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prudence_n and_o good_a intention_n of_o prince_n and_o the_o establishment_n of_o their_o affair_n his_o majesty_n therefore_o expect_v a_o better_a season_n and_o have_v at_o last_o rid_v himself_o of_o a_o great_a minister_n of_o state_n who_o have_v head_v this_o interest_n he_o now_o proceed_v plain_o to_o recommend_v to_o his_o parliament_n effectual_o and_o with_o repeat_v instance_n the_o consideration_n of_o tender_a conscience_n after_o the_o king_n last_o represent_v of_o this_o matter_n to_o the_o parliament_n mr._n bayes_n take_v so_o much_o time_n as_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o mature_n of_o so_o accurate_a a_o book_n which_o be_v to_o be_v the_o standard_n of_o government_n for_o all_o future_a age_n and_o he_o be_v happy_o deliver_v in_o 1670_o of_o his_o ecclesiastical_a policy_n and_o though_o he_o think_v fit_a in_o this_o first_o book_n to_o treat_v his_o majesty_n more_o tender_o than_o in_o those_o that_o follow_v yet_o even_o in_o this_o he_o do_v all_o 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a_o power_n to_o conduct_v religion_n and_o that_o must_v be_v subject_a to_o his_o dominion_n as_o well_o as_o all_o other_o affair_n of_o state_n p._n 20._o if_o prince_n shall_v forgo_v their_o sovereignty_n over_o man_n censcience_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n they_o leave_v themselves_o less_o power_n than_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a and_o in_o brief_a the_o supreaâ—…_n government_n of_o every_o commonwealth_n wherever_o it_o be_v lodge_v must_v of_o necessity_n be_v universal_a absolute_a and_o uncontrollable_a in_o all_o affair_n whatsoever_o that_o concern_v the_o interest_n of_o mankind_n and_o the_o end_n of_o government_n p_o 32._o he_o in_o who_o the_o supreme_a power_n reside_v have_v authority_n to_o assign_v to_o every_o subject_a his_o proper_a function_n and_o among_o other_o these_o of_o the_o priesthood_n the_o exercise_n thereof_o as_o he_o have_v power_n to_o transfer_v upon_o other_o so_o he_o may_v if_o he_o please_v reserve_v it_o to_o himself_o p._n 33._o our_o saviour_n come_v not_o to_o unsâ—…ttle_v the_o foundation_n of_o government_n but_o leave_v the_o government_n of_o the_o world_n in_o the_o same_o condition_n he_o find_v it_o p._n 34._o the_o government_n of_o religion_n be_v vest_v in_o prince_n by_o a_o antecedent_n right_a to_o christ_n this_o being_n the_o magisterial_a and_o main_a point_n that_o he_o maintain_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o assertion_n may_v be_v reckon_v as_o corollary_n to_o this_o thesis_n and_o without_o which_o indeed_o such_o a_o unlimeted_a maxim_n can_v never_o be_v justify_v therefore_o to_o make_v a_o conscience_n fit_a for_o the_o noâ—…se_n he_o say_v p._n 89._o man_n may_v think_v of_o thing_n according_a to_o their_o own_o persuasion_n and_o assert_v the_o freedom_n of_o their_o judgement_n against_o all_o the_o power_n of_o the_o earth_n this_o be_v the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n within_o its_o own_o dominion_n its_o kingdom_n be_v intellectual_a etc._n etc._n whilst_o conscience_n act_v within_o its_o proper_a sphere_n the_o civil_a power_n be_v so_o far_o from_o do_v it_o violence_n that_o it_o never_o can_v p._n 92._o mankind_n have_v the_o same_o natural_a right_n to_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n in_o matter_n of_o religious_a worship_n as_o in_o affair_n of_o justice_n &_o honesty_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o liberty_n of_o judgement_n but_o not_o of_o practice_n and_o in_o the_o same_n pagehe_fw-ge determin_n christian_a