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a_o defence_n of_o the_o vindication_n of_o the_o deprive_v bishop_n wherein_o the_o case_n of_o abiathar_n be_v particular_o consider_v and_o the_o invalidit_o of_o lay-deprivations_a be_v further_a prove_v from_o the_o doctrine_n receive_v under_o the_o old_a testament_n continue_v in_o the_o first_o age_n of_o christianity_n and_o from_o our_o own_o fundamental_a law_n in_o a_o reply_n to_o dr._n hody_n and_o another_o author_n to_o which_o be_v annex_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n concern_v the_o independency_n of_o the_o clergy_n on_o the_o lay-power_n as_o to_o those_o right_n of_o they_o which_o be_v pure_o spiritual_a reconcile_v with_o our_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o the_o lay-deprivations_a of_o the_o popish_a bishop_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reformation_n by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o vindication_n of_o the_o deprive_v bishop_n london_n print_v mdcxcv_o the_o content_n §_o i._o the_o doctor_n be_v late_a book_n no_o answer_n to_o the_o vindication_n page_z 1_o §_o ii_o the_o baroccian_a m._n s._n disprove_v by_o the_o vindicator_n and_o not_o defend_v by_o the_o doctor_n p._n 2._o §_o iii_o the_o doctor_n have_v not_o offer_v at_o any_o answer_n to_o the_o argument_n against_o he_o in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o vindication_n p._n 3._o §_o iv._o he_o grant_v the_o proposition_n principal_o dispute_v between_o we_o concern_v the_o invalidity_n of_o lay-deprivations_a and_o take_v no_o care_n to_o prevent_v the_o consequence_n of_o that_o confession_n p._n 4_o §_o v._o the_o doctor_n gain_v nothing_o by_o his_o change_v the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n p._n 4._o §_o vi_o the_o doctor_n be_v whole_a proof_n unconclusive_a admit_v the_o invalidity_n of_o lay-deprivations_a p._n 5._o §_o vii_o the_o doctor_n be_v limitation_n of_o his_o own_o pretend_a self-evident_a maxim_n do_v all_o of_o they_o prove_v our_o case_n unconcern_v in_o it_o chap._n i_o p._n 6._o §_o viii_o submission_n of_o subject_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a usurper_n be_v sinful_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n p._n 7._o §_o ix_o such_o submission_n will_v make_v the_o ecclesiastical_a subject_n accomplice_n in_o the_o injustice_n p._n 9_o §_o x._o the_o same_o submission_n in_o the_o clergy_n be_v sinful_a on_o account_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o canonical_a obedience_n they_o have_v take_v to_o the_o rightful_a possession_n p._n 10._o §_o xi_o our_o principle_n afford_v better_a reason_n why_o the_o unjust_a deprivation_n of_o synod_n may_v be_v receive_v without_o the_o deprive_v bishop_n consent_n than_o those_o insist_v on_o by_o the_o doctor_n p._n 12._o §_o xii_o there_o be_v great_a disparity_n between_o the_o obligation_n of_o a_o competent_a and_o a_o incompetent_a authority_n p._n 13._o §_o xiii_o no_o reason_n to_o reckon_v on_o the_o presume_a consent_n of_o the_o injure_v bishop_n by_o a_o invalid_a deprivation_n for_o discharge_v their_o subject_n conscience_n from_o duty_n to_o they_o p._n 14._o §_o fourteen_o our_o deprive_v father_n give_v public_a signification_n that_o they_o do_v challenge_v their_o old_a right_n as_o far_o as_o be_v necessary_a in_o their_o circumstance_n p._n 15._o §_o xv._n the_o oath_n of_o canonical_a obedience_n to_o our_o father_n still_o oblige_v p._n 17._o §_o xvi_o the_o compliance_n with_o usurper_n be_v also_o therefore_o sinful_a because_o usurp_a bishop_n be_v real_o no_o bishop_n at_o all_o p._n 20._o §_o xvii_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n and_o scandal_n in_o comply_v great_a than_o that_o of_o persecution_n which_o be_v avoid_v by_o it_o p._n 22._o §_o xviii_o