of_o the_o covenanter_n plea_n will_v fain_o say_v something_o to_o weaken_v this_o conclusion_n of_o the_o bishop_n suppose_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o oath_n to_o be_v lawful_a in_o itself_o and_o only_o appear_v to_o be_v evil_a to_o he_o that_o swear_v it_o but_o though_o he_o make_v a_o flourish_n towards_o it_o if_o we_o apply_v his_o discourse_n to_o our_o present_a case_n of_o the_o covenant_n it_o vanishech_v into_o air_n 19_o for_o though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o a_o err_a conscience_n do_v not_o obligare_fw-la it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o it_o do_v ligare_fw-la and_o consequent_o suspend_v the_o performance_n of_o the_o thing_n swear_v so_o long_o as_o the_o party_n apprehend_v the_o matter_n to_o be_v sinful_a whether_o it_o be_v indeed_o so_o or_o not_o that_o be_v no_o one_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o covenant_n to_o endeavour_v to_o extirpate_v the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n by_o prelacy_n while_o he_o be_v persuade_v that_o so_o to_o do_v be_v sinful_a and_o to_o 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disobey_v disown_n and_o destroy_v they_o i_o mean_v our_o governor_n in_o the_o church_n it_o will_v discharge_v we_o of_o our_o obedience_n and_o oblige_v we_o to_o resistance_n contrary_a to_o god_n express_v obligatiâ—â—_n upon_o we_o which_o can_v be_v 5._o again_o the_o civil_a authority_n require_v we_o to_o obey_v our_o ecclesiastical_a governor_n the_o civil_a authority_n by_o act_n of_o parliament_n require_v we_o to_o declare_v that_o we_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o resist_v they_o to_o endeavour_v to_o extirpate_v they_o to_o this_o also_o we_o oppose_v the_o covenant_n though_o god_n first_o have_v bind_v we_o to_o obey_v our_o ruler_n which_o can_v be_v 6._o i_o have_v speak_v to_o this_o under_o another_o argument_n before_o i_o shall_v here_o therefore_o only_o add_v the_o plain_a but_o very_o weighty_a and_o authentic_a testimony_n of_o mr._n perkins_n who_o very_o distinct_o foresee_v conse_n case_n of_o conse_n our_o case_n 7._o he_o lay_v down_o two_o rule_n among_o 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the_o grand_a case_n of_o the_o present_a ministry_n whether_o they_o may_v lawful_o declare_v and_o subscribe_v as_o by_o the_o late_a act_n of_o uniformity_n be_v require_v and_o the_o several_a case_n thence_o arise_v more_o especial_o about_o the_o covenant_n be_v clear_o state_v and_o faithful_o resolve_v by_o the_o same_o indifferent_a hand_n with_o a_o addition_n to_o his_o former_a case_n of_o conscience_n hereunto_o subjoin_v love_n work_v no_o ill_a to_o his_o neighbour_n therefore_o love_n be_v the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n rom._n 13._o london_n print_v by_o j._n macock_n for_o t._n dring_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o the_o george_n in_o fleetstreet_n and_o by_o m._n mitchel_n at_o the_o first_o shop_n in_o westminster-hall_n 1662._o the_o preface_n to_o my_o dissent_v brethren_n 1._o a_o man_n may_v be_v felo_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la by_o destroy_v himself_o by_o our_o law_n and_o fur_n de_fw-fr se_fw-fr by_o deprive_v and_o steal_v himself_o away_o from_o he_o to_o who_o his_o service_n be_v due_a by_o the_o imperial_a law_n and_o proditor_n de_fw-fr se_fw-la by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n if_o he_o descend_v from_o the_o dignity_n of_o humanity_n and_o submit_v to_o the_o danger_n which_o he_o may_v avoid_v these_o be_v word_n of_o the_o very_a learned_a doctor_n donn_n against_o the_o jesuitical_a ambition_n to_o suffer_v