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as_o such_o be_v but_o to_o choose_v their_o lawmaker_n and_o secure_v their_o liberty_n and_o not_o to_o make_v law_n themselves_o by_o themselves_o or_o mere_a representer_n §_o 21._o object_n 10._o lib._n 8._o p._n 221._o for_o of_o this_o thing_n no_o man_n doubt_v namely_o that_o in_o all_o society_n 10._o object_n 10._o company_n and_o corporation_n what_o several_o each_o shall_v be_v bind_v unto_o it_o must_v be_v with_o all_o their_o assent_n ratify_v against_o all_o equity_n it_o be_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v suffer_v detriment_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n for_o not_o observe_v that_o which_o he_o never_o do_v either_o by_o himself_o or_o by_o other_o mediate_o or_o immediate_o agree_v to_o answ._n i_o be_o one_o that_o more_o than_o doubt_v of_o that_o which_o you_o say_v no_o man_n doubt_v of_o do_v you_o not_o answ._n answ._n so_o much_o as_o except_v god_n law_n and_o all_o those_o that_o only_o do_v enforce_v they_o or_o drive_v man_n to_o obey_v they_o as_o man_n be_v 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be_v part_n of_o it_o §_o 23_o object_n 12._o lib._n 8._o p._n 218_o 223_o 224._o what_o power_n the_o king_n have_v he_o have_v it_o by_o law_n 12._o object_n 12._o the_o bound_n and_o limit_n of_o it_o be_v know_v the_o entire_a community_n give_v order_n etc._n etc._n p._n 223._o as_o for_o they_o that_o exercise_n power_n altogether_o against_o order_n although_o the_o kind_n of_o power_n which_o they_o have_v may_v be_v of_o god_n yet_o be_v their_o exercise_n thereof_o against_o god_n and_o therefore_o not_o of_o god_n otherwise_o than_o by_o permission_n as_o all_o injustice_n be_v pag._n 224._o usurper_n of_o power_n whereby_o we_o do_v not_o mean_v they_o that_o by_o violence_n have_v aspire_v unto_o place_n of_o high_a authority_n but_o they_o that_o use_v more_o authority_n than_o they_o do_v ever_o receive_v in_o form_n and_o manner_n before_o mention_v such_o usurper_n thereof_o as_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o power_n do_v more_o than_o they_o have_v be_v authorize_v to_o do_v can_v in_o conscience_n bind_v any_o man_n to_o obedience_n answ._n it_o be_v true_a that_o no_o man_n can_v exercise_v more_o power_n than_o he_o have_v the_o power_n that_o we_o speak_v answ._n answ._n of_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ius_n regendi_fw-la it_o be_v impossible_a to_o use_v more_o authority_n than_o they_o have_v though_o they_o may_v command_v beyond_o and_o without_o authority_n and_o it_o be_v true_a that_o where_o a_o man_n have_v no_o authority_n or_o right_a to_o command_v he_o can_v direct_o bind_v to_o obedience_n but_o yet_o a_o ruler_n may_v exercise_v more_o power_n than_o man_n ever_o give_v he_o and_o oblige_v man_n to_o obedience_n thereby_o god_n give_v they_o power_n to_o govern_v for_o his_o glory_n according_a to_o his_o law_n and_o to_o promote_v obedience_n to_o those_o law_n of_o god_n in_o nature_n and_o scripture_n by_o subordinate_a law_n of_o their_o own_o and_o all_o this_o the_o sovereign_n may_v do_v if_o the_o people_n at_o the_o choice_n of_o he_o or_o his_o family_n shall_v only_o say_v we_o take_v you_o for_o our_o sovereign_a ruler_n for_o than_o he_o may_v do_v all_o that_o true_a reason_n or_o scripture_n make_v the_o work_n of_o a_o sovereign_a ruler_n even_o govern_v the_o people_n by_o all_o such_o just_a mean_n as_o tend_v to_o the_o public_a good_a and_o their_o everlasting_a happiness_n and_o yet_o that_o people_n that_o shall_v do_v no_o more_o but_o choose_v person_n or_o family_n to_o govern_v they_o and_o set_v they_o no_o bound_n do_v give_v no_o power_n to_o those_o they_o choose_v but_o determine_v of_o the_o person_n that_o shall_v