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B04938
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A poem on the test dedicated to His Royal Highnes the Duke of Albanie.
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Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688.
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1683
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Wing P701A; ESTC R181526
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proper_a to_o god_n only_o to_o bind_v the_o conscience_n so_o say_v calvin_n lib._n 3._o instit_fw-la 9_o cap._n sect_n 15._o and_o sibrandus_fw-la lib._n 8._o de_fw-la pontifice_fw-la romano_n cap._n 7._o vasques_n lib._n 1._o illust_n contraver_n 28._o 1._o and_o these_o will_v only_o have_v the_o magistrate_n power_n to_o reach_v the_o body_n or_o fortune_n of_o the_o subject_n allege_v no_o humane_a power_n can_v go_v further_o to_o which_o we_o oppose_v these_o follow_a argument_n 1._o a_o man_n may_v bind_v his_o own_o conscience_n as_o be_v confess_v by_o all_o in_o the_o case_n of_o lawful_a vow_n they_o be_v in_o our_o own_o power_n before_o they_o be_v make_v act._n 5_o 4._o but_o after_o that_o they_o be_v god_n bond_n and_o do_v bind_v the_o conscience_n to_o performance_n wherefore_o that_o do_v not_o altogether_o hold_v that_o god_n only_o can_v bind_v the_o conscience_n otherways_o either_o vow_n do_v not_o bind_v or_o else_o no_o man_n can_v engage_v himself_o in_o they_o either_o of_o which_o to_o affirm_v be_v absurd_a i_o find_v alsted_n theol._n case_z cap._n 2._o reg_fw-la 2._o to_o make_v great_a use_n of_o this_o argument_n 2._o in_o the_o rom._n 13._o we_o learn_v that_o magistrate_n have_v power_n and_o authority_n to_o enact_v law_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v call_v power_n 2._o that_o these_o law_n of_o the_o magistrate_n do_v receive_v strength_n and_o force_n from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n for_o the_o power_n that_o be_v say_v he_o be_v ordain_v of_o god_n 3._o that_o the_o law_n make_v by_o the_o magistrate_n have_v power_n to_o bind_v conscience_n v._o 5._o we_o must_v be_v subject_a not_o only_o for_o wrath_n but_o conscience_n sake_n and_o if_o we_o resist_v they_o we_o resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o pull_v down_o god_n judgement_n and_o bring_v condemnation_n on_o ourselves_o when_o we_o so_o do_v say_v the_o text_n verse_n 2._o and_o therefore_o to_o contemn_v the_o law_n of_o man_n though_o not_o express_o for_o then_o they_o be_v god_n but_o virtual_o contain_v in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v to_o be_v disobedient_a to_o god_n himself_o 3._o consider_v that_o conscience_n have_v relation_n not_o to_o god_n only_o but_o to_o man_n also_o act_v 24_o 16._o conscience_n both_o towards_o god_n and_o man_n it_o have_v the_o principal_a relation_n to_o god_n as_o be_v the_o absolute_a binder_n thereof_o yet_o in_o and_o through_o he_o to_o man_n and_o his_o law_n also_o for_o it_o be_v to_o be_v here_o remark_v that_o at_o that_o same_o instant_a saint_n paul_n be_v plead_v before_o one_fw-mi heathen_a magistrate_n 4._o we_o must_v consider_v that_o we_o be_v not_o only_o to_o make_v conscience_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n but_o of_o civil_a thing_n also_o for_o though_o thing_n that_o be_v civil_a as_o civil_a do_v not_o of_o themselves_o and_o immediate_o bind_v the_o conscience_n yet_o by_o virtue_n of_o one_fw-mi high_o law_n to_o which_o they_o be_v subordinat_a and_o subjoin_v be_v make_v by_o the_o magistrate_n as_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n and_o back_v by_o his_o authority_n which_o be_v god_n seal_n so_o they_o oblige_v the_o conscience_n and_o not_o to_o perform_v obedience_n to_o such_o law_n as_o for_o instance_n sumptuary_n law_n make_v for_o moderate_a expense_n at_o banquet_n or_o