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may_v meddle_v with_o any_o church_n power_n and_o enjoin_v what_o they_o please_v provide_v they_o punish_v only_o civil_o such_o as_o transgress_v hence_o they_o may_v ordain_v a_o minister_n and_o command_v he_o to_o preach_v to_o such_o a_o people_n that_o will_v not_o call_v he_o and_o depose_v another_o and_o discharge_v he_o to_o preach_v any_o more_o as_o a_o minister_n or_o administer_v sacrament_n under_o a_o civil_a penalty_n so_o under_o a_o civil_a penalty_n they_o may_v prescribe_v the_o matter_n of_o preach_n decide_v controversy_n of_o faith_n and_o appeal_v in_o church-maters_a etc._n etc._n yea_o in_o a_o word_n meddle_v with_o the_o most_o intrinsic_a and_o formal_a church-matter_n final_o i_o do_v not_o see_v what_o ground_n my_o l._n chanc._n give_v yea_o or_o occasion_n to_o make_v this_o reply_n for_o though_o his_o l._n say_v the_o council_n will_v punish_v yet_o the_o say_v not_o the_o council_n will_v punish_v civil_o only_a no_o his_o expression_n may_v 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humble_o and_o sincere_o lay_v hold_v on_o it_o may_v be_v very_o assure_v of_o the_o lord_n approbation_n therein_o answ._n when_o a_o people_n have_v be_v follow_v their_o duty_n in_o defence_n of_o their_o land_n and_o liberty_n and_o be_v in_o providence_n break_v by_o a_o enemy_n their_o posterity_n or_o even_o they_o themselves_o may_v willing_o submit_v to_o and_o lie_v hold_v on_o that_o which_o former_o have_v be_v a_o insufferable_a imposition_n and_o may_v have_v be_v just_o refuse_v but_o then_o they_o must_v have_v have_v no_o sinful_a hand_n in_o the_o lose_v of_o their_o liberty_n otherwise_o it_o shall_v be_v but_o a_o continue_a compliance_n and_o we_o must_v suppose_v that_o they_o be_v now_o out_o of_o case_n to_o own_o and_o contend_v for_o their_o liberty_n which_o hold_v not_o as_o to_o the_o indulgence_n for_o as_o there_o be_v a_o sinful_a cede_v at_o the_o first_o in_o not_o resist_v unto_o blood_n strive_v against_o these_o usurper_n by_o protestation_n declaration_n and_o other_o mean_v call_v for_o in_o the_o like_a case_n whereby_o this_o acceptance_n become_v but_o a_o continue_a compliance_n on_o the_o matter_n in_o the_o same_o person_n so_o the_o manifold_a obligation_n we_o be_v under_o bind_v unto_o a_o constant_a and_o perpetual_a contend_v for_o the_o prerogative_n of_o our_o prince_n and_o the_o privilege_n of_o his_o church_n against_o all_o the_o enemy_n thereof_o and_o no_o case_n of_o lose_a liberty_n will_v warrant_v we_o to_o submit_v or_o accept_v of_o that_o which_o former_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o have_v refuse_v and_o to_o have_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o insufferable_a imposition_n what_o may_v be_v say_v of_o the_o posterity_n bear_v and_o bring_v up_o under_o that_o loss_n of_o liberty_n can_v advantage_v we_o in_o this_o generation_n who_o when_o we_o can_v do_v no_o more_o be_v oblige_v to_o transmit_v the_o controversy_n of_o zion_n and_o the_o cause_n as_o in_o foro_fw-la contradictorio_fw-la to_o the_o posterity_n that_o they_o may_v see_v the_o cause_n though_o not_o prevalent_a yet_o not_o quite_o sell_v and_o give_v up_o and_o so_o may_v serve_v themselves_o heir_n to_o our_o contending_n for_o the_o interest_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n ought_v we_o to_o be_v tenacious_a of_o these_o right_n and_o do_v nothing_o that_o may_v strengthen_v our_o adversares_fw-la and_o weaken_v our_o cause_n and_o this_o i_o suppose_v will_v yield_v more_o peace_n than_o the_o accept_n of_o that_o which_o be_v call_v a_o little_a revive_n but_o indeed_o be_v a_o weaken_n both_o of_o the_o cause_n and_o of_o our_o party_n it_o be_v laudable_a constancy_n in_o this_o case_n not_o to_o yield_v or_o grant_v one_o hoof_n but_o what_o pusillanimity_n yea_o and_o treachery_n will_v it_o be_v by_o cede_v and_o accept_v of_o such_o suppose_a reviving_n to_o put_v ourselves_o and_o our_o posterity_n out_o of_o all_o case_n to_o recover_v our_o liberty_n and_o to_o bury_v with_o our_o own_o 