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pastor_n of_o god_n church_n so_o that_o whosoever_o can_v swear_v that_o he_o be_v no_o papist_n may_v free_o and_o without_o scruple_n take_v those_o oath_n as_o be_v nothing_o at_o all_o concern_v in_o they_o whatever_o he_o do_v he_o can_v be_v a_o traitor_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o oath_n because_o he_o be_v not_o a_o powder-traytor_n 57_o if_o the_o secret_a of_o the_o affair_n do_v indeed_o lie_v on_o such_o a_o interpretation_n as_o this_o than_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o none_o of_o the_o king_n subject_n be_v or_o can_v by_o any_o oath_n as_o yet_o in_o force_n be_v oblige_v not_o to_o be_v traitor_n but_o only_o such_o roman_a catholic_n as_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n a_o hard_a case_n for_o his_o majesty_n 58._o this_o evasion_n may_v perhaps_o serve_v for_o the_o negative_a clause_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n wherein_o profession_n be_v make_v that_o the_o pope_n have_v no_o jurisdiction_n in_o this_o kingdom_n but_o how_o will_v they_o defend_v 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they_o profess_v the_o king_n to_o be_v the_o only_a supreme_a governor_n unless_o they_o will_v conceive_v the_o meaning_n to_o be_v that_o he_o be_v only_o a_o supreme_a governor_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o pope_n with_o who_o he_o will_v have_v nothing_o to_o do_v and_o who_o therefore_o be_v neither_o under_o he_o nor_o above_o he_o and_o in_o regard_n of_o no_o body_n of_o the_o world_n beside_o not_o the_o most_o pitiful_a tub-man_n this_o indeed_o will_v be_v a_o evasion_n the_o invention_n whereof_o be_v beyond_o the_o art_n of_o equivocation_n 60._o it_o be_v not_o here_o pretend_v that_o by_o this_o evasion_n and_o no_o other_o presbyterian_o have_v the_o art_n to_o sweeten_v oath_n which_o in_o the_o ordinary_a sense_n and_o understanding_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v point_n blank_a oppose_v at_o least_o to_o their_o brethren_n doctrine_n and_o their_o own_o practice_n so_o that_o the_o author_n of_o these_o reflection_n must_v leave_v a_o more_o 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