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can_v tell_v we_o of_o heathen_n that_o can_v do_v and_o suffer_v so_o much_o for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o law_n of_o their_o country_n shall_v it_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o fear_v of_o disoblige_v a_o man_n of_o interest_n that_o have_v a_o swell_a title_n one_o that_o be_v i_o doubt_v improper_o call_v a_o man_n of_o honour_n who_o affront_v and_o contemn_v religion_n shall_v keep_v christian_a magistrate_n from_o execute_v the_o law_n of_o their_o country_n that_o be_v make_v for_o the_o support_n of_o religion_n and_o to_o which_o they_o be_v swear_v and_o yet_o as_o unworthy_a and_o unaccountable_a as_o such_o a_o behaviour_n may_v appear_v to_o be_v even_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n it_o be_v well_o if_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o christian_a magistrate_n nay_o even_o of_o humane_a nature_n that_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v refelli_fw-la deny_v pudet_fw-la haec_fw-la opprobria_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o dici_fw-la potuisse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la refelli_fw-la that_o many_o i_o be_o unwilling_a to_o say_v most_o of_o the_o magistrate_n in_o the_o late_a reign_n live_v and_o die_v with_o their_o commission_n without_o put_v any_o one_o of_o the_o law_n that_o our_o more_o virtuous_a ancestor_n have_v leave_v we_o against_o profaneness_n and_o debauchery_n in_o execution_n which_o some_o of_o the_o worthy_a magistrate_n of_o this_o reign_n make_v a_o conscience_n of_o discharge_v the_o oath_n they_o have_v take_v and_o the_o trust_n that_o be_v repose_v in_o they_o by_o their_o personal_a watchfulnss_n and_o diligence_n as_o well_o as_o by_o their_o give_v due_a encouragement_n to_o those_o who_o without_o have_v oath_n to_o oblige_v they_o or_o reward_n to_o encourage_v they_o bring_v they_o information_n of_o the_o breach_n of_o those_o law_n which_o be_v grow_v almost_o obsolete_a and_o useless_a have_v to_o their_o great_a honour_n so_o successful_o do_v with_o such_o opposition_n and_o difficulty_n and_o not_o only_o with_o great_a clamour_n from_o harden_a offender_n but_o with_o more_o reflection_n from_o too_o many_o other_o than_o they_o may_v have_v meet_v with_o if_o they_o have_v be_v break_v they_o in_o the_o most_o impudent_a manner_n have_v be_v make_v attempt_n to_o destroy_v they_o to_o prevent_v therefore_o for_o the_o future_a the_o mischief_n that_o this_o nation_n may_v otherwise_o fall_v under_o as_o it_o have_v do_v by_o the_o unfaithfulness_n of_o magistrate_n it_o may_v deserve_v consideration_n whether_o it_o will_v not_o be_v high_o advisable_v that_o 67._o that_o cogunt_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la magistratu_fw-la abierint_fw-la apud_fw-la censores_fw-la edere_fw-la &_o exprimere_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o magistratu_fw-la gesserint_fw-la gothofredus_fw-la de_fw-la duodecim_fw-la tabularum_fw-la fragmentis_fw-la p._n 66_o 67._o as_o we_o be_v tell_v the_o roman_n for_o this_o reason_n order_v their_o magistrate_n to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o their_o diligence_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o law_n to_o their_o 340._o their_o censorum_fw-la officium_fw-la erat_fw-la describere_fw-la facultates_fw-la cujusque_fw-la civis_fw-la observare_fw-la singulorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la mores_fw-la &_o vitam_fw-la tollere_fw-la quoque_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la probitati_fw-la morum_fw-la pestem_fw-la &_o perniciem_fw-la illatura_fw-la videbantur_fw-la rosinus_n de_fw-fr antiquitatibus_fw-la romanis_n fol._n 520_o censores_fw-la mores_fw-la populi_fw-la regunto_n haec_fw-la detur_fw-la cura_fw-la censoribus_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o republica_n semper_fw-la volumus_fw-la esse_fw-la cicero_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la fol._n 340._o censor_n a_o chief_a part_n of_o who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o look_v to_o a_o reformation_n of_o manner_n and_o as_o our_o magistrate_n be_v by_o the_o late_a act_n of_o parliament_n against_o swear_v and_o curse_v require_v to_o keep_v list_n of_o those_o person_n that_o they_o have_v convict_v of_o those_o offence_n and_o to_o return_v they_o 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to_o bring_v it_o into_o contempt_n that_o as_o the_o scripture_n express_v it_o all_z israel_n may_v hear_v and_o fear_v 〈◊〉_d deut._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o do_v no_o more_o any_o such_o wickedness_n for_o consider_v the_o original_a corruption_n of_o our_o nature_n which_o be_v general_o more_o deprave_a by_o our_o education_n in_o a_o degenerate_a age_n that_o be_v thus_o deprave_v and_o weaken_a we_o find_v it_o not_o very_o easy_a work_n to_o resist_v temptation_n to_o sin_n to_o which_o we_o have_v either_o habituate_v ourselves_o or_o have_v a_o natural_a propensity_n when_o they_o be_v naked_a and_o alone_a and_o that_o it_o be_v much_o more_o difficult_a to_o encounter_v those_o sin_n when_o temptation_n to_o they_o be_v make_v strong_a by_o the_o bad_a and_o eminent_a example_n which_o be_v almost_o everywhere_o to_o be_v see_v in_o our_o commerce_n with_o the_o world_n there_o be_v but_o few_o that_o we_o meet_v with_o that_o do_v not_o recommend_v one_o vice_n or_o other_o by_o 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