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full_a of_o threat_n the_o church-chasing_a and_o exeommunit_a for_o the_o late_a engagement_n the_o untruth_n be_v the_o reviewer_n prov._n 6._o 28._o the_o rev._n ear_n not_o for_o hear_v of_o the_o late_a engagement_n ps._n 69_o 23._o the_o 8._o desire_n of_o the_o church_n neither_o just_a nor_o necessary_a the_o ch._n of_o scotland_n have_v no_o liberty_n to_o declare_v against_o king_n and_o parliament_n job_n 5._o 13._o prov._n 17._o 24._o heb._n 11._o 39_o ephes._n 2._o 2._o gal._n 1._o 8._o 9_o lament_n 4._o 20._o contradiction_n between_o the_o revic_a margin_n and_o text_n the_o levy_v be_v offer_v to_o be_v stop_v may_v 11._o 1649._o lib._n de_fw-fr ir._n cap._n ulr_n minister_n â—…in_a arm_n not_o cens_n by_o the_o commissioner_n of_o the_o church_fw-mi s._n pet._n 2._o 16._o v_o 13._o presbytery_n make_v parliament_n subject_a to_o the_o assembly_n 2._o book_n discipl_n 1._o ch_n heb._n 1._o 14._o ps._n 104._o 4._o jer._n 14._o isai._n 42._o 19_o minister_n power_n with_o the_o people_n dangerous_a if_o seditiouslie_o bend_v th._n capâ—…nel_n eap_v 18._o ps._n 45._o 5._o â—…psis_fw-la cardinalibus_fw-la and_o p._n p._n maxformidabilis_fw-la fuit_fw-la diremita_fw-la aut_fw-la unyt_v principes_fw-la &_o subditos_fw-la suos_fw-la arbytratu_fw-la ps._n 12._o 4._o eik_n bas_n cap._n 17._o st._n liturg._n p._n 87._o v._o 18._o isai._n 66._o 24_o no_o in_o haerent_fw-la right_a in_o court_n to_o nominate_v commissioner_n for_o intervall_n haggai_n 1._o 6._o the_o presbytery_n a_o tyranny_n over_o the_o consciency_n of_o thepeople_n censure_n upon_o slight_a ground_n scot._n lit._n rom._n 8._o 15._o prov_n 1._o 26._o spiritual_a cruelty_n in_o the_o prayer_n of_o presbyter_n sc._n lit._n p._n 196._o 1._o pet._n 5._o 8_o our_o sabbath_n recreation_n shor_v of_o those_o in_o other_o reform_a curche_n trivial_a debate_n and_o article_v against_o habiss_n knox_n hist._n the_o same_o fault_n under_o a_o different_a formality_n not_o to_o betwice_o punish_v lib._n de_fw-fr fid._n &_o op._n cap._n 2._o offender_n quit_v to_o be_v admit_v to_o the_o h._n sacrament_n without_o public_a satisfaction_n in_o
and_o before_o he_o his_o father_n his_o grandmother_n &_o his_o great_a grandmother_n do_v all_o to_o their_o cost_n then_o in_o plain_a english_a what_o be_v this_o political_a power_n to_o call_v synod_n to_o preside_v in_o synod_n and_o to_o ratify_v synod_n which_o these_o good_a man_n give_v to_o the_o magistrate_n and_o magnify_v so_o much_o i_o shall_v tell_v the_o truth_n it_o be_v a_o duty_n which_o the_o magistrate_n owe_v to_o the_o kirk_n when_o they_o think_v necessary_a to_o have_v a_o synod_n convocate_v to_o strengthen_v their_o summous_a by_o a_o civil_a sanction_n to_o secure_v they_o in_o come_v to_o the_o synod_n &_o return_v from_o 5â—…_n the_o synod_n to_o provide_v they_o good_a accommodation_n to_o protect_v they_o from_o danger_n to_o defend_v their_o right_n and_o privilege_n to_o compel_v obstinate_a person_n by_o civil_a law_n and_o punishment_n to_o submit_v to_o their_o censure_n and_o decree_n what_o get_v the_o magistrate_n by_o all_o this_o to_o himself_o he_o may_v put_v it_o all_o in_o his_o eye_n and_o see_v never_o a_o whit_n the_o worse_o for_o they_o ibid._n declare_v express_o that_o neither_o all_o the_o power_n nor_o any_o part_n of_o the_o power_n which_o synod_n have_v to_o deliberate_v of_o or_o to_o define_v ecclesiastical_a thing_n though_o it_o be_v in_o relation_n to_o their_o own_o subject_n do_v flow_v from_o the_o magistrate_n but_o because_o in_o those_o thing_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o outward_a man_n mark_v the_o reason_n the_o church_n stand_v in_o need_n of_o the_o help_n of_o the_o magistrate_n fair_a fall_n a_o ingenuous_a confession_n they_o attribute_v nothing_o to_o the_o magistrate_n but_o only_o what_o may_v render_v he_o able_a to_o