but_o must_v either_o conquer_v or_o be_v conquer_a page_n 21._o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o many_o man_n have_v die_v rebel_n and_o suffer_v as_o traitor_n who_o at_o first_o do_v as_o much_o abhor_v the_o thought_n of_o treason_n and_o rebellion_n as_o any_o of_o we_o can_v thus_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o it_o be_v in_o our_o late_a trouble_n and_o thus_o i_o believe_v it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n page_n 23._o we_o see_v all_o the_o zeal_n and_o all_o the_o intrigue_n of_o forty_o and_o forty_o one_o return_n again_o and_o yet_o it_o be_v a_o unpardonable_a crime_n for_o any_o one_o to_o say_v so_o or_o for_o any_o man_n to_o look_v as_o if_o be_v think_v so_o page_n 26._o let_v we_o bless_v god_n and_o let_v we_o honour_v our_o king_n and_o receive_v he_o with_o joy_n and_o thanksgiving_n as_o a_o new_a gift_n and_o present_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n page_n 2d_o a_o true_a christian_a zeal_n will_v not_o suffer_v we_o to_o transgress_v the_o strict_a bond_n of_o our_o duty_n to_o 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the_o poor_a dabbler_n in_o divinity_n have_v at_o their_o finger_n end_n and_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o first_o principle_n teach_v among_o the_o casuist_n viz._n that_o not_o only_o the_o cause_n must_v be_v good_a but_o the_o mean_n that_o a_o good_a cause_n will_v not_o justify_v wicked_a mean_n that_o we_o must_v not_o lie_v for_o god_n that_o their_o damnation_n be_v just_a who_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v of_o it_o therefore_o there_o be_v something_o more_o to_o be_v say_v beside_o the_o cause_n be_v true_a religion_n which_o be_v all_o the_o doctor_n urge_v we_o know_v that_o all_o pretence_n be_v good_a for_o if_o a_o thing_n be_v not_o good_a it_o can_v not_o be_v a_o pretence_n no_o man_n pretend_v to_o do_v wicked_o and_o the_o better_a the_o thing_n be_v it_o make_v the_o better_a pretence_n therefore_o religion_n be_v the_o general_n pretence_n for_o rebellion_n but_o as_o before_o be_v say_v religion_n must_v not_o be_v serve_v by_o mean_n which_o that_o 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to_o himself_o and_o hope_v they_o need_v not_o fear_v now_o that_o he_o have_v get_v the_o keep_n of_o our_o goliah_n sword_n let_v he_o take_v care_n to_o who_o he_o lend_v it_o all_o the_o dissenter_n but_o those_o of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v sue_v for_o it_o the_o socinian_o want_v not_o hope_n that_o it_o will_v come_v to_o their_o turn_n at_o last_o but_o if_o another_o turn_v come_v first_o then_o say_v your_o letter_n to_o a_o friend_n p._n 19_o those_o who_o in_o the_o late_a reign_n be_v the_o great_a advocate_n of_o the_o protestant_a cause_n will_v be_v disgrace_v at_o court_n threaten_v into_o silence_n their_o authority_n weaken_v and_o their_o person_n reproace_v both_o by_o papist_n and_o jacobite_n the_o jacobite_n
in_o his_o sermon_n upon_o josh_n 24.15_o §_o 2._o p._n 11._o preach_v before_o k._n charles_n ii_o at_o white-hull_n 2._o april_n 1680._o and_o that_o this_o doctrine_n may_v be_v thorough_o instill_a and_o propagate_v he_o instruct_v the_o house_n of_o commons_o in_o a_o strain_n even_o beyond_o this_o in_o his_o sermon_n preach_v before_o they_o 5._o nou._n 1678._o upon_o luke_n 9.55,56_o where_o he_o infer_v that_o religion_n be_v good_a for_o nothing_o but_o temporal_a respect_n and_o that_o chief_o to_o prevent_v rebellion_n and_o that_o rebellion_n be_v worse_a than_o atheism_n or_o infidelity_n for_o let_v any_o man_n say_v he_o p._n 20._o