have_v power_n from_o god_n yet_o it_o be_v grant_v you_o that_o if_o the_o person_n or_o family_n choose_v contract_n with_o they_o to_o govern_v only_o with_o such_o and_o such_o limitation_n they_o have_v bind_v themselves_o by_o their_o own_o contract_n and_o thus_o both_o specification_n of_o government_n and_o degree_n of_o power_n come_v in_o by_o man_n but_o always_o distinguish_v 1._o between_o the_o people_n give_v away_o their_o propriety_n in_o their_o good_n labour_n etc._n etc._n which_o they_o may_v do_v and_o give_v authority_n or_o govern_v power_n which_o they_o have_v not_o 270._o potestas_fw-la maritalis_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la applicatio_fw-la ejus_fw-la potestatis_fw-la ad_fw-la certam_fw-la personam_fw-la ex_fw-la consensu_fw-la venit_fw-la quo_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipsum_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la datur_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la ex_fw-la consensâ—â—_fw-la daretur_fw-la posset_n consensu_fw-la etiam_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la aut_fw-la conveniri_fw-la ne_fw-la maritus_fw-la foeminae_fw-la imperaret_fw-la quid_fw-la minime_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la imperatoria_fw-la potestas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la penes_fw-la electores_fw-la ergo_fw-la nec_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la datur_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la tamen_fw-la certae_fw-la personae_fw-la applicatur_fw-la jus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la &_o necis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la peneâ—_n cives_fw-la antequam_fw-la in_o rempublicam_fw-la coeant_fw-la privatus_fw-la enim_fw-la jus_o vindictae_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la ab_fw-la iisâ—â—em_fw-la tamen_fw-la applicatur_fw-la ad_fw-la coetum_fw-la ant_n personam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la grotius_n de_fw-fr imperiâ—_n p._n 270._o to_o give_v 2._o between_o their_o name_v the_o person_n that_o shall_v receive_v it_o from_o the_o universal_a king_n and_o give_v it_o themselves_o 3._o between_o bound_v and_o limit_v power_n and_o give_v power_n 4._o and_o between_o a_o sovereign_n bind_a himself_n by_o contract_n and_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o other_o if_o they_o be_v limit_v by_o contract_n which_o be_v common_o call_v the_o constitutive_a or_o fundamental_a law_n it_o be_v their_o own_o consent_n and_o contract_n that_o effective_o oblige_v and_o limit_v they_o of_o which_o indeed_o the_o people_n will_n may_v be_v the_o occasion_n when_o they_o resolve_v that_o they_o
heed_n of_o run_v from_o one_o extreme_a into_o another_o p._n 50_o direct_v 11._o be_v not_o too_o confident_a in_o your_o first_o apprehension_n or_o opinion_n but_o modest_o suspicious_a of_o they_o p._n 51_o direct_v 12._o what_o to_o do_v when_o controversy_n divide_v the_o church_n of_o silence_v truth_n p._n 52_o direct_v 13._o what_o godliness_n be_v the_o best_a life_n on_o earth_n how_o satan_n will_v make_v it_o seem_v troublesome_a and_o ungrateful_a 1._o by_o difficulty_n 2._o by_o various_a sect_n 3._o by_o scrupulosity_n 4._o by_o your_o over_n in_o your_o own_o invention_n 5._o by_o perplex_v fear_n and_o sorrow_n 6._o by_o unmortified_a lust_n 7._o by_o actual_a siâ—s_n 8._o by_o ignorance_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n p._n 54_o direct_v 14._o mortify_v the_o flesh_n and_o rule_v the_o sense_n and_o the_o appetite_n p._n 57_o direct_v 15._o be_v wary_a in_o choose_v not_o only_a your_o teacher_n but_o your_o company_n also_o their_o character_n p._n 58_o direct_v 16._o what_o book_n to_o prefer_v and_o read_v and_o what_o to_o reject_v p._n 