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A17576 The pastor and the prelate, or reformation and conformitie shortly compared by the word of God, by antiquity and the proceedings of the ancient Kirk, by the nature and use of things indifferent, by the proceedings of our ovvne Kirk, by the vveill of the Kirk and of the peoples soules, and by the good of the commonvvealth and of our outvvard estate with the answer of the common & chiefest objections against everie part: shewing vvhether of the tvvo is to be follovved by the true Christian and countrieman. Calderwood, David, 1575-1650. 1628 (1628) STC 4359; ESTC S107402 71,807 74

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his_o ear_n like_o isis_n ass_n and_o as_o handmaid_n when_o they_o become_v mistress_n he_o wax_v so_o insolent_a that_o he_o can_v not_o be_v bear_v in_o his_o own_o city_n he_o will_v have_v momage_n of_o all_o overtrule_v the_o election_n of_o their_o magistrate_n harm_v both_o parent_n and_o child_n through_o the_o country_n by_o give_v warrant_n far_o sudden_a and_o secret_a marriage_n without_o proclamation_n which_o the_o very_a counsel_n of_o trent_n can_v but_o allow_v he_o take_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o great_a to_o himself_o and_o spend_v that_o upon_o his_o pride_n which_o shall_v serve_v for_o the_o poor_a sort_n and_o when_o after_o many_o wish_n his_o life_n at_o last_o be_v bring_v to_o a_o end_n the_o whole_a diocie_n be_v fill_v with_o joy_n and_o his_o own_o family_n and_o friend_n be_v fill_v with_o centempt_n and_o disgrace_n 9_o the_o pastor_n make_v the_o kingdom_n fit_n for_o war_n against_o the_o time_n that_o necessity_n give_v alarm_n for_o by_o labour_v to_o make_v the_o people_n true_o religious_a he_o make_v they_o resolute_a for_o both_o part_n of_o christian_a fortitude_n active_a and_o passive_a for_o do_v valiant_o and_o suffer_v constant_o in_o the_o time_n of_o peace_n potest_fw-la he_o stir_v they_o up_o against_o softness_n and_o intemperancy_n to_o diligence_n and_o labour_n whereby_o their_o body_n be_v the_o more_o able_a and_o durable_a he_o strengthen_v also_o the_o nerve_n of_o war_n by_o content_v himself_o with_o a_o mean_a estate_n &_o by_o his_o doctrine_n and_o example_n teach_v people_n to_o spare_v in_o peace_n for_o the_o time_n of_o war_n the_o prelate_n make_v the_o kingdom_n unfit_a for_o war_n for_o by_o his_o government_n the_o people_n lose_v true_a fortitude_n with_o the_o love_n of_o religion_n that_o if_o they_o have_v any_o kind_n of_o courage_n for_o battle_n it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o invincible_a courage_n of_o christian_a religion_n as_o the_o carnal_a and_o bastard_n fortitude_n of_o paganism_n which_o in_o comparison_n of_o the_o former_a have_v ever_o be_v but_o pusillanimity_n by_o his_o oversight_n of_o riot_v and_o idleness_n their_o body_n become_v weak_a and_o effeminate_a and_o by_o his_o own_o large_a rent_n and_o his_o example_n of_o prodigality_n which_o to_o they_o be_v a_o law_n he_o enervate_v the_o estate_n and_o cut_v asunder_o the_o sinew_n of_o war_n the_o prelate_n objection_n the_o prelate_n will_v object_v estate_n that_o if_o you_o that_o be_v pastor_n understand_v either_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o people_n or_o the_o ground_n of_o policy_n you_o will_v see_v that_o neither_o can_v nobleman_n and_o other_o give_v to_o their_o pleasure_n bear_v your_o simple_a and_o censorious_a form_n of_o preach_v nor_o your_o austere_a and_o precise_a form_n of_o discipline_n and_o life_n nor_o yet_o can_v the_o high_a court_n of_o parliament_n want_v
