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matth._n 17._o 27._o pay_a tribute_n for_o himself_o and_o s._n peter_n mere_o lest_o he_o shall_v offend_v the_o exactor_n who_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v demand_v it_o of_o the_o child_n v._o 26._o that_o be_v all_o free_a but_o only_o of_o stranger_n i_o desire_v i_o say_v to_o know_v of_o they_o whether_o that_o precept_n and_o this_o practice_n do_v not_o oblige_v all_o english_a man_n that_o profess_v christianity_n to_o pay_v tax_n quiet_o and_o patient_o though_o levy_v by_o the_o king_n alone_o without_o law_n 3._o on_o this_o occasion_n i_o shall_v take_v leave_n to_o question_n whether_o these_o freeborn_a subject_n have_v indeed_o a_o true_a knowledge_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o christian_a religion_n in_o other_o particular_n as_o well_o as_o this_o for_o if_o they_o have_v will_v not_o their_o practice_n have_v be_v more_o conformable_a to_o it_o if_o at_o least_o that_o axiom_n be_v true_a voluntas_fw-la necessario_fw-la sequitur_fw-la dictamen_fw-la 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curious_a or_o malicious_a to_o try_v out_o and_o condemn_v your_o neighbour_n fault_n for_o hypocrite_n hide_v their_o own_o fault_n and_o seek_v not_o to_o amend_v they_o but_o be_v curious_a to_o reprove_v other_o man_n whatsoever_o you_o will_v that_o man_n shall_v do_v unto_o you_o do_v you_o also_o unto_o they_o v._o 12._o beware_v of_o false_a prophet_n which_o come_v to_o you_o in_o sheep_n clothing_n but_o inward_o they_o be_v raven_a wolf_n v._o 15._o be_v you_o wise_a as_o serpent_n and_o innocent_a as_o dove_n chap._n 10._o 16._o not_o revenge_v much_o less_o do_v wrong_a render_v unto_o caesar_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v caesar_n and_o unto_o god_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v god_n chap._n 22._o 21._o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n sit_v in_o moses_n seat_n all_o therefore_o whatsoever_o they_o bid_v you_o observe_v that_o observe_v and_o do_v chap._n 23._o 2_o 3._o put_v up_o thy_o sword_n into_o his_o place_n the_o exercise_n of_o the_o sword_n be_v forbid_v to_o 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in_o the_o follow_a line_n of_o some_o that_o adhere_v to_o prelacy_n to_o be_v loyal_a but_o whether_o i_o have_v not_o already_o say_v enough_o to_o prove_v that_o presbyterian_a principle_n incline_v to_o rebellion_n and_o the_o principle_n of_o english_a prelatist_n to_o loyalty_n let_v all_o impartial_a reader_n judge_v if_o this_o be_v not_o answer_v sufficient_a to_o those_o query_n i_o shall_v supply_v the_o defect_n of_o it_o with_o transcribe_v for_o this_o author_n sake_n a_o passage_n or_o two_o out_o of_o the_o writing_n of_o his_o fellow-rebel_n the_o first_o shall_v be_v out_o of_o william_n sedgwick_n leave_v of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n for_o the_o heal_n of_o the_o nation_n p._n 36._o of_o the_o two_o it_o be_v more_o strange_a to_o see_v that_o the_o presbyterian_a who_o the_o other_o day_n be_v oppress_v by_o the_o bishop_n for_o his_o conscience_n in_o point_n of_o the_o sabbath_n etc._n etc._n who_o can_v not_o long_a since_o live_v without_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o bishop_n shall_v now_o thrust_v out_o those_o under_o who_o he_o live_v for_o not_o take_v the_o covenant_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o their_o conscience_n and_o show_v less_o favour_n to_o they_o than_o he_o receive_v from_o they_o and_o do_v that_o which_o he_o condemn_v in_o other_o and_o this_o upon_o weak_a and_o fleshly_a ground_n admire_v his_o own_o way_n which_o be_v to_o pray_v and_o preach_v long_o and_o more_o than_o another_o to_o be_v strict_a in_o repetition_n on_o sabbath-day_n and_o some_o such_o poor_a formal_a thing_n to_o set_v up_o this_o as_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n and_o reformation_n to_o the_o ruin_n of_o another_o who_o it_o may_v be_v be_v a_o man_n of_o more_o justice_n ability_n and_o wisdom_n more_o sobriety_n more_o stability_n more_o patience_n and_o constancy_n in_o suffering_n etc._n etc._n the_o other_o shall_v be_v out_o of_o j._n price_n clerico-classicum_a p._n 40._o have_v we_o not_o cause_n to_o judge_v better_o of_o many_o of_o the_o prelatical_a party_n who_o be_v man_n of_o learning_n and_o conscience_n and_o never_o so_o violent_a against_o their_o opposer_n in_o church_n and_o state_n as_o yourselves_o you_o presbyterian_a minister_n of_o london_n make_v no_o distunbance_n rent_n division_n faction_n by_o pulpit_n and_o press_n as_o you_o do_v from_o day_n to_o day_n as_o all_o man_n observe_v that_o be_v conscious_a to_o themselves_o of_o the_o many_o oath_n vow_n covenant_n that_o they_o have_v make_v of_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n unto_o bishop_n the_o then_o establish_a church_n government_n book_n of_o common_a prayer_n homily_n canon_n &c._n &c._n can_v take_v the_o solemn_a league_n and_o covenant_n and_o rather_o choose_v to_o lose_v their_o live_n and_o livelihood_n commit_v themselves_o wife_n and_o child_n to_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n have_v no_o visible_a mean_n of_o subsist_v than_o to_o break_v the_o peace_n of_o their_o conscience_n by_o take_v a_o oath_n vow_n or_o covenant_n 