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into_o a_o power_n of_o reform_v abuse_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o formality_n of_o scandal_n and_o a_o power_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o formality_n of_o crime_n and_o to_o draw_v to_o a_o end_n of_o divide_v they_o have_v more_o division_n of_o ecclesiastical_a power_n as_o into_o directive_n and_o coercive_a cumulative_a and_o privative_a auxiliary_a and_o destructive_a declarative_a and_o executive_a authoritative_a &_o constitutive_a the_o auxiliary_a they_o derive_v from_o charles_n the_o great_a capitulari_fw-la car._n make_fw-mi volumus_fw-la vos_fw-la scire_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la parati_fw-la sumus_fw-la vos_fw-la adjuvare_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ministerium_fw-la vestrum_fw-la adimplere_fw-la valeatis_fw-la we_o will_v have_v you_o to_o know_v that_o we_o be_v ready_a to_o help_v you_o in_o the_o ministry_n now_o of_o all_o these_o division_n of_o ecclesiastical_a power_n the_o magistrate_n have_v always_o 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for_o express_o all_o kind_n of_o debate_n about_o matter_n criminal_a &_o not_o criminal_a be_v to_o be_v judge_v by_o they_o joint_o so_o then_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n can_v be_v a_o fit_a parallel_n with_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o church_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n since_o the_o elder_n under_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v judge_n even_o in_o capital_a cause_n but_o under_o the_o new_a they_o be_v not_o beside_o that_o the_o elder_n under_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v to_o make_v but_o one_o council_n &_o one_o judicatorie_a with_o the_o commonwealth_n with_o the_o judge_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o land_n but_o neither_o the_o rev._n assembly_n nor_o m._n gillespie_n will_v allow_v the_o elder_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n to_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o do_v to_o sit_v as_o church-officer_n with_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o land_n and_o to_o decide_v cause_n betwixt_o blood_n and_o blood_n 3._o but_o the_o eleven_o verse_n concern_v amariah_n the_o chief_a 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mr._n gâ—…spie_n acknowledge_v that_o he_o be_v the_o ruler_n and_o judge_n of_o the_o people_n for_o thus_o he_o speak_v p._n 140._o that_o the_o high_a priest_n be_v a_o ruler_n of_o the_o people_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v man_n fest_n from_o act._n 23._o v._n 5._o where_o paul_n appli_v to_o the_o high_a priest_n that_o law_n thou_o shall_v not_o speak_v evil_a of_o the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n thus_o mâ—_n gillespie_n plead_v for_o we_o with_o as_o strong_a argument_n as_o we_o can_v ever_o produce_v for_o ourselves_o viz._n 1._o that_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n as_o such_o be_v not_o distinct_a from_o that_o of_o the_o magistrate_n neither_o before_o nor_o since_o christ_n time_n 2._o that_o his_o jurisdiction_n be_v not_o annex_v to_o the_o priestly_a office_n but_o to_o the_o office_n of_o a_o judge_n and_o â—uler_n of_o the_o land_n 3._o that_o he_o judge_v of_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o judge_v ruler_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o senate_n and_o not_o as_o a_o high_a priest_n 4._o that_o there_o be_v not_o two_o senate_n as_o mr._n gillespie_n acknowledge_v in_o christ_n time_n nor_o before_o his_o time_n one_o ecclesiastical_a another_o civil_a that_o one_o sâ—nate_a that_o be_v stand_v can_v not_o proper_o be_v call_v either_o ecclesiastical_a or_o civil_a â—ut_v the_o magistrate_n senate_n endow_v with_o one_o and_o that_o external_a jurisdiction_n in_o all_o cause_n and_o matter_n and_o over_o all_o person_n 4._o now_o for_o zebadiah_n