serve_v their_o own_o turn_n and_o supply_v their_o need_n i_o wish_v these_o man_n will_v think_v a_o little_a more_o of_o the_o distinction_n between_o habitual_a and_o actual_a jurisdiction_n after_o a_o schoolmaster_n have_v his_o licence_n to_o teach_v yet_o his_o actual_a jurisdiction_n do_v proceed_v from_o the_o parent_n of_o his_o scholar_n and_o though_o he_o enjoy_v a_o kind_n of_o supremacy_n among_o they_o he_o must_v not_o think_v that_o this_o extinguish_v either_o his_o own_o filial_a duty_n or_o they_o like_o this_o power_n of_o preside_v political_o in_o synod_n be_v the_o other_o power_n which_o they_o give_v he_o of_o reform_v the_o church_n that_o be_v when_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n be_v corrupt_v but_o not_o when_o it_o be_v pure_a as_o they_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o it_o be_v when_o the_o jurisdiction_n be_v in_o their_o own_o hand_n although_o godly_a king_n and_o prince_n sometime_o by_o their_o own_o authority_n when_o the_o kirk_n be_v corrupt_v and_o all_o thing_n out_o of_o order_n place_n minister_n and_o 10._o restore_v the_o true_a service_n of_o the_o lord_n after_o the_o example_n of_o some_o godly_a king_n of_o judah_n and_o divers_a godly_a emperor_n and_o king_n also_o in_o the_o light_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n yet_o where_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o kirk_n be_v once_o lawful_o constitute_v and_o they_o that_o be_v place_v do_v their_o office_n faithful_o all_o godly_a prince_n and_o magistrate_n ought_v to_o hear_v and_o obey_v their_o voice_n and_o reverence_v the_o majesty_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n speak_v in_o they_o leave_v â—…his_fw-la juggle_v who_o shall_v judge_v when_o the_o church_n be_v corrupt_v the_o magistrate_n or_o churchman_n if_o the_o magistrate_n why_o not_o over_o you_o as_o well_o as_o other_o if_o the_o churchman_n why_o not_o other_o as_o well_o as_o you_o here_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v answer_v but_o to_o beg_v the_o question_n that_o they_o only_o be_v the_o true_a church_n hear_v another_o witness_n in_o evil_a and_o troublesome_a time_n and_o in_o a_o lap_n ed_z state_n of_o affair_n when_o the_o order_n institute_v by_o god_n in_o the_o church_n be_v degenerate_v to_o tyranny_n to_o the_o trample_n 85._o upon_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o oppress_v the_o professor_n of_o it_o when_o nothing_o be_v sound_v the_o godly_a magistrate_n may_v do_v some_o thing_n which_o ordinary_o be_v not_o lawful_a etc._n etc._n but_o ordinary_o and_o of_o common_a right_n in_o church_n already_o constitute_v if_o a_o man_n fly_v to_o the_o magistrate_n complain_v that_o he_o be_v injure_v by_o the_o abuse_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n or_o if_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o presbytery_n displease_v the_o magistrate_n either_o in_o point_n of_o discipline_n or_o of_o faith_n he_o must_v not_o therefore_o draw_v such_o cause_n to_o a_o civil_a tribâ—…nal_n nor_o introduce_v a_o political_a papacy_n and_o as_o the_o magistrate_n ibidâ—…_n have_v power_n in_o extraordinary_a cause_n when_o the_o church_n be_v whole_o corrupt_v to_o reform_v ecclesiastical_a abuse_n so_o if_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v tyrannize_v over_o the_o church_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o oppose_v he_o by_o certain_a way_n and_o mean_n extraordinary_a how_o ever_o ordinary_o not_o to_o be_v allow_v this_o be_v plain_a deal_n the_o magistrate_n can_v lawful_o reform_v they_o but_o in_o case_n extraordinary_a and_o in_o case_n extraordinary_a they_o may_v lawful_o â—…eform_v the_o magistrate_n by_o mean_n not_o to_o be_v ordinary_o allow_v that_o be_v by_o force_n of_o arm_n see_v the_o principle_n from_o whence_o all_o our_o misery_n and_o the_o loss_n of_o our_o