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the_o other_o way_n in_o such_o matter_n christian_a magistrate_n have_v authority_n to_o appoint_v what_o they_o think_v most_o convenient_a and_o the_o same_o must_v be_v observe_v of_o those_o that_o be_v pacifici_fw-la and_o not_o contentiosi_fw-la but_o of_o sit_v and_o kneel_v at_o the_o communion_n more_o be_v to_o be_v speak_v hereafter_o in_o the_o second_o part_n t._n c._n pag._n 131._o sect._n 3_o although_o it_o be_v not_o of_o necessity_n that_o we_o shall_v receive_v the_o communion_n sit_v yet_o there_o be_v the_o same_o cause_n of_o abolish_n kneel_a that_o there_o be_v of_o remove_v the_o wafer_n cake_n and_o if_o there_o be_v danger_n of_o superstition_n in_o one_o as_o m._n doctor_n confess_v why_o be_v there_o not_o danger_n in_o the_o other_o and_o if_o there_o be_v man_n that_o take_v occasion_n to_o fall_v at_o the_o one_o &_o that_o by_o superstition_n how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o m._n doctor_n in_o the._n 180._o pag._n say_v y_z e_z neither_o 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shall_v meddle_v with_o the_o civil_a punishment_n why_o shall_v it_o not_o be_v a_o help_n to_o the_o magistrate_n office_n that_o he_o shall_v excommunicate_v etc._n etc._n the_o answer_n be_v soon_o make_v the_o magistrate_n may_v do_v that_o by_o corporal_a punishment_n that_o the_o minister_n can_v not_o do_v by_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o man_n so_o desperate_a who_o the_o magistrate_n by_o his_o authority_n may_v not_o bridle_v but_o such_o be_v y_fw-fr e_o time_n now_o that_o few_o regard_n the_o great_a censure_n of_o the_o church_n chap._n 3._o the._n 3._o division_n t._n c._n pag._n 169._o sect._n 2._o and_o whereas_o m._n doctor_n say_v they_o may_v not_o be_v husband_n man_n craft_n man_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o may_v have_v civil_a office_n i_o think_v far_o otherwise_o that_o although_o neither_o be_v lawful_a yet_o the_o one_o be_v more_o tolerable_a than_o the_o other_o for_o see_v after_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n there_o 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and_o help_n to_o his_o office_n &_o function_n as_o i_o have_v say_v wherefore_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o break_v his_o back_n that_o they_o make_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o burden_n a_o great_a deal_n the_o easy_a chap._n 3._o the._n 4._o division_n t._n c._n pag._n 169._o sect._n 3_o and_o whereas_o in_o the_o policy_n of_o m._n doctor_n it_o seem_v a_o furtherance_n to_o the_o gospel_n to_o join_v these_o together_o which_o be_v also_o the_o policy_n of_o the_o idolater_n as_o i_o have_v before_o declare_v in_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n it_o have_v seem_v far_o otherwise_o which_o i_o doubt_v not_o do_v therefore_o separate_v the_o ministry_n from_o this_o pomp_n which_o be_v commendable_a in_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n lest_o the_o efficacy_n and_o power_n of_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o ministry_n shall_v be_v obscure_v while_o man_n will_v attribute_v the_o conversion_n of_o soul_n unto_o the_o gospel_n due_a unto_o the_o word_n and_o 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