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a_o servant_n of_o servant_n but_o there_o be_v a_o real_a sovereignty_n give_v to_o they_o when_o a_o jurisdiction_n over_o all_o presbyterian_a minister_n to_o suspend_v depose_v and_o dispose_v of_o their_o ministry_n as_o they_o please_v be_v ascribe_v to_o they_o and_o the_o other_o prelate_n deal_v more_o candid_o in_o take_v the_o name_n of_o sovereignty_n and_o lordship_n see_v they_o have_v the_o thing_n be_v it_o not_o a_o strange_a arrogance_n that_o a_o presbyter_n or_o two_o or_o three_o presbyter_n shall_v claim_v a_o state_v jurisdiction_n over_o a_o great_a multitude_n of_o presbyter_n who_o have_v the_o same_o office_n with_o themselves_o they_o either_o have_v that_o power_n over_o their_o brethren_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o ministerial_a office_n as_o they_o be_v presbyter_n or_o by_o virtue_n of_o some_o other_o office_n not_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o office_n of_o a_o presbyter_n or_o minister_n for_o than_o one_o and_o the_o same_o office_n shall_v make_v one_o presbyter_n a_o sovereign_n and_o lord_n and_o another_o presbyter_n his_o subject_n a_o presbyter_n as_o a_o presbyter_n can_v have_v dominion_n over_o a_o presbyter_n for_o one_o and_o the_o same_o office_n can_v make_v a_o man_n sovereign_n over_o another_o who_o have_v the_o same_o office_n that_o he_o have_v if_o they_o have_v this_o sovereign_a power_n over_o their_o brethren_n by_o virtue_n of_o some_o other_o office_n than_o the_o office_n of_o a_o minister_n or_o presbyter_n then_o let_v they_o tell_v we_o what_o office_n this_o be_v if_o it_o be_v not_o the_o office_n of_o a_o prelate_n 2._o it_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o lord_n give_v a_o sovereign_a power_n and_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n to_o any_o one_o of_o his_o minister_n no_o not_o to_o the_o apostle_n over_o the_o rest_n paul_n bains_n in_o his_o diocesan_n trial_n pag._n 73_o 77._o show_n that_o a_o majority_n of_o directive_n and_o corrective_a power_n such_o a_o power_n as_o bishop_n claim_v be_v more_o than_o ministerial_a and_o mr._n rutherford_n in_o his_o divine_a right_n of_o church-government_n say_v nor_o do_v we_o find_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v jurisdiction_n over_o pastor_n in_o the_o scripture_n nor_o in_o any_o ecclesiastic_a record_n but_o where_o papacy_n be_v work_v see_v pag._n 21._o there_o be_v but_o one_o lord_n in_o the_o church_n ephes_n 4._o and_o christ_n have_v forbid_v lordship_n and_o enjoin_v ministry_n and_o serve_v luk._n 22.24_o 1_o pet._n 5.3_o non_fw-la requiritur_fw-la in_o dominatione_fw-la humilitas_fw-la sed_fw-la ipsa_fw-la dominatio_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la say_v whitaker_n christus_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la dominantur_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-fr modo_fw-la dominandi_fw-la hoc_fw-la vel_fw-la illo_fw-la modo_fw-la dominantur_fw-la say_v junius_n the_o work_n of_o all_o church-officer_n be_v a_o ministerial_a work_n not_o only_o doctor_n and_o pastor_n but_o apostle_n prophet_n and_o evangelist_n be_v appoint_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n ephes_n 4.12_o 2_o cor._n 4.5_o paul_n call_v himself_o a_o fellow-servant_n with_o epaphras_n col._n 1.7_o with_o tychicus_n col._n 4.7_o paul_n dignity_n consist_v not_o in_o lording_n over_o other_o minister_n but_o in_o labour_v more_o abundant_o than_o other_o the_o apostle_n claim_v no_o mastery_n or_o state_v jurisdiction_n over_o other_o minister_n but_o they_o do_v draw_v with_o they_o as_o yoke-fellow_n and_o fight_v with_o they_o in_o their_o spiritual_a warfare_n as_o fellow_n soldier_n and_o wrought_v with_o they_o as_o fellow-labourer_n phil._n 4.3_o phil._n 2.25_o phil._n 2._o rom._n 16.3_o they_o engross_v not_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n in_o the_o synod_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o themselves_o for_o the_o presbyter_n judge_v with_o they_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n act._n 16.4_o be_v ordain_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o church_n at_o antioch_n send_v paul_n to_o