gracious_a master_n have_v flow_v and_o learn_v to_o detest_v they_o they_o give_v the_o magistrate_n the_o custody_n of_o both_o table_n so_o they_o do_v give_v the_o same_o to_o themselves_o they_o keep_v the_o second_o table_n by_o admonish_v he_o 43._o he_o keep_v the_o first_o table_n by_o assist_v they_o they_o reform_v the_o abuse_n of_o the_o first_o table_n by_o ordinary_a right_n of_o the_o second_o table_n extraordinary_o he_o reform_v the_o abuse_n against_o the_o second_o table_n by_o ordinary_a right_n and_o the_o abuse_n against_o the_o first_o table_n extraordinary_o but_o can_v the_o magistrate_n according_a to_o their_o learning_n call_v the_o synod_n to_o a_o account_n for_o any_o thing_n they_o do_v can_v he_o remedy_v the_o error_n of_o a_o synod_n either_o in_o doctrine_n or_o discipline_n no_o if_o magistrate_n have_v power_n to_o change_v 97._o or_o diminish_v or_o restrain_v the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n the_o condition_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v worse_o and_o their_o liberty_n less_o under_o a_o christian_a magistrate_n than_o under_o a_o heathen_a for_o say_v they_o parliament_n and_o supreme_a senate_n be_v no_o more_o infallible_a than_o synod_n and_o in_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o discipline_n more_o 88_o apt_a to_o errâ—…_n and_o again_o the_o magistrate_n be_v not_o judge_v of_o spiritual_a cause_n controvert_v in_o the_o church_n and_o if_o he_o decrâ—…e_v any_o thing_n in_o such_o business_n according_a 82._o to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o not_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o god_n word_n and_o the_o wisdom_n which_o be_v from_o above_o he_o must_v give_v a_o account_n of_o it_o unto_o god_n or_o may_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n oppose_v the_o execution_n of_o their_o discipline_n 2._o practise_v in_o their_o presbytery_n or_o synod_n by_o law_n or_o prohibition_n no_o it_o be_v wickedness_n if_o he_o do_v so_o far_o abuse_v his_o authority_n good_a christian_n 82._o must_v rather_o suffer_v extremity_n than_o obey_v he_o then_o what_o remedy_n have_v the_o magistrate_n if_o he_o find_v himself_o grieve_v in_o 3._o this_o case_n he_o may_v desire_v and_o procure_v a_o review_n in_o another_o national_a synod_n that_o the_o matter_n may_v be_v lawful_o determine_v by_o ecclesiastical_a judgement_n yet_o upon_o this_o condition_n that_o not_o withstand_v the_o future_a review_n the_o first_o sentence_n 92._o of_o the_o synod_n be_v execute_v without_o delay_n this_o be_v one_o main_a branch_n of_o popery_n and_o a_o gross_a incrochment_n upon_o the_o right_n of_o the_o magistrate_n chap._n iii_o that_o this_o discipline_n rob_v the_o magistrate_n of_o the_o last_o appeal_n of_o his_o subject_n the_o second_o flow_v from_o this_o the_o last_o appeal_v aught_o to_o be_v the_o supreme_a 2._o magistrate_n or_o magistrate_n within_o his_o or_o their_o dominion_n as_o to_o the_o high_a power_n under_o god_n and_o where_o it_o be_v not_o so_o order_v the_o commonwealth_n can_v enjoy_v no_o tranquillity_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o discourse_n by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n if_o any_o man_n find_v himself_o grieve_v with_o the_o sentence_n or_o consistoriall_a proceed_n of_o a_o bishop_n or_o of_o his_o officer_n he_o may_v appeal_v from_o the_o high_a judicatory_a of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o king_n in_o chancery_n who_o use_v in_o that_o case_n to_o grant_v commission_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n to_o delegate_n expert_a in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n who_o have_v