with_o hurt_v of_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o intrant_fw-la intrant_fw-la dignitatibus_fw-la viros_fw-la dandos_fw-la non_fw-la dignitates_fw-la hominibus_fw-la dicere_fw-la solitus_fw-la aeneas_n syl._n platina_n magistratus_fw-la alios_fw-la mereri_fw-la &_o non_fw-la habere_fw-la alios_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o non_fw-la mereri_fw-la ib._n ib._n praesidentia_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la virtute_fw-la sed_fw-la malitia_fw-la astimatur_fw-la non_fw-la dignorum_fw-la sed_fw-la potentiorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la throni_fw-la cathedra_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la acquiritur_fw-la labour_v &_o prelati_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la grad●_n praeterquam_fw-la velle_fw-la adferunt_fw-la nazianz_n si_fw-la percunctari_fw-la velles_fw-fr quis_fw-la eos_fw-la praefecerit_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la respondent_fw-la m●x_fw-la &_o dicunt_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la nuper_fw-la sum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la centumque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d solidos_fw-la dedi_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la gradum_fw-la assequi_fw-la meruissem_fw-la quoi_fw-fr si_fw-la minimè_fw-la dedissem_fw-la hodie_fw-la episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la essem_fw-la ambros._n citante_fw-la bull_v decad_a 5._o serm_n 4._o curritur_fw-la ad_fw-la curas_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la a_o doctis_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o indoctis_fw-la quasi_fw-la cuique_fw-la sine_fw-la curis_fw-la victurus_fw-la sit_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la curas_fw-la pervenerit_fw-la bern._n epist_n 42._o the_o pastor_n by_o all_o mean_n seek_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o kirk_n the_o prelate_n seek_v his_o own_o peace_n &_o prosperity_n prosperity_n sicut_fw-la olim_fw-la pestiferam_fw-la illam_fw-la vestian_n quae_fw-la per_fw-la ari●s●_n primo_fw-la de_fw-la infernis_fw-la extulerat_fw-la caput_fw-la cupiditus_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la induxit_fw-la sic_fw-la hodiernam_fw-la haeresin_fw-la nimirum_fw-la pontificis_fw-la romani_fw-la primatum_fw-la pracipuè_fw-fr nutriunt_fw-la quos_fw-la jam_fw-la men●●care_fw-la suppudet_fw-la aeneas_n syl._n the_o pastor_n content_v himself_o with_o his_o competent_a stipend_n the_o prelate_n be_v a_o master_n of_o the_o kirk_n patrimonio_fw-la object_n parity_n be_v anarchy_n and_o confusion_n ans._n show_v by_o many_o particular_n that_o the_o order_n of_o the_o ministry_n appoint_v by_o christ_n be_v far_o from_o confusion_n confusion_n distinguendum_fw-la inter_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la meriti_fw-la &_o potestatis_fw-la it_o be_v best_a both_o for_o kirk_n and_o state_n when_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n join_v together_o civil_a authority_n do_v good_a to_o religion_n religion_n esa._n 49._o 23._o 23._o psal._n 2._o 11._o quomodo_fw-la ergo_fw-la reges_fw-la domino_fw-la serviunt_fw-la in_o timore_fw-la nisi_fw-la ea_fw-la qua_fw-la contra_fw-la jussa_fw-la domini_fw-la fiunt_fw-la religiosa_fw-la severitate_fw-la prohibendo_fw-la a●que_fw-la plectendo_fw-la aliter_fw-la enim_fw-la seruit_fw-la quiahomo_fw-la est_fw-la aliter_fw-la quia_fw-la etiam_fw-la rex_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la homo_fw-la est_fw-la ei_fw-la