and_o with_o all_o my_o heart_n i_o wish_v they_o be_v not_o in_o all_o particular_n too_o too_o pertinent_a to_o our_o present_a case_n 2._o for_o a_o opinion_n that_o we_o be_v our_o own_o lord_n and_o may_v dispose_v of_o ourselves_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n as_o we_o please_v precipitates_fw-la not_o only_a jesuit_n but_o the_o zealous_a of_o all_o profession_n to_o forsake_v themselves_o and_o to_o quit_v their_o duty_n with_o a_o strange_a prodigality_n of_o their_o life_n and_o fortune_n 3._o but_o it_o be_v very_o a_o great_a mistake_n for_o we_o be_v not_o our_o own_o our_o person_n our_o part_n our_o estate_n and_o capacity_n they_o be_v god_n the_o king_n the_o church_n and_o our_o wife_n and_o friend_n and_o to_o all_o of_o these_o in_o a_o several_a respect_n and_o proportion_n we_o be_v just_o accountable_a for_o they_o 4._o it_o be_v a_o monstrous_a kind_n of_o wantonness_n in_o those_o woman_n gellius_n speak_v of_o that_o so_o long_o play_v with_o their_o own_o life_n till_o they_o have_v bring_v it_o up_o for_o a_o fashion_n to_o kill_v themselves_o 5._o and_o yet_o it_o shall_v seem_v that_o it_o be_v even_o natural_a for_o man_n of_o stomach_n to_o value_v a_o name_n above_o life_n for_o the_o very_a heather_n tempt_v with_o honour_n and_o vainglory_n and_o sometime_o with_o ease_n and_o a_o desire_n to_o be_v free_v from_o present_a inconvenience_n how_o familiar_o do_v they_o kill_v themselves_o 6._o whereupon_o it_o be_v observe_v 7._o arist_n ethic._n lib._n 3._o 6._o 7._o that_o such_o as_o labour_v for_o public_a preservation_n do_v oppose_v themselves_o to_o this_o strange_a corruption_n by_o endeavour_v to_o convince_v the_o world_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o base_a and_o cowardly_a then_o to_o destroy_v one_o self_n 7._o the_o emperor_n also_o in_o their_o law_n and_o constitution_n have_v remedy_n against_o it_o not_o only_o by_o forfeiture_n but_o infamy_n itself_o to_o remove_v if_o possible_a the_o temptation_n of_o glory_n 8._o yea_o as_o if_o the_o self-denial_n of_o christianity_n be_v too_o weak_a to_o encounter_v it_o we_o read_v of_o a_o law_n in_o the_o earldom_n of_o flaunders_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o which_o this_o destroy_n of_o one_o self_n be_v count_v with_o treason_n heresy_n and_o sedition_n and_o do_v not_o our_o own_o law_n reckon_v it_o not_o only_a mans-slaughter_n but_o murder_n yea_o as_o a_o thing_n hardly_o stand_v with_o the_o truth_n of_o our_o profession_n as_o christian_n the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n be_v set_v against_o it_o deny_v such_o person_n christian_a burial_n 9_o among_o christian_n bellarmine_n by_o way_n of_o reproach_n indeed_o to_o his_o adversary_n have_v this_o gradation_n in_o his_o observation_n wherein_o he_o place_v the_o worst_a first_o to_o suffer_v say_v he_o the_o anabaptist_n be_v forward_a the_o calvinist_n next_o and_o the_o lutheran_n very_o slack_a and_o if_o it_o may_v be_v no_o offence_n to_o my_o brethren_n we_o may_v easy_o note_v that_o with_o we_o the_o quaker_n be_v forward_a the_o anabaptist_n next_o the_o independent_a next_o and_o the_o presbyterian_a last_n no_o disparagement_n to_o he_o though_o all_o too_o forward_o in_o expose_v themselves_o to_o needless_a suffering_n 10._o and_o now_o my_o brethren_n if_o this_o witness_v be_v true_a and_o the_o premise_n can_v be_v deny_v let_v we_o begin_v to_o think_v with_o ourselves_o what_o it_o be_v that_o do_v warrant_n and_o justify_v suffering_n and_o constitute_v martyrdom_n 11._o certain_o if_o propenseness_n to_o suffer_v make_v the_o martyr_n the_o anabaptist_n the_o quaker_n yea_o the_o jesuit_n and_o the_o