burial_n or_o in_o apparel_n or_o the_o like_a such_o as_o aulus_n gellius_n make_v mention_n of_o in_o his_o 2_o book_n cap._n 24._o out_o of_o lucilius_n the_o old_a poet_n and_o the_o lex_fw-la fannea_fw-la emilia_n ancia_n julia_n etc._n etc._n to_o contemn_v such_o law_n though_o in_o itself_o be_v a_o civil_a fault_n only_o yet_o in_o another_o respect_n it_o be_v a_o moral_a sin_n the_o law_n be_v make_v contrary_a both_o to_o justice_n charity_n peace_n saftey_n and_o well_o be_v of_o the_o common_a wealth_n 5._o who_o ever_o resist_v the_o ordination_n of_o god_n offend_v god_n but_o every_o offence_n of_o god_n be_v a_o wound_n of_o conscience_n wherefore_o of_o necessity_n it_o must_v follow_v by_o the_o law_n of_o contrary_n that_o we_o be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o obey_v the_o law_n of_o man_n he_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n rom._n 13._o god_n legate_n and_o ambassador_n therefore_o what_o contempt_n he_o or_o his_o law_n for_o both_o be_v one_o the_o king_n be_v lex_fw-la animata_fw-la do_v sustain_v from_o we_o it_o redoude_n unto_o god_n who_o minister_n he_o be_v and_o god_n take_v it_o do_v to_o himself_o what_o be_v do_v to_o or_o against_o the_o magistrate_n toutch_v not_o my_o anoint_a 6._o every_o just_a and_o good_a law_n flow_v from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n &_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n as_o the_o stream_n from_o the_o fountain_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o intrinsic_a power_n of_o direction_n and_o obligation_n as_o a_o rule_n of_o life_n and_o manner_n the_o deviate_a from_o which_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o consequent_o a_o wound_n of_o the_o conscience_n for_o if_o conscience_n be_v the_o sense_n of_o sin_n and_o fear_v of_o judgement_n as_o some_o describe_v it_o though_o rather_o by_o its_o effect_n then_o by_o it_o essential_a nature_n as_o else_o where_o i_o shall_v make_v evident_a than_o it_o be_v certain_a what_o ever_o induce_v to_o sin_n concern_v conscience_n and_o bring_v along_o with_o it_o the_o fear_n of_o judgement_n but_o violate_v of_o a_o civil_a law_n do_v infer_v sin_n for_o every_o particular_a breach_n be_v a_o violation_n of_o the_o general_a law_n of_o obey_v the_o magistrate_n and_o become_v a_o moral_a sin_n against_o the_o five_o commandment_n therefore_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o contrary_n the_o civil_a law_n do_v infallible_o bind_v and_o inevitable_o oblige_v the_o conscience_n 7._o every_o law_n be_v either_o contrary_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n or_o conform_v to_o it_o every_o law_n be_v either_o just_a or_o unjust_a but_o herein_o we_o must_v cautious_o observe_v a_o twofold_a injustice_n either_o intrinsic_a or_o extrinsic_a the_o intrinsic_a be_v when_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o law_n itself_o be_v injust_a the_o extrinsic_a be_v when_o a_o thing_n intrinsical_o just_a in_o itself_o may_v be_v unjust_o command_v and_o impose_v upon_o i_o the_o first_o only_o take_v away_o the_o obligation_n to_o obedience_n as_o dissolve_v the_o intrinsic_a thy_fw-mi of_o conscience_n for_o suppose_v a_o prince_n shall_v command_v something_o that_o in_o itself_o be_v not_o unjust_a mere_o to_o please_v his_o own_o ambitious_a tyrannical_a or_o covetous_a humour_n that_o indeed_o will_v be_v unjust_a on_o his_o part_n but_o i_o and_o every_o other_o subject_n be_v oblige_v to_o obey_v though_o he_o shall_v sin_v in_o command_v yet_o i_o shall_v sin_v if_o i_o obey_v it_o not_o but_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n no_o humane_a law_n that_o on_o the_o matter_n be_v unjust_a can_v obleidge_n the_o conscience_n for_o it_o be_v better_a to_o obey_v god_n than_o man_n from_o whence_o we_o may_v draw_v this_o invincible_a argument_n from_o the_o intrinsic_a