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man_n indifferent_o and_o therefore_o though_o there_o be_v some_o argument_n apply_v particular_o to_o the_o magistrate_n in_o the_o three_o four_o and_o five_o chapter_n yet_o there_o be_v far_o more_o against_o force_n in_o general_a chap._n 6._o and_o from_o thence_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o discourse_n be_v carry_v general_o and_o indefinite_o yet_o neither_o in_o these_o be_v the_o question_n whether_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n power_n do_v or_o may_v bear_v any_o proportion_n of_o subserviency_n to_o a_o work_n of_o public_a reformation_n and_o whether_o he_o can_v do_v more_o than_o another_o man_n towards_o it_o we_o free_o grant_v he_o may_v do_v much_o more_o and_o therefore_o ought_v as_o the_o next_o chapter_n will_v show_v which_o be_v add_v as_o a_o appendix_n unto_o this_o but_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o to_o other_o mean_n he_o may_v add_v force_n nor_o will_v it_o seem_v unrighteous_a in_o our_o eye_n that_o a_o difference_n shall_v be_v make_v by_o 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itself_o unto_o as_o indeed_o alone_o bear_v sufficient_a proportion_n to_o such_o a_o service_n as_o the_o prevent_a occasion_n and_o remove_a stumbling-block_n of_o such_o like_a temptation_n out_o of_o the_o way_n which_o the_o secular_a power_n can_v do_v though_o the_o 2.27_o the_o 1_o joh._n 2.27_o anoint_v of_o the_o spirit_n must_v preserve_v their_o conscience_n inward_o and_o enable_v they_o upon_o all_o occasion_n to_o discern_v between_o thing_n that_o differ_v last_o though_o we_o can_v likely_o be_v mistake_v we_o do_v declare_v that_o such_o liberty_n as_o we_o plead_v for_o in_o the_o case_n specify_v be_v not_o by_o we_o nor_o aught_o to_o be_v by_o any_o repute_v as_o a_o vindication_n justification_n sanction_n or_o establishment_n of_o any_o opinion_n or_o way_n so_o tolerate_v as_o no_o fin_n nor_o error_n as_o the_o truth_n and_o orthodox_n as_o some_o may_v possible_o think_v especial_o if_o they_o be_v use_v so_o light_o to_o discharge_v their_o own_o respect_n and_o countenance_n to_o the_o truth_n they_o profess_v and_o avow_v as_o count_v it_o almost_o enough_o to_o do_v nothing_o against_o it_o whereas_o do_v they_o understand_v their_o duty_n to_o the_o truth_n and_o fulfil_v it_o they_o will_v see_v a_o great_a door_n of_o negative_a discountenance_n open_v to_o they_o against_o error_n whereby_o they_o may_v put_v a_o broad_a difference_n between_o they_o and_o the_o truth_n they_o embrace_v even_o as_o if_o lively_a communion_n of_o church_n be_v know_v non-communion_n will_v appear_v a_o terrible_a thing_n though_o a_o negative_a discountenance_n be_v not_o all_o that_o we_o allow_v in_o some_o case_n but_o by_o this_o liberty_n we_o only_o refer_v man_n conscience_n to_o god_n to_o be_v convince_v in_o his_o time_n not_o cease_v to_o use_v all_o proper_a mean_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n and_o this_o only_a in_o those_o thing_n that_o pertain_v only_o to_o conscience_n make_v only_o the_o state_n thereof_o good_a or_o bad_a towards_o god_n chap._n ii_o be_v a_o appendix_n to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n of_o the_o relation_n that_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n office_n bear_v to_o the_o church_n and_o matter_n of_o religion_n truth_n require_v that_o we_o show_v how_o far_o we_o agree_v as_o well_o as_o wherein_o we_o differ_v though_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o say_v what_o the_o magistrate_n may_v not_o do_v than_o what_o he_o may_v we_o be_v never_o more_o out_o then_o when_o we_o go_v about_o to_o make_v form_n and_o systeme_n and_o be_v definitive_a comprehensive_a doctor_n of_o that_o which_o we_o must_v be_v learner_n &_o proficient_o in_o all_o our_o life_n time_n especial_o in_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n which_o may_v better_a be_v perceive_v &_o discern_v upon_o occasion_n from_o time_n to_o time_n by_o the_o humble_a and_o godly_a then_o digest_v into_o a_o few_o rule_n or_o canon_n this_o premise_a we_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o christian_a magistrate_n be_v somewhat_o more_o 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to_o and_o attend_v upon_o and_o the_o latter_a do_v not_o disoblige_v from_o the_o former_a much_o less_o contra-oblige_a the_o former_a that_o be_v differ_v opinion_n in_o religion_n be_v of_o a_o secondary_a and_o remote_a consideration_n to_o the_o outward_a well-being_n of_o man_n do_v not_o oblige_v to_o destroy_v or_o to_o expose_v to_o destruction_n by_o mulct_n bond_n or_o banishment_n the_o person_n of_o man_n for_o who_o and_o in_o relation_n to_o who_o preservation_n magistracy_n be_v erect_v for_o this_o be_v a_o rule_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n supersede_v institution_n man_n have_v a_o natural_a be_v before_o they_o come_v to_o have_v a_o spiritual_a be_v they_o be_v man_n before_o they_o be_v christian_n now_o therefore_o for_o faultinesse_n in_o christianity_n you_o must_v not_o destroy_v the_o man_n it_o be_v also_o certain_a reas_fw-la 6_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o proportion_n between_o the_o fault_n and_o the_o punishment_n as_o that_o wherein_o justice_n 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the_o magistrate_n now_o than_o if_o this_o care_n do_v not_o appertain_v to_o magistrate_n we_o shall_v in_o vain_a cast_v it_o upon_o they_o or_o they_o assume_v it_o to_o themselves_o for_o christ_n will_v bless_v his_o own_o ordinance_n and_o concur_v with_o they_o but_o not_o man_n invention_n he_o be_v engage_v to_o the_o one_o isa_n 55.11_o but_o he_o decline_v the_o other_o zach._n 4.6_o the_o intermeddle_v of_o the_o magistrate_n in_o this_o kind_n reas_fw-la 2_o be_v the_o way_n but_o to_o confound_v policy_n and_o piety_n and_o to_o make_v religion_n a_o state-notion_n which_o while_o it_o seem_v to_o strengthen_v religion_n do_v indeed_o magistrate_n indeed_o iste_fw-la null_a aratione_fw-la instructus_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o potetiâ_fw-la omnes_fw-la cogit_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la statim_fw-la nulli_fw-la non_fw-la appareat_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la non_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la sed_fw-la humanam_fw-la esse_fw-la athanas_n epist_n refer_v to_o the_o arrian_n 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