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statum_n regni_n signify_v the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o nation_n or_o the_o present_a constitution_n or_o settlement_n of_o it_o and_o can_v no_o way_n be_v put_v for_o ordines_fw-la regni_fw-la but_o that_o our_o author_n or_o his_o informer_n know_v the_o speaker_n mind_n that_o he_o so_o intend_v it_o as_o they_o will_v have_v it_o but_o of_o this_o too_o much_o he_o mention_v also_o the_o same_o author_n assert_v a_o docretum_fw-la praeteritum_fw-la &_o praedamnatum_fw-la which_o i_o confess_v be_v it_o true_o chargeable_a upon_o he_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v ridicule_v for_o nonsense_n and_o censure_v for_o blasphemy_n but_o because_o our_o author_n fond_a of_o this_o occasion_n of_o triumph_n over_o his_o adversary_n insist_v again_o and_o more_o full_o on_o this_o p._n 51.52_o i_o shall_v reserve_v my_o answer_n to_o this_o charge_n till_o i_o come_v at_o that_o place_n of_o his_o book_n whether_o he_o have_v show_v that_o good_a nature_n and_o christian_a modesty_n that_o he_o speak_v of_o p._n 37._o in_o hide_v and_o extenuate_v the_o weakness_n of_o other_o or_o the_o contrary_a temper_n in_o false_a accusation_n in_o needless_a expose_v and_o aggravate_v these_o suppose_a defect_n and_o in_o most_o bitter_a lash_n of_o his_o pen_n on_o occasion_n of_o this_o his_o apprehension_n let_v the_o reader_n judge_n §_o 31._o he_o charge_v his_o adversary_n most_o injurious_o p._n 37_o with_o apparent_a shuffle_n and_o tergiversation_n and_o for_o proof_n bring_v this_o instance_n that_o when_o some_o of_o the_o clergy_n be_v beat_v on_o the_o head_n and_o leg_n and_o other_o make_v to_o go_v through_o deep_a water_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o winter_n he_o look_v on_o these_o as_o no_o great_a injury_n if_o he_o have_v point_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o place_n where_o these_o history_n be_v mention_v his_o own_o eye_n may_v have_v inform_v he_o that_o this_o be_v not_o true_a it_o be_v neither_o say_v nor_o insinuate_v that_o these_o be_v no_o great_a 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these_o many_o judge_n needless_a if_o not_o unfit_a to_o be_v use_v in_o church_n discipline_n where_o the_o design_n be_v to_o convince_v the_o sinner_n and_o preserve_v the_o purity_n of_o the_o church_n if_o a_o strict_a adherence_n to_o law_n form_n be_v necessary_a in_o church_n discipline_n it_o be_v needful_a that_o all_o minister_n and_o elder_n shall_v study_v a_o style_n book_n and_o the_o practic_n of_o civil_a court_n which_o i_o think_v few_o will_v aver_v next_o p._n 38._o he_o lay_v to_o the_o vindicator_n charge_n shameful_a shuffle_n a_o metaphor_n take_v from_o play_v at_o card_n which_o he_o use_v ad_fw-la nauseam_fw-la because_o he_o say_v p._n 50._o that_o they_o the_o presbyterian_o express_v as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v capable_a their_o dislike_n of_o the_o toleration_n grant_v by_o king_n james_n to_o the_o papist_n when_o mean_a while_n their_o agent_n at_o court_n write_v book_n for_o repeal_n the_o penal_a statute_n against_o papist_n this_o be_v indeed_o 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