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i_o must_v not_o resist_v for_o this_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o where_o my_o active_a obedience_n can_v take_v place_n my_o passive_a obedience_n must_v supply_v it_o and_o though_o our_o king_n be_v as_o idolatrous_a as_o manasses_n as_o tyrannical_a as_o nero_n as_o wicked_a as_o ahab_n and_o as_o profane_a as_o julian_n yet_o we_o may_v not_o resist_v we_o must_v not_o rebel_n which_o will_v overthrow_v the_o very_a order_n of_o nature_n 68_o arnis_fw-la de_fw-fr autâ—rit_fw-fr princ_fw-la c._n 3._o pag._n 68_o as_o arnisaeus_n prove_v by_o many_o example_n and_o take_v away_o the_o glory_n of_o martyrdom_n and_o make_v all_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o none_o effect_n and_o therefore_o when_o the_o christian_n in_o tertullia_n time_n be_v more_o in_o number_n and_o of_o great_a strength_n than_o their_o enemy_n yet_o be_v compel_v to_o idolatry_n they_o rather_o suffer_v any_o persecution_n than_o admit_v of_o any_o rebellion_n against_o the_o most_o wicked_a of_o their_o persecutor_n and_o juâ—tinian_n faith_n q_n be_v est_fw-la tantae_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la ut_fw-la nolentem_fw-la principem_fw-la possit_fw-la coarctare_fw-la who_o have_v so_o much_o power_n as_o to_o restrain_v a_o unwilling_a prince_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v very_o strange_a to_o consider_v what_o new_a divinity_n have_v be_v teach_v ex_fw-la cathedra_fw-la pestilentiae_fw-la out_o of_o the_o chair_n of_o our_o new_a assembly_n to_o raise_v rebellion_n against_o our_o king_n and_o that_o which_o be_v worse_o than_o rebellion_n to_o refuse_v the_o grace_n of_o remission_n the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n be_v most_o wicked_a hypocrite_n and_o they_o sit_v in_o moses_n chair_n but_o they_o never_o dare_v teach_v such_o tenet_n as_o now_o be_v publish_v and_o practise_v in_o these_o kingdom_n and_o therefore_o our_o saviour_n say_v 23.3_o math._n 23.3_o all_o that_o they_o bid_v you_o observe_v that_o observe_v and_o do_v indeed_o there_o be_v some_o heretic_n 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take_v this_o office_n upon_o he_o but_o he_o that_o be_v as_o well_o outward_o approve_v by_o such_o as_o be_v lawful_o authorize_v to_o approve_v he_o 4.16_o exod._n 4.16_o as_o inward_o call_v by_o the_o restify_a spirit_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n so_o also_o christ_n say_v the_o apostle_n glorify_v not_o himself_o to_o be_v make_v a_o high_a priest_n and_o to_o become_v the_o great_a shepherd_n of_o god_n flock_n 17.21_o heb._n 5.5_o etc._n etc._n 17.21_o but_o he_o that_o say_v unto_o he_o thou_o be_v my_o son_n this_o day_n have_v i_o beget_v thou_o and_o have_v swear_v thou_o be_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedech_n and_o therefore_o if_o no_o man_n no_o not_o christ_n himself_o take_v this_o holy_a office_n upon_o he_o but_o he_o that_o be_v lawful_o call_v by_o such_o as_o have_v lawful_a authority_n to_o call_v he_o i_o wonder_v how_o any_o man_n dare_v to_o intrude_v himself_o into_o the_o ministry_n without_o any_o mission_n from_o christ_n or_o commission_n from_o such_o as_o be_v lawful_o authorize_v by_o christ_n to_o admit_v they_o you_o know_v what_o our_o saviour_n say_v as_o my_o father_n send_v i_o so_o send_v i_o you_o and_o they_o that_o be_v his_o apostle_n never_o go_v until_o he_o send_v they_o for_o there_o must_v be_v a_o item_fw-la go_v you_o 10.1_o mat._n 28.19_o &_o mar._n 16.15_o john_n 10.1_o before_o predicate_v preach_v you_o and_o you_o see_v what_o our_o saviour_n say_v here_o very_o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o he_o that_o enter_v not_o by_o the_o door_n into_o the_o sheepfold_n but_o climb_v up_o some_o other_o way_n the_o same_o be_v a_o thief_n and_o a_o robber_n that_o be_v he_o that_o be_v not_o lawful_o call_v and_o come_v not_o the_o right_a way_n into_o the_o ministry_n to_o be_v the_o shepherd_n of_o god_n flock_n the_o same_o be_v none_o of_o god_n minister_n 14.14_o jer._n 23.21_o &_o 14.14_o but_o be_v a_o thief_n and_o a_o robber_n steal_v to_o himself_o