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against_o patronage_n have_v be_v when_o they_o be_v to_o establish_v they_o by_o law_n and_o it_o concern_v all_o the_o minister_n as_o well_o as_o these_o ten_o who_o be_v first_o indulge_v and_o it_o will_v have_v seem_v impertinent_a enough_o for_o they_o to_o have_v protest_v against_o the_o patron_n for_o consent_v to_o their_o come_n to_o such_o parish_n if_o a_o patron_n have_v be_v hold_v they_o out_o of_o a_o parish_n they_o have_v right_a to_o be_v in_o it_o have_v be_v more_o pertinent_a in_o that_o case_n to_o have_v protest_v than_o in_o this_o when_o a_o patron_n have_v give_v his_o consent_n without_o the_o minister_n knowledge_n can_v these_o minister_n hinder_v the_o patron_n to_o consent_v or_o the_o council_n to_o have_v regard_n to_o his_o consent_n but_o they_o declare_v their_o adherence_n to_o their_o know_a judgement_n and_o consequent_o that_o they_o be_v not_o for_o patronage_n 8._o do_v such_o say_v he_o as_o want_v this_o unanimous_a call_n or_o consent_v of_o the_o people_n give_v back_o the_o council_n warrant_v as_o weak_a and_o insufficient_a ans_fw-fr in_o the_o case_n suppose_v it_o be_v sufficient_a not_o to_o go_v and_o it_o have_v be_v very_o inconvenient_a to_o have_v give_v back_o the_o council_n act_n as_o weak_a for_o this_o have_v be_v to_o set_v the_o council_n and_o the_o parish_n at_o variance_n and_o a_o temptation_n to_o the_o council_n to_o reinforce_v their_o act_n and_o make_v it_o strong_a see_v it_o be_v bring_v back_o to_o they_o as_o weak_a as_o for_o his_o dilemma_n pag._n 96._o sect._n 2._o it_o be_v easy_o answer_v they_o look_v on_o themselves_o as_o have_v a_o relation_n to_o their_o former_a charge_n and_o will_v return_v if_o they_o can_v have_v a_o peaceable_a access_n to_o their_o ministry_n there_o until_o that_o be_v obtain_v the_o exercise_n of_o the_o ministry_n be_v not_o the_o worse_a that_o it_o be_v fix_v for_o as_o be_v say_v the_o fix_a exercise_n of_o the_o ministry_n have_v many_o 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which_o may_v obstruct_v their_o regress_n to_o these_o charge_n their_o fix_a preach_v in_o one_o congregation_n so_o long_o as_o they_o have_v no_o regress_n be_v no_o more_o obstructive_a to_o their_o return_n than_o the_o preach_n of_o other_o out_v minister_n in_o many_o place_n be_v obstructive_a to_o their_o return_v to_o their_o former_a charge_n and_o if_o the_o author_n have_v consider_v what_o he_o himself_o write_v afterward_o pag._n 103._o sect._n 8._o he_o will_v have_v see_v how_o unequal_o he_o deal_v with_o the_o indulge_v minister_n he_o say_v in_o king_n james_n day_n several_a faithful_a and_o honest_a minister_n be_v banish_v from_o their_o own_o church_n and_o confine_v in_o other_o place_n of_o the_o land_n and_o see_v no_o hope_n of_o get_v the_o civil_a sentence_n take_v off_o be_v necessitate_v to_o accept_v of_o a_o call_n to_o serve_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o place_n where_o
command_n or_o direction_n give_v to_o other_o into_o paction_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o those_o to_o who_o such_o command_n or_o direction_n be_v give_v it_o will_v make_v a_o strange_a reel_n in_o the_o world_n and_o man_n shall_v thus_o be_v involve_v by_o paction_n to_o perform_v condition_n though_o they_o never_o consent_v yea_o though_o they_o declare_v they_o do_v not_o nor_o can_v not_o consent_v 2._o although_o the_o council_n have_v show_v by_o their_o imprison_n of_o mr._n blair_n that_o they_o mean_v those_o injunction_n for_o condition_n that_o be_v so_o long_o after_o the_o indulgence_n it_o can_v no_o way_n constitute_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o indulgence_n which_o have_v its_o be_v and_o existence_n long_o before_o 3._o the_o meaning_n of_o one_o party_n though_o show_v will_v not_o make_v a_o paction_n except_o the_o other_o party_n consent_n 4._o the_o author_n grant_v that_o mr._n h._n speak_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o matter_n that_o mr._n blair_n do_v and_o so_o do_v several_a other_o who_o be_v before_o the_o council_n at_o that_o time_n and_o the_o magistrate_n as_o i_o be_o ready_o inform_v say_v that_o it_o be_v some_o circumstance_n of_o what_o be_v do_v by_o mr._n blair_n that_o occasion_v his_o imprisonment_n but_o 5_o suppose_v he_o have_v be_v only_o imprison_v upon_o that_o account_n because_o he_o will_v not_o receive_v those_o injunction_n that_o will_v not_o prove_v that_o the_o magistrate_n do_v mean_v they_o for_o condition_n for_o the_o magistrate_n often_o imprison_v man_n for_o disobey_v act_n of_o council_n though_o the_o person_n imprison_v have_v make_v no_o promise_n to_o obey_v those_o act_n and_o though_o the_o injunction_n which_o they_o obey_v not_o be_v never_o mean_v by_o the_o council_n for_o condition_n 6._o suppose_v the_o magistrate_n have_v in_o the_o very_a act_n of_o indulgence_n signify_v that_o they_o have_v mean_v those_o injunction_n for_o condition_n and_o have_v put_v in_o those_o injunction_n as_o condition_n in_o the_o act_n of_o indulgence_n i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o this_o will_v have_v render_v their_o ministerial_a act_n in_o the_o parish_n to_o which_o they_o be_v indulge_v unlawful_a nor_o render_v those_o minister_n any_o way_n guilty_a provide_v that_o they_o have_v no_o way_n consent_v unto_o those_o injunction_n suppose_v pharaoh_n have_v grant_v liberty_n to_o the_o midwife_n to_o do_v their_o office_n to_o the_o travel_a hebrew_n woman_n upon_o condition_n that_o they_o shall_v kill_v the_o male-children_n this_o shall_v not_o have_v bar_v the_o midwife_n from_o that_o work_n of_o mercy_n towards_o the_o hebrew-woman_n in_o childbirth_n and_o if_o the_o midwife_n have_v no_o way_n consent_v to_o this_o condition_n they_o will_v have_v no_o way_n be_v guilty_a of_o any_o sin_n though_o necessary_a duty_n be_v clog_v with_o sinful_a injunction_n impose_v by_o man_n they_o shall_v not_o be_v omit_v but_o the_o duty_n shall_v be_v do_v and_o the_o sinful_a injunction_n 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