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of_o which_o he_o affirm_v demonstrate_v that_o parliament_n to_o be_v dissolve_v in_o sva_fw-la arte_fw-la credend_n etc._n etc._n and_o i_o hope_v you_o will_v be_v full_o satisfy_v with_o they_o they_o be_v these_o 21._o 1._o by_o the_o death_n of_o the_o king_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o act_n of_o continuance_n that_o do_v or_o can_v secure_v they_o against_o that_o 2._o because_o every_o court_n in_o england_n dissolve_v on_o course_n if_o it_o rise_v without_o adjourn_v or_o do_v not_o meet_v again_o at_o the_o time_n and_o place_n appoint_v 3._o because_o when_o a_o parliament_n recede_v and_o the_o elector_n choose_v new_a representative_n the_o first_o be_v dissolve_v thereby_o i_o need_v not_o apply_v these_o rule_n only_o if_o you_o yet_o doubt_v the_o force_n of_o they_o and_o desire_v as_o i_o know_v you_o will_v do_v more_o full_a satisfaction_n you_o will_v certain_o without_o my_o advice_n confer_v with_o some_o able_a lawyer_n who_o you_o may_v safe_o in_o 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much_o less_o can_v i_o divine_a that_o whether_o the_o covenant_n be_v personal_a or_o reâ—l_a it_o can_v any_o way_n concern_v i_o in_o my_o present_a design_n to_o trouble_v myself_o see_v it_o be_v my_o work_n only_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v sinful_a and_o then_o whether_o it_o be_v a_o real_a or_o a_o personal_a covenant_n i_o think_v it_o come_v all_o to_o one_o viz._n a_o sinful_a covenant_n and_o not_o oblige_v 4._o beside_o upon_o your_o second_o survey_n you_o will_v easy_o discern_v that_o i_o distinguish_v single_a and_o private_a person_n from_o the_o parliament_n and_o not_o from_o the_o nation_n and_o consider_v both_o member_n of_o my_o distinction_n as_o take_v the_o covenant_n and_o do_v not_o find_v myself_o oblige_v to_o say_v that_o some_o not_z but_o rather_o that_o none_o at_o all_o be_v so_o far_o bind_v by_o virtue_n of_o it_o as_o to_o endeavour_v any_o alteration_n or_o change_n of_o government_n so_o that_o your_o exception_n here_o if_o it_o have_v any_o weight_n it_o be_v impertinent_a and_o ill_o place_v 5._o but_o see_v i_o must_v be_v assault_v with_o mr._n crostons_n authority_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o oppose_v it_o with_o authority_n as_o valid_a i_o hope_v without_o any_o disparagement_n to_o he_o in_o your_o own_o apprehension_n it_o be_v that_o reverend_a casuist_n bishop_n sanderson_n 6._o bishop_n sanderson_n assert_n that_o it_o be_v essential_a to_o a_o oath_n to_o be_v personal_a and_o consequent_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o juramentum_fw-la real_n such_o a_o real_a oath_n as_o you_o have_v pretend_v 7._o non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la inquit_fw-la ille_fw-la vir_fw-la magnus_fw-la tenetùr_fw-la haeres_fw-la vi_fw-la juramenti_fw-la defuncto_fw-la praestiti_fw-la it_o a_o ut_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la solverit_fw-la injustus_fw-la tantùm_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la item_n perjurus_fw-la cujus_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la juramentum_fw-la est_fw-la vinculum_fw-la personale_fw-la &_o inducit_fw-la obligationem_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la tantùm_fw-la etc._n etc._n at_o in_o personalibus_fw-la nemo_fw-la ligatur_fw-la sine_fw-la proprio_fw-la consensu_fw-la p._n 115._o 8._o again_o he_o add_v at_o non_fw-la potest_fw-la quis_fw-la alteri_fw-la inducere_fw-la obligationem_fw-la nisi_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la volverit_fw-la &_o proinde_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la actu_fw-la svo_fw-la spiritualiter_fw-la nisi_fw-la seipsum_fw-la tantùm_fw-la obligatio_fw-la juramenti_fw-la non_fw-la transit_fw-la ad_fw-la successores_fw-la p_o 117._o 118._o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a 9_o therefore_o i_o must_v have_v leave_n to_o demand_v what_o casuist_n author_n of_o note_n or_o learned_a man_n unintere_v in_o the_o present_a controversy_n have_v use_v or_o allow_v this_o distinction_n beside_o master_n croston_n thus_o his_o authority_n be_v match_v what_o reason_n you_o hint_n for_o it_o