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a_o eminent_a hand_n in_o oxford_n a_o year_n or_o two_o after_o his_o death_n a_o old_a man_n out_o live_v he_o and_o one_o of_o the_o most_o learned_a and_o pious_a of_o that_o communion_n bishop_n sande_n son_n i_o mean_v they_o be_v the_o two_o great_a man_n of_o their_o sort_n that_o be_v of_o the_o party_n let_v we_o see_v what_o this_o reverend_a man_n say_v to_o our_o point_n the_o word_n of_o god_n do_v express_o forbid_v we_o to_o subject_v our_o conscience_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o any_o other_o or_o to_o usurp_v a_o dominion_n over_o the_o conscience_n of_o any_o one._n several_a case_n of_o conscience_n discuss_v in_o ten_o lecture_n in_o the_o divinity_n school_n at_o oxford_n 3_o lect._n 30_o sect._n pag._n â—03_n print_a 1660._o he_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v christ_n disciple_n who_o be_v not_o the_o disciple_n of_o christ_n alone_o the_o simplicity_n and_o sincerity_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n have_v suffer_v a_o great_a prejudice_n since_o we_o have_v be_v divide_v into_o party_n neither_o be_v their_o any_o hope_n that_o religion_n shall_v be_v restore_v to_o her_o former_a original_a and_o purity_n until_o the_o wound_n that_o be_v make_v wide_a by_o our_o daily_a quarrel_n and_o dissension_n be_v anoint_v with_o the_o only_a of_o brotherly_a love_n as_o with_o a_o balsam_n shall_v begin_v to_o close_v again_o and_o to_o grow_v entire_a into_o the_o same_o unity_n of_o faith_n and_o charity_n ibid._n sect._n 29._o the_o obligation_n of_o conscience_n do_v not_o signify_v any_o compulsion_n for_o to_o speak_v proper_o the_o conscience_n can_v no_o more_o be_v compel_v than_o the_o freewill_n ibid._n 4._o lecture_n sect._n 5._o pag._n 109._o the_o express_a commandment_n of_o god_n do_v oblige_v the_o conscience_n proper_o by_o itself_o and_o by_o its_o own_o force_n and_o this_o obligation_n be_v absolute_a because_o it_o do_v direct_o and_o always_o oblige_v and_o because_o it_o oblige_v all_o person_n and_o the_o obligation_n of_o it_o be_v never_o to_o be_v cancel_v noâ—e_n but_o god_n alone_o have_v power_n to_o impose_v a_o law_n upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o any_o man_n to_o which_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v subject_v as_o oblige_v by_o it_o sâ—lf_o this_o conclusion_n be_v prove_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n there_o be_v but_o one_o lawgiver_n who_o can_v both_o save_v and_o destroy_v in_o which_o word_n two_o argument_n do_v proffer_n themselves_o to_o our_o observation_n in_o the_o first_o place_n they_o assert_v there_o be_v but_o one_o legislator_n not_o one_o pick_v out_o among_o many_o not_o one_o above_o many_o but_o one_o exclusive_o that_o be_v to_o say_v one_o and_o but_o one_o only_a the_o apostle_n otherwise_o have_v make_v use_n of_o a_o very_a ineffectual_a argument_n to_o prove_v what_o he_o have_v propound_v for_o he_o rebuke_v those_o who_o unadvised_o do_v pass_v their_o judgement_n either_o on_o the_o person_n or_o the_o deed_n of_o other_o man_n as_o the_o invader_n of_o their_o right_n who_o be_v thou_o say_v he_o who_o do_v judge_v another_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v do_v thou_o know_v thyself_o what_o thou_o be_v and_o what_o thou_o do_v it_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o thou_o to_o thrust_v thy_o saucy_a sickle_n into_o the_o harvest_n of_o another_o man_n much_o less_o bold_o to_o fling_v thyself_o into_o the_o throne_n of_o almighty_a god._n if_o already_o thou_o be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o then_o know_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o he_o alone_o to_o judge_v of_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n to_o who_o alone_o it_o do_v belong_v to_o impose_v law_n upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n which_o none_o can_v do_v but_o god_n alone_o ibid._n pag._n 111_o 112_o 113._o the_o condition_n and_o natural_a estate_n of_o the_o conscience_n itself_o be_v so_o place_v as_o it_o be_v
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