the_o case_n be_v clear_a that_o he_o be_v appoint_v either_o steward_n or_o mr._n controller_n it_o may_v be_v chamberlain_n of_o the_o king_n household_n or_o rather_o a_o principal_a minister_n not_o of_o state_n but_o set_v over_o his_o family_n land_n army_n money_n jewel_n etc._n etc._n 5._o this_o alone_a that_o jehosaphat_n appoint_v both_o amariah_n and_o zebadiah_n to_o be_v chief_a magistrate_n and_o ruler_n one_o over_o the_o matter_n of_o god_n the_o other_o of_o the_o king_n evince_v that_o all_o jurisdiction_n be_v unite_v in_o the_o king_n depend_v on_o he_o and_o be_v subordinate_a to_o he_o for_o it_o be_v plain_a out_o of_o josephus_n lib._n 9_o cap._n 1._o that_o these_o two_o magistrate_n amariah_n and_o zebadiah_n and_o the_o set_n of_o they_o over_o the_o matter_n of_o god_n and_o the_o business_n of_o the_o king_n be_v a_o act_n of_o sovereign_a jurisdiction_n or_o of_o magistracy_n summos_fw-la magistratus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ex_fw-la amicorum_fw-la numero_fw-la praeposuit_fw-la 6._o the_o matter_n judge_v in_o that_o sanedrim_n where_o amariah_n be_v speaker_n argue_v that_o it_o be_v no_o ecclesiastical_a court_n mr._n gillespie_n understand_v betwixt_o blood_n and_o blood_n not_o of_o capital_a offence_n but_o concern_v forbid_a degree_n of_o marriage_n which_o though_o it_o be_v he_o must_v prove_v that_o matrimonial_a cause_n belong_v to_o the_o cognizance_n not_o of_o civil_a but_o of_o ecclesiastical_a tribunal_n which_o no_o man_n will_v ever_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v 7._o to_o take_v away_o all_o doubt_n but_o that_o amariah_n be_v appoint_v the_o chief_a ruler_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n under_o the_o king_n in_o all_o matter_n that_o concern_v the_o law_n give_v by_o god_n to_o his_o people_n of_o whatever_o nature_n they_o be_v and_o zebadiah_n governor_n under_o the_o king_n of_o the_o king_n house_n and_o affair_n there_o be_v a_o pregnant_a place_n 1_o chronic._n 26._o vers_fw-la 30._o and_o 32._o for_o in_o the_o 30._o verse_n hashabiah_n and_o his_o brethren_n even_o one_o thousand_o and_o seven_o hundred_o officer_n on_o this_o side_n jordan_n westward_o be_v say_v to_o be_v set_v over_o the_o business_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o service_n of_o the_o king_n and_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 32._o it_o be_v say_v that_o david_n make_v ruier_n over_o the_o reubenites_n the_o gadite_n and_o the_o half_a tribe_n of_o manasseh_n for_o every_o matter_n pertain_v to_o 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change_n for_o the_o better_a or_o hinder_v a_o change_n for_o the_o worse_o the_o king_n or_o another_o magistrate_n as_o he_o do_v not_o ordain_v so_o he_o do_v not_o depose_v formal_o as_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v or_o administratory_o yet_o he_o do_v it_o of_o himself_o not_o only_o by_o his_o counsel_n command_v and_o authority_n for_o he_o may_v command_v it_o when_o there_o be_v just_a cause_n of_o depose_v a_o minister_n to_o those_o that_o have_v that_o power_n in_o the_o church_n who_o in_o that_o case_n and_o there_o be_v just_a cause_n for_o it_o if_o they_o do_v not_o obey_v and_o do_v what_o he_o command_v be_v subject_n not_o only_o to_o wrath_n but_o also_o to_o god_n judgement_n minister_n as_o minister_n be_v subject_n to_o the_o sovereign_a magistrate_n why_o then_o shall_v it_o not_o be_v lawful_a to_o appeal_v from_o the_o judgement_n of_o subject_n to_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n and_o why_o may_v it_o not_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n to_o review_v the_o judgement_n of_o his_o subject_n to_o ratify_v they_o if_o they_o be_v good_a and_o to_o abrogate_v they_o if_o they_o be_v bad_a there_o be_v a_o subjection_n of_o the_o magistrate_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a senate_n but_o not_o of_o jurisdiction_n as_o under_o a_o command_n but_o