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be_v choose_v as_o relate_v to_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n all_o then_o in_o be_v and_o know_v and_o of_o the_o sanedrim_n or_o great_a council_n and_o therefore_o a_o national_a form_n of_o church-officer_n and_o not_o yet_o universal_a nor_o congregational_a §_o 7._o therefore_o christ_n himself_o will_v not_o preach_v beyond_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n nor_o give_v the_o child_n bread_n to_o dog_n till_o he_o be_v final_o reject_v by_o the_o child_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o '_o so_o the_o kingdom_n take_v from_o they_o and_o give_v to_o a_o nation_n that_o will_v bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o it_o and_o he_o forbid_v his_o apostle_n to_o go_v among_o the_o gentile_n and_o confine_v they_o to_o the_o lose_a sheep_n of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n §_o 8._o it_o be_v plain_a that_o christ_n will_v have_v this_o just_a number_n of_o twelve_o keep_v up_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n till_o the_o kingdom_n be_v take_v from_o they_o because_o one_o and_o but_o one_o be_v to_o be_v choose_v in_o judas_n room_n and_o so_o the_o due_a number_n of_o the_o twelve_o to_o be_v keep_v up_o this_o prove_v the_o institution_n of_o a_o disparity_n of_o minister_n §_o 8._o the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v give_v first_o to_o the_o apostle_n before_o the_o empower_a of_o the_o seventy_o and_o that_o as_o to_o distinct_a superior_a officer_n and_o the_o word_n keys_n signify_v government_n when_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o have_v the_o key_n it_o be_v expound_v by_o his_o open_n and_o no_o man_n shut_v and_o shut_v and_o no_o man_n open_v the_o government_n be_v lay_v on_o his_o shoulder_n as_o king_n and_o counsellor_n isa_n 9_o 6_o 7_o 8._o and_o as_o his_o father_n give_v the_o key_n and_o send_v he_o so_o he_o send_v his_o apostle_n and_o give_v power_n to_o they_o §_o 9_o but_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o this_o power_n
and_o so_o train_v up_o youth_n into_o a_o enmity_n and_o scorn_n of_o that_o which_o shall_v have_v their_o chief_a love_n and_o labour_n alas_o if_o such_o a_o serpentine_a generation_n shall_v for_o stay_v so_o many_o year_n in_o idleness_n and_o lust_n in_o university_n be_v think_v to_o have_v right_a to_o take_v the_o charge_n of_o multitude_n of_o soul_n that_o never_o take_v just_a care_n of_o their_o own_o and_o to_o have_v right_a to_o church_n dignity_n and_o maintenance_n if_o any_o bad_a patron_n will_v but_o present_v they_o how_o sad_a a_o case_n be_v such_o a_o church_n and_o nation_n in_o they_o will_v bring_v their_o ignorance_n and_o malice_n into_o the_o pulpit_n and_o then_o those_o hearer_n that_o know_v bitter_a from_o sweet_a and_o the_o unclean_a from_o the_o clean_a will_v loathe_v their_o folly_n and_o when_o the_o priest_n see_v that_o he_o be_v despise_v or_o loathe_a he_o will_v become_v the_o enemy_n of_o those_o that_o disesteem_v he_o and_o so_o he_o 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the_o most_o religious_a people_n that_o will_v not_o sell_v their_o soul_n for_o worldly_a interest_n nor_o to_o humour_v the_o ill_a design_n of_o tyrant_n these_o snare_n be_v often_o make_v by_o mere_a malice_n and_o revenge_n as_o daniel_n be_v forbid_v to_o pray_v because_o they_o can_v find_v no_o fault_n or_o accusation_n against_o he_o except_o it_o be_v concern_v the_o law_n of_o his_o god_n especial_o when_o some_o great_a quarrel_n have_v exasperate_v revenge_n §_o 15._o but_o usual_o error_n concur_v with_o