heathen_a the_o lunatic_n and_o the_o madman_n even_o such_o as_o have_v neither_o grace_n nor_o reason_n be_v far_o before_o you_o 12._o we_o must_v conclude_v that_o nothing_o can_v prefer_v the_o suffering_n of_o one_o way_n or_o party_n be_v it_o the_o sober_a in_o the_o world_n to_o a_o high_a estimation_n or_o reward_n than_o another_o or_o indeed_o secure_v it_o from_o the_o offence_n of_o god_n our_o neighbour_n and_o self-murder_n but_o the_o justness_n of_o the_o cause_n 13._o yet_o if_o the_o cause_n be_v just_o except_o the_o intention_n be_v right_a too_o we_o fail_v of_o martyrdom_n it_o be_v not_o the_o fall_n with_o a_o belove_a party_n the_o satisfy_v the_o humour_n of_o a_o multitude_n the_o preserve_v a_o name_n with_o malcontent_n the_o answer_v our_o own_o idea_n of_o conveniency_n much_o less_o a_o be_v revenge_v upon_o a_o government_n we_o hate_v that_o make_v a_o martyr_n it_o be_v neither_o the_o intention_n without_o the_o cause_n nor_o the_o cause_n without_o the_o intention_n shall_v win_v and_o wear_v this_o crown_n though_o i_o bestow_v all_o my_o good_n to_o feed_v the_o poor_a yea_o though_o i_o give_v my_o body_n to_o be_v burn_v and_o have_v not_o charity_n it_o profit_v i_o nothing_o 14._o again_o admit_v the_o cause_n and_o the_o intention_n both_o be_v right_o yet_o there_o be_v another_o way_n to_o frustrate_v the_o hope_n and_o lose_v the_o reward_n of_o martyrdom_n for_o there_o must_v be_v a_o fit_a occasion_n too_o necessitate_v the_o suffering_n which_o god_n approve_v a_o learned_a man_n against_o that_o jesuitical_a fury_n of_o dare_v the_o magistrate_n assure_v we_o that_o the_o right_a martyrdom_n perish_v upon_o this_o ground_n among_o other_o that_o he_o which_o refuse_v to_o defend_v his_o life_n by_o a_o lawful_a act_n and_o entertain_v not_o those_o overture_n of_o escape_n which_o god_n present_v he_o destroy_n himself_n 15._o there_o be_v a_o golden_a mean_a worth_n a_o golden_a mine_n fit_o illustrate_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o roman_a army_n jus_fw-la legionis_fw-la facile_fw-la non_fw-la sequi_fw-la non_fw-la fugere_fw-la neither_o to_o pursue_v persecution_n with_o a_o neglect_n of_o our_o safety_n or_o duty_n nor_o to_o run_v away_o from_o it_o with_o apparent_a hazard_n of_o god_n glory_n 16._o indeed_o our_o supreme_a lord_n sometime_o call_v for_o our_o good_n our_o liberty_n and_o our_o life_n in_o witness_n to_o his_o truth_n yet_o though_o he_o allow_v our_o affection_n to_o himself_o a_o channel_n to_o run_v in_o even_o to_o death_n when_o he_o require_v he_o by_o no_o mean_n indulge_v that_o heathenish_a corruption_n of_o destroy_v ourselves_o when_o god_n call_v we_o be_v bind_v to_o suffer_v and_o to_o suffer_v cheerful_o and_o willing_o and_o ready_o but_o never_o spontaneous_o or_o to_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o our_o own_o blood_n either_o by_o provoke_v our_o own_o ruin_n or_o suffer_v for_o our_o own_o cause_n or_o be_v our_o own_o executioner_n this_o be_v to_o throw_v away_o the_o talon_n lend_v we_o which_o ought_v thus_o only_o to_o be_v spend_v when_o it_o may_v not_o be_v improve_v any_o other_o way_n for_o our_o master_n use_n 17._o to_o suffer_v for_o christ_n and_o the_o gospel_n sake_n be_v indeed_o a_o favour_n from_o heaven_n to_o you_o it_o be_v give_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o christ_n not_o only_o to_o believe_v but_o to_o suffer_v for_o his_o sake_n but_o mark_v it_o must_v be_v for_o his_o sake_n and_o on_o his_o behalf_n and_o give_v too_o by_o god_n in_o the_o course_n of_o his_o providence_n not_o snatch_v or_o steal_v by_o our_o own_o rashness_n and_o hasten_v the_o occasion_n and_o execution_n of_o it_o 18._o god_n have_v be_v please_v to_o set_v down_o in_o scripture_n the_o ground_n and_o cause_n upon_o which_o he_o call_v and_o we_o may_v and_o must_v submit_v to_o