jerusalem_n act._n 15._o the_o officer_n of_o the_o church_n at_o antioch_n lay_v hand_n on_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n act._n 13.1_o 2_o 3._o paul_n and_o barnabas_n be_v send_v with_o a_o collection_n act._n 11.29_o 30._o the_o apostle_n claim_v no_o negative_a in_o presbytery_n or_o synod_n in_o ordination_n excommunication_n etc._n etc._n the_o apostle_n be_v extraordinary_a ambassador_n have_v infallible_a instruction_n by_o their_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n do_v show_v the_o platform_n of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o limit_v to_o any_o fix_a charge_n and_o so_o may_v exercise_v their_o ministerial_a authority_n in_o all_o place_n where_o they_o come_v they_o be_v to_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o church_n but_o that_o they_o have_v any_o such_o state_v jurisdiction_n over_o other_o minister_n as_o prelate_n claim_v over_o presbyter_n be_v yet_o to_o be_v prove_v for_o any_o thing_n i_o know_v their_o instruct_v minister_n and_o church_n in_o their_o duty_n and_o reprove_v their_o sin_n will_v not_o prove_v it_o for_o the_o prophet_n do_v so_o and_o yet_o they_o have_v not_o state_v jurisdiction_n over_o the_o priest_n paul_n reprove_v peter_n but_o have_v not_o jurisdiction_n over_o he_o that_o timothy_n or_o titus_n have_v such_o a_o state_v jurisdiction_n over_o the_o minister_n of_o ephesus_n and_o crect_n be_v yet_o to_o be_v prove_v that_o they_o have_v the_o sole_a power_n of_o ordination_n and_o jurisdiction_n and_o that_o the_o minister_n of_o ephesus_n and_o crect_n have_v no_o power_n of_o ordination_n and_o jurisdiction_n be_v not_o yet_o prove_v the_o apostle_n direct_v they_o to_o ordain_v but_o that_o they_o be_v direct_v to_o do_v it_o alone_o and_o not_o in_o conjunction_n with_o other_o minister_n be_v yet_o to_o be_v prove_v lay_v hand_n sudden_o on_o no_o man_n be_v a_o direction_n applicable_a to_o every_o minister_n there_o be_v multitude_n of_o direction_n give_v they_o that_o can_v be_v deny_v to_o be_v give_v to_o all_o minister_n and_o that_o some_o direction_n be_v give_v to_o they_o as_o prelate_n and_o some_o as_o presbyter_n be_v as_o easy_o deny_v as_o affirm_v but_o though_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o those_o extraordinary_a officer_n in_o sound_v church_n at_o first_o may_v do_v some_o thing_n which_o ordinary_a minister_n may_v not_o do_v this_o will_v be_v no_o warrant_n for_o these_o two_o or_o three_o who_o be_v but_o very_o ordinary_a person_n to_o claim_v a_o jurisdicton_n over_o the_o rest_n whence_o have_v they_o their_o power_n no_o man_n can_v receive_v any_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n except_o it_o be_v give_v he_o from_o heaven_n joh._n 3.27_o let_v we_o see_v their_o patent_n that_o we_o may_v know_v if_o it_o be_v leill_n come_v they_o must_v first_o show_v a_o warrant_n from_o the_o word_n for_o such_o a_o prelatical_a sovereignty_n and_o then_o let_v ut_fw-la see_v how_o they_o come_v by_o it_o no_o man_n shall_v take_v any_o honour_n in_o the_o church_n to_o himself_o at_o his_o own_o hand_n he_o must_v be_v call_v of_o god_n
lay_v at_o a_o pretty_a distance_n from_o it_o but_o say_v he_o this_o be_v a_o open_a spread_a of_o the_o net_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o bird._n ans_fw-fr 1._o the_o more_o open_a it_o be_v there_o be_v the_o less_o hazard_n except_o man_n be_v more_o silly_a than_o bird_n who_o do_v not_o use_v to_o entangle_v themselves_o in_o a_o net_n that_o be_v open_o spread_v in_o their_o sight_n and_o therefore_o crafty_a fowler_n use_v to_o hide_v their_o snare_n 2._o the_o supremacy_n which_o he_o suppose_v to_o be_v wrap_v in_o with_o the_o injunction_n to_o preach_v be_v as_o open_v a_o snare_n and_o if_o folk_n will_v be_v scar_v without_o reason_n they_o will_v have_v a_o fair_a pretence_n for_o make_v no_o use_n of_o a_o injunction_n to_o preach_v usher_v in_o with_o and_o found_v upon_o a_o spiritual_a supremacy_n than_o for_o make_v no_o use_n of_o a_o injunction_n to_o preach_v because_o of_o another_o act_n of_o injunction_n which_o as_o it_o have_v no_o connexion_n in_o nature_n with_o the_o injunction_n to_o preach_v so_o