seruit_fw-la fideliter_fw-la vivendo_fw-la quia_fw-la vero_fw-la etiam_fw-la rex_fw-la est_fw-la seruit_fw-la leges_fw-la justa_fw-la praecipientes_fw-la &_o contraria_fw-la prohibentes_fw-la convenienti_fw-la rigore_fw-la sanciendo_fw-la sicut_fw-la servivit_fw-la ezechias_n lucos_fw-la &_o templa_fw-la idolorum_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la excelsa_fw-la quae_fw-la contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la dei_fw-la fuerant_fw-la constructa_fw-la destruendo_fw-la sicut_fw-la servivit_fw-la josias_n talia_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la faciendo_fw-la sicut_fw-la servivit_fw-la rex_fw-la ninivitaru_n universam_fw-la civitatem_fw-la ad_fw-la placandun_v dominis_n compellendo_fw-la sicut_fw-la servivit_fw-la darius_n idolum_fw-la frang●ndun_v in_fw-la potestatem_fw-la danieli_fw-it dado_n &_o inimicos_fw-la ejus_fw-la leonibus_fw-la ingerendo_fw-la sicut_fw-la servivit_fw-la nebuchad_fw-mi omnes_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la svo_fw-la positos_fw-la a_o blasphemando_fw-la dei_fw-la lege_fw-la terribili_fw-la prohibendo_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la ergo_fw-la serviunt_fw-la domino_fw-la reges_fw-la in_fw-la quantunsunt_fw-la reges_fw-la cum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d faciunt_fw-la ad_fw-la serviendum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la non_fw-la p●ssunt_fw-la facere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d reges_fw-la august_n epist_n ser_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la bonifacium_fw-la religion_n do_v good_a to_o 〈◊〉_d the_o whole_a commonweal_n commonweal_n hostess_fw-la herodes_n impie_fw-la christum_fw-la venire_fw-la quid_fw-la time_n non_fw-it cripit_fw-la mortalia_fw-la qui_fw-la regna_fw-la dot_v coelesti●_n sedulius_n hymn_n hymn_n omne_fw-la sub_fw-la regno_fw-la gravioriregnum_fw-la est_fw-la sonec_fw-la trage_v the_o best_a religion_n be_v best_a for_o the_o state_n the_o pastor_n preserve_v the_o commonwealth_n which_o the_o prelate_n ruinate_v ruinate_v non_fw-la tam_fw-la numerorum_fw-la simulacra_fw-la inania_fw-la aut_fw-la solis_fw-la &_o syderum_fw-la immutabilun_fw-la ratio_fw-la urbes_fw-la &_o regna_fw-la perdunt_fw-la quam_fw-la impietas_fw-la primum_fw-la deinde_fw-la injustitia_fw-la &_o virtutum_fw-la expu●trix_fw-la luxuria_fw-la dom._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr none_n discur_v polit_fw-la 1._o causas_fw-la eversionis_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la reipublica_fw-la arist._n polit_fw-la 5._o bodian_a de_fw-fr reipub_fw-la libr._n 4._o daneus_fw-la politi_fw-la cap._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xenoph._n pae_v cyr._n 8._o fulix_fw-la respublica_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la stantibus_fw-la moenibus_fw-la ruentibus_fw-la moribus_fw-la choky_a haec_fw-la nisi_fw-la urbe_fw-la ab●rant_fw-la centuplex_fw-la murus_fw-la rebus_fw-la servandis_fw-la parum_fw-la est_fw-la plaut_n the_o pastor_n love_v christian_a simplicity_n and_o not_o machivels_n policy_n the_o prelate_n like_v policy_n more_o than_o that_o simplicity_n simplicity_n ante_fw-la omne_fw-la optandum_fw-la principi_fw-la ut_fw-la pius_fw-la videatur_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la oportet_fw-la principem_fw-la semper_fw-la adversari●_fw-la in_o se_fw-la alere_fw-la ut_fw-la eo_fw-la oppresso_fw-la potentior_fw-la videatur_fw-la religio_fw-la animos_fw-la hominum_fw-la primit_fw-la servitia_fw-la subditos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d