six_o that_o profess_v the_o true_a god_n the_o true_a professor_n be_v drive_v into_o a_o narrow_a compass_n of_o the_o northwest_n and_o in_o that_o company_n take_v out_o atheist_n papist_n neutral_n worldling_n hypocrite_n the_o remainder_n will_v be_v very_o small_a a_o man_n may_v almost_o say_v of_o they_o as_o juvenal_n 13._o satyr_n 13._o rari_fw-la quip_n boni_fw-la numero_fw-la vix_fw-la sunt_fw-la totidem_fw-la quot_fw-la thebarum_n porte_fw-fr etc._n etc._n the_o use_n be_v 16._o use_v lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o to_o censure_v the_o papist_n for_o make_v multitude_n a_o note_n of_o the_o true_a church_n so_o theod._n bring_v in_o constantius_n the_o emperor_n dispute_v with_o tiberius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n 39_o de_fw-fr notis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cap._n 7._o noli_fw-la numerare_fw-la sed_fw-la appende_v noli_fw-la numerare_fw-la turbae_fw-la hominum_fw-la incedentes_fw-la vias_fw-la laetas_fw-la etc._n etc._n pauci_fw-la per_fw-la angustaâ—â—_fw-la viam_fw-la 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shall_v answer_v god_n and_o i_o and_o therefore_o we_o must_v comfort_v ourselves_o with_o that_o which_o fulgentius_n say_v of_o lazarus_n 77._o quid_fw-la si_fw-la sine_fw-la domo_fw-la &_o non_fw-la sine_fw-la domino_fw-la sine_fw-la veste_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la fide_fw-la sine_fw-la cibo_fw-la &_o non_fw-la sine_fw-la christo_fw-la o_o pedes_fw-la seliciter_fw-la vincti_fw-la quisolventur_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la fabre_n sed_fw-la à _fw-la damino_fw-la cypr._n epist_n 77._o what_o if_o without_o a_o house_n and_o not_o without_o a_o master_n without_o a_o garment_n if_o not_o without_o faith_n without_o meat_n and_o not_o without_o christ_n and_o with_o that_o of_o cyprian_a to_o the_o martyr_n o_o foot_n happy_o bind_v which_o shall_v be_v loosen_v not_o by_o a_o smith_n but_o by_o their_o lord_n and_o master_n and_o therefore_o they_o must_v be_v warn_v of_o this_o that_o enter_v into_o this_o high_a call_n and_o you_o must_v be_v teach_v to_o pray_v for_o their_o 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it_o to_o condemn_v we_o for_o it_o he_o do_v not_o so_o take_v it_o away_o ut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v sed_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la regnet_fw-la but_o that_o it_o may_v not_o reign_v as_o augustine_n 21._o aug._n the_o coning_n &_o concupisâ—en_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 21._o when_o he_o bring_v israel_n into_o canaan_n he_o do_v not_o cast_v out_o all_o the_o canaanite_n still_o some_o of_o they_o dwell_v in_o the_o land_n but_o be_v make_v tributary_n and_o bring_v under_o subjection_n josh_n 17.12_o 13._o which_o be_v by_o hierome_n in_o many_o of_o his_o epistle_n moral_o apply_v unto_o sin_n in_o a_o man_n regenerate_v lebusaeus_fw-la velis_fw-la nolis_fw-la habitabit_fw-la intra_fw-la fine_n tuos_fw-la lebusaeus_fw-la whether_o thou_o will_v or_o no_o the_o jebusite_n shall_v dwell_v within_o thy_o border_n but_o it_o be_v make_v tributary_n bring_v in_o subjection_n and_o make_v serviceable_a for_o the_o true_a israelite_n first_o for_o the_o 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