malice_n while_o ignorance_n and_o pride_n make_v prelate_n and_o priest_n still_o confident_a that_o all_o their_o opinion_n and_o imposition_n be_v just_a and_o blameless_a and_o that_o all_o be_v wilful_o erroneous_a that_o refuse_v they_o so_o rare_a be_v a_o humble_a understanding_n §_o 16._o and_o it_o fix_v a_o national_a church_n in_o this_o way_n to_o ruin_n when_o such_o a_o unworthy_a ministry_n must_v be_v continue_v till_o they_o die_v and_o there_o be_v no_o great_a visible_a hope_n of_o remove_v they_o how_o many_o difficulty_n must_v be_v overcome_v before_o one_o parish_n can_v get_v a_o cure_n of_o such_o §_o 17._o and_o yet_o worse_a be_v it_o when_o there_o be_v small_a hope_n of_o a_o better_a when_o the_o bad_a priest_n be_v dead_a but_o the_o corrupt_a fountain_n be_v still_o send_v forth_o pollute_a stream_n and_o money_n and_o friendship_n choose_v the_o man_n and_o when_o the_o worst_a man_n that_o have_v but_o money_n enough_o to_o buy_v a_o patronage_n shall_v have_v the_o choice_n of_o a_o pastor_n for_o man_n soul_n §_o 18._o and_o yet_o worse_o will_n it_o go_v when_o the_o key_n which_o be_v the_o most_o peculiar_a part_n of_o the_o privilege_n and_o office_n of_o the_o pastor_n shall_v be_v exercise_v by_o lay_v civilian_n in_o the_o bishop_n name_n without_o his_o judge_n or_o consent_n and_o government_n by_o the_o word_n be_v manage_v by_o such_o man_n in_o the_o manner_n that_o secular_a affair_n be_v manage_v without_o due_a reverence_n to_o holy_a thing_n §_o 19_o and_o worst_a of_o all_o be_v it_o when_o the_o body_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v by_o such_o mean_v bring_v to_o so_o much_o ignorance_n and_o sinfulness_n that_o they_o will_v have_v it_o so_o and_o be_v glad_a to_o have_v so_o much_o countenance_n to_o their_o malignity_n and_o sin_n and_o follow_v their_o malicious_a military_a leader_n §_o 20._o and_o last_o of_o all_o when_o their_o madness_n have_v draw_v their_o own_o sword_n against_o each_o other_o or_o provoke_v god_n to_o let_v in_o a_o foreign_a enemy_n on_o they_o than_o they_o must_v expect_v that_o god_n avenge_v the_o quarrel_n of_o his_o covenant_n special_o when_o after_o great_a mercy_n and_o long_a patience_n they_o will_v not_o know_v the_o time_n of_o their_o visitation_n nor_o in_o their_o day_n the_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o their_o peace_n but_o defend_v their_o sin_n chap._n fourteen_o whether_o the_o national_a church_n of_o england_n be_v at_o the_o 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religion_n and_o why_o may_v not_o prince_n attain_v as_o much_o wisdom_n and_o honesty_n as_o their_o counsellor_n and_o judge_n the_o christian_a nation_n have_v be_v more_o beholden_a to_o a_o constantine_n jovian_a valentinian_n theodosius_n senior_n theodosius_n junior_n marcian_n leo_n anastasius_n and_o many_o other_o such_o and_o spain_n to_o recaredus_n and_o divers_a of_o his_o successor_n and_o france_n to_o carolus_n mag._n ludou._n pius_n save_o their_o compliance_n with_o the_o pope_n than_o to_o any_o bishop_n or_o council_n even_o for_o reformation_n against_o heresy_n and_o clergy_n sin_n chap._n x._o whether_o a_o universal_a church-government_n be_v of_o apostolic_a succession_n in_o the_o continue_a part_n of_o their_o office_n §_o 1._o though_o those_o that_o take_v it_o for_o mutability_n and_o backslide_v to_o change_v their_o judgement_n after_o that_o the_o school_n or_o their_o leader_n or_o