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place_n and_o calling_n the_o preservation_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n in_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n in_o doctrine_n worship_n discipline_n and_o government_n now_o the_o scotch_a author_n or_o ladensium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o postscript_n against_o lysimachus_n nicanor_n tell_v we_o p._n 35._o that_o episcopacy_n be_v no_o way_n so_o opposite_a to_o the_o discipline_n of_o any_o reform_a church_n as_o to_o that_o discipline_n which_o many_o assembly_n and_o parliament_n have_v settle_v in_o scotland_n and_o therefore_o he_o conclude_v thus_o p._n 36._o 37._o we_o can_v dissemble_v any_o long_o our_o hearty_a wish_n that_o england_n will_v after_o the_o example_n of_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n ride_v themselves_o at_o last_o of_o their_o bishop_n trouble_n as_o they_o do_v of_o old_a without_o any_o repentance_n to_o this_o day_n of_o their_o abbot_n and_o monk_n this_o say_v he_o we_o conceive_v will_v much_o increase_v the_o joy_n and_o prosperity_n of_o all_o the_o three_o dominion_n according_o those_o covenanters_n swear_v also_o to_o endeavour_v the_o reformation_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n and_o ireland_n in_o doctrine_n worship_n discipline_n and_o government_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o example_n of_o the_o best_a reform_a church_n now_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n as_o the_o same_o author_n affirm_v p._n 35._o cast_v out_o at_o first_o and_o to_o this_o day_n have_v careful_o hold_v at_o the_o door_n even_o that_o kind_n of_o episcopacy_n which_o their_o chief_a divine_n seem_v not_o much_o to_o oppose_v suitable_a whereunto_o be_v that_o which_o presbyterian_o swear_v in_o the_o second_o article_n of_o the_o covenant_n viz._n to_o endeavour_v the_o extirpation_n of_o church-government_n by_o bishop_n as_o well_o as_o by_o archbishop_n chancellor_n commissary_n etc._n etc._n with_o what_o face_n therefore_o can_v this_o author_n presume_v to_o tell_v we_o 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magistrate_n how_o oppressive_a to_o the_o subject_n and_o pernicious_a to_o both_o bishop_n bramhall_n since_o primate_n of_o ireland_n have_v abundant_o manifest_v in_o his_o fair_a warning_n for_o england_n to_o take_v heed_n of_o the_o scotch_a discipline_n or_o as_o it_o be_v late_o print_v of_o the_o presbyterian_a government_n in_o which_o treatise_n he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v that_o their_o discipline_n do_v utter_o overthrow_v the_o right_n of_o magistrate_n to_o convocate_v synod_n to_o confirm_v their_o act_n to_o order_v ecclesiastical_a affair_n and_o reform_v the_o church_n within_o their_o dominion_n that_o it_o rob_v the_o magistrate_n of_o the_o last_o appeal_n of_o his_o subject_n that_o it_o exempt_v the_o minister_n from_o due_a punishment_n that_o it_o subject_n the_o supreme_a magistrate_n to_o their_o censure_n that_o it_o rob_v he_o of_o his_o pardon_v power_n as_o to_o some_o crime_n of_o his_o civil_a power_n in_o order_n to_o religion_n that_o it_o make_v a_o monster_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v most_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o parliament_n be_v oppressive_a to_o particular_a person_n and_o hurtful_a to_o all_o order_n of_o man_n that_o the_o disciplinarian_o challenge_v this_o exorbitant_a power_n by_o divine_a right_n the_o truth_n of_o these_o proposition_n he_o have_v evince_v out_o of_o their_o book_n of_o discipline_n and_o public_a record_n of_o their_o practice_n since_o therefore_o the_o english_a presbyterian_o have_v swear_v to_o endeavour_v the_o preservation_n of_o this_o discipline_n and_o government_n in_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n and_o to_o reform_v the_o discipline_n and_o government_n here_o in_o england_n according_a to_o the_o example_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n in_o scotland_n it_o be_v but_o a_o piece_n of_o justice_n and_o reason_n that_o the_o king_n majesty_n shall_v look_v upon_o they_o as_o person_n own_v those_o seditious_a principle_n upon_o which_o such_o enormous_a disciplinarian_a practice_n be_v ground_v some_o of_o which_o principle_n be_v these_o 1._o that_o their_o national_a assembly_n ought_v always_o to_o be_v retain_v in_o their_o own_o liberty_n of_o convening_n lawful_o together_o p._n 7._o with_o power_n to_o the_o kirk_n to_o appoint_v time_n and_o place_n 2._o that_o they_o have_v power_n to_o abolish_v and_o abrogate_v all_o statute_n and_o ordinance_n concern_v ecclesiastical_a matter_n that_o be_v find_v noisome_a and_o unprofitable_a and_o agree_v not_o with_o the_o time_n or_o be_v abuse_v by_o the_o people_n and_o to_o make_v rule_n and_o constitution_n for_o keep_v good_a order_n in_o the_o kirk_n p._n 8._o 3._o that_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n ought_v to_o be_v exercise_v whether_o it_o be_v ratify_v by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n or_o no_o p._n 9_o 12._o 4._o that_o from_o the_o kirk_n there_o be_v no_o reclamation_n nor_o appellation_n to_o any_o judge_n civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a within_o the_o realm_n p._n 13._o 5._o that_o to_o their_o 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