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magistrate_n have_v no_o privative_a power_n over_o ecclesiastical_a person_n or_o in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a or_o that_o passive_a obedience_n to_o a_o unjust_a sentence_n be_v as_o great_a a_o sin_n as_o active_a obedience_n to_o a_o unrighteous_a command_n etc._n etc._n church_n of_o scotland_n whereof_o i_o be_o a_o poor_a member_n that_o have_v be_v so_o wonderful_o carry_v on_o against_o so_o much_o opposition_n contemnis_fw-la athanasius_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 326._o writing_n to_o dracontius_n elect_v to_o a_o bishopric_n and_o refuse_v it_o say_v quod_fw-la si_fw-la nullam_fw-la omnino_fw-la merâedem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la functioni_fw-la destinatam_fw-la credis_fw-la servatoremque_fw-la âui_fw-la eam_fw-la ita_fw-la instituit_fw-la contemnis_fw-la assumpsisse_fw-la damasus_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 367._o epist._n 4._o de_fw-la chorepiscopis_fw-la nullus_fw-la ex_fw-la septuaginta_fw-la discipulis_fw-la quorum_fw-la speciem_fw-la isti_fw-la 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opinion_n of_o 6._o tom._n 6._o aerius_n reckon_v this_o for_o one_o quod_fw-la docebat_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la nullâ_fw-la differentiâ_fw-la debere_fw-la discerni_fw-la de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la dom_n serm._n 24._o dicit_fw-la ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la spernit_fw-la mespernit_fw-la si_fw-mi solis_fw-la apostolis_n dixit_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la spernit_fw-la i_o spernit_fw-la spernite_fw-la nos_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la sermo_fw-la ejus_fw-la pervenit_fw-la 10._o tom._n 10._o ad_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o vocavit_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o in_o eorum_fw-la loco_fw-la constituit_fw-la nos_fw-la videte_fw-la ne_fw-la spernatis_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la perveniat_fw-la injuria_fw-la quam_fw-la nobis_fw-la feceritis_fw-la ad_fw-la crescon_n grammat_n l._n 1._o attend_v etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ad_fw-la titum_fw-la cum_fw-la explicaret_fw-la paulus_n qualis_fw-la esse_fw-la episcopus_fw-la debeat_fw-la there_o he_o assert_v titus_n to_o have_v be_v a_o bishop_n non_fw-la ergo_fw-la solos_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la circumcisione_n sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la eos_fw-la maximè_fw-la tale_n esse_fw-la ait_fw-la oportere_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o doctrinâ_fw-la sanâ_fw-la redargui_fw-la refellique_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la vaniloquos_fw-la &_o mentis_fw-la seductores_fw-la indubitatâ_fw-la praeceptione_fw-la firmavit_fw-la there_o he_o say_v that_o st._n paul_n command_v all_o bishop_n in_o titus_n to_o exhort_v and_o convince_v gainsayer_n and_o in_o the_o next_o word_n he_o say_v he_o look_v upon_o that_o precept_n as_o give_v to_o himself_o unde_fw-la hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la mihi_fw-la jussum_fw-la esse_fw-la cognosco_fw-la hoc_fw-la pro_fw-la viribus_fw-la ago_o enarrat_fw-la in_o psalm_n 44._o in_o our_o translation_n the_o 45._o 16._o v._o pro_fw-la patribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la silij_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la patribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la silij_fw-la patres_fw-la missi_fw-la sunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la pro_fw-la apostolis_n silij_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la hodie_fw-la enim_fw-la episcopi_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la unde_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la patres_fw-la illos_fw-la appellat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la illos_fw-la genuit_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la illos_fw-la constituit_fw-la in_o sede_fw-la patrum_fw-la apostolórum_fw-la none_o ergo_fw-la te_fw-la pute_fw-la desertam_fw-la quia_fw-la no_o vides_fw-la petrum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la vides_fw-la paulum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la vides_fw-la illos_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la nata_fw-la es_fw-la de_fw-la prole_fw-la tua_fw-la tibi_fw-la crevit_fw-la paternitas_fw-la contra_fw-la literas_fw-la petil._n lib._n 2._o c._n 51._o cathedra_fw-la tibi_fw-la quid_fw-la fecit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la in_o quâ_fw-la petrus_n sedet_fw-la &_o in_o quâ_fw-la hodie_fw-la anastasius_n sedet_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la hierosolymitanae_n in_fw-la quâ_fw-la jacobus_n sedit_fw-la &_o in_o quâ_fw-la hodie_fw-la johannes_n sedet_fw-la quare_fw-la appellas_fw-la cathedram_fw-la pestilentiae_fw-la cathedram_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la institution_n chrysostome_n