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confess_o the_o magistrat_n principal_a design_n in_o grant_v this_o suppose_a favour_n our_o acceptance_n can_v but_o be_v account_v by_o he_o a_o real_a contribute_v of_o all_o that_o be_v require_v of_o we_o thereunto_o and_o as_o it_o be_v circumstantiat_fw-la can_v not_o but_o be_v on_o our_o part_n even_o because_o of_o what_o the_o magistrate_n do_v rational_o account_v to_o be_v unto_o he_o a_o virtual_a acknowledgement_n and_o a_o real_a confirmation_n thereof_o 2._o if_o the_o send_n of_o the_o minister_n to_o their_o own_o congregation_n have_v be_v by_o a_o civil_a annul_n of_o the_o former_a sentence_n of_o banishment_n as_o it_o can_v not_o have_v flow_v from_o the_o supremacy_n so_o neither_o can_v it_o have_v contribute_v unto_o his_o usurpation_n but_o if_o the_o send_n of_o they_o to_o their_o own_o charge_n have_v be_v every_o way_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o this_o indulgence_n it_o will_v not_o have_v alter_v the_o case_n to_o i_o for_o as_o i_o say_v above_o his_o reentry_n to_o his_o former_a charge_n after_o this_o manner_n will_v have_v be_v a_o virtual_a annul_n of_o the_o ground_n of_o his_o former_a call_n and_o interest_n in_o that_o place_n and_o over_o that_o people_n and_o not_o a_o return_v with_o full_a freedom_n and_o liberty_n obj._n 14._o the_o magistrate_n propose_v this_o indulgence_n by_o way_n of_o command_n not_o attend_v my_o pleasure_n my_o obedience_n to_o the_o command_n can_v imply_v a_o engagement_n to_o the_o prescription_n annex_v nor_o do_v the_o magistrate_n discover_v the_o least_o intention_n to_o oblige_v i_o thereunto_o by_o consent_n nor_o be_v in_o this_o matter_n treat_v with_o we_o expect_v our_o formal_a consent_n for_o his_o security_n and_o therefore_o i_o may_v accept_v the_o favour_n without_o the_o prescription_n there_o be_v no_o formal_a compact_n here_o answ._n 1_o though_o the_o indulgence_n be_v propound_v by_o way_n of_o command_n the_o council_n think_v it_o below_o they_o to_o act_n otherways_o yet_o both_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o the_o concomitant_a act_n make_v of_o purpose_n to_o limit_v restrict_n and_o qualify_v the_o thing_n propose_v and_o to_o instruct_v and_o oblige_v the_o receiver_n say_v that_o the_o accept_n of_o the_o first_o do_v virtual_o engage_v to_o the_o second_o both_o make_v up_o one_o complex_fw-la grant_n or_o one_o indulgence_n so_o qualify_v limit_a &_o caution_v 2._o though_o the_o council_n do_v not_o call_v for_o any_o formal_a and_o express_a engagement_n from_o they_o unto_o the_o performance_n of_o these_o injunction_n yet_o their_o carriage_n towards_o mr._n blair_n upon_o hispositive_a renounce_v of_o these_o injunction_n show_v that_o they_o mean_v these_o injunction_n for_o condition_n &_o this_o also_o they_o express_o declare_v in_o their_o after_o proclamation_n &_o edict_n as_o we_o see_v above_o 3._o who_o accept_v a_o favour_n offer_v with_o its_o burden_n must_v accept_v it_o cum_fw-la onere_fw-la howbeit_o the_o offerer_n be_v a_o superior_a do_v not_o express_o require_v a_o explicit_a consent_n but_o rest_v satisfy_v with_o his_o own_o intimation_n as_o when_o a_o father_n grant_v to_o one_o of_o his_o child_n such_o a_o portion_n of_o land_n and_o withal_o â—ntimateth_v that_o it_o be_v his_o will_n and_o pleasure_n that_o he_o take_v on_o he_o the_o burden_n of_o so_o much_o dâ—â—t_n though_o the_o son_n shall_v not_o be_v require_v to_o express_v his_o consent_n to_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o debt_n yet_o his_o accept_n of_o the_o benefit_n thus_o burden_a oblige_v he_o to_o take_v on_o the_o debt_n so_o here_o because_o mr._n blair_n do_v disowne_v the_o condition_n though_o his_o formal_a consent_n be_v not_o require_v he_o be_v denude_v of_o the_o benefit_n and_o therefore_o the_o rest_n take_v the_o benefit_n with_o its_o burden_n and_o can_v not_o while_o accept_v the_o favour_n account_v themselves_o free_a of_o the_o condition_n or_o not-obliged_n to_o perform_v 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