60_o direct_n 17._o take_v not_o a_o doctrine_n of_o libertinism_n for_o free_a grace_n p._n 61_o direct_v 18._o take_v heed_n lâ—st_v grace_v degenerate_a into_o counterfeit_n formality_n etc._n etc._n p._n 63_o direct_v 19_o reckon_v not_o on_o prosperity_n or_o long_a life_n but_o live_v as_o die_v p._n 65_o direct_v 20._o see_v that_o your_o religion_n be_v pure_o divine_a that_o god_n be_v your_o first_o and_o last_o and_o all_o man_n nothing_o p._n 66_o chap._n iii_o the_o general_n grand_a direction_n for_o walk_v with_o god_n in_o a_o life_n of_o faith_n and_o holiness_n contain_v the_o essential_o of_o godliness_n and_o christianity_n p._n 69_o gr._n dir._n 1._o understand_v well_o the_o nature_n ground_n reason_n and_o order_n of_o faith_n and_o godliness_n proposition_n open_v somewhat_o of_o they_o the_o reader_n must_v note_v that_o here_o i_o blot_v out_o the_o method_n and_o help_n of_o faith_n have_v fullier_n open_v they_o in_o a_o treatise_n call_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n and_o another_o of_o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o infidelity_n gr._n dir._n 2._o how_o to_o live_v by_o faith_n on_o christ._n how_o to_o make_v use_n of_o christ_n in_o twenty_o necessity_n p._n 72_o gr._n dir._n 3._o how_o to_o believe_v in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o live_v by_o his_o grace_n his_o witness_n seal_v earnest_n etc._n etc._n q._n when_o good_a effect_n be_v from_o mean_n from_o our_o endeavour_n and_o when_o from_o the_o spirit_n p._n 77_o 78_o gr._n dir._n 4._o for_o a_o true_a orderly_a and_o practical_a knowledge_n of_o god_n a_o scheme_n of_o his_o attribute_n p._n 81_o 82_o gr._n dir._n 5._o of_o self_n resignation_n to_o god_n as_o our_o owner_n motive_n mark_n means_n p._n 83_o gr._n dir._n 6._o of_o subjection_n to_o god_n as_o our_o sovereign_a king_n what_o it_o be_v how_o to_o bring_v the_o soul_n into_o subjection_n to_o god_n how_o to_o keep_v up_o a_o ready_a and_o constant_a obedience_n to_o he_o p._n 85_o gr._n dir._n 7._o to_o learn_v of_o christ_n as_o our_o teacher_n how_o the_o imitation_n of_o christ._n p._n 90_o gr._n dr._n 8._o to_o obey_v christ_n our_o physician_n or_o saviour_n in_o his_o repair_v heal_a work_n p._n 95_o how_o each_o faculty_n be_v disease_v or_o deprave_a the_o intellect_n its_o act_n and_o malady_n the_o wiâ—â—_n q._n whether_o the_o locomotive_a and_o sense_n can_v move_v we_o to_o sin_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o will_v â—r_n reason_n upon_o its_o bare_a omission_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o memory_n imagination_n affection_n sensitive_a appetite_n exterior_a part_n which_o need_v a_o cure_n forty_o intrinsical_a evil_n in_o sin_n which_o make_v up_o its_o malignity_n the_o common_a aggravation_n of_o sin_n special_a aggravation_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o regenerate_v direction_n to_o get_v a_o hatred_n of_o sin_n how_o to_o cure_v it_o p._n 95_o gr._n dir._n 9_o of_o the_o christian_a warfare_n under_o christ_n who_o be_v our_o enemy_n of_o the_o devil_n the_o state_n of_o the_o army_n and_o of_o the_o war_n between_o christ_n and_o satan_n the_o end_n ground_n advantage_n auxiliaries_n instrument_n and_o method_n of_o the_o tempter_n p._n 104_o how_o satan_n keep_v off_o the_o force_n of_o christ_n and_o frustrate_v all_o mean_n christ_n contrary_a method_n p._n 109_o tit._n 2._o temptation_n to_o particular_a sin_n with_o direction_n for_o preservation_n and_o remedy_n 1._o how_o satan_n prepare_v his_o bait_n of_o temptation_n p._n 111_o 2._o how_o he_o appli_v they_o p._n 114_o tit._n 3._o temptation_n to_o draw_v we_o off_o from_o duty_n p._n 124_o tit._n 4._o temptation_n to_o frustrate_v holy_a duty_n p._n 126_o gr._n dir._n 10._o how_o to_o work_v