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have_v show_v they_o may_v otherwise_o in_o time_n grow_v too_o strong_a for_o them_o it_o be_v the_o intolerable_a insolence_n and_o usurpation_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n that_o make_v she_o first_o fear_v then_o hate_v and_o at_o last_o crush_v the_o hierarchic_a in_o many_o place_n to_o piece_n and_o whatever_o party_n shall_v think_v fit_a to_o pursue_v the_o same_o method_n aught_o in_o all_o reason_n to_o expect_v the_o same_o treatment_n if_o clergyman_n will_v enjoy_v the_o protection_n of_o prince_n it_o be_v but_o reasonable_a that_o they_o shall_v be_v content_a to_o acknowledge_v their_o authority_n to_o contend_v for_o more_o power_n than_o either_o christ_n have_v leave_v we_o or_o our_o call_v require_v or_o the_o bishop_n and_o council_n under_o the_o first_o christian_a emperor_n pretend_v to_o or_o desire_v be_v neither_o prudent_a nor_o justifyable_a it_o be_v to_o render_v the_o church_n suspect_v by_o the_o state_n and_o to_o set_v those_o power_n in_o opposition_n to_o which_o ought_v mutual_o to_o help_n and_o support_v one-anoth_a i_o have_v before_o show_v what_o opinion_n a_o very_a learned_a man_n 37._o upon_o this_o ground_n have_v of_o the_o act_n of_o submission_n now_o so_o much_o rail_v at_o in_o these_o day_n he_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o law_n of_o great_a benefit_n to_o the_o church_n even_o for_o this_o reason_n alone_o that_o it_o free_v the_o civil_a power_n from_o entertain_v any_o more_o fear_n and_o jealousy_n of_o the_o clergy_n this_o be_v a_o remark_n found_v upon_o good_a reason_n as_o well_o as_o upon_o the_o experience_n of_o those_o former_a miscarriage_n which_o the_o clergy_n have_v run_v into_o for_o want_v of_o such_o a_o restraint_n and_o i_o can_v but_o every_o day_n more_o and_o more_o acknowledge_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n towards_o our_o church_n in_o that_o very_a thing_n for_o which_o some_o man_n so_o tragical_o lament_v the_o oppression_n and_o slavery_n of_o it_o be_v full_o persuade_v that_o nothing_o at_o this_o day_n preserve_v we_o from_o ruin_n and_o desolation_n but_o that_o we_o have_v not_o power_n of_o ourselves_o to_o do_v the_o church_n a_o mischief_n and_o the_o prince_n who_o see_v but_o too_o much_o of_o our_o temper_n be_v too_o gracious_a to_o we_o and_o have_v too_o great_a a_o concern_v for_o the_o church_n good_a to_o suffer_v we_o to_o do_v it_o these_o be_v the_o advantage_n which_o i_o look_v upon_o the_o church_n to_o derive_v to_o herself_o from_o this_o act._n it_o prevent_v all_o jealousy_n which_o either_o the_o odd_a principle_n the_o violent_a temper_n or_o the_o wicked_a design_n of_o some_o man_n may_v just_o raise_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o our_o governor_n against_o we_o and_o free_v they_o from_o all_o temptation_n as_o well_o
110._o comp._n municip_n eccles._n p._n 6._o ib._n p._n 159._o ib._n p._n 110._o ib_a p._n 111._o comp._n municip_n eccles._n p._n 168._o comp._n municip_n eccles._n chapt._n vi_fw-la &_o seven_o ib._n p._n 112._o ib._n p._n 113._o see_v municip_n eccles._n p._n 115._o ib._n p._n 113._o §_o 25._o anno_fw-la 1603._o §._o 26._o mr._n mason_n de_fw-fr ministerio_fw-la anglic._n lib._n 3._o c._n 3._o pag._n 271._o page_n 272._o ibid._n p._n 273._o pag._n 291_o 292_o 294._o 298._o comp._n munic_n eccles._n pag._n 108_o 109._o ibid._n 292_o 300._o ib._n p._n 292_o 298._o 295._o 297._o 289._o §._o 27._o municip_n eccles_n p._n 117._o §._o 28._o king_n charles_n i._n book_n of_o article_n print_v anno_fw-la 1628._o roll_n rep._n hill_n 14._o jac._n in_o cam._n scacc._n colt_n vers_fw-la glover_n p._n 454_o etc._n etc._n §._o 29._o archbishop_n