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we_o for_o the_o full_a grant_v of_o that_o indulgence_n also_o in_o the_o king_n declaration_n concern_v ecclesiastical_a affair_n date_a october_n the_o 20_o 1660._o it_o be_v say_v thiâ—…_n in_o a_o word_n we_o do_v again_o renew_v what_o we_o have_v former_o say_v in_o our_o declaration_n from_o 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o liberty_n of_o tender_a conscience_n no_o man_n shall_v be_v disquiâ—…red_v or_o call_v in_o question_n for_o difference_n of_o opinion_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n which_o do_v not_o distrub_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o if_o any_o have_v be_v disturb_v in_o that_o kind_n since_o our_o arrival_n here_o it_o have_v not_o proceed_v
and_o as_o king_n james_n say_v in_o one_o of_o his_o speech_n to_o his_o parliament_n it_o be_v a_o pure_a rule_n in_o divinity_n that_o god_n never_o love_v to_o plant_v his_o church_n with_o violence_n and_o blood_n and_o that_o it_o be_v usual_o the_o condition_n of_o christian_n to_o be_v persecute_v and_o not_o to_o persecutâ—…_n and_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o in_o his_o eikon_n basilike_o pag._n 67._o in_o his_o complaint_n to_o god_n thou_o fee_v how_o much_o cruelty_n among_o christian_n be_v act_v under_o the_o colour_n of_o religion_n as_o if_o we_o can_v not_o be_v christian_n unless_o we_o crucify_v one_o another_o and_o pag._n 28._o make_v they_o at_o length_n serious_o to_o consider_v that_o nothing_o violent_a or_o injurious_a can_v be_v religious_a so_o be_v it_o god_n know_v what_o ever_o mistrustful_a mind_n may_v think_v who_o measure_v other_o corn_n by_o their_o own_o bushel_n a_o pure_a rule_n principle_n and_o resolution_n in_o our_o church_n as_o know_v 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