officio_fw-la continet_fw-la tuta_fw-la est_fw-la civitas_fw-la quae_fw-la dissidia_fw-la &_o f●ctiones_fw-la nutrit_fw-la machiv_n de_fw-fr princ_fw-la &_o comment_n in_o livium_n livium_n alter_fw-la urbinatem_fw-la alter_fw-la mediolanensem_fw-la ducatum_fw-la artibus_fw-la machiavellicis_fw-la invasit_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la tenuit_fw-la uterque_fw-la machiavellicae_n politiae_fw-la exemplar_n perfectissimum_fw-la misero_fw-la periit_fw-la dane_n polit_fw-la praef●t_fw-la the_o pastor_n distinguish_v betwixt_o thing_n civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a and_o hold_v he_o at_o his_o own_o call_n the_o prelate_n confound_v all_o and_o will_v rule_v all_o all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristot_n polit_fw-la 4._o 4._o nemo_fw-la sequens_fw-la existimat_fw-la se_fw-la posse_fw-la simul_fw-la aeneam_fw-la &_o hectorem_fw-la catonem_fw-la &_o scipionem_fw-la in_o thea●ro_fw-la ci●itatis_fw-la agere_fw-la cas._n polit●_n libr._n 2._o 2._o romani_fw-la macedones_fw-la lacedamonij_fw-la legem_fw-la tulerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la duobus_fw-la simul_fw-la fungatur_fw-la officis_fw-la metiothus_n exercitum_fw-la ducit_fw-la metiothus_n vias_fw-la ●urat_n metiothus_n furinan_o tractat_fw-la metiothus_n cunctis_fw-la aliis_fw-la praest_n metiothus_n itaque_fw-la plorabit_fw-la plutarch_n the_o pastor_n assist_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n the_o prelate_n hinder_v he_o he_o h●c_fw-la coertio_fw-la ad_fw-la christ_n norman_n dirigitur_fw-la latenter_fw-la primum_fw-la &_o amice_fw-la deinde_fw-la paulo_fw-la acerbius_fw-la tunc_fw-la nisi_fw-la paret_fw-la sequitur_fw-la interdictio_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la gravis_fw-la &_o efficax_n interdictionem_fw-la animadversio_fw-la magistratus_fw-la ita_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la legibus_fw-la nusquavindicantur_fw-la illie_a sine_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o tumul_fw-la tu_fw-la coerceantur_fw-la igitur_fw-la nulla_fw-la meretricia_fw-la nullae_fw-la ebrietates_fw-la nullae_fw-la saltationes_fw-la nulli_fw-la mendici_fw-la nulli_fw-la otiosi_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la civitate_fw-la reperiuntur_fw-la bodin_n de_fw-fr rep_n ge●nevens_n meth_z 〈◊〉_d cap._n 6._o the_o pastor_n profitable_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n but_o not_o chargeable_a the_o prelate_n chargeable_a but_o not_o profitable_a profitable_a non_fw-fr est_fw-fr studendum_fw-la ut_fw-la plurimi_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o repub_fw-la magistratus_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la quam_fw-la commodissime_fw-la &_o optime_fw-la gerant_fw-la remp_n ij_o qui_fw-la erunt_fw-la necessarij_fw-la the_o pastor_n a_o ma●●●ner_n of_o school_n and_o learning_n the_o prelate_n of_o neither_o neither_o quales_fw-la schola_fw-la exhibet_fw-la h●mines_fw-la tale_n habitura_fw-la est_fw-la respublica_fw-la dan._n pol._n hinc_fw-la major_a pars_fw-la salutis_fw-la vel_fw-la corruptionis_fw-la reip_v pendet_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la scholarum_fw-la fontibus_fw-la divini_fw-la &_o humani_fw-la ●ur●_n praesidium_fw-la vel_fw-la expugnatio_fw-la oritur_fw-la ibi_fw-la enim_fw-la discuntur_fw-la prima_fw-la literarum_fw-la monumenta_fw-la art_n ingenuae_fw-la mores_fw-la jura_fw-la divina_fw-la &_o humana_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la permaxi_fw-la i_o interest_n incontaminata_fw-la seruari_fw-la etc._n etc._n greg._n tholos_n