say_v worse_o of_o atheism_n and_o infidelity_n if_o he_o can_v and_o for_o god_n sake_n what_o be_v religion_n good_a for_o but_o to_o reform_v the_o manner_n and_o disposition_n of_o man_n to_o restrain_v humane_a nature_n from_o violence_n and_o cruelty_n from_o falsehood_n and_o treachery_n from_o sedition_n and_o rebellion_n better_o it_o be_v there_o be_v not_o reveal_v religion_n than_o to_o be_v act_v by_o a_o religion_n that_o be_v continual_o supplant_n government_n teach_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o depose_v king_n such_o a_o religion_n as_o this_o be_v as_o bad_a or_o worse_o than_o infidelity_n and_o no_o religion_n p._n 21._o and_o a_o great_a deal_n more_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n which_o make_v it_o more_o eligible_a to_o renounce_v christ_n and_o all_o reveal_v religion_n than_o to_o allow_v of_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o take_v arm_n against_o our_o king_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o religion_n i_o hope_v he_o will_v think_v it_o worth_a his_o while_n to_o explain_v these_o matter_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o other_o as_o well_o as_o the_o jacobite_n for_o in_o truth_n sir_n they_o carry_v a_o very_a strange_a aspect_n and_o stumble_v very_o well-meaning_a men._n together_o with_o his_o letter_n to_o lord_n russel_n and_o prayer_n on_o the_o scaffold_n with_o his_o lordship_n which_o be_v so_o notorious_a 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suffer_v for_o a_o good_a cause_n be_v to_o betray_v the_o protestant_a interest_n and_o to_o invite_v a_o popish_a successor_n to_o cut_v our_o throat_n and_o what_o all_o this_o end_n in_o thanks_o be_v to_o god_n we_o now_o see_v and_o i_o hope_v time_n enough_o to_o prevent_v it_o page_n 11._o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o express_o contrary_a to_o the_o reveal_v will_n of_o god_n than_o treasonable_a plot_n and_o conspiracy_n against_o sovereign_a prince_n and_o though_o god_n do_v many_o time_n permit_v those_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v which_o he_o have_v forbid_v to_o be_v do_v or_o else_o no_o man_n can_v ever_o be_v guilty_a of_o any_o sin_n yet_o his_o forbid_v of_o it_o be_v a_o plain_a argument_n that_o he_o do_v not_o approve_v it_o that_o he_o will_v not_o countenance_v it_o nay_o that_o he_o will_v not_o permit_v it_o but_o where_o he_o see_v great_a and_o wise_a reason_n to_o do_v so_o the_o doctor_n have_v recant_v this_o in_o this_o case_n of_o allegiance_n and_o take_v away_o the_o distinction_n betwixt_o god_n permission_n and_o his_o order_v of_o evil_a it_o will_v not_o serve_v this_o turn_n therefore_o he_o say_v now_o that_o god_n not_o only_o permit_v but_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o the_o good_a or_o evil_a which_o happen_v either_o to_o private_a person_n or_o public_a society_n etc._n etc._n case_n of_o allegiance_n p._n 12._o but_o let_v we_o go_v on_o with_o his_o sermon_n page_n 13._o christian_n religion_n require_v we_o to_o obey_v our_o superior_n in_o all_o lawful_a thing_n and_o quiet_o to_o submit_v and_o suffer_v when_o we_o can_v obey_v he_o the_o bless_a jesus_n live_v in_o obedience_n to_o the_o civil_a power_n and_o though_o the_o jewish_a nation_n which_o be_v a_o free_a people_n the_o lot_z and_o inheritance_n of_o god_n himself_o be_v then_o in_o subjection_n to_o the_o roman_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o give_v they_o the_o least_o encouragement_n to_o shake_v off_o the_o yoke_n but_o command_v they_o to_o give_v unto_o 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