in_o his_o homily_n on_o ignatius_n say_v he_o be_v successor_n to_o st._n peter_n in_o the_o see_v of_o antioch_n ordain_v by_o the_o apostle_n ut_fw-la tanto_fw-la principatu_fw-la dignus_fw-la and_o in_o his_o homily_n on_o timoth._n and_o titus_n he_o express_v his_o opinion_n of_o bishop_n as_o of_o a_o apostolical_a institution_n perhaps_o it_o may_v seem_v superfluous_a to_o show_v further_o how_o effronted_o this_o antiepiscoparian_a speak_v in_o say_v he_o die_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n but_o because_o the_o presbyterian_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o represent_v hierom_n as_o a_o patron_n of_o their_o cause_n i_o will_v take_v a_o little_a more_o pain_n to_o show_v how_o 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loudon_n 34._o lysimachus_z nicanor_z 13._o 33._o m._n mr._n hugh_n mackell_n his_o blasphemy_n 7._o mariana_n approve_v by_o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la 30._o mr._n malne_v 29._o martyr_n miraculous_o assist_v by_o god_n mr._n kid_n pretend_v to_o that_o miraculous_a assistance_n 2_o 3._o the_o pseudomartyr_n of_o the_o covenant_a cause_n 10._o they_o die_v fuddle_v or_o drink_v 18_o 19_o marry_o queen_n of_o scotland_n her_o say_n of_o a_o presbyterian_a fast_o 28._o sir_n george_n maxwel_v bewitch_v to_o death_n by_o witch_n who_o be_v fanatic_n 35._o covenanting-minister_n false_a minister_n or_o usurper_n of_o the_o ministry_n 36._o they_o assume_v prophetical_a boldness_n 49._o proud_a than_o any_o bishop_n the_o pope_n not_o except_v 50._o mr._n mitchel_n his_o blasphemy_n 22._o 68_o blasphemous_o compare_v with_o samson_n 10._o mrs._n mitchelson_n a_o minister_n daughter_n a_o pretend_a prophetess_n her_o basphemy_n 7._o marquess_z of_o montross_n at_o first_o a_o covenanter_n 30._o 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the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n in_o his_o most_o eminent_a exert_n of_o himself_o and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o that_o of_o those_o man_n who_o ascribe_v christ_n cast_v out_o of_o devil_n to_o belzebub_n but_o far_o great_a and_o mr._n andrew_n cant_n in_o a_o sermon_n at_o glascow_n 1638_o press_v the_o people_n to_o take_v the_o covenant_n say_v that_o he_o be_v send_v to_o they_o with_o a_o commission_n from_o christ_n to_o bid_v they_o subscribe_v the_o covenant_n which_o be_v christ_n '_o s_o contract_n and_o that_o he_o himself_o be_v come_v a_o wooer_n to_o they_o from_o the_o bridegroom_n and_o call_v unto_o they_o to_o come_v and_o be_v hand-fasted_n unto_o christ_n by_o subscribe_v the_o contract_n and_o that_o he_o will_v not_o depart_v the_o town_n till_o he_o have_v get_v the_o name_n of_o all_o that_o shall_v refuse_v to_o subscribe_v it_o of_o who_o he_o promise_v to_o complain_v to_o his_o master_n christ._n but_o in_o effect_n he_o complain_v of_o they_o to_o the_o committee_n of_o estate_n and_o general_a assembly_n to_o get_v they_o forfeit_v and_o excommunicate_v but_o the_o great_a trick_n of_o the_o kirk-preacher_n have_v always_o be_v to_o parallel_v the_o solemn_a league_n and_o covenant_n with_o the_o moysaicall_a covenant_n which_o be_v a_o political_a aswell_o as_o a_o religious_a contract_n betwixt_o god_n and_o the_o jew_n by_o which_o he_o as_o it_o be_v espouse_v himself_o to_o that_o people_n and_o that_o people_n to_o himself_o hence_o they_o be_v wont_v to_o apply_v whatsoever_o be_v say_v of_o the_o moysaicall_a throughout_o the_o old_a test._n to_o the_o solemn_a league_n and_o covenant_n and_o the_o make_n keep_v or_o break_v thereof_o be_v the_o israelite_n marry_v to_o god_n by_o the_o one_o so_o be_v the_o scot_n and_o english_a marry_v to_o he_o by_o the_o other_o be_v the_o forsake_v of_o the_o one_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o judgement_n which_o fall_v upon_o they_o so_o the_o 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episcopacy_n but_o as_o of_o a_o harlot_n and_o idolatress_n that_o have_v forsake_v her_o first_o love_n and_o marry_a herself_o to_o another_o god_n it_o will_v be_v endless_a to_o recite_v all_o their_o blasphemy_n about_o it_o they_o make_v the_o last_o great_a plague_n and_o the_o burn_a of_o london_n to_o have_v be_v judgement_n for_o burn_a this_o covenant_n there_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o common-hangman_n poor_a man_n cup_n of_o cold_a water_n print_v in_o 4_o o_fw-la 1678._o pag._n 19_o nay_o they_o teach_v that_o his_o majesty_n like_o the_o revolt_a king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n have_v no_o right_a to_o govern_v because_o he_o have_v revolt_a from_o it_o and_o christ._n nay_o they_o damn_v all_o the_o edict_n and_o act_n of_o parliament_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o it_o as_o the_o act_n statute_v that_o no_o league_n nor_o bond_n be_v make_v among_o the_o subject_n of_o any_o degree_n upon_o whatsoever_o pretence_n without_o his_o majesty_n and_o his_o successor_n 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