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love-feast_n the_o time_n of_o collection_n for_o charity_n and_o divers_a such_o be_v not_o universal_a but_o local_a and_o not_o of_o immutable_a but_o occasional_a mutable_a obligation_n and_o be_v but_o such_o as_o national_a and_o congregational_a governor_n may_v determine_v without_o any_o universal_a supreme_a power_n the_o genus_fw-la or_o rule_n by_o which_o they_o must_v be_v determine_v edification_n love_n concord_n peace_n decency_n order_n be_v god_n law_n §_o 17._o vi_o there_o be_v great_a difference_n between_o what_o the_o apostle_n do_v as_o segregate_v or_o dis-junct_a each_o one_o in_o his_o province_n and_o what_o they_o do_v as_o a_o aristocratical_a person_n or_o college_n united_o they_o ordain_v elder_n give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n settle_a church_n decide_v controversy_n write_v book_n and_o epistle_n single_o each_o one_o in_o his_o province_n and_o meet_v not_o to_o write_v any_o one_o book_n or_o epistle_n by_o a_o major_a college-vote_n in_o one_o body_n and_o though_o their_o book_n now_o oblige_v all_o the_o church_n that_o have_v they_o yet_o 1._o at_o the_o first_o writing_n they_o oblige_v only_o the_o church_n or_o person_n to_o who_o they_o be_v write_v and_o only_o after_o by_o parity_n of_o reason_n bind_v other_o that_o have_v they_o and_o every_o ordinary_a pastor_n that_o write_v a_o book_n that_o be_v sound_a divinity_n bring_v a_o obligation_n on_o all_o that_o read_v it_o to_o obey_v it_o according_a to_o the_o evidence_n of_o truth_n the_o obligation_n of_o the_o apostle_n book_n and_o they_o be_v extensively_n indefinite_a or_o universal_a to_o all_o that_o read_v or_o hear_v it_o but_o the_o degree_n of_o the_o obligation_n intensively_n be_v great_a from_o the_o apostle_n write_n because_o of_o their_o extraordinary_a spirit_n §_o 18._o vii_o the_o decision_n act_v 15._o be_v not_o by_o a_o general_n council_n nor_o a_o pope_n no_o such_o council_n be_v call_v but_o they_o be_v send_v and_o appeal_v to_o as_o man_n of_o most_o infallible_a fitness_n to_o decide_v that_o case_n and_o if_o they_o do_v it_o as_o a_o college_n it_o be_v only_o as_o a_o national_a church_n college_n such_o as_o de_fw-fr formâ_fw-la the_o jew_n nation_n have_v in_o which_o relation_n they_o be_v first_o settle_v for_o as_o twelve_o they_o be_v only_o so_o relate_v other_o be_v add_v to_o be_v send_v with_o they_o to_o the_o centile_n and_o beside_o and_o after_o that_o we_o never_o read_v that_o they_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o in_o their_o separate_a province_n and_o personal_a capacity_n §_o 10_o viii_o and_o as_o they_o never_o do_v as_o a_o universal_a aristocratical_a college_n by_o vote_n make_v new_a universal_a law_n to_o the_o church_n much_o less_o by_o any_o ordinary_a continue_a power_n so_o neither_o do_v they_o as_o such_o a_o college_n exercise_v judicial_a or_o executive_a power_n but_o do_v it_o in_o their_o single_a capacity_n only_o in_o their_o proper_a province_n and_o that_o be_v partly_o by_o a_o ordinary_a power_n of_o reproof_n and_o excommunication_n which_o continue_v and_o partly_o by_o a_o extraordinary_a miraculous_a power_n of_o deliver_v to_o satan_n for_o corporal_a punishment_n which_o power_n be_v cease_v with_o they_o though_o papist_n in_o a_o mock-imitation_n deliver_v the_o excommunicate_a to_o the_o secular_a power_n to_o be_v kill_v as_o if_o these_o be_v devil_n as_o for_o the_o universal_a law_n that_o tell_v who_o to_o excommunicate_v they_o be_v christ_n own_o law_n and_o rule_n of_o judgement_n to_o which_o if_o man_n may_v add_v the_o like_a no_o wonder_n if_o they_o make_v sin_n and_o heresy_n as_o they_o please_v and_o excommunicate_a and_o deliver_v to_o satan_n their_o magistrate_n who_o they_o will_v and_o if_o he_o that_o be_v a_o orthodox_n