nature_n of_o reason_n itself_o that_o no_o man_n at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n can_v be_v oblige_v to_o contradictory_n but_o if_o a_o man_n be_v oblige_v to_o perform_v one_fw-mi unjust_a law_n he_o shall_v be_v oblige_v in_o conscience_n to_o that_o to_z the_o not_o performance_n whereof_o the_o law_n of_o god_n oblidge_n he_o and_o to_o perform_v and_o not_o perform_v be_v contradictory_n whereas_o humane_a law_n in_o thing_n just_a oblige_v the_o conscience_n by_o a_o supervenient_a obligation_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n for_o obligatio_fw-la prio_fw-la tollit_fw-la posteriorem_fw-la but_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n if_o law_n be_v enact_v by_o these_o who_o be_v not_o invest_v with_o lawful_a power_n than_o they_o do_v not_o oblige_v the_o conscience_n no_o more_o than_o a_o sentence_n give_v by_o one_o who_o be_v no_o judge_n can_v oblige_v the_o party_n to_o performance_n for_o where_o the_o power_n be_v want_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o obligation_n be_v want_v also_o 8._o we_o must_v distinguish_v betwixt_o a_o direct_a and_o indirect_a a_o mediate_v and_o immediate_a obligation_n we_o do_v confess_v the_o law_n of_o man_n do_v not_o immediate_o and_o direct_o oblige_v the_o conscience_n but_o by_o virtue_n of_o god_n command_v require_v to_o give_v obedience_n to_o the_o magistrate_n and_o his_o law_n under_o the_o pain_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o displeasure_n we_o be_v bind_v to_o perform_v civil_a duty_n on_o ground_n of_o religion_n and_o so_o humane_a law_n though_o not_o qua_fw-la humane_a bind_v the_o conscience_n it_o be_v god_n command_n bind_v my_o conscience_n to_o observe_v man_v as_o you_o see_v it_o clear_o and_o express_o eccles_n 8_o 21._o i_o counsel_v you_o to_o keep_v the_o king_n commandment_n and_o that_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o god_n it_o
will_v be_v a_o very_a fanatic_a these_o to_o affirm_v that_o a_o child_n be_v not_o bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o do_v any_o lawful_a thing_n which_o his_o father_n command_v he_o id_fw-la est_fw-la totidem_fw-la verbis_fw-la it_o be_v not_o his_o duty_n because_o perhaps_o totidem_fw-la syllabis_fw-la it_o be_v not_o contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n but_o certain_o secundarly_a and_o consequential_o with_o respect_n unto_o god_n general_a command_n he_o be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o do_v that_o for_o his_o father_n command_n which_o he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o undertake_v without_o it_o see_v this_o full_o assert_v and_o clear_v by_o vrsine_n in_o his_o explicatio_fw-la catechetica_fw-la quest_n 69._o and_o in_o loci_fw-la theologici_fw-la in_o pray_o 2._o de_fw-la cultu_fw-la dei_fw-la so_o pareus_n edicta_fw-la magistratûs_fw-la obligant_fw-la conscientias_fw-la so_o alstedius_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la but_o above_o all_o most_o particular_o and_o full_o the_o learned_a bishop_n sanderson_n de_fw-fr obligatione_fw-la conscienciae_fw-la and_o bishop_n taylor_n in_o his_o ductor_n dubitantium_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 1._o rule_v 1._o and_o 5._o and_o chap._n 4._o rule_v 5._o vide_fw-la falkner_n in_o his_o libertas_n ecclesiastica_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 1._o section_n 7._o par._n 6._o but_o here_o we_o must_v take_v along_o with_o we_o these_o three_o caveat_n first_o it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v that_o no_o humane_a authority_n can_v bind_v the_o judge_a power_n of_o conscience_n so_o that_o it_o be_v oblige_v to_o judge_v that_o a_o duty_n which_o be_v command_v without_o have_v a_o liberty_n to_o consider_v its_o lawfulness_n 2._o the_o law_n of_o man_n do_v not_o so_o illimited_o bind_v i_o must_v