of_o direction_n and_o counsel_n chapter_n xxxiii_o the_o judgement_n of_o some_o divine_n yet_o live_v both_o of_o the_o argument_n in_o hand_n and_o of_o the_o writing_n of_o the_o author_n of_o some_o man_n strong_a prejudices_fw-la against_o &_o harsh_a censure_n of_o he_o i_o have_v through_o all_o this_o book_n and_o in_o the_o first_o section_n of_o my_o corollarium_fw-la prove_v that_o i_o have_v digress_v nothing_o in_o my_o paraenesis_n from_o scripture_n &_o reason_n about_o the_o right_n of_o church_n and_o the_o magistrate_n power_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n but_o my_o opinion_n be_v also_o confirm_v by_o two_o kind_n of_o authority_n of_o learned_a and_o orthodox_n divine_v the_o first_o kind_n of_o authority_n be_v of_o those_o that_o for_o the_o main_a concur_v with_o i_o or_o rather_o i_o with_o they_o such_o be_v zuinglius_fw-la musculus_fw-la bullingerus_n gualterus_n mestrezat_n mr._n jeremiah_n burrough_n mr._n lightfoot_n etc._n etc._n the_o second_o kind_n be_v of_o those_o that_o though_o in_o general_n they_o profess_v to_o be_v for_o a_o church-government_n distinct_a from_o that_o of_o the_o magistrate_n yet_o if_o one_o take_v notice_n of_o all_o the_o position_n concern_v that_o argument_n which_o each_o of_o they_o admit_v and_o grant_v will_v be_v find_v joint_o though_o not_o every_o one_o of_o they_o consider_v a_o part_n to_o say_v as_o much_o as_o i_o just_a as_o the_o protestant_n doctrine_n will_v be_v find_v in_o all_o though_o not_o in_o each_o of_o the_o romish_a author_n overcome_v by_o the_o evidence_n of_o truth_n in_o the_o handle_n of_o some_o point_n controvert_v betwixt_o they_o and_o we_o as_o scotus_n confess_v that_o transubstantiation_n have_v no_o ground_n in_o scripture_n cajetan_n deny_v the_o popish_a indulgence_n bellarmin_n after_o he_o have_v much_o heighten_v the_o merit_n of_o work_n conclude_v with_o a_o â—utissimum_fw-la est_fw-la and_z flieth_z to_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n apprehend_v by_o faith_n as_o the_o safe_a anchor_n to_o stay_v a_o stagger_a christian_a jansenius_n be_v right_a in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o grace_n all_o the_o rest_n in_o some_o position_n or_o other_o hold_n with_o we_o and_o of_o this_o kind_n be_v bucer_n martyr_n jewel_n zanchius_n reynolds_n camero_n rivet_n and_o many_o more_o who_o beside_o by_o yield_v a_o inch_n have_v give_v we_o a_o whole_a handful_n to_o believe_v that_o what_o we_o have_v discourse_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o power_n law_n judgement_n the_o right_a of_o church_n and_o the_o magistrate_n power_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n be_v both_o reason_n and_o scripture_n for_o whoever_o admit_v as_o most_o of_o these_o 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of_o mr._n coleman_n as_o ludovicus_n cappellus_n pastor_n and_o professor_n at_o saumur_n yet_o live_v have_v do_v which_o pass_v currant_n for_o truth_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o cappellus_n if_o they_o have_v fall_v from_o mr._n coleman_n will_v have_v be_v take_v by_o our_o brethren_n the_o scot_n for_o pernicious_a and_o dangerous_a tenet_n and_o mere_a erastianisme_n in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o thesis_n salmurienses_n de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la &_o regimine_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la thes_n 12._o he_o say_v that_o pastor_n have_v proper_o no_o other_o jurisdiction_n then_o that_o which_o subdue_v the_o affection_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o flesh_n when_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o word_n restrain_v the_o assault_n of_o satan_n that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o authority_n of_o govern_v the_o church_n than_o what_o be_v seat_v in_o christ_n the_o head_n when_o by_o the_o efficacy_n of_o his_o spirit_n he_o enlighten_v the_o mind_n and_o convince_v