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have_v happen_v in_o these_o valley_n be_v the_o yearly_a allowance_n of_o pension_n prebend_n bishopric_n abbey_n and_o priory_n by_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n to_o the_o most_o eminent_a person_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o savoy_n court_n upon_o condition_n of_o do_v their_o utmost_a to_o destroy_v the_o protestant_n and_o their_o religion_n the_o principal_a mean_n make_v use_v of_o by_o these_o courtier_n for_o effect_v their_o design_n be_v the_o same_o which_o have_v always_o prove_v successful_a former_o viz._n they_o incense_v the_o duke_n of_o savoy_n against_o his_o protestant_a subject_n by_o many_o calumny_n and_o false_a suggestion_n too_o tedious_a to_o be_v here_o insert_v in_o so_o much_o that_o he_o publish_v a_o order_n date_v the_o 25_o of_o january_n 1655._o by_o which_o he_o command_v all_o his_o protestant_a subject_n of_o what_o age_n sex_n or_o condition_n soever_o inhabit_v certain_a valley_n therein_o mention_v to_o depart_v to_o other_o valley_n therein_o also_o 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pag._n 76._o prime_a leader_n as_o he_o style_v they_o of_o the_o reformation_n luther_n calvin_n zuinglius_fw-la bezâ—_n etc._n etc._n have_v in_o express_a term_n hold_v that_o prince_n may_v be_v depose_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o religion_n but_o he_o have_v not_o quote_v any_o of_o their_o book_n to_o direct_v we_o where_o this_o scandalous_a tenet_n which_o he_o fix_v upon_o they_o may_v be_v find_v but_o leave_v we_o to_o hunt_v after_o it_o at_o large_a among_o the_o voluminous_a write_n of_o those_o author_n i_o do_v not_o therefore_o think_v myself_o oblige_v to_o take_v any_o more_o notice_n of_o this_o slander_n of_o he_o than_o if_o he_o have_v never_o vent_v it_o what_o do_v he_o expect_v to_o be_v believe_v upon_o his_o bare_a word_n sic_fw-la notus_fw-la ulux_n do_v he_o think_v we_o know_v they_o no_o better_a than_o to_o trust_v they_o but_o we_o will_v not_o use_v all_o the_o advantage_n that_o we_o have_v against_o so_o bad_a a_o cause_n and_o so_o weak_a a_o 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between_o he_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n and_o that_o they_o equal_o disgrace_v the_o profess_a religion_n of_o he_o who_o affirm_v they_o he_o can_v fare_v be_v so_o void_a of_o the_o ordinary_a reason_n of_o a_o man_n though_o he_o have_v swallow_v down_o never_o so_o many_o roman_a catholic_n doctrine_n as_o not_o to_o perceive_v as_o palpable_a difference_n between_o they_o it_o be_v not_o but_o that_o the_o former_a of_o these_o position_n be_v a_o very_a bad_a principle_n dangerous_a to_o prince_n and_o destructive_a to_o the_o peace_n and_o settlement_n of_o a_o nation_n though_o not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o late_a because_o it_o want_v the_o enforcement_n of_o conscience_n and_o religion_n to_o fix_v it_o in_o the_o mind_n and_o thrust_v it_o out_o upon_o occasion_n into_o action_n with_o that_o violence_n which_o usual_o accompany_v a_o pretend_a zeal_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n but_o how_o bad_a soever_o it_o may_v be_v still_o it_o be_v a_o civil_a not_o a_o 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upon_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o make_v her_o religion_n itself_o dangerous_a to_o prince_n on_o the_o other_o side_n though_o luther_n calvin_n or_o any_o other_o protestant_n divine_n shall_v hold_v the_o first_o though_o it_o be_v a_o false_a and_o a_o bad_a yet_o as_o i_o say_v before_o it_o be_v a_o civil_a principle_n and_o their_o hold_v it_o can_v no_o more_o reflect_v on_o the_o protestant_a religion_n than_o a_o error_n they_o may_v be_v guilty_a of_o in_o history_n or_o mathematics_n the_o protestant_a religion_n therefore_o remain_v clear_a from_o any_o suspicion_n of_o allow_v the_o doctrine_n of_o depose_v prince_n the_o point_n i_o undertake_v to_o make_v good_a though_o it_o shall_v be_v grant_v the_o compendionist_n that_o luther_n and_o calvin_n etc._n etc._n have_v have_v ill_a principle_n in_o relation_n to_o civil_a government_n if_o he_o can_v prove_v indeed_o that_o luther_n and_o calvin_n or_o any_o other_o protestant_n divine_n have_v hold_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o depose_v prince_n as_o a_o principle_n of_o their_o religion_n and_o place_v the_o power_n of_o do_v it_o in_o the_o church_n he_o will_v say_v something_o that_o be_v to_o the_o purpose_n and_o parallel_v to_o what_o we_o accuse_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n of_o but_o in_o the_o method_n he_o have_v take_v he_o do_v but_o beat_v the_o air_n and_o fight_v with_o shadow_n i_o shall_v explain_v this_o distinction_n a_o little_a further_o by_o some_o famous_a example_n in_o order_n to_o meet_v with_o the_o other_o cavil_n of_o this_o idle_a wrangler_n and_o make_v the_o inconsequence_n of_o his_o arguing_n if_o it_o be_v possible_a yet_o more_o apparent_a he_o may_v remember_v then_o that_o here_o in_o england_n edward_n ii_o and_o richard_n ii_o be_v actual_o depose_v in_o time_n of_o popery_n and_o by_o papist_n yet_o do_v our_o writer_n never_o charge_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n though_o she_o hold_v then_o the_o same_o doctrine_n and_o have_v the_o same_o pride_n 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