lib._n 13._o cap._n 3._o plebeiis_fw-la argenti_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la auri_fw-la principibus_fw-la gemmarum_fw-la loco_fw-la literas_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la aeneas_n syl._n platina_n indoctus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la asino_fw-la comparandus_fw-la idem_fw-la the_o pastor_n government_n by_o assembly_n meet_a for_o a_o monarchy_n they_o the_o episcopal_a gouvernment_n gouvernment_n possunt_fw-la judicare_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la praejudicare_fw-la habent_fw-la vim_o charitatis_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la vim_o authoritatis_fw-la hugo_n de_fw-fr s._n victore_fw-la de_fw-la sacram_fw-la part_n 2._o 2._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la christiani_n olim_fw-la non_fw-la deposuerunt_fw-la neronem_fw-la &_o dioclesianum_fw-la &_o julianum_fw-la apostatam_fw-la ac_fw-la valentem_fw-la arianum_n &_o simile_n id_fw-la fuit_fw-la quia_fw-la deerant_fw-la vires_fw-la temporales_fw-la christianis_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l._n 5._o c._n 7._o pessime_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la hierarchicum_fw-la decebat_fw-la the_o pastor_n take_v no_o man_n title_n nor_o dignity_n nor_o place_n the_o prelate_n take_v all_o these_o from_o the_o noble_n and_o peer_n of_o the_o land_n land_n virtute_fw-la decrescente_fw-la crescit_fw-la vanitas_fw-la &_o titulorum_fw-la arrogantia_fw-la proverbium_fw-la de_fw-la repub_fw-la veneta_n cum_fw-la usurparetur_fw-la titulus_fw-la domine_fw-la sim_fw-la pliciter_fw-la tunc_fw-la ●acta_fw-la est_fw-la resp_n cum_fw-la domine_fw-la stabilita_fw-la est_fw-la magnifice_fw-la domine_fw-la tunc_fw-la eversa_fw-la est_fw-la plebeios_fw-la ex_fw-la humili._fw-la genere_fw-la natos_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la dignitates_fw-la &_o honores_fw-la pervenerint_fw-la immemire_v suae_fw-la sortis_fw-la plerumque_fw-la ambitione_n insolent_a see_v efficere_fw-la aliosque_fw-la deptimere_fw-la conari_fw-la constat_fw-la ijden_fw-mi multo_fw-la insolentiores_fw-la &_o propemodum_fw-la intollerabiliores_fw-la magna_fw-la cum_fw-la actura_fw-la reip_v esse_fw-la solent_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la nobili_fw-la celebri_fw-la &_o vetere_fw-la stirpe_fw-la geniti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la veterum_fw-la ille_fw-la rectè_fw-la dixerit_fw-la baiuli_fw-la imperant_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la sunt_fw-la superiores_fw-la bonis_fw-la ●etuo_fw-la ne_fw-la naven_n fluctus_fw-la opprimat_fw-la camer_n cent_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epig._n grac._n the_o pastor_n make_v the_o mind_n the_o body_n and_o estate_n of_o the_o people_n sit_v for_o war_n the_o prel_n disable_v all_o all_o fortiter_fw-la ille_fw-la facit_fw-la qui_fw-la mi●ser_fw-fr esse_fw-la potest_fw-la object_n the_o estate_n of_o parliament_n can_v bear_v the_o severity_n of_o pastor_n nor_o want_v the_o prelate_n to_o be_v the_o three_o estate_n ans._n show_v that_o the_o faithful_a pastor_n will_v at_o some_o time_n be_v find_v comfortable_a to_o all_o estate_n and_o that_o the_o parliament_n may_v be_v perfect_a without_o the_o prelate_n conclusion_n a_o general_a objection_n answer_v answer_v aliud_fw-la est_fw-la injusta_fw-la potestate_fw-la justè_fw-la velle_fw-la uti_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la est_fw-la justa_fw-la potestate_fw-la injustè_fw-fr velle_fw-la uti_fw-la august_n de_fw-mi bono_fw-mi conjug_fw-mi cap._n 14._o