the_o evil_n of_o schism_n not_o avoid_v but_o incur_v by_o comply_v with_o the_o usurper_n p._n 24._o §_o xix_o the_o abuse_n that_o may_v follow_v on_o compliance_n be_v a_o just_a reason_n to_o refuse_v it_o where_o it_o be_v not_o otherwise_o in_o conscience_n due_a p._n 25._o §_o xx._n no_o security_n that_o have_v compliance_n will_v not_o be_v abuse_v p._n 26._o §_o xxi_o that_o abuse_n be_v a_o great_a mischief_n than_o that_o it_o can_v be_v make_v amends_o for_o by_o the_o doctor_n be_v expedient_n p._n 29._o §_o xxii_o the_o main_a design_n of_o the_o doctor_n be_v new_a book_n in_o argue_v from_o fact_n already_o overthrow_v by_o the_o vindicator_n p._n 32._o §_o xxiii_o the_o doctor_n himself_o be_v unwilling_a to_o stand_v by_o the_o consequence_n of_o such_o fact_n as_o himself_o produce_v p._n 33._o §_o xxiv_o the_o doctor_n be_v remark_n against_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o vindication_n concern_v the_o possession_n of_o cornelius_n turn_v against_o himself_o p._n 33._o §_o xxv_o the_o doctor_n be_v book_n afford_v no_o subject_n for_o a_o reply_n but_o what_o will_v be_v personal_a p._n 35._o §_o xxvi_o the_o doctor_n be_v turn_v the_o dispute_n to_o late_a fact_n draw_v it_o from_o a_o short_a and_o decisive_n to_o a_o tedious_a and_o litigious_a issue_n p._n 35._o §_o xxvii_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o suffer_v ourselves_o to_o be_v overrule_v by_o he_o in_o these_o art_n of_o divert_v we_o p._n 36._o §_o xxviii_o we_o decline_v his_o topick_n of_o fact_n rather_o because_o it_o be_v undecisive_a than_o because_o we_o think_v it_o this_fw-mi advantageous_a to_o we_o p._n 36._o §_o xxix_o for_o want_v of_o some_o other_o subject_a relate_n to_o the_o vindication_n we_o pitch_v on_o the_o case_n of_o abiathar_n p._n 37._o §_o xxx_o this_o fact_n be_v not_o commend_v in_o the_o scripture_n as_o a_o precedent_n p._n 37._o §_o xxxi_o the_o magistrate_n can_v not_o by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o age_n have_v any_o direct_a power_n over_o the_o priesthood_n p._n 38._o §_o xxxii_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o priesthood_n out_o of_o the_o power_n and_o far_o great_a than_o any_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n p._n 39_o §_o xxxiii_o the_o ancient_a jew_n of_o the_o apostle_n age_n do_v believe_v their_o priesthood_n available_a to_o a_o future_a and_o eternal_a state_n p._n 40._o §_o xxxiv_o and_o consequent_o do_v express_o own_v it_o far_o more_o honourable_a than_o the_o magistracy_n its_o self_n p._n 42._o §_o xxxv_o this_o same_o reason_n hold_v on_o account_n of_o the_o priesthood_n represent_v god_n though_o without_o relation_n to_o a_o future_a state_n p._n 45._o §_o xxxvi_o and_o that_o also_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o those_o time_n p._n 46._o §_o xxxvii_o solomon_n act_n of_o abiathar_n be_v only_o of_o force_n p._n 47._o §_o xxxviii_o which_o force_n may_v in_o the_o consequence_n render_v the_o exercise_n of_o his_o right_a unpracticable_a p._n 48._o §_o thirty-nine_o yet_o solomon_n be_v in_o conscience_n oblige_v to_o be_v cautious_a in_o exercise_v this_o force_n against_o the_o priesthood_n p._n 49_o §_o xl._o what_o solomon_n do_v be_v only_o to_o fulfil_v what_o god_n have_v before_o threaten_v against_o the_o house_n of_o eli._n p._n 51._o §_o xli_o abiathar_n be_v not_o then_o the_o highpriest_n proper_o so_o call_v but_o zadoc_n p._n 53._o §_o xlii_o there_o be_v in_o those_o time_n two_o highpriest_n at_o once_o the_o chief_a such_o as_o zadoc_n be_v of_o the_o family_n of_o eleazar_n the_o low_a such_o as_o abiathar_n of_o the_o family_n of_o ithamar_n p._n 54._o §_o xliii_o no_o deprivation_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o phineas_n in_o those_o time_n p._n 56._o §_o xliv_o zadoc_n put_v