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they_o that_o be_v without_o that_o be_v none_o of_o thy_o c_o c_o church_n who_o be_v thy_o church_n the_o true_a church_n thou_o shall_v leave_v to_o god_n to_o judge_v 1_o cor._n 5._o 13_o if_o they_o be_v but_o in_o the_o same_o nation_n wherein_o thy_o church_n be_v and_o that_o shrewd_o too_o sometime_o when_o thou_o can_v get_v the_o strength_n and_o power_n of_o state_n to_o stand_v to_o thou_o and_o execute_v such_o censure_n as_o thou_o say_v be_v due_a to_o heretic_n and_o schismatic_n in_o the_o church_n yet_o i_o can_v much_o blame_v thou_o whilst_o thou_o clap'_v whole_a commonwealth_n at_o once_o under_o thou_o as_o thy_o church_n which_o ought_v as_o much_o to_o be_v correct_v into_o a_o observance_n of_o the_o directory_n and_o decree_n of_o synodical_a power_n in_o matter_n spiritual_a as_o of_o the_o senatical_a in_o matter_n civil_a thy_o chief_a way_n to_o cure_v heretic_n when_o they_o be_v in_o health_n be_v to_o kill_v they_o this_o paâ—…pharmacon_n be_v let_v blood_n thy_o present_a remedy_n against_o the_o remediless_a disease_n of_o truth-telling_a truth-spreading_a be_v truth_n tread_v and_o present_a smother_a it_o from_o the_o vulgar_a by_o stop_v the_o passage_n of_o the_o press_n and_o open_v the_o pipe_n in_o the_o pulpit_n and_o present_a tamper_n with_o the_o truth-teller_n who_o if_o he_o unsee_v not_o what_o he_o see_v be_v â—…nse_n recidâ—…ndus_fw-la to_o be_v dispatch_v out_o of_o the_o way_n ne_fw-la pars_fw-la sincera_fw-la trahatur_fw-la lest_o sincere_a one_o that_o seek_v after_o truth_n shall_v find_v it_o when_o it_o fly_v abroad_o and_o be_v in-per-fected_n by_o it_o as_o well_o as_o he_o thou_o massacie_v man_n to_o the_o mass_n slay_v man_n into_o thy_o service_n book_n sâ—…st_v up_o thy_o religion_n by_o treason_n state_n when_o it_o can_v stand_v no_o more_o by_o reason_n fight_v with_o fire_n and_o sword_n when_o thou_o can_v do_v little_a by_o the_o spirit_n and_o word_n sword_n make_v thy_o pen_n knife_n keen_a 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