v all_o heretic_n slay_v and_o put_v to_o death_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la morte_fw-la plectarentur_fw-la haeretici_fw-la atrox_n profectô_o &_o irreconciliabile_fw-la bellum_fw-la universo_fw-it terrarum_fw-la orbi_fw-la esset_fw-la inserendum_fw-la their_o multitude_n be_v then_o so_o great_a disperse_v over_o the_o whole_a world_n yet_o he_o add_v even_o from_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o tare_n itself_o non_fw-la autem_fw-la prohibet_fw-la dominus_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la impudentem_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la audaciam_fw-la suffrenemus_n simul_fw-la et_fw-la restringamus_fw-la verum_fw-la ne_fw-la vita_fw-la prorsus_fw-la exigamus_fw-la and_o in_o his_o 47._o homily_n on_o matthew_n he_o add_v non_fw-la prohibet_fw-la autem_fw-la conciliabula_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la dissipare_fw-la ora_fw-la obstuere_fw-la libertatem_fw-la loquendi_fw-la concidere_fw-la verum_fw-la interficere_fw-la &_o trucidare_fw-la with_o who_o euthymius_n accord_v both_o of_o they_o agree_v that_o where_o heretic_n who_o be_v tare_n can_v be_v pluck_v up_o without_o danger_n to_o the_o wheat_n and_o orthodox_n christian_n there_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o when_o and_o where_o there_o be_v no_o such_o danger_n they_o may_v be_v execute_v even_o be_v death_n 3._o this_o be_v saint_n augustine_n opinion_n at_o first_o that_o heretic_n be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o secular_a magistrate_n nor_o put_v to_o death_n which_o upon_o consideration_n he_o afterward_o retract_v assert_v at_o last_o both_o the_o utility_n and_o necessity_n of_o the_o magistrate_n coercive_a power_n and_o justify_v the_o emperor_n law_n and_o proceed_n against_o they_o even_o unto_o death_n itself_o though_o to_o avoid_v the_o censure_n of_o cruelty_n he_o sometime_o intercede_v for_o the_o spare_n of_o the_o live_v even_o of_o those_o heretical_a donatist_n who_o have_v murder_v some_o orthodox_n minister_n and_o christian_n out_o of_o a_o misguide_a zeal_n and_o offer_v violence_n to_o their_o person_n house_n good_n and_o most_o just_o deserve_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n as_o he_o acknowledge_v this_o opinion_n of_o he_o even_o for_o the_o capital_a punish_v of_o heretic_n you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o his_o lib._n 1._o contr_n epist_n parmeniani_n cap._n 7._o &_o tract_n 11._o in_o joan._n where_o he_o thus_o write_v mirantur_fw-la quia_fw-la commoventur_fw-la potestates_fw-la christiane_n adversus_fw-la detestandos_fw-mi dissipatores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la moverentur_fw-la &_o quomodo_fw-la redderent_fw-la rationem_fw-la de_fw-la imperio_fw-la svo_fw-la etc._n etc._n videtis_fw-la qualia_fw-la faciunt_fw-la &_o qualia_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la occidunt_fw-la animas_fw-la affliguntur_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la sempeter_n las_fw-fr mortes_fw-la faciunt_fw-la et_fw-la temporales_fw-la see_fw-la perpeti_fw-la qveruntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n cyrill_n archbishop_n of_o alexandria_n in_o his_o 24._o 20._o epistle_n determine_v thus_o concern_v the_o heresy_n and_o blasphemy_n of_o the_o heretic_n nestorius_n to_o who_o he_o hold_v it_o very_o dangerous_a to_o indulge_v a_o pardon_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la unam_fw-la contra_fw-la religiosissimos_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la aman●i●simos_fw-la reges_fw-la nostros_fw-la blasphemam_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la emittere_fw-la vocem_fw-la meritò_fw-la quam_fw-la leges_fw-la praescribunt_fw-la patitur_fw-la indignationem_fw-la non_fw-fr magis_fw-la impius_n ille_fw-la eam_fw-la patietur_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la mysterium_fw-la universum_fw-la subvertit_fw-la &_o dispensationem_fw-la è_fw-la medio_fw-la tollit_fw-la quam_fw-la sanctus_fw-la &_o benignus_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la unigenitus_fw-la filius_fw-la homo_fw-la fieri_fw-la dignatus_fw-la nostri_fw-la gratia_fw-la adimplevit_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la omnes_fw-la servaret_fw-la &_o