liberty_n to_o be_v found_v upon_o the_o reasonableness_n of_o this_o principle_n p_o 308._o in_o case_n and_o dispute_n of_o public_a concernment_n private_a man_n be_v not_o proper_o svi_fw-la juris_fw-la they_o have_v no_o power_n over_o their_o own_o action_n they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v direct_v by_o their_o own_o judgement_n or_o determine_v by_o their_o own_o will_n but_o by_o the_o command_n and_o determination_n of_o the_o public_a conscience_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o sin_n in_o the_o command_n he_o that_o 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particular_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n to_o declare_v new_a bound_n of_o right_a and_o wrong_v which_o the_o law_n of_o god_n neither_o doâ—…h_n nor_o can_v limit_v p._n 69._o moral_a virtue_n be_v the_o most_o material_a and_o useful_a part_n of_o all_o religion_n be_v also_o the_o utâ—…ost_o end_n of_o all_o its_o other_o duty_n p._n 76._o all_o religion_n must_v of_o necessity_n â—…e_v resolve_v into_o entbusiasm_n or_o morality_n the_o former_a be_v mere_a imposture_n and_o therefore_o all_o that_o be_v true_a must_v be_v reduce_v to_o the_o latter_a have_v thus_o enable_v the_o prince_n dispense_v with_o conscience_n &_o sit_v up_o a_o moral_a relâ—…gion_n for_o that_o conscience_n to_o show_v how_o much_o those_o moral_a virtue_n be_v to_o be_v value_v p._n 53._o of_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o ecclesiâ—…stical_a policy_n he_o affiâ—…ms_v that_o it_o be_v absolute_o necâ—…ssary_a to_o the_o peace_n and_o happiness_n of_o kingdom_n that_o there_o be_v set_v up_o a_o more_o severe_a government_n over_o man_n conscience_n and_o religious_a persuasion_n than_o over_o their_o vice_n and_o immortallity_n and_o pag._n 55._o of_o the_o same_o that_o prince_n may_v with_o less_o hazard_n give_v liberty_n to_o man_n vice_n and_o debauchery_n than_o their_o conscience_n but_o for_o what_o belong_v particular_o to_o the_o use_n of_o their_o power_n in_o religion_n he_o first_o p._n 56._o of_o his_o book_n say_v that_o the_o protestant_a reformation_n have_v not_o be_v able_a to_o resettle_v prince_n in_o their_o full_a and_o natural_a right_n in_o reference_n to_o its_o concern_v p._n 58._o most_o protestant_a prince_n have_v be_v fright_v not_o to_o say_v hector_v out_o of_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n p._n 271._o if_o prince_n will_v he_o resolute_a and_o if_o they_o will_v govern_v â—…o_o they_o must_v be_v they_o may_v easy_o make_v the_o most_o stuborn_v conscience_n bend_v to_o their_o resolution_n p._n 221._o prince_n must_v be_v sure_a to_o
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that_o our_o church_n do_v declare_v that_o the_o kneel_v at_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v not_o enjoin_v for_o adoration_n of_o those_o element_n and_o concern_v the_o other_o ceremoniâ—…s_v as_o before_o but_o the_o romanist_n from_o who_o we_o have_v they_o and_o who_o say_v of_o old_a we_o will_v come_v to_o feed_v on_o their_o meat_n as_o well_o as_o eat_v of_o their_o porridge_n do_v offer_v we_o here_o many_o a_o fair_a declaration_n and_o distinction_n in_o very_o weighty_a matter_n to_o which_o nevertheless_o the_o conscience_n of_o our_o church_n have_v not_o comply_v but_o in_o this_o particular_a matter_n of_o kneel_v which_o come_v in_o first_o with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n the_o romish_a church_n do_v reproach_n we_o sense_n in_o the_o bread_n and_o wine_n do_v yet_o pay_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o other_o the_o same_o adoration_n suppose_v the_o antiâ—…t_a â—…agans_n have_v declare_v to_o the_o primitive_a christian_n