in_o the_o room_n of_o abiathar_n as_o to_o the_o course_n of_o ithamar_n which_o be_v not_o under_o he_o before_o p._n 58._o §_o xlv_o the_o jew_n by_o our_o principle_n can_v not_o justify_v a_o separation_n on_o account_n of_o abiathar_n their_o case_n not_o like_o we_o p._n 59_o §_o xlvi_o when_o invasion_n have_v pass_v into_o a_o prescription_n as_o in_o our_o saviour_n time_n he_o that_o be_v in_o possession_n have_v real_o the_o best_a title_n p._n 60._o §_o xlvii_o among_o the_o jew_n the_o true_a highpriest_n be_v to_o be_v know_v by_o his_o possess_v the_o one_o altar_n among_o the_o christian_n the_o true_a altar_n be_v know_v by_o its_o be_v possess_v by_o the_o true_a bishop_n p._n 62._o §_o xlviii_o the_o reason_n for_o exemption_n from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o prince_n strong_a in_o our_o deprive_a father_n case_n than_o in_o the_o case_n of_o abiathar_n our_o bishop_n be_v proper_o priest_n p._n 64._o §_o xlix_o the_o gospel_n priesthood_n more_o noble_a than_o that_o of_o abiathar_n etc._n etc._n p._n 66._o §_o l._n this_o reason_v admit_v in_o the_o apostolical_a age_n etc._n etc._n by_o clemens_n romanus_n etc._n etc._n p._n 68_o §_o li._n he_o do_v it_o by_o the_o same_o principle_n as_o agreeable_a to_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o gospel_n p._n 70._o §_o lii_o he_o draw_v the_o like_a inference_n in_o practice_n as_o we_o do_v p._n 72._o §_o liii_o the_o laity_n can_v now_o pretend_v to_o any_o indirect_a right_n of_o deprive_v
different_a place_n that_o what_o be_v property_n and_o the_o violation_n of_o it_o theft_n in_o one_o country_n be_v not_o so_o in_o another_o yet_o what_o casuist_n have_v ever_o doubt_v but_o that_o disobedience_n to_o parent_n murder_n adultery_n and_o theft_n be_v still_o violation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n notwithstanding_o that_o the_o imputation_n of_o these_o crime_n to_o particular_a fact_n do_v now_o general_o depend_v on_o circumstance_n determine_v by_o human_a law_n if_o therefore_o by_o our_o wisdom_n the_o doctor_n mean_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o subject_n themselves_o as_o if_o the_o scripture_n have_v leave_v the_o determination_n of_o these_o circumstance_n to_o that_o his_o observation_n it_o not_o true_a the_o subject_n be_v to_o be_v conclude_v by_o the_o wisdom_n of_o their_o superior_n and_o that_o upon_o account_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n which_o oblige_v they_o to_o duty_n to_o superior_n in_o general_n which_o be_v to_o be_v so_o expound_v that_o it_o may_v extend_v to_o all_o our_o superior_n for_o the_o time_n be_v in_o what_o time_n or_o place_n soever_o this_o therefore_o will_v oblige_v we_o to_o take_v all_o the_o way_n of_o convey_v power_n to_o particular_a person_n by_o the_o constitution_n of_o particular_a society_n not_o only_o for_o human_a but_o divine_a establishment_n i_o be_o sure_a st._n cyprian_n look_v on_o all_o particular_a bishop_n in_o his_o own_o time_n as_o appoint_v by_o god_n and_o christ._n and_o in_o this_o way_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o they_o who_o be_v intrude_v into_o place_n vacate_v by_o a_o incompetent_a authority_n can_v be_v take_v for_o the_o bishop_n to_o who_o the_o subject_n obedience_n be_v due_a by_o divine_a law_n this_o also_o be_v as_o certain_a from_o the_o reason_n and_o principle_n as_o well_o as_o the_o say_n of_o st._n cyperian_n §_o ix_o such_o submission_n will_v make_v the_o ecclesiastical_a subject_n accomplice_n in_o the_o injustice_n the_o doctor_n add_v second_o that_o submission_n to_o the_o usurpars_n do_v not_o make_v we_o accomplice_n in_o the_o injustice_n but_o why_o if_o our_o duty_n still_o be_v owe_v to_o the_o rightful_a claimer_n as_o it_o must_v notwithstanding_o a_o invalid_a deprivation_n