chap._n i._n the_o proelaticall_a faction_n continue_v resolute_a that_o the_o king_n and_o all_o his_o people_n shall_v perish_v rather_o than_o the_o praelat_n be_v not_o restore_v to_o their_o former_a place_n of_o power_n for_o to_o set_v up_o popery_n profanity_n and_o tyranny_n in_o all_o the_o three_o kingdom_n while_o the_o commissioner_n of_o the_o church_n warning_n and_o kingdom_n of_o scotland_n be_v on_o their_o way_n to_o make_v their_o first_o address_n to_o his_o majesty_n for_o to_o condole_v his_o most_o lamentable_a affliction_n and_o to_o make_v offer_n of_o their_o best_a affection_n and_o service_n for_o his_o comfort_n in_o this_o time_n of_o his_o great_a distress_n it_o be_v the_o wisdom_n and_o charity_n of_o the_o praelaticall_a party_n to_o send_v out_o doctor_n bramble_n to_o meet_v they_o with_o his_o fair_a warn_v for_o what_o else_o but_o to_o discourage_v they_o in_o the_o very_a entry_n from_o tender_v their_o proposition_n and_o before_o ever_o they_o be_v hear_v to_o stop_v his_o majesty_n ear_n with_o grievous_a praejudice_n against_o all_o that_o possible_o they_o can_v speak_v though_o the_o world_n see_v that_o the_o only_a apparent_a fountain_n of_o hope_n upon_o earth_n for_o recovery_n of_o the_o woeful_o confound_a affair_n of_o the_o king_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o that_o antipraelaticall_a nation_n but_o it_o be_v the_o hope_n of_o these_o who_o love_v the_o welfaire_n of_o the_o king_n and_o his_o people_n of_o the_o church_n and_o kingdom_n of_o britain_n that_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n which_o have_v break_v all_o the_o former_a device_n of_o the_o praelat_n shall_v crush_v this_o their_o engine_n also_o our_o warner_n undertake_v to_o oppugn_v the_o scote_n discipline_n write_v in_o a_o way_n of_o his_o own_o none_o of_o the_o most_o rational_a he_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o pretend_v to_o state_n a_o question_n nor_o in_o his_o whole_a book_n to_o bring_v against_o any_o main_a position_n of_o his_o opposite_n either_o scripture_n father_n or_o reason_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o assay_v to_o answer_v any_o one_o of_o their_o argument_n against_o episcopacy_n only_o he_o cull_v out_o some_o of_o their_o by-tenets_a belong_v little_a or_o nothing_o to_o the_o main_a question_n and_o from_o they_o take_v occasion_n to_o gather_v together_o in_o a_o heap_n all_o the_o calumny_n which_o of_o old_a or_o of_o late_a their_o know_a enemy_n out_o of_o the_o forge_n of_o their_o malice_n and_o fraud_n do_v obtrude_v on_o the_o credulity_n of_o simple_a people_n also_o some_o detort_v passage_n from_o the_o book_n of_o their_o friend_n to_o bring_v the_o way_n of_o that_o church_n in_o detestation_n without_o any_o just_a reason_n these_o practice_n in_o our_o warner_n be_v the_o less_o pardonable_a that_o though_o he_o know_v the_o chief_a of_o his_o allegation_n to_o be_v confute_v but_o borrow_v from_o his_o late_a much_o belove_v comerad_n master_n corbet_n in_o his_o lysimachus_n nicanor_n and_o master_n maxewell_n in_o his_o issachars_n burden_n yet_o he_o be_v neither_o deter_v by_o the_o strange_a punishment_n which_o god_n from_o heaven_n inflict_v visible_o on_o both_o these_o calumniatores_fw-la of_o their_o mother_n church_n nor_o be_v please_v in_o his_o repeat_n of_o their_o calumnious_a argument_n to_o relieve_v any_o of_o they_o from_o the_o exception_n under_o the_o which_o they_o stand_v public_o confute_v i_o suppose_v to_o his_o own_o distinct_a knowledge_n i_o know_v certain_o to_o the_o open_a view_n ofthousand_n in_o scotland_n england_n and_o ireland_n but_o it_o make_v for_o the_o warner_n design_v to_o dissemble_v here_o in_o holland_n that_o ever_o he_o hear_v of_o such_o book_n as_o lysimachus_n nicanor_n and_o issachar_n burden_n much_o less_o of_o master_n baylies_n answer_v to_o both_o print_v some_o year_n ago_o at_o london_n edinburgh_n and_o amsterdam_n without_o a_o rejoinder_n from_o any_o of_o that_o faction_n to_o this_o day_n spirit_n how_o 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