that_o â—…he_v offer_v of_o some_o grain_n of_o incense_n be_v only_o to_o perâ—…ume_v the_o room_n or_o that_o the_o deliver_v up_o of_o their_o bibles_n be_v but_o for_o preserve_v the_o book_n more_o careful_o do_v you_o think_v the_o christian_n will_v have_v palliate_v so_o 〈◊〉_d and_o collude_v with_o their_o conscience_n man_n be_v 100_o prone_a â—…o_o err_v on_o that_o hand_n in_o the_o last_o king_n â—…ime_n some_o eminent_a person_n of_o our_o clergy_n make_v a_o open_a defection_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n one_o and_o he_o yet_o certain_o a_o protestant_n and_o that_o have_v deserve_v well_o of_o that_o cause_n write_v the_o book_n of_o seven_o sacrament_n one_o in_o the_o church_n at_o present_a though_o certain_o no_o less_o a_o protestant_n can_v not_o abstain_v from_o argue_v the_o holiness_n of_o lent_n doctor_n thorndike_n late_o dead_a leave_v for_o his_o epitaph_n hic_fw-la iaceo_fw-la câ—…pus_fw-la herberti_fw-la thoradike_n praebendarij_fw-la huius_fw-la eccleâ—…_n qui_fw-la vivus_fw-la veram_fw-la reformatae_fw-la ecâ—…lesia_n rationem_fw-la &_o modum_fw-la precibus_fw-la studiisque_fw-la prosequebatur_fw-la and_o nevertheless_o he_o add_v tu_fw-la lector_fw-la requiâ—…m_fw-la ei_fw-la &_o beatam_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la precare_fw-la which_o thing_n i_o do_v thus_o spare_o set_v down_o only_o to_o show_v the_o danger_n of_o inventive_a piety_n and_o if_o man_n come_v once_o to_o add_v new_a device_n to_o the_o scripture_n how_o easy_o they_o slide_v on_o into_o superâ—…tition_n therefore_o although_o the_o church_n do_v consider_v herself_o so_o much_o as_o not_o to_o alter_v her_o mode_n 〈◊〉_d the_o fancy_n of_o other_o yet_o i_o can_v see_v why_o she_o ought_v to_o exclude_v those_o from_o communion_n who_o weak_a conscience_n can_v for_o fear_v of_o scandal_n step_v further_o for_o the_o nonconformist_n as_o to_o these_o declaration_n of_o our_o church_n against_o the_o reverence_n to_o the_o creature_n of_o bread_n and_o wine_n and_o concern_v the_o other_o ceremony_n as_o before_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o think_v they_o have_v as_o 〈◊〉_d against_o the_o clause_n that_o whosoever_o shall_v atfirm_v the_o wednesday_n fast_o to_o be_v impose_v with_o a_o intention_n to_o bind_v the_o conscience_n shall_v be_v punish_v like_o the_o spreader_n of_o falso_fw-la news_n which_o be_v say_v a_o learned_a prelate_n plain_o to_o they_o that_o understand_v it_o to_o evacuate_v the_o whole_a law_n for_o all_o human_a power_n be_v derive_v from_o god_n and_o bind_v upon_o our_o conscince_n by_o his_o power_n not_o by_o maâ—…_n he_o that_o faith_n it_o shall_v not_o bind_v the_o conscience_n say_v it_o shall_v be_v no_o law_n it_o shall_v have_v no_o authority_n from_o god_n and_o then_o it_o have_v none_o at_o all_o and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o tie_v upon_o the_o conscience_n then_o to_o break_v it_o be_v no_o sin_n and_o then_o to_o keep_v it_o be_v no_o duty_n so_o that_o a_o law_n without_o such_o a_o intention_n be_v a_o contradiction_n it_o be_v a_o law_n only_o which_o bind_v if_o we_o please_v and_o we_o may_v obey_v when_o we_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o it_o and_o to_o so_o much_o we_o be_v tie_v before_o the_o constitution_n but_o then_o if_o by_o such_o a_o declaration_n it_o be_v mean_v that_o to_o keep_v such_o fasting-day_n be_v no_o part_n of_o a_o direct_a commandment_n from_o god_n that_o be_v god_n have_v not_o require_v they_o by_o himself_o immediate_o and_o so_o it_o be_v abstract_v from_o that_o law_n no_o duty_n evangelical_n