as_o servant_n to_o christ_n our_o lord_n the_o true_a doctrine_n of_o good_a work_n p._n 128_o direction_n for_o our_o serve_a christ_n in_o well_o do_v p._n 130._o where_o be_v many_o rule_n to_o 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truth_n q_o be_v not_o go_v against_o conscience_n sin_v against_o knowledge_n p._n 136_o q._n when_o the_o information_n of_o conscience_n require_v a_o long_a time_n be_v it_o not_o a_o duty_n to_o obey_v it_o at_o the_o present_a q._n may_v one_o do_v a_o great_a good_a when_o it_o can_v be_v do_v but_o by_o a_o little_a sin_n as_o a_o lie_n q_o must_v i_o not_o forbear_v all_o good_a work_n which_o i_o can_v do_v without_o sin_n q_o must_v i_o forbear_v a_o certain_a great_a duty_n as_o preach_v the_o gospel_n for_o fear_v of_o a_o small_a uncertain_a sin_n q._n what_o shall_v a_o man_n do_v that_o be_v in_o doubt_n after_o all_o the_o mean_n that_o he_o can_v use_v p._n 137_o sixteen_o rule_n to_o guide_v a_o doubt_a conscience_n and_o to_o know_v among_o many_o seem_a duty_n which_o be_v the_o great_a and_o to_o be_v prefer_v p._n 137_o gr._n dir._n 11._o to_o love_n god_n as_o our_o father_n and_o felicity_n and_o end_n the_o nature_n of_o holy_a love_n god_n must_v be_v love_v 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to_o keep_v far_o enough_o off_o if_o you_o touch_v the_o pitch_n you_o will_v be_v defile_v whosoever_o touch_v she_o shall_v not_o be_v innocent_a prov._n 6._o 29._o can_v a_o man_n take_v fire_n in_o his_o bosom_n and_o his_o clothes_n not_o be_v burn_v can_v one_o go_v upon_o hot_a coal_n and_o his_o foot_n not_o be_v burn_v so_o he_o that_o go_v in_o to_o his_o neighbour_n wife_n vers_n 27_o 28._o bring_v not_o the_o fire_n and_o the_o gunpowder_n to_o near_o if_o thou_o can_v not_o keep_v at_o a_o distance_n nor_o forbear_v the_o presence_n of_o the_o bait_n thou_o be_v not_o like_a to_o forbear_v the_o sin_n §_o 21._o direct_v 4._o reverence_n thy_o own_o conscience_n mark_v what_o it_o speak_v now_o for_o it_o will_v short_o speak_v 4._o direct_v 4._o it_o in_o a_o more_o terrible_a manner_n hear_v it_o voluntary_o for_o it_o be_v terrible_a to_o hear_v it_o when_o thou_o can_v not_o resist_v treat_v with_o conscience_n in_o the_o way_n while_o it_o be_v reconcileable_a for_o 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thyself_o unfit_a to_o pray_v to_o he_o even_o lawful_a shame_n plâ—tarâ—s_n roman_a qâ—â—st_n 65._o â—â—_o why_o the_o bridegroom_n be_v not_o to_o have_v â—ny_n lâ—ght_a whoâ—_n he_o first_o come_v to_o bâ—d_v to_o his_o bride_n and_o answer_v happy_o this_o be_v institute_v to_o show_v how_o sinful_a and_o damnable_a all_o unlawful_a company_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n together_o be_v see_v that_o which_o be_v lawful_a and_o allow_v be_v not_o without_o some_o blemish_n and_o note_n of_o shame_n procreation_n as_o i_o say_v before_o do_v blush_v to_o come_v too_o near_o to_o holy_a exercise_n as_o chrysostom_n say_v die_fw-la quo_fw-la liberis_fw-la operam_fw-la dedisti_fw-la legitime_fw-la quamvis_fw-la crimen_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la orare_fw-la tamen_fw-la nâ—n_n audes_fw-ge quod_fw-la si_fw-la ab_fw-la incontaminato_fw-la lecto_fw-la resurgens_fw-la time_n ad_fw-la orandum_fw-la accedere_fw-la quum_fw-la in_o diaboli_fw-la lecto_fw-la sâ—s_z our_o horribile_fw-la 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do_v this_o great_a wickedness_n and_o sin_n against_o god_n as_o it_o be_v write_v of_o a_o chaste_a woman_n that_o be_v tempt_v by_o a_o fornicator_n wish_v he_o first_o at_o her_o request_n to_o hold_v his_o finger_n in_o the_o fire_n and_o when_o he_o refuse_v answer_v he_o why_o then_o shall_v i_o burn_v in_o hell_n to_o satisfy_v you_o so_o ask_v thyself_o can_v i_o easy_o