laud._n municip_n eccles_n pag._n 117._o §._o 30._o sparrow_n collect_v p._n 345._o 345._o therefore_o not_o of_o we_o only_o nor_o by_o the_o stat._n of_o h._n 8._o municip_n eccles._n eccles._n therefore_o not_o by_o a_o divine_a unalienable_a right_n which_o they_o have_v so_o to_o do_v do_v from_o the_o writ_n and_o commission_n of_o king_n ch._n 1._o hist._n of_o a_o b._n laud_n p._n 80_o 81_o 154_o 155_o 282._o §._o 31._o archbishop_n bramhall_n see_v his_o work_n page_n 496._o municip_n eccles_n p._n 116._o page_n 494._o p._n 497_o 498._o comp._n municip_n eccles._n p._n 123_o 124._o see_v his_o work_n tom._n 1._o pag._n 88_o comp_n p._n 233._o ib._n §_n 32._o bishop_n davenant_n determine_v qu._n nineteeen_o p._n 95._o de_fw-fr doub_v controv_fw-mi par_fw-fr i_o p._n 73._o ib._n p._n 76._o ib._n p._n 93._o §_o 33._o dr._n heylin_n historic_n &_o misc._n tract_v fol._n lond._n 1681._o pag._n 24._o comp._n municip_n eccles._n pref._n &_o p._n 107_o 108_o 136_o etc._n etc._n ib._n numb_a vi_fw-la see_v the_o same_o tract_n p._n 7_o 23_o 24_o 39_o 40_o 41_o etc._n etc._n more_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n §_o 34._o 34._o municip_n eccles_n p._n 107._o 107._o ib._n p._n 114_o 122._o etc._n etc._n ib._n p._n 119._o 13_o car._n 2._o cap._n twelve_o a_o act_n for_o explanation_n of_o the_o 17_o car._n 1._o c._n xi_o entitle_v a_o act_n for_o repeal_n of_o a_o branch_n of_o a_o statute_n 1_o eliz._n c._n i._n concern_v commissioner_n for_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a ibid._n pref._n and_o p._n 122._o ibid._n pref._n p._n 1_o 2._o ibid._n p._n 119._o §_o 35._o bp._n taylour_n book_n iii._o ch_n 3._o rule_n 4._o ib._n §._n 7_o 8_o 9_o ib._n rule_n 8._o §._o 36._o bp_o parker_n ibid._n p._n 43._o ib._n p._n 48._o ib._n p._n 49._o ib._n p._n 50_o 51._o ib._n p._n 53._o ib._n p._n 56._o the_o case_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n state_v §_o 37._o dr._n falkner_n christian_n loyalty_n p._n 42._o ib._n pag._n 44._o ib._n pag_n 46._o can._n 2._o comp._n munic_n eccles._n pref._n §_o 38._o dr._n barrow_n see_v his_o work_n one_a vol._n p._n 311._o ib._n comp._n p._n 211._o 216._o if_o the_o author_n of_o the_o municip_n eccles._n think_v this_o account_n of_o the_o original_a of_o synod_n clear_a than_o i_o he_o may_v take_v it_o as_o a_o explanation_n of_o my_o mean_v and_o which_o i_o see_v no_o cause_n yet_o to_o retract_v municip_n chap._n 1._o ib._n p._n 312._o ib_o p._n 320._o ib._n p_o 321._o comp._n p._n 185._o ib_a p._n 185._o ib._n p._n 188_o 189._o ib._n ib._n p._n 191._o comp._n 192._o ib._n p._n 193._o ib._n p._n 194._o 206._o ib._n p._n 204_o 205._o ib._n p._n 24._o ib_n p_o 251._o §_o 39_o 39_o horn_n against_o fecknam_n bridge_n against_o sanders_n burhill_n and_o tooker_n mention_v §._o 22._o sarravia_n sutcliffe_n whitaker_n abbot_n bp._n of_o salisbury_n reynolds_n against_o hart_n morton_n bp._n of_o durham_n against_o bellarmine_n carleton_n bp._n of_o chichester_n dr._n ferne._n etc._n etc._n etc._n municip_n eccles._n p._n 107_o 136._o 176._o municip_n eccles_n p._n 177._o can._n 1._o 1._o see_v mr._n hooker_n judgement_n §._o 20_o bishop_n andrews_n §_o 34._o convoc_n of_o 1640_o §._o 30._o a._n b._n bramhall_n sect._n 31_o etc._n etc._n etc._n 1_o eliz._n c._n 1._o sect._n 1_o 1_o coke_n v_o rep._n cawdry_n case_n id._n 4._o inst._n p._n 325_o 326._o more_o be_v rep._n p._n 755._o 2._o crook_n rep._n p._n 73._o heylin_n ref._n just._n p._n 7_o 23._o see_v the_o queen_n injunction_n above_o sect._n 7._o canon_n of_o k._n james_n §._o 9_o 4_o inst._n pag._n 340._o §._o 40._o municip_n eccles_n pref._n 1._o can._n §_o 41._o §._o 42._o municip_n eccles_n pref._n p._n 5._o comp._n p._n 3._o see_v above_o §._o 37._o §._o 43._o