it_o have_v be_v below_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o contriver_n of_o it_o no_o man_n petend_v it_o 〈◊〉_d man_n say_v it_o no_o man_n think_v it_o and_o they_o may_v as_o well_o have_v declare_v that_o that_o laiw_n be_v none_o of_o the_o ten_o commandment_n p._n 59_o of_o his_o first_o book_n so_o much_o pain_n do_v that_o learned_a prelate_n of_o his_o take_n who_o ever_o he_o be_v to_o prove_v a_o whole_a parliament_n of_o england_n coxcomb_n now_o i_o say_v that_o thâ—…se_n ecclesiaâ—…ical_a law_n with_o such_o declaration_n concern_v the_o ceremony_n by_o they_o 〈◊〉_d might_n mutaâ—…is_fw-la mutandis_fw-la be_v tax_v upon_o the_o same_o topâ—…k_n but_o i_o love_v not_o that_o task_n and_o â—…hall_v rather_o leave_v it_o to_o mr._n bay_n to_o paraphrase_n his_o learn_a prelate_n for_o he_o be_v very_o good_a at_o correct_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o law_n and_o lawgiver_n and_o though_o this_o work_n indeed_o be_v not_o for_o 〈◊〉_d turn_n at_o present_a yet_o it_o may_v be_v for_o the_o future_a and_o i_o have_v hear_v a_o good_a engineer_n say_v that_o he_o never_o 〈◊〉_d any_o place_n so_o but_o that_o he_o reserve_v a_o feeble_a point_n by_o which_o he_o know_v how_o to_o take_v it_o if_o there_o be_v occasion_n i_o know_v a_o medicine_n for_o mr._n bay_n his_o hiccough_n it_o be_v but_o name_v j._n o._n but_o i_o can_v tell_v certain_o though_o i_o have_v a_o shrewd_a guess_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o for_o indeed_o all_o his_o argument_n here_o be_v so_o abrupt_a and_o short_a that_o i_o can_v liken_v they_o better_o consider_v too_o that_o â—…requent_a and_o perpetual_a repetition_n such_o as_o this_o why_o may_v not_o the_o sovereign_a power_n bestow_v this_o privilege_n upon_o ceremony_n and_o custom_n by_o virtue_n of_o its_o prerogative_n what_o great_a immorality_n be_v there_o in_o they_o when_o determine_v by_o the_o command_n and_o institution_n of_o the_o prince_n than_o when_o by_o the_o consent_n and_o institution_n of_o the_o people_n this_o the_o tap-lash_a of_o what_o he_o say_v p._n 100_o when_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n take_v upon_o he_o to_o determine_v any_o particular_a form_n of_o outward_a worship_n it_o be_v of_o no_o worse_a consequence_n than_o if_o he_o shall_v go_v about_o to_o define_v the_o signification_n of_o all_o word_n use_v in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o p._n 108._o of_o his_o first_o book_n so_o that_o all_o the_o magistrate_n power_n of_o institute_v significant_a cerem-onies_a etc._n etc._n can_v be_v no_o more_o â—…rpation_n upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n than_o if_o the_o sovereign_a authority_n shall_v take_v upon_o itself_o as_o some_o prince_n have_v do_v to_o define_v the_o signification_n of_o word_n and_o afterward_o the_o same_o gesture_n and_o action_n be_v indifferent_o capable_a of_o signify_v either_o honour_n or_o contumely_n and_o so_o word_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v necessary_a their_o signification_n shall_v be_v determine_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v all_o very_a well_o worth_a read_n p._n 441._o of_o his_o second_o book_n it_o be_v no_o other_o usurpation_n upon_o their_o subject_n conscience_n than_o if_o he_o shall_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o refine_v their_o language_n and_o determine_v the_o proper_a signification_n of_o all_o phrase_n employ_v in_o divine_a worship_n as_o well_o as_o in_o trade_n arâ—…s_n and_o science_n p._n 461._o of_o the_o same_o once_o we_o will_v so_o far_o gratify_v the_o 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