saint_n this_o year_n be_v burn_v without_o change_n as_o a_o heretic_n the_o next_o and_o it_o be_v never_o certain_a till_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n what_o be_v heresy_n or_o sin_n and_o what_o not_o §_o 20._o ix_o it_o be_v certain_a then_o that_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o as_o a_o aristocratical_a supreme_a power_n over_o the_o universal_a church_n exercise_n legislation_n judgement_n and_o execution_n much_o less_o by_o any_o ordinary_a continue_a power_n it_o follow_v that_o they_o have_v no_o successor_n that_o have_v such_o power_n and_o all_o government_n be_v contain_v in_o these_o three_o part_n there_o be_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la no_o universal_a governor_n §_o 21._o x._o the_o power_n of_o moses_n and_o aaron_n be_v of_o equal_a extent_n and_o both_o of_o divine_a institution_n but_o aaron_n be_v under_o moses_n government_n and_o christ_n give_v the_o twelve_o and_o seventy_o at_o first_o no_o large_a province_n or_o power_n and_o when_o he_o add_v more_o and_o send_v they_o to_o the_o gentile_n he_o command_v every_o soul_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o prince_n power_n as_o of_o god_n therefore_o their_o power_n in_o the_o empire_n be_v limit_v and_o subject_a to_o the_o imperial_a government_n and_o so_o in_o other_o land_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o fear_n god_n and_o honour_n the_o king_n they_o may_v by_o doctoral_a and_o nunciative_a authority_n persuade_v emperor_n and_o deliver_v god_n command_n and_o so_o still_o may_v any_o ordinary_a teacher_n but_o not_o by_o imperant_fw-la judicial_a and_o executive_a power_n govern_v they_o unless_o by_o self-subjecting_a they_o make_v they_o their_o governor_n as_o pupil_n do_v their_o tutor_n and_o patient_n their_o physician_n yea_o they_o can_v make_v no_o man_n a_o christian_n but_o by_o persuasion_n to_o voluntary_a consent_n and_o till_o they_o be_v christian_n they_o can_v not_o govern_v they_o as_o christian_n and_o they_o be_v not_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n but_o monitor_n and_o persuader_n §_o 22._o xi_o indefinite_a and_o be_v it_o possible_a universal_a concord_n love_n and_o communion_n all_o christian_n must_v endeavour_v
of_o man_n parent_n be_v serious_o teach_v to_o know_v what_o it_o be_v to_o enter_v their_o child_n into_o the_o holy_a covenant_n and_o to_o dedicate_v their_o child_n to_o god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n renounce_v the_o world_n the_o devil_n and_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o parent_n or_o pro-parent_n and_o not_o perfidious_a dissemble_a godfather_n must_v solemn_o promise_v their_o careful_a education_n §_o 22._o ii_o the_o transition_n of_o those_o baptise_a in_o infancy_n into_o the_o state_n of_o adult_n communicant_n must_v be_v make_v by_o a_o understanding_n and_o solemn_a own_n of_o their_o baptismal_a covenant_n and_o that_o by_o such_o pastor_n as_o have_v time_n to_o examine_v and_o instruct_v they_o and_o not_o make_v a_o deceitful_a ceremony_n call_v confirmation_n by_o a_o diocesan_n that_o have_v perhaps_o many_o hundred_o thousand_o in_o his_o diocese_n §_o 23._o iii_o the_o parish_n must_v be_v know_v to_o the_o pastor_n that_o take_v the_o charge_n of_o they_o and_o the_o three_o sort_n of_o inhabitant_n distinguish_v 1._o those_o that_o be_v of_o another_o church_n as_o papist_n &c._n &c._n or_o of_o no_o church_n 2._o those_o that_o be_v catechuman_n and_o submit_v to_o be_v catechize_v and_o hear_v 3._o those_o that_o be_v communicant_n and_o each_o parish_n must_v have_v minister_n for_o number_n and_o quality_n