obey_v god_n on_o the_o bair_a sight_n of_o his_o will_n but_o i_o may_v examine_v the_o law_n of_o man_n whither_o they_o be_v just_a and_o equal_a and_o suit_v to_o the_o public_a safety_n as_o act_n 9_o 29._o 3._o as_o not_o so_o illimited_o nor_o so_o immediate_o so_o neither_o do_v humane_a law_n so_o absolute_o bind_v the_o conscience_n for_o god_n command_n bind_v even_o in_o secret_n and_o that_o perpetual_o and_o to_o active_a obedience_n too_o but_o the_o law_n of_o man_n may_v be_v obey_v by_o suffer_v the_o penalty_n yea_o in_o private_a where_o there_o be_v no_o scandal_n nor_o danger_n of_o contempt_n of_o authority_n i_o may_v do_v the_o contrary_a especial_o in_o thing_n in_o themselves_o indifferent_a wherefore_o when_o it_o be_v say_v jam._n 4._o and_o 12._o there_o be_v only_o one_o lawgiver_n it_o must_v be_v understand_v one_o only_a absolute_a and_o supreme_a who_o will_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o justice_n the_o magistrate_n under_o he_o be_v but_o depute_v and_o substitute_n responsable_a still_o to_o their_o superior_a 2_o chron._n 19_o 6._o take_v head_n what_o you_o do_v for_o you_o judge_v not_o for_o man_n but_o for_o the_o lord_n aquinas_n handle_v this_o same_o very_a question_n primâ_fw-la secundae_fw-la quest_n 96._o art_n 4._o determin_n it_o as_o we_o have_v do_v in_o the_o affirmative_a justae_fw-la leges_fw-la humanae_fw-la obligant_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la conscienciae_fw-la ratione_fw-la legis_fw-la aeternae_fw-la à _fw-la quâ_fw-la derivantur_fw-la 9_o therefore_o any_o law_n of_o the_o magistrate_n that_o want_v the_o authority_n of_o god_n law_n to_o confirm_v it_o be_v null_a and_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v obey_v but_o be_v a_o thing_n or_o matter_n indifferent_a the_o lawfullnesse_n of_o it_o be_v determine_v to_o i_o by_o that_o particular_a law_n which_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o general_a law_n of_o obey_v these_o in_o authority_n yea_o even_o these_o same_o thing_n in_o case_n of_o scandal_n will_v bind_v we_o to_o obedience_n though_o not_o in_o case_n of_o conscience_n simple_o consider_v as_o be_v clear_a in_o our_o saviour_n pay_v tribute_n mat._n 17_o 27._o rather_o than_o any_o scandal_n shall_v have_v arisen_a so_o abraham_n give_v lot_n his_o choice_n of_o the_o country_n though_o he_o may_v otherways_o have_v dispute_v his_o right_n the_o last_o be_v the_o efficacy_n of_o this_o obligation_n and_o it_o arise_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o conscience_n itself_o which_o be_v so_o intimate_fw-la with_o every_o man_n so_o important_a one_fw-mi enemy_n and_o so_o worthy_a and_o true_a a_o friend_n a_o faithful_a admonisher_n a_o sad_a accuser_n a_o severe_a witness_n a_o uncorrupt_a judge_n consider_v that_o it_o accuse_v to_o he_o who_o be_v the_o dreadful_a judge_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n who_o wisdom_n can_v be_v deceive_v nor_o his_o justice_n bribe_v or_o corrupt_v the_o execution_n of_o who_o sentence_n can_v neither_o be_v suspend_v nor_o avoid_v so_o that_o upon_o the_o one_o hand_n this_o meditation_n obviat_n all_o ground_n of_o rebellion_n discontent_n pride_n ambition_n covetousness_n and_o hypocrisy_n and_o overawe_v a_o man_n in_o the_o first_o rise_v of_o these_o corruption_n destroy_v the_o cockatrice_n in_o the_o egg_n so_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n it_o manifest_v that_o horror_n and_o anguish_n must_v be_v a_o traitor_n portion_n both_o here_o and_o hereafter_o his_o opprobrious_a kirk_n of_o king_n james_n be_v know_v to_o all_o that_o know_v his_o history_n how_o opprobrious_o the_o kirk-man_n use_v he_o not_o only_o molest_v and_o contemn_v but_o counteracting_a he_o on_o every_o occasion_n when_o he_o appoint_v a_o feast_n they_o appoint_v a_o fast_a &_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la