overcome_v the_o flame_n of_o hell_n than_o the_o flame_n of_o lust_n §_o 23._o direct_v 6._o remember_v man_n that_o god_n stand_v by_o if_o he_o be_v not_o there_o thou_o can_v not_o be_v 6._o direct_v 6._o there_o for_o in_o he_o thou_o live_v and_o move_v and_o be_v he_o that_o make_v the_o eye_n must_v see_v and_o he_o that_o make_v the_o light_n and_o darkness_n do_v see_v as_o well_o in_o the_o dark_a as_o in_o the_o light_n if_o thou_o imagine_v that_o he_o be_v absent_a or_o ignorant_a thou_o believe_v not_o that_o he_o be_v god_n for_o a_o absent_a and_o ignorant_a god_n be_v no_o god_n and_o dare_v 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and_o that_o he_o be_v a_o consume_a fire_n heb._n 12._o 29._o §_o 24._o direct_v 7._o suppose_v all_o the_o while_n that_o thou_o see_v the_o devil_n open_v thou_o the_o door_n and_o bring_v 7._o direct_v 7._o thou_o thy_o mate_n and_o drive_v on_o the_o match_n and_o persuade_v thou_o to_o the_o sin_n what_o if_o he_o appear_v to_o thou_o open_o to_o play_v his_o part_n as_o sure_a as_o he_o now_o play_v it_o unseen_a will_v not_o thy_o lust_n be_v cool_v and_o will_v not_o the_o devil_n cure_v the_o disease_n which_o he_o have_v excite_v in_o thou_o why_o then_o do_v thou_o obey_v he_o now_o when_o he_o be_v as_o certain_o the_o instigator_n as_o if_o thou_o see_v he_o why_o man_n have_v thou_o so_o little_a reason_n that_o see_v and_o not_o see_v will_v make_v so_o great_a a_o difference_n with_o thou_o what_o if_o thou_o be_v blind_a will_v thou_o play_v the_o fornicator_n before_o all_o the_o company_n because_o thou_o see_v they_o not_o when_o thou_o know_v they_o be_v there_o 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whoever_o take_v a_o talkative_a babbler_n for_o a_o wise_a man_n he_o that_o be_v logophilus_fw-la be_v seldom_o philologus_n much_o less_o philosophus_fw-la as_o demosthenes_n 23._o eccles_n 5._o 3_o 7._o eccles._n â—0_n 12_o 13._o eccles._n 10._o 14._o psal._n 37._o 30_o prov._n 17._o 27_o 28._o &_o 10._o 20._o &_o 12._o 18._o &_o 10_o 19_o &_o 18._o 4_o 5_o 6._o &_o â—1_n 23._o say_v to_o a_o prater_n if_o thou_o know_v more_o thou_o will_v say_v less_o they_o seldom_o go_v for_o man_n of_o action_n and_o virtue_n that_o talk_n much_o they_o that_o say_v much_o usual_o do_v little_a woman_n and_o child_n and_o old_a folk_n be_v common_o the_o great_a talker_n i_o may_v add_v mad_a folk_n livy_n note_v that_o soldier_n that_o prate_v and_o brag_n much_o seldom_o fight_v well_o and_o erasmus_n note_v that_o child_n that_o quick_o learn_v to_o speak_v be_v long_o in_o learning_n to_o go_v it_o be_v not_o the_o bark_a cur_n that_o bit_v let_v it_o be_v the_o honour_n of_o a_o parrot_n to_o speak_v much_o but_o of_o a_o man_n to_o speak_v wise_o the_o mobility_n of_o their_o tongue_n a_o honour_n common_a to_o a_o aspen_n leaf_n be_v all_o their_o honour_n that_o can_v multis_fw-la verbis_fw-la pauca_fw-la dicere_fw-la say_v a_o little_a in_o a_o great_a many_o of_o word_n but_o multa_fw-la paucis_fw-la much_o in_o few_o word_n be_v the_o character_n of_o the_o wise_a unless_o when_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o auditor_n prohibit_v it_o and_o qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o dicendo_fw-la brevissimi_fw-la if_o the_o auditor_n can_v bear_v it_o shall_v be_v account_v the_o best_a speaker_n i_o be_o not_o of_o his_o mind_n that_o say_v he_o oft_o repent_v speak_v but_o never_o repent_v silence_n but_o except_o they_o be_v minister_n few_o man_n have_v so_o much_o cause_n to_o repent_v of_o silence_n as_o of_o speech_n non_fw-la quam_fw-la multa_fw-la sed_fw-la quam_fw-la bene_fw-la must_v be_v the_o christian_n care_n as_o one_o say_v of_o philosophy_n i_o may_v much_o more_o 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