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but_o the_o church_n and_o state_n be_v not_o such_o as_o be_v clear_v before_o but_o also_o because_o the_o church_n be_v endue_v with_o complete_a power_n of_o cognosce_v &_o final_a determine_n ecclesiastical_a affair_n without_o dependence_n upon_o the_o state_n and_o these_o determination_n be_v just_o the_o lord_n have_v promise_v to_o ratify_v mat._n 18_o 18._o and_o the_o magistrate_n have_v no_o formal_a church_n power_n can_v pronounce_v ecclesiastical_a sentence_n or_o make_v redress_n by_o himself_o &_o so_o the_o appellation_n be_v in_o vain_a paul_n appeal_n to_o caesar_n act._n 25_o 11._o will_n not_o help_v this_o weak_a cause_n for_o he_o do_v not_o appeal_v in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n from_o a_o ecclesiastical_a court_n to_o a_o court_n of_o another_o nature_n but_o in_o a_o matter_n of_o allege_v sedition_n from_o festus_n a_o inferior_a magistrate_n to_o caesar_n the_o supreme_a neither_o be_v the_o instance_n of_o jeremy_n strong_a than_o the_o former_a 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and_o privilege_n or_o be_v in_o worse_a condition_n by_o a_o christian_a then_o heathen_a magistrate_n and_o how_o vain_a iâ—_n the_o distinction_n of_o outward_a regulation_n of_o the_o church_n and_o inward_a for_o that_o must_v be_v the_o other_o term_n for_o the_o inward_a regulation_n thereof_o belong_v incontrovertible_o to_o jesus_n christ_n and_o if_o the_o magistrate_n have_v the_o outward_a what_o be_v leave_v to_o the_o church_n these_o thing_n which_o have_v they_o be_v formal_o digest_v will_v have_v be_v more_o clear_a and_o convince_a be_v only_o thus_o confuse_o and_o abrupt_o hiâ—ted_v nor_o shall_v i_o have_v say_v so_o much_o if_o beside_o the_o erastian_n spirit_n which_o more_o than_o ever_o do_v now_o rage_n some_o parliamentary_a and_o council-expression_n and_o aggreeable_a practice_n have_v not_o give_v occasion_n whether_o it_o be_v primitive_a or_o not_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_n but_o sure_o i_o be_o the_o king_n government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o state_n charles_n etc._n etc._n supreme_a governor_n in_o all_o cause_n as_o well_o ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a the_o bishop_n serve_v the_o king_n in_o the_o church_n be_v neither_o scriptural_a nor_o safe_a dialect_n he_o they_o may_v serve_v and_o whether_o or_o how_o time_n will_v tell_v but_o well_o know_v i_o who_o they_o do_v not_o serâ—e_v in_o the_o church_n and_o indeed_o it_o be_v proper_a that_o they_o who_o be_v there_o only_o by_o the_o will_n of_o man_n shall_v only_o serve_v man._n his_o commissioner_n they_o be_v and_o according_o sharp_a have_v depose_v some_o minister_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o power_n which_o he_o have_v from_o his_o majesty_n and_o therefore_o they_o can_v expect_v no_o great_a assistance_n blessing_n or_o reward_n than_o he_o can_v give_v but_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o great_a to_o who_o they_o must_v give_v a_o account_n have_v beyond_o my_o first_o intention_n detain_v thou_o long_o than_o perhaps_o be_v necessary_a or_o will_v be_v profitable_a or_o pleasant_a thou_o may_v now_o speak_v with_o the_o deduction_n which_o be_v of_o age_n &_o able_a to_o
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