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not_o of_o this_o world_n nor_o have_v he_o ever_o be_v know_v from_o the_o first_o day_n of_o his_o incarnation_n to_o call_v or_o consecrate_v any_o man_n to_o power_n and_o dominion_n mere_o secular_a by_o any_o of_o his_o apostle_n or_o prophet_n in_o a_o extraordinary_a way_n all_o that_o he_o do_v peculiarly_a in_o this_o matter_n be_v by_o give_v law_n to_o hold_v we_o fast_o to_o duty_n and_o allegiance_n confirm_v and_o ratify_v the_o covenant_n we_o have_v make_v and_o the_o oath_n we_o have_v take_v empower_v the_o person_n who_o the_o law_n have_v appoint_v for_o our_o prince_n over-rule_v all_o the_o action_n and_o counsel_n both_o of_o prince_n and_o people_n as_o seem_v best_a to_o his_o divine_a wisdom_n and_o for_o the_o good_a of_o his_o church_n and_o last_o when_o he_o please_v to_o alter_v the_o government_n not_o by_o permission_n bare_o which_o wicked_a and_o unreasonable_a man_n may_v extort_v from_o he_o but_o by_o his_o own_o act_n and_o approbation_n he_o so_o dispose_v and_o order_n affair_n and_o person_n that_o by_o the_o law_n and_o right_n among_o man_n it_o be_v transfer_v to_o another_o think_v not_o that_o i_o be_o come_v to_o destroy_v the_o law_n i_o be_o not_o come_v to_o destroy_v but_o to_o fulfil_v this_o though_o speak_v by_o our_o saviour_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o moysaicall_a law_n be_v verify_v likewise_o of_o he_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o of_o nation_n and_o the_o municipal_a law_n of_o every_o particular_a kingdom_n so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o that_o supreme_a law_n of_o his_o lay_v down_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n he_o come_v not_o to_o destroy_v but_o to_o fulfil_v they_o not_o to_o supersede_n or_o evacuate_v they_o but_o to_o hold_v we_o the_o fast_a and_o the_o close_o to_o they_o to_o make_v we_o the_o more_o dutiful_a and_o observant_a to_o they_o in_o our_o several_a place_n and_o relation_n whether_o of_o nature_n nation_n or_o those_o of_o our_o 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yet_o effect_n and_o bring_v to_o pass_v what_o alteration_n he_o please_v in_o the_o world_n by_o his_o wonderful_a and_o wise_a dispose_n the_o counsel_n and_o affair_n of_o man_n to_o his_o design_a issue_n attingit_fw-la à _fw-la sine_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la fortiter_fw-la 8.1_o say_v the_o wiseman_n &_o disponit_fw-la omne_fw-la suaviter_fw-la wisdom_n reach_v from_o one_o end_n to_o another_o mighty_o and_o sweet_o do_v she_o order_v all_o thing_n fortiter_fw-la &_o suaviter_fw-la mighty_o and_o sweet_o and_o therefore_o suppose_v only_o paternal_a power_n or_o the_o authority_n of_o parent_n over_o their_o child_n immediate_o from_o god_n and_o wherein_o the_o child_n to_o be_v under_o obedience_n be_v never_o ask_v he_o i_o or_o no_o to_o assent_v or_o differ_v the_o mediate_a or_o more_o remote_a way_n i_o shall_v grant_v to_o be_v in_o our_o own_o choice_n and_o election_n which_o yet_o after_o we_o have_v determine_v and_o bind_v ourselves_o bore_v ourselves_o as_o it_o be_v through_o the_o ear_n by_o enter_v into_o oath_n and_o promise_v of_o obedience_n those_o two_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb._n 6._o we_o be_v then_o as_o fast_o and_o as_o irreversible_o bind_v for_o so_o long_o as_o we_o have_v bind_v ourselves_o as_o if_o we_o be_v bind_v immediate_o by_o god_n and_o a_o voice_n from_o heaven_n and_o as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o servant_n bore_v through_o the_o ear_n there_o be_v no_o jubilee_n to_o set_v we_o free_a consider_v the_o case_n of_o ananias_n sacrilege_n act_v 5._o the_o same_o sin_n as_o achan_n josh_n 7._o and_o both_o punish_v with_o death_n though_o achan_n be_v in_o steal_v part_n of_o that_o which_o god_n have_v immediate_o and_o by_o himself_o consecrate_v to_o himself_o the_o wedge_n of_o gold_n and_o the_o babilonish_a garment_n ananias_n in_o detain_v part_n of_o that_o which_o he_o himself_o of_o himself_o have_v dedicate_v to_o god_n service_n which_o to_o show_v it_o be_v by_o this_o promise_n and_o consecration_n of_o he_o as_o holy_a now_o and_o irrevocable_a as_o if_o god_n have_v immediate_o consecrate_v it_o himself_o st._n peter_n tell_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o have_v not_o lie_v unto_o or_o cheat_v man_n but_o god_n so_o to_o who_o we_o give_v our_o lawful_a promise_n of_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n thereby_o discriminate_v that_o person_n from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o lump_n set_v he_o up_o in_o a_o peculiar_a reference_n to_o god_n almighty_a to_o who_o all_o our_o obedience_n and_o subjection_n be_v especial_o due_a which_o be_v the_o proper_a notion_n of_o consecration_n he_o be_v then_o as_o true_o sacred_a and_o to_o be_v use_v cum_fw-la discrimine_fw-la with_o respect_n and_o reverence_n by_o we_o as_o if_o god_n have_v place_v