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deliver_v by_o god_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n who_o be_v to_o aaron_n a_o god_n and_o aaron_n to_o he_o a_o mouth_n and_o for_o the_o ministerial_a part_n there_o can_v no_o high_a priest_n be_v ordain_v but_o himself_o for_o see_v our_o saviour_n be_v himself_o the_o sacrifice_n who_o but_o himself_o can_v offer_v he_o up_o and_o for_o the_o celebration_n of_o that_o sacrifice_n for_o ever_o after_o our_o saviour_n annex_v the_o priesthood_n to_o those_o who_o he_o have_v appoint_v to_o govern_v in_o the_o church_n 8._o after_o the_o ascension_n of_o our_o saviour_n the_o apostle_n disperse_v themselves_o for_o the_o spread_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o continual_o as_o they_o convert_v any_o number_n of_o man_n in_o any_o city_n or_o region_n to_o the_o faith_n they_o choose_v out_o such_o as_o they_o think_v fit_a to_o direct_v they_o in_o matter_n of_o conversation_n and_o life_n according_a to_o christ_n law_n and_o to_o explicate_v unto_o they_o that_o mystery_n of_o christ_n 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tyrant_n but_o of_o a_o king_n be_v hateful_a 11._o beside_o discontent_n to_o the_o dispose_n of_o a_o man_n to_o rebellion_n and_o pretence_n there_o be_v require_v in_o the_o three_o place_n hope_v of_o success_n which_o consist_v in_o four_o point_n 1._o that_o the_o discontent_a have_v mutual_a intelligence_n 2._o that_o they_o have_v sufficient_a number_n 3._o that_o they_o have_v arm_n 4._o that_o they_o agree_v upon_o a_o head_n for_o these_o four_o must_v concur_v to_o the_o make_n of_o one_o body_n of_o rebellion_n in_o which_o intelligence_n be_v the_o life_n number_n the_o limb_n arm_n the_o strength_n and_o a_o head_n the_o unity_n by_o which_o they_o be_v direct_v to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o action_n 12._o the_o author_n of_o rebellion_n that_o be_v the_o man_n that_o breed_v these_o disposition_n to_o rebel_n in_o other_o of_o necessity_n must_v have_v in_o they_o these_o three_o qualâ—ties_n 1._o to_o be_v discontent_v themselves_o 2._o to_o be_v man_n of_o mean_a judgement_n and_o capacity_n and_o three_o to_o be_v eloquent_a man_n or_o good_a orator_n and_o as_o for_o their_o discontent_n from_o whence_o it_o may_v proceed_v have_v be_v already_o declare_v and_o for_o the_o second_o and_o three_o i_o be_o to_o show_v now_o first_o how_o they_o may_v stand_v together_o for_o it_o seem_v a_o contradiction_n to_o place_n small_z judgement_n and_o great_a eloquence_n or_o as_o they_o call_v it_o powerful_a speak_n in_o the_o same_o man_n and_o then_o in_o what_o manner_n they_o concur_v to_o dispose_v other_o man_n to_o sedition_n 13._o it_o be_v note_v by_o sallust_n that_o in_o catiline_n who_o be_v author_n of_o the_o great_a sedition_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o rome_n there_o be_v eloquentiae_fw-la satis_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la parum_fw-la eloquence_n sufficient_a but_o little_a wisdom_n and_o perhaps_o this_o be_v say_v of_o catiline_n as_o he_o be_v catiline_n but_o it_o be_v true_a of_o he_o as_o a_o author_n of_o sedition_n for_o the_o 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manifest_a present_o that_o the_o author_n of_o sedition_n whosoever_o he_o be_v must_v not_o be_v prudent_a for_o if_o he_o consider_v and_o take_v his_o experience_n aright_o concerning_o the_o success_n which_o they_o have_v have_v who_o have_v be_v the_o mover_n and_o author_n of_o sedition_n either_o in_o this_o or_o any_o other_o state_n he_o shall_v find_v that_o for_o one_o man_n that_o have_v thereby_o advance_v himself_o to_o honour_n twenty_o have_v come_v to_o a_o reproachful_a end_n the_o other_o kind_n of_o knowledge_n be_v the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o name_n or_o appellation_n of_o thing_n and_o how_o every_o thing_n be_v call_v which_o be_v in_o matter_n of_o common_a conversation_n a_o remembrance_n of_o pact_n and_o covenant_n of_o man_n make_v among_o themselves_o concerning_o how_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o one_o another_o and_o this_o kind_n of_o knowledge_n be_v general_o call_v science_n and_o the_o conclusion_n thereof_o truth_n but_o when_o man_n remember_v 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be_v sufficient_o prove_v in_o that_o it_o have_v be_v already_o demonstrate_v that_o no_o pretence_n of_o sedition_n can_v be_v right_a or_o just_a and_o therefore_o the_o author_n of_o sedition_n must_v be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o right_n of_o state_n that_o be_v to_o say_v unwise_a it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o they_o be_v such_o as_o name_v thing_n not_o according_a to_o their_o true_a and_o general_o agree_v upon_o name_n but_o call_v right_o and_o wrong_n good_a and_o bad_a according_a to_o their_o passion_n or_o according_a to_o the_o authority_n of_o such_o as_o they_o admire_v as_o aristotle_n cicero_n seneca_n and_o other_o of_o like_a authority_n who_o have_v give_v the_o name_n of_o right_n and_o wrong_n as_o their_o passion_n have_v dictate_v or_o have_v follow_v the_o authotity_n of_o other_o man_n as_o we_o do_v they_o it_o be_v require_v therefore_o in_o a_o author_n of_o sedition_n that_o he_o think_v right_o that_o which_o be_v wrong_n and_o profitable_a that_o 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