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can_v not_o make_v worse_o so_o his_o compliance_n can_v make_v better_a in_o the_o next_o paragraph_n pag._n 10._o we_o find_v our_o author_n in_o a_o great_a fright_v dread_v what_o may_v be_v the_o fatal_a consequence_n of_o such_o a_o miscarriage_n as_o this_o both_o to_o church_n and_o state_n i._n e._n i_o presume_v lest_o it_o shall_v tempt_v and_o provoke_v the_o new_a governor_n to_o alter_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n and_o set_v up_o presbytery_n but_o then_o present_o his_o fear_n vanish_v be_v persuade_v of_o the_o good_a inclination_n of_o their_o majesty_n to_o the_o church_n of_o england_n of_o which_o indeed_o they_o have_v give_v a_o signal_n evidence_n by_o their_o wonderful_a kindness_n to_o the_o episcopal_a member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n but_o this_o our_o author_n eye_n be_v not_o yet_o open_a to_o see_v be_v blind_v and_o transport_v with_o some_o of_o that_o extatick_a zeal_n and_o good_a
affection_n which_o his_o wise_a man_n pag._n 11._o be_v inspire_v with_o which_o perhaps_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o unmannerly_a effort_n that_o instance_n of_o rudeness_n and_o folly_n in_o he_o of_o call_v the_o doctor_n fool_n which_o be_v the_o soft_a name_n that_o his_o good_a breed_n can_v bestow_v upon_o he_o which_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v be_v a_o little_a too_o rude_a treat_v of_o so_o reverend_a a_o person_n who_o the_o government_n think_v worthy_a of_o so_o high_a a_o character_n have_v he_o not_o be_v too_o self-denying_a to_o accept_v of_o it_o he_o than_o proceed_v in_o the_o next_o paragraph_n pag._n 11_o 12._o to_o his_o conclusion_n from_o the_o premise_n this_o say_v he_o plain_o prove_v that_o suppose_v it_o lawful_a to_o have_v take_v the_o bishopric_n no_o other_o consideration_n whatsoever_o can_v justify_v the_o refusal_n in_o our_o circumstance_n if_o then_o according_a to_o his_o own_o argument_n it_o be_v unlawful_a or_o if_o the_o doctor_n think_v it_o so_o his_o refusal_n be_v justifiable_a but_o he_o know_v not_o how_o to_o suppose_v that_o the_o doctor_n can_v think_v it_o unlawful_a which_o that_o he_o can_v not_o do_v he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v by_o two_o argument_n the_o first_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o doctor_n be_v submission_n to_o the_o government_n and_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n as_o early_o as_o any_o man_n and_o never_o that_o our_o author_n hear_v have_v the_o least_o scruple_n about_o it_o pag._n 12_o perhaps_o the_o doctor_n take_v the_o oath_n as_o some_o of_o the_o kentish_a clergy_n take_v it_o i._n e._n as_o the_o israelite_n do_v eat_v manna_n to_o keep_v they_o from_o starve_v but_o perhaps_o the_o doctor_n repent_v and_o see_v his_o error_n and_o be_v sorry_a for_o what_o he_o have_v do_v and_o therefore_o as_o a_o true_a penitent_n will_v not_o add_v sin_n to_o sin_n and_o though_o he_o take_v the_o new_a oath_n of_o allegiance_n and_o that_o perhaps_o a_o little_a too_o 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i_o can_v but_o observe_v how_o industrious_o and_o malicious_o our_o author_n like_o the_o great_a abaddon_n endeavour_v to_o keep_v the_o poor_a doctor_n from_o repentance_n by_o show_v and_o expose_v the_o absurdity_n and_o unreasonableness_n of_o his_o refusal_n from_o this_o consideration_n that_o he_o have_v plunge_v himself_o so_o deep_o in_o one_o act_n after_o another_o in_o compliance_n with_o the_o government_n which_o be_v suppose_v to_o confirm_v his_o opinion_n of_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o it_o that_o he_o can_v now_o stop_v but_o must_v go_v on_o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la usque_fw-la alas_o what_o a_o dilemma_n do_v man_n bring_v upon_o themselves_o when_o they_o go_v out_o of_o god_n way_n and_o leave_v the_o path_n of_o truth_n justice_n and_o righteousness_n he_o that_o make_v one_o false_a step_n know_v not_o whither_o he_o may_v wander_v he_o that_o presumptuous_o commit_v one_o error_n know_v not_o when_o or_o where_o he_o shall_v end_v uno_n absurdo_fw-la dato_fw-la 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