it_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o connexion_n in_o the_o contexture_n of_o the_o magistrate_n act_n be_v frame_v in_o a_o distinct_a act._n he_o add_v this_o be_v more_o than_o a_o sufficient_a warning_n for_o wise_a man_n to_o beware_v ans_fw-fr but_o of_o what_o i_o hope_v not_o of_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o yet_o he_o must_v say_v this_o or_o he_o say_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n here_o for_o if_o he_o mean_v of_o the_o instruction_n this_o make_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o this_o case_n and_o the_o former_a for_o so_o must_v minister_n beware_v of_o the_o spiritual_a supremacy_n by_o which_o the_o injunction_n of_o preach_v be_v usher_v in_o but_o yet_o the_o author_n will_v not_o have_v minister_n scar_v at_o preach_v because_o of_o the_o supremacy_n no_o more_o shall_v they_o beware_v of_o preach_v because_o of_o the_o instruction_n in_o his_o four_o he_o say_v though_o a_o command_n to_o preach_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o christ_n can_v be_v account_v to_o flow_v from_o this_o corrupt_a supremacy_n even_o though_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v say_v so_o much_o in_o plain_a term_n yet_o a_o command_n to_o preach_v in_o this_o place_n and_o not_o in_o another_o place_n and_o to_o preach_v so_o and_o so_o according_a to_o such_o limitation_n rule_n and_o prescription_n and_o according_a to_o no_o other_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o indulgence_n may_v be_v say_v to_o flow_v native_o from_o the_o corrupt_a supremacy_n and_o so_o he_o infer_v the_o accept_n of_o the_o indulgence_n can_v be_v justify_v though_o in_o the_o grant_n of_o it_o no_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o the_o supremacy_n much_o less_o if_o this_o be_v express_o prefix_v ans_fw-fr 1._o as_o to_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n the_o author_n misrepresent_v the_o magistrate_n act_n of_o indulgence_n for_o though_o the_o magistrate_n appoint_v permit_v allow_v the_o minister_n to_o preach_v in_o such_o place_n yet_o 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can_v not_o exercise_v the_o priest_n office_n but_o at_o jerusalem_n from_o which_o solomon_n banish_v he_o but_o the_o indulge_v minister_n not_o only_a might_n but_o they_o may_v without_o hazard_n preach_v in_o the_o parish_n to_o which_o they_o be_v confine_v but_o though_o he_o grant_v this_o yet_o he_o deni_v that_o the_o magistrate_n can_v direct_o discharge_v minister_n to_o preach_v and_o therefore_o the_o act_n of_o confinement_n will_v not_o warrant_v what_o he_o say_v here_o that_o the_o magistrate_n command_v they_o to_o preach_v in_o one_o place_n and_o not_o in_o another_o if_o they_o preach_v in_o another_o place_n beside_o that_o to_o which_o they_o be_v indulge_v they_o run_v a_o hazard_n but_o the_o magistrate_n have_v not_o in_o the_o act_n oâ—_n indulgence_n direct_o discharge_v they_o to_o preach_v in_o another_o place_n 2._o he_o can_v prove_v that_o the_o magistrate_n command_v a_o minister_n to_o preach_v in_o a_o certain_a place_n be_v a_o act_n of_o erastianism_n or_o a_o act_n thaâ—_n flow_v from_o a_o corrupt_a supremacy_n yea_o he_o have_v grant_v according_a to_o the_o ten_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o discipline_n that_o the_o magistrate_n may_v in_o some_o case_n place_v minister_n the_o minister_n who_o go_v to_o their_o own_o parish_n have_v the_o antecedent_n judgement_n of_o the_o church_n at_o their_o ordination_n for_o preach_v in_o such_o church_n and_o the_o magistrate_n in_o appoint_v they_o to_o go_v thither_o appoint_v they_o to_o do_v what_o the_o presbytery_n have_v before_o ordain_v they_o to_o they_o who_o go_v to_o other_o church_n than_o their_o own_o as_o they_o have_v the_o antecedent_n judgement_n of_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n in_o that_o ten_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o discipline_n to_o warrant_v their_o act_n so_o before_o they_o go_v to_o the_o council_n they_o have_v the_o advice_n of_o or_o consent_v of_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o out_v minister_n to_o do_v 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