and_o after_o all_o their_o prank_n they_o open_o scorn_v to_o answer_v his_o tribunal_n contrary_a to_o the_o practice_n of_o christ_n and_o saint_n paul_n both_o before_o jew_n and_o heathen_a magistrate_n but_o alace_o christ_n and_o saint_n paul_n be_v both_o episcopal_a the_o jurisdiction_n of_o their_o kirk_n be_v paramount_n to_o all_o his_o decree_n yea_o in_o his_o basilicon_fw-la doron_n he_o tell_v how_o they_o persecute_v he_o even_o before_o he_o be_v bear_v &_o all_o along_o till_o he_o come_v to_o the_o throne_n and_o when_o he_o be_v glorious_o seat_v there_o the_o only_a eclipse_n of_o his_o glory_n be_v from_o the_o kirk_n one_o passage_n whereof_o i_o can_v omit_v which_o will_v indeed_o justify_v my_o epithet_n of_o that_o kirk_n crebrae_fw-la adversus_fw-la i_o in_fw-la concionibus_fw-la calumniae_fw-la spargebantur_fw-la non_fw-la quòd_fw-la crimen_fw-la aliquod_fw-la designassem_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la rex_fw-la eram_fw-la quòd_fw-la omni_fw-la crimine_fw-la pejus_fw-la habebatur_fw-la that_o they_o constant_o revile_v and_o reproach_v he_o not_o only_o in_o their_o private_a conventicle_n but_o in_o their_o public_a preach_n not_o for_o any_o crime_n he_o have_v do_v or_o intend_v to_o do_v but_o because_o he_o be_v a_o king_n which_o in_o their_o opinion_n be_v the_o worst_a of_o all_o crime_n and_o this_o they_o make_v evident_o appear_v in_o the_o person_n of_o his_o son_n that_o incomparable_a prince_n and_o bless_a martyr_n of_o who_o we_o may_v say_v according_a to_o the_o letter_n on_o his_o coffin_n c._n r._n i._o clementia_n religiosa_fw-la interfecit_fw-la here_o lie_v the_o only_a king_n since_o christ_n do_v die_v be_v murder_v for_o his_o pious_a clemency_n it_o be_v they_o break_v his_o sceptre_n in_o piece_n by_o throw_v the_o militia_n out_o of_o his_o royal_a hand_n that_o tear_v the_o crown_n off_o this_o head_n baffle_v his_o supremacy_n bar_v he_o the_o very_a liberty_n of_o his_o conscience_n in_o the_o point_n of_o church_n government_n which_o he_o believe_v and_o strong_o defend_v to_o be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la episcopal_n and_o will_v have_v he_o to_o acknowledge_v himself_o guilty_a of_o all_o the_o blood_n they_o have_v spill_v and_o after_o they_o have_v hunt_v he_o like_o a_o partridge_n on_o the_o mountain_n at_o last_o surprise_v and_o murder_v he_o in_o his_o own_o house_n it_o be_v the_o presbyterian_o hold_v he_o by_o the_o hair_n as_o he_o who_o write_v the_o history_n of_o independency_n well_o observe_v till_o the_o independent_o a_o kind_n of_o synonymous_n word_n for_o one_o thing_n cut_v off_o his_o head_n pudet_fw-la haec_fw-la opprobria_fw-la nobis_fw-la et_fw-la dici_fw-la potuisse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la refelli_fw-la ovid._n we_o be_v shame_v that_o such_o a_o tainture_n shall_v be_v lay_v upon_o these_o land_n that_o can_v be_v gainsay_v sandys_n ovid._n met._n 2._o lin._n 10_o join_v with_o sovereignty_n so_o diotogenis_n pythagorici_n verba_fw-la apud_fw-la stobeum_fw-la anagkaton_v teleion_n basilea_n strategonte_fw-fr agthaon_n heman_n kai_o dikasten_v kai_fw-fr hierea_fw-la lin._n 11._o so_o numa_n livius_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr numa_n tum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la creandis_fw-la animum_fw-la adjecit_fw-la quanquam_fw-la ipse_fw-la plurima_fw-la sacra_fw-la obibat_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o flaminem_fw-la jovis_fw-la assiduum_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la creavit_fw-la julius_n caesar_n pontifex_fw-la maximus_fw-la fuit_fw-la suet._n in_o julius_n cap._n 13._o and_o augustus_n suet._n in_o octavius_n 31._o pontificatum_fw-la maximum_fw-la suscepit_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o sacerdotum_fw-la &_o numerum_fw-la &_o dignitatem_fw-la sed_fw