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sovereign_n i_o wish_v with_o all_o my_o heart_n that_o mr._n hobbes_n do_v remember_v or_o believe_v his_o own_o good_a rule_n in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o chapter_n which_o will_v have_v preserve_v he_o from_o many_o presumtion_n which_o administer_v great_a trouble_n and_o grief_n to_o his_o reader_n for_o his_o sake_n pag._n 331._o it_o be_v not_o the_o bare_a word_n but_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o writer_n that_o give_v the_o true_a light_n by_o which_o any_o writing_n be_v to_o be_v interpret_v and_o they_o that_o insist_v upon_o single_a text_n without_o consider_v the_o main_a design_n can_v derive_v nâ—thing_v from_o they_o clear_o but_o rather_o by_o cast_v atom_n of_o scripture_n as_o dust_n before_o man_n eye_n make_v every_o thing_n more_o obscure_a than_o it_o be_v a_o ordinary_a artifice_n he_o say_v of_o those_o that_o seek_v
what_o must_v be_v do_v to_o he_o and_o that_o all_o that_o be_v do_v and_o suffer_v by_o he_o which_o be_v fore_o tell_v his_o admirable_a life_n and_o doctrine_n be_v well_o know_v to_o they_o all_o they_o have_v be_v present_a at_o his_o trial_n and_o at_o his_o death_n and_o have_v with_o their_o eye_n see_v the_o terrible_a circumstance_n of_o it_o they_o have_v see_v he_o bury_v and_o the_o jew_n have_v provident_o appoint_v a_o guard_n of_o soldier_n who_o have_v without_o remorse_n behold_v his_o passion_n to_o watch_v his_o tomb_n and_o yet_o after_o all_o this_o vigilance_n the_o body_n be_v not_o find_v but_o as_o he_o have_v promise_v himself_o and_o what_o have_v be_v by_o the_o prophet_n foretold_v of_o he_o the_o three_o day_n he_o be_v rise_v of_o which_o there_o be_v so_o many_o eie-witness_n who_o have_v see_v and_o confer_v with_o he_o for_o many_o day_n and_o have_v at_o last_o behold_v with_o their_o bodily_a eye_n his_o body_n ascend_v in_o the_o air_n towards_o 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say_v lay_v no_o obligation_n upon_o those_o who_o hear_v they_o we_o have_v now_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o be_v concern_v so_o much_o to_o extend_v those_o plain_a word_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o their_o fright_n to_o moses_n speak_v thou_o to_o we_o and_o we_o will_v hear_v thâ—e_n to_o such_o a_o absolute_a obligation_n of_o their_o obedience_n since_o without_o it_o he_o say_v pag._n 283._o they_o have_v not_o be_v oblige_v to_o have_v receive_v the_o ten_o commandment_n since_o they_o be_v forbid_v to_o approach_v the_o mountain_n by_o which_o they_o may_v have_v hear_v what_o god_n say_v to_o moses_n but_o that_o obligation_n that_o they_o will_v hear_v moses_n make_v all_o sure_a again_o and_o so_o they_o come_v to_o receive_v they_o yet_o he_o confess_v pag._n 282._o that_o they_o can_v not_o but_o acknowledge_v the_o second_o table_n for_o god_n law_n because_o they_o be_v all_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n but_o for_o those_o of_o the_o first_o table_n that_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o israelite_n which_o give_v he_o occasion_n to_o enlarge_v his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o three_o commandment_n in_o which_o he_o say_v the_o meaning_n of_o those_o word_n they_o shall_v not_o take_v the_o name_n of_o god_n in_o vain_a be_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o speak_v rash_o of_o their_o king_n nor_o dâ—spute_v his_o râ—ght_n nor_o the_o commission_n of_o mole_n and_o aaron_n his_o lieutenant_n it_o be_v their_o own_o obligation_n speak_v thou_o to_o we_o and_o we_o will_v hear_v etc._n etc._n by_o which_o they_o be_v to_o receive_v they_o as_o law_n and_o pag._n 283._o the_o judicial_a law_n which_o godprescribe_v to_o the_o magistrate_n of_o israel_n for_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o administration_n of_o justice_n and_o the_o levitical_a law_n the_o rule_n prescribe_v touch_v the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n because_o law_n he_o say_v only_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o same_o promise_n of_o obedience_n to_o moses_n and_o so_o he_o proceed_v to_o a_o new_a inquiry_n into_o the_o authenticalness_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n in_o which_o chase_n i_o be_o weary_a of_o follow_v he_o and_o conclude_v pag._n 284._o that_o whoever_o offer_v we_o any_o other_o rule_n which_o the_o sovereign_a rule_n have_v not_o prâ—scrâ—bed_o they_o be_v but_o counsel_n and_o advice_n which_o whether_o good_a or_o bad_a he_o that_o be_v counsel_v may_v without_o injustice_n refuse_v to_o observe_v and_o pag._n 285._o that_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v there_o only_a law_n where_o the_o lawful_a civil_a powâ—r_n have_v make_v it_o so_o since_o the_o reception_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n as_o a_o law_n that_o be_v within_o the_o canon_n of_o scripture_n depend_v whole_o upon_o the_o word_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o by_o that_o word_n be_v receive_v and_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o from_o thence_o be_v obey_v as_o such_o it_o must_v likewise_o by_o his_o rule_n still_o subsist_v by_o the_o sole_a authority_n of_o the_o sovereign_n for_o he_o can_v by_o his_o word_n to_o morrow_n abrogate_v that_o which_o this_o day_n he_o make_v a_o law_n so_o that_o if_o a_o christian_a sovereign_a be_v succeed_v by_o a_o sovereign_n who_o be_v a_o jew_n or_o a_o evil_a christian_a he_o may_v abrogate_v that_o law_n by_o which_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v within_o the_o canon_n of_o scripture_n and_o then_o the_o subject_n must_v neither_o pag._n 285._o in_o their_o action_n or_o discourse_n observe_v the_o same_o and_o can_v only_o private_o wish_v that_o they_o have_v liberty_n to_o practise_v they_o by_o which_o the_o confess_a word_n of_o god_n must_v be_v make_v void_a and_o control_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o man_n and_o he_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o aver_v that_o the_o very_a council_n hold_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o which_o they_o use_v this_o style_n it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o to_o we_o etc._n 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