the_o only_a reason_n he_o pretend_v be_v that_o refusal_n of_o duty_n to_o the_o usurper_n will_v only_o draw_v ruin_n upon_o the_o clergy_n themselves_o who_o shall_v refuse_v it_o and_o can_v restore_v the_o rightful_a owner_n who_o the_o state_n have_v depose_v thus_o this_o divine_a take_v persecution_n and_o deprivation_n of_o revenue_n for_o ruin_n and_o sufficient_a to_o excuse_v from_o the_o duty_n which_o may_v still_o remain_v notwithstanding_o any_o thing_n he_o have_v please_v or_o can_v plead_v from_o a_o deprivation_n which_o himself_o have_v grant_v to_o be_v invaild_v i_o be_o sure_a his_o text_n teach_v we_o otherwise_o that_o persecution_n incur_v for_o duty_n be_v not_o 31._o ruin_n but_o gain_n a_o hundred_o fold_n even_o here_o beside_o the_o future_a eternal_a reward_n nor_o can_v any_o one_o believe_v otherwise_o who_o believe_v our_o reveal_v religion_n nothing_o but_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o a_o carnal_a prospect_n can_v make_v these_o thing_n appear_v as_o the_o doctor_n have_v represent_v they_o but_o he_o say_v their_o refusal_n of_o obedience_n to_o the_o intrudors_n can_v restore_v the_o true_a owner_n to_o their_o rightful_a possession_n what_o then_o will_v this_o therefore_o excuse_v they_o for_o join_v with_o the_o usurper_n for_o thereby_o maintain_v their_o unjust_a possession_n in_o opposition_n to_o those_o who_o have_v a_o better_a title_n which_o title_n themselves_o be_v oblige_v to_o maintain_v can_v he_o reconcile_v this_o with_o their_o old_a duty_n or_o excuse_v themselves_o for_o violate_v that_o duty_n from_o be_v accomplice_n in_o the_o injustice_n but_o the_o suggestion_n be_v not_o true_a which_o he_o insist_o on_o that_o the_o refusal_n of_o obedience_n to_o the_o intruder_n and_o pay_v it_o to_o the_o lawful_a pastor_n will_v not_o continue_v the_o rightful_a poslesior_n it_o will_v not_o indeed_o continue_v they_o in_o their_o possession_n of_o their_o secular_a due_n or_o of_o any_o thing_n of_o which_o the_o state_n can_v deprive_v they_o but_o it_o will_v continue_v they_o in_o a_o possession_n of_o those_o thing_n for_o which_o our_o conscience_n be_v concern_v i_o mean_v of_o spiritual_a in_o such_o a_o possession_n as_o be_v consistent_a with_o a_o persecution_n from_o the_o state_n in_o such_o a_o possession_n as_o be_v enjoin_v by_o their_o holy_a ancestor_n in_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a age_n this_o we_o may_v continue_v to_o they_o whether_o the_o state_n will_v or_o no_o if_o we_o can_v find_v in_o our_o heart_n to_o agree_v among_o our_o self_n as_o the_o primitive_a christian_n do_v to_o be_v unanimous_a in_o perform_v our_o duty_n to_o they_o and_o so_o far_o be_v the_o prospect_n of_o the_o public_a good_a from_o oblige_v we_o as_o the_o doctor_n pretend_v to_o the_o contrary_a that_o that_o very_a consideration_n of_o the_o public_a good_a be_v that_o which_o we_o principal_o insist_v on_o for_o our_o purpose_n it_o be_v certain_o for_o the_o public_a good_a of_o the_o spiritual_a society_n that_o the_o right_n of_o its_o governor_n and_o the_o duty_n of_o its_o subject_n shall_v be_v preserve_v inviolable_a and_o it_o be_v for_o the_o public_a good_a also_o that_o the_o interest_n of_o less_o valuable_a society_n shall_v give_v way_n to_o the_o interest_n of_o that_o society_n which_o be_v more_o valuable_a and_o it_o be_v withal_o as_o certain_a that_o the_o spiritual_a be_v the_o more_o valuable_a society_n i_o can_v foresee_v what_o part_n of_o this_o reason_v the_o doctor_n can_v question_v if_o he_o will_v be_v true_a to_o the_o interest_n of_o reveal_v religion_n §_o x._o the_o same_o submission_n in_o the_o clergy_n be_v sinful_a on_o account_n of_o the_o oath_n they_o have_v take_v to_o the_o of_o rightful_a 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