suit_v to_o the_o number_n of_o soul_n and_o fit_a to_o know_v they_o and_o perform_v their_o undertake_v office_n §_o 24._o iv._o the_o partial_a unrighteous_a canon_n must_v be_v cast_v away_o §_o 25._o v._o nothing_n sinful_a or_o unnecessary_a to_o ministry_n or_o communion_n must_v be_v impose_v as_o necessary_a term_n nor_o godly_a able_a minister_n silence_v or_o persecute_v causeless_o that_o do_v more_o good_a than_o hurt_n §_o 26._o vi_o they_o that_o worship_n not_o god_n in_o all_o our_o form_n and_o ceremony_n or_o that_o be_v too_o scrupulous_a must_v be_v tolerate_v to_o worship_n as_o they_o can_v by_o themselves_o so_o be_v it_o their_o doctrine_n and_o worship_n and_o conversation_n and_o unpeaceableness_n be_v not_o intolerable_a §_o 27._o vii_o the_o key_n must_v be_v exercise_v only_o by_o the_o clergy_n and_o if_o the_o chancellor_n or_o civilian_n court_n be_v keep_v up_o they_o must_v be_v the_o king_n magistrate_n and_o use_v only_o such_o power_n as_o magistrate_n may_v use_v §_o 28._o viii_o those_o that_o by_o the_o law_n be_v to_o be_v exclude_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n public_a and_o tolerate_v shall_v not_o have_v the_o power_n of_o choose_v incumbent_n nor_o those_o that_o exclude_v themselves_o nor_o shall_v those_o patron_n that_o choose_v the_o incumbent_n that_o shall_v have_v the_o place_n and_o tithe_n hinder_v any_o person_n from_o choose_v to_o who_o he_o will_v voluntary_o trust_v the_o peculiar_a pastoral_n care_n of_o his_o own_o soul_n nor_o shall_v man_n be_v hinder_v from_o the_o public_a or_o tolerate_a ministry_n of_o such_o as_o they_o so_o choose_v §_o 29._o ix_o ordination_n shall_v be_v make_v after_o sufficient_a trial_n of_o the_o learning_n and_o ability_n of_o the_o ordain_v in_o preach_v and_o pray_v as_o well_o as_o upon_o a_o full_a testimony_n of_o his_o pious_a and_o upright_a conversation_n and_o no_o institution_n to_o a_o title_n grant_v till_o the_o parishioner_n have_v leave_v warning_n and_o time_n to_o know_v the_o man_n and_o show_v their_o acceptance_n or_o dissent_n and_o be_v impartial_o hear_v §_o 30._o x._o bishop_n shall_v usual_o ordain_v in_o synod_n or_o with_o their_o concurrence_n or_o at_o least_o with_o such_o as_o the_o synod_n choose_v to_o represent_v they_o §_o 31._o xi_o parish_n church_n must_v be_v acknowledge_v true_a church_n and_o the_o presbyter_n to_o be_v episcopi_fw-la gregis_fw-la and_o the_o incumbent_n that_o have_v curate_n to_o be_v episcopus_fw-la praeses_fw-la as_o well_o as_o the_o diocesan_n to_o be_v general_n or_o archbishop_n and_o ordination_n by_o precedent_n bishop_n not_o call_v null_a or_o say_v to_o be_v no_o episcopal_a ordination_n but_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o ministry_n by_o unqualified_a man_n be_v so_o dangerous_a a_o thing_n that_o if_o the_o supreme_a power_n give_v the_o diocesane_a a_o negative_a power_n as_o of_o the_o quorum_fw-la without_o who_o no_o ordination_n shall_v entitle_v any_o man_n to_o any_o benefice_n leave_v incumbent_n only_o to_o choose_v their_o own_o curate_n and_o to_o concur_v with_o the_o diocesan_n in_o other_o ordination_n there_o will_v be_v no_o just_a cause_n of_o refuse_v such_o diocesan_n power_n or_o ordination_n §_o 32._o xii_o an_o utter_o insufficient_a heretical_a malignant_a ungodly_a scandalous_a minister_n be_v not_o to_o be_v maintain_v nor_o tolerate_v and_o due_a mean_n must_v be_v use_v to_o keep_v and_o cast_v such_o out_o §_o 33._o xiii_o the_o purge_n of_o the_o university_n and_o the_o appropriate_a of_o their_o government_n and_o tutor_v to_o godly_a wise_a 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