sedition_n and_o indeed_o so_o there_o may_v and_o if_o there_o by_o any_o endeavour_v not_o forbid_v by_o the_o parliament_n and_o law_n whatever_o they_o be_v we_o be_v not_o call_v by_o the_o act_n to_o declare_v that_o neither_o we_o nor_o any_o other_o be_v bind_v unto_o they_o for_o wherein_o the_o act_n do_v not_o require_v we_o to_o declare_v we_o can_v be_v bind_v by_o the_o same_o act_n to_o declare_v 2._o therefore_o the_o endeavour_n against_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n swear_v in_o the_o covenant_n be_v either_o the_o same_o which_o the_o act_n intend_v or_o not_o if_o they_o be_v not_o the_o same_o then_o notwithstanding_o the_o covenant_n we_o may_v declare_v we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o endeavour_v in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o act_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o covenant_n which_o never_o intend_v so_o to_o bind_v we_o but_o if_o the_o same_o endeavour_n be_v intend_v both_o by_o the_o covenant_n and_o the_o act_n than_o the_o covenant_n so_o far_o lose_v its_o force_n for_o as_o have_v be_v clear_o i_o hope_v prove_v we_o can_v be_v bind_v by_o it_o against_o a_o law_n though_o that_o law_n if_o the_o matter_n in_o itself_o be_v lawful_a be_v make_v after_o the_o covenant_n be_v take_v 3._o i_o mean_v if_o the_o endeavour_n to_o which_o we_o be_v require_v to_o declare_v we_o be_v not_o bind_v by_o the_o act_n be_v such_o only_a as_o be_v seditious_a and_o may_v disturb_v the_o public_a then_o either_o the_o such_o endeavour_n require_v by_o the_o covenant_n be_v seditious_a endeavour_n too_o or_o else_o this_o act_n do_v not_o cross_v the_o covenant_n in_o this_o particular_a but_o strike_v at_o such_o endeavour_n as_o be_v not_o covenant_v 4._o if_o the_o endeavour_n in_o the_o covenant_n be_v seditious_a than_o they_o be_v sinful_a and_o we_o can_v be_v bind_v to_o they_o and_o indeed_o the_o great_a friend_n of_o the_o covenant_n confess_v so_o much_o if_o not_o then_o hey_o may_v declare_v as_o indeed_o they_o have_v already_o in_o their_o write_n that_o they_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o endeavour_v seditious_o which_o be_v no_o doubt_n the_o meaning_n of_o the_o act._n 5._o however_o as_o be_v say_v let_v thesence_n of_o the_o word_n endeavour_n both_o in_o the_o covenant_n and_o in_o the_o act_n fall_v how_o it_o will_v it_o be_v plain_a that_o unless_o it_o be_v a_o necessary_a duty_n of_o itself_o without_o respect_n to_o the_o covenant_n thus_o to_o endeavour_v which_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v prove_v it_o be_v a_o sin_n to_o break_v the_o act_n make_v against_o such_o endeavour_n and_o a_o duty_n to_o declare_v we_o be_v not_o bind_v by_o the_o covenant_n so_o to_o do_v 6._o but_o because_o stress_n be_v lay_v upon_o this_o very_a word_n and_o indeed_o much_o of_o the_o controversy_n depend_v upon_o it_o and_o i_o find_v not_o any_o that_o have_v write_v upon_o the_o covenant_n to_o have_v distinct_o and_o plain_o consider_v it_o i_o shall_v take_v a_o little_a liberty_n to_o open_v the_o meaning_n of_o it_o in_o a_o few_o distinction_n and_o apply_v they_o as_o i_o pass_v on_o 7._o endeavour_v be_v either_o private_a or_o public_a 1._o private_a endeavour_n may_v be_v think_v to_o be_v with_o god_n in_o prayer_n in_o our_o closet_n when_o no_o other_o person_n can_v receive_v any_o influence_n against_o authority_n from_o what_o we_o say_v and_o the_o public_a suffer_v no_o danger_n by_o they_o in_o this_o