i_o proceed_v to_o give_v reason_n to_o answer_v 10._o you_o add_v no_o reason_n in_o this_o place_n yet_o because_o i_o shall_v make_v but_o one_o work_n of_o it_o i_o shall_v gather_v the_o reason_n that_o serve_v to_o this_o purpose_n from_o the_o other_o part_n of_o your_o book_n where_o i_o find_v they_o they_o be_v but_o two_o to_o the_o best_a of_o my_o observation_n both_o receive_v from_o master_n crofton_n and_o i_o presume_v the_o best_a he_o have_v for_o that_o you_o improve_v no_o other_o 11._o the_o first_o i_o find_v upon_o case_n the_o 14._o by_o way_n of_o expostulation_n thus_o be_v the_o law_n of_o saul_n the_o prince_n of_o israel_n against_o the_o gibeonite_n to_o be_v justify_v why_o shall_v they_o and_o all_o other_o convention_n of_o they_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o oath_n of_o joshua_n and_o the_o prince_n with_o he_o 12._o the_o answer_n be_v at_o hand_n in_o the_o reverend_a bishop_n word_n saul_n injustus_fw-la tantùm_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la item_n perjurus_fw-la paul_n sin_n be_v cruelty_n and_o injustice_n and_o not_o perjury_n not_o the_o oath_n of_o joshua_n immediate_o but_o the_o law_n of_o righteousness_n bind_v saul_n to_o the_o contrary_n 13._o if_o any_o obligation_n lie_v upon_o saul_n rome_n joshua_n oath_n it_o be_v not_o formalier_n but_o effectiuè_fw-la only_o not_o as_o a_o oath_n but_o in_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o which_o be_v to_o preserve_v and_o maintain_v justice_n and_o every_o man_n right_a even_o that_o right_a of_o the_o gibeonite_n which_o they_o have_v obtain_v by_o virtue_n indeed_o of_o their_o covenant_n with_o joshua_n long_v before_o 14._o methinks_v it_o may_v thus_o be_v resemble_v a_o parliament_n in_o england_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o continue_v all_o the_o act_n of_o precedent_a parliament_n but_o have_v power_n to_o alter_v they_o as_o they_o think_v fit_a yet_o no_o parliament_n can_v void_a a_o act_n of_o pardon_n make_v by_o any_o former_a parliament_n 15._o the_o reason_n be_v not_o that_o one_o parliament_n have_v not_o power_n to_o undo_v what_o 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for_o ever_o but_o this_o be_v ridiculous_a 26._o again_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o many_o individual_a person_n from_o the_o king_n the_o noble_n baron_n knight_n burgess_n citizen_n minister_n and_o commons_o of_o all_o sort_n never_o take_v the_o covenant_n but_o ever_o as_o occasion_n be_v offer_v declare_v their_o abhorrency_n of_o it_o 27._o yea_o the_o popish_a the_o milignant_a and_o the_o prelatical_a party_n which_o certain_o be_v then_o no_o mean_a part_n of_o the_o nation_n if_o not_o the_o great_a be_v suppose_v in_o the_o covenant_n itself_o to_o be_v enemy_n to_o it_o and_o be_v indeed_o swear_v against_o it_o and_o be_v these_o oblige_v by_o the_o same_o covenant_n and_o their_o posterity_n after_o they_o be_v they_o swear_v to_o oppose_v and_o destroy_v themselves_o you_o will_v not_o say_v it_o 28._o again_o if_o these_o word_n can_v create_v a_o real_a covenant_n in_o your_o sense_n not_o only_a scotland_n who_o frame_v it_o and_o england_n who_o know_v not_o of_o it_o for_o the_o most_o part_n till_o it_o be_v take_v but_o ireland_n too_o and_o its_o posterity_n be_v oblige_v by_o it_o and_o all_o the_o rebel_n there_o be_v take_v into_o confederation_n and_o thousand_o of_o people_n there_o that_o never_o see_v it_o or_o perhaps_o never_o hear_v so_o much_o as_o that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n for_o divers_a year_n after_o this_o their_o pretend_a obligation_n by_o it_o 29._o true_o i_o think_v the_o covenant_a party_n will_v not_o have_v enter_v into_o so_o solemn_a a_o league_n with_o a_o prelatical_a malignant_a party_n much_o less_o with_o papist_n and_o irish_a rebel_n yet_o such_o be_v the_o consequence_n of_o your_o notion_n of_o a_o real_a covenant_n 30._o moreover_o this_o argument_n be_v confute_v in_o the_o very_a proem_n of_o the_o covenant_n itself_o so_o plain_o and_o evident_o that_o i_o must_v needs_o wonder_v that_o so_o many_o quick_a and_o perceive_v eye_n shall_v not_o have_v discover_v it_o 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