the_o conscience_n in_o his_o 40._o thesis_fw-la he_o say_v that_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n have_v authority_n no_o further_o then_o as_o they_o agree_v with_o reason_n in_o his_o 41._o and_o 42._o he_o put_v equal_a stress_n of_o duty_n upon_o the_o magistrate_n in_o govern_v and_o order_v the_o church_n &_o the_o commonwealth_n as_o be_v keeper_n of_o one_o table_n as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o these_o be_v his_o word_n in_o latin_a porro_fw-la his_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la dispiciendi_fw-la atque_fw-la statuendi_fw-la ita_fw-la penes_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la quos_fw-la uâ—cant_a viros_fw-la est_fw-la potestas_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la magistratus_fw-la pius_fw-la &_o christianus_n sit_v fierâ—id_fw-la non_fw-la debeat_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la sine_fw-la ejus_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o conscientia_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la ejus_fw-la authoritate_fw-la qua_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la videbuntur_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la genere_fw-la conducibilia_fw-la confirmentur_fw-la vimque_fw-la legis_fw-la obtineant_fw-la be_v nempe_fw-la est_fw-la utriusque_fw-la divinae_fw-la legis_fw-la tabulae_fw-la vindex_fw-la atque_fw-la custos_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la propterea_fw-la pertinet_fw-la etiam_fw-la pastor_n si_fw-la cessent_fw-la vel_fw-la peccent_fw-la in_o officium_fw-la movere_fw-la objurgare_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la castigare_fw-la denique_fw-la prospicere_fw-la atque_fw-la providere_fw-la ut_fw-la omne_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o republica_fw-la seu_fw-la politia_fw-la recte_fw-la &_o ordinate_a fiant_fw-la utque_fw-la ordinis_fw-la legitime_fw-la constituti_fw-la turbatores_fw-la &_o violatores_fw-la pro_fw-la merito_fw-la puniantur_fw-la this_o he_o seem_v to_o speak_v after_o pareus_n in_o his_o miscellanea_fw-la catechetica_fw-la art_n 11._o aphoris_fw-la 18._o where_o he_o lay_v upon_o the_o magistrate_n a_o great_a duty_n in_o govern_v the_o church_n than_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o more_o in_o keep_v the_o first_o table_n than_o the_o second_o hoc_fw-la vero_fw-la jus_o gubernandi_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la disertim_fw-la magistratui_fw-la attribuit_fw-la ut_fw-la ei_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la tenetur_fw-la procurare_fw-la ut_fw-la bonum_fw-la civil_a in_fw-la foro_fw-la &_o judiciis_fw-la legitime_fw-la administretur_fw-la ita_fw-la non_fw-la minor_fw-la imo_fw-la long_a major_n ejus_fw-la cura_fw-la esse_fw-la debeat_fw-la ut_fw-la jus_o divinum_fw-la bonum_fw-la illud_fw-la animarum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la vera_fw-la religio_fw-la &_o pietas_fw-la subditis_fw-la suis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la &_o scholis_fw-la ad_fw-la aeternam_fw-la eorum_fw-la salutem_fw-la proponatur_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o testimonium_fw-la idem_fw-la docent_fw-la exempla_fw-la laudatissimorum_fw-la regum_fw-la davidis_fw-la etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la paulus_n affatur_fw-la christianos_n romanos_fw-la minister_n est_fw-la dei_fw-la tuo_fw-la bono_fw-mi ubi_fw-la intelligit_fw-la omne_fw-la bonum_fw-la tam_fw-la civil_a &_o terrenum_fw-la quam_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la seu_fw-la spiritual_fw-la secus_fw-la namque_fw-la magistratus_fw-la homini_fw-la christiano_n non_fw-la plus_fw-la commodaret_fw-la quam_fw-la infideli_fw-la ac_fw-la sane_fw-la dolendum_fw-la est_fw-la rectius_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la capite_fw-la sensisse_fw-la olim_fw-la ethnicos_fw-la qui_fw-la unanimi_fw-la consensu_fw-la regi_fw-la svo_fw-la demandarunt_fw-la etc._n