sense_n to_o endeavour_v against_o what_o we_o conceive_v to_o be_v corrupt_a or_o sinful_a in_o church_n or_o state_n betwixt_o god_n and_o ourselves_o be_v it_o yet_o a_o sober_a well-tempered_a and_o enlighten_v conscience_n if_o hearken_v to_o may_v whisper_v that_o to_o fetch_v our_o heart_n and_o face_n in_o our_o prayer_n to_o god_n who_o have_v say_v curse_v not_o the_o king_n in_o thy_o bedchamber_n no_o not_o in_o thy_o thought_n against_o government_n and_o law_n that_o defend_v the_o substantial_o of_o religion_n savour_v but_o little_a of_o a_o christian_a spirit_n and_o may_v easy_o draw_v the_o guilt_n of_o want_n of_o allegiance_n and_o charity_n to_o government_n and_o unwarrantable_a boldness_n with_o god_n 8._o yet_o it_o may_v not_o be_v out_o of_o our_o way_n to_o remember_v that_o prayer_n be_v a_o very_a unusual_a and_o unacceptable_a sense_n of_o endeavour_n and_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o usual_a with_o covenant_v minister_n as_o well_o as_o other_o in_o their_o sermon_n in_o public_a to_o the_o people_n to_o oppose_v or_o at_o least_o to_o distinguish_v endeavour_n and_o prayer_n call_v they_o to_o add_v their_o endeavour_n in_o the_o use_n of_o other_o mean_n for_o the_o obtain_v the_o matter_n of_o their_o prayer_n or_o the_o thing_n pray_v for_o without_o which_o viz._n endeavour_v we_o say_v prayer_n be_v but_o muliebre_fw-la supplicium_fw-la weak_a and_o unavailable_a 9_o and_o doubtless_o to_o take_v the_o word_n endeavour_v in_o the_o act_n in_o this_o broad_a and_o wide_a interpretation_n without_o the_o compass_n of_o ordinary_a use_n in_o ourselves_o or_o other_o be_v to_o make_v a_o net_n for_o our_o self_n and_o other_o with_o a_o desire_n not_o to_o escape_v it_o 10._o for_o who_o can_v rational_o imagine_v that_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n shall_v intend_v to_o govern_v man_n thought_n or_o closert_n the_o end_n of_o civil_a power_n be_v to_o keep_v the_o civil_a peace_n and_o what_o can_v charity_n or_o justice_n imagine_v else_o to_o be_v the_o intention_n of_o civil_a law_n private_a prayer_n if_o amiss_o may_v provoke_v god_n and_o trouble_v our_o self_n but_o they_o reach_v not_o the_o public_a peace_n neither_o can_v that_o be_v presume_v to_o break_v law_n which_o can_v prejudice_v the_o end_n of_o law_n or_o be_v discover_v by_o the_o lawmaker_n therefore_o only_o apparere_fw-la be_v esse_fw-la in_o jure_fw-la and_o not_o to_o appear_v to_o break_v the_o law_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o law_n be_v not_o to_o break_v it_o 11._o second_o there_o be_v again_o public_a endeavour_n and_o this_o more_o or_o less_o public_a endeavour_v less_o public_a be_v such_o as_o though_o somewhat_o private_o practise_v have_v public_a influence_n and_o effect_n or_o a_o natural_a tendency_n thereunto_o this_o be_v either_o positive_a or_o negative_a positive_a endeavour_n against_o church_n government_n though_o in_o somewhat_o a_o private_a way_n may_v be_v of_o much_o danger_n not_o only_o to_o the_o thing_n endeavour_v against_o which_o be_v direct_o intend_v by_o such_o endeavour_n but_o to_o the_o public_a peace_n and_o be_v very_o seditious_a in_o its_o nature_n and_o effect_n such_o be_v vent_v our_o animosity_n and_o discontent_n against_o government_n and_o person_n commission_v by_o the_o king_n in_o our_o prayer_n with_o our_o family_n and_o discourse_n with_o our_o neighbour_n 12._o this_o be_v to_o enkindle_v a_o fire_n that_o if_o of_o general_a practice_n by_o covenanter_n scatter_v up_o and_o down_o may_v quick_o inflame_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n 13._o such_o a_o 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