what_o of_o right_n 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be_v null_a and_o of_o no_o validity_n so_o they_o that_o give_v order_n and_o approve_v of_o priest_n and_o have_v no_o right_n no_o power_n nor_o authority_n to_o give_v order_n and_o to_o allow_v they_o do_v just_o nothing_o in_o the_o just_a way_n and_o their_o order_n be_v worth_a nothing_o but_o you_o will_v say_v this_o may_v be_v true_a of_o the_o lay-preacher_n but_o those_o that_o be_v ordain_v by_o the_o presbyterian_o and_o approve_v by_o a_o assembly_n of_o presbyter_n can_v be_v deny_v to_o be_v lawful_o call_v and_o to_o enter_v in_o by_o the_o door_n into_o the_o sheepfold_n i_o answer_v that_o i_o will_v not_o at_o this_o time_n discuss_v who_o give_v they_o this_o power_n and_o authority_n to_o ordain_v priest_n but_o i_o say_v that_o i_o dare_v not_o i_o can_v approve_v and_o justify_v their_o authority_n let_v they_o answer_v for_o it_o that_o presume_v to_o do_v it_o i_o have_v show_v you_o their_o error_n in_o my_o discovery_n of_o the_o great_a antichrist_n so_o you_o see_v how_o this_o grand_a shepherd_n do_v lawful_o enter_v into_o his_o office_n and_o how_o all_o his_o under-shepherd_n shall_v imitate_v he_o in_o their_o lawful_a entrance_n and_o not_o intrude_v themselves_o nor_o be_v unlawful_o admit_v into_o the_o ministry_n 2._o mundi_fw-la 2._o a_o perfect_a performance_n of_o all_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o good_a shepherd_n philo_n jud._n in_o l._n de_fw-fr opificio_fw-la mundi_fw-la the_o other_o point_n here_o speak_v of_o this_o great_a shepherd_n be_v a_o perfect_a and_o most_o absolute_a performance_n of_o all_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o good_a shepherd_n where_o first_o of_o all_o you_o must_v observe_v that_o theocritus_n virgil_n and_o other_o write_v of_o this_o office_n of_o shepherd_n do_v make_v three_o kind_n of_o pastor_n or_o shepherd_n and_o so_o do_v philo_n judaeus_n where_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o shepherd_n goatesman_n and_o herdsman_n drive_v the_o flock_n of_o sheep_n goat_n and_o bullock_n and_o it_o be_v observe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dici_fw-la de_fw-la pastore_fw-la omnium_fw-la animalium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cum_fw-la relatione_fw-la tantum_fw-la ad_fw-la oves_fw-la that_o the_o greek_n do_v call_v he_o only_o that_o keep_v sheep_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o shepherd_n and_o our_o saviour_n say_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o be_o the_o good_a goatsman_n or_o the_o good_a herdsman_n 10.14_o john_n 10.14_o but_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o be_o the_o good_a shepherd_n that_o take_v care_n for_o his_o sheep_n but_o not_o for_o goat_n because_o the_o lord_n care_v for_o the_o righteous_a but_o as_o the_o prophet_n say_v he_o scatter_v abroad_o all_o the_o ungodly_a and_o see_v that_o he_o be_v a_o shepherd_n you_o know_v what_o the_o poet_n say_v pastorem_fw-la tytere_o pingues_fw-la pascere_fw-la oportet_fw-la oves_fw-la 6._o vagil_n eglog_n 6._o the_o shepherd_n ought_v to_o feed_v his_o sheep_n for_o as_o the_o old_a proverb_n go_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d spartam_fw-la nactus_fw-la es_fw-la hanc_fw-la orna_fw-la every_o one_o shall_v look_v to_o his_o own_o office_n as_o the_o learned_a divine_a to_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o cobbler_n to_o mend_v his_o shoe_n the_o countryman_n to_o plough_v his_o ground_n &_o curabit_fw-la prelia_fw-la conon_n and_o the_o king_n or_o whosoever_o be_v the_o chief_a magistrate_n to_o provide_v for_o war_n and_o to_o conclude_v peace_n which_o be_v the_o only_a way_n to_o keep_v all_o thing_n in_o the_o right_a way_n because_o that_o mittere_fw-la falcem_fw-la in_o alienam_fw-la messem_fw-la for_o the_o coachman_n with_o his_o whip_n to_o lash_v the_o pulpit_n the_o tailor_n with_o his_o shears_o to_o divide_v the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o shepherd_n with_o his_o hook_n to_o rule_v the_o people_n and_o the_o unruly_a people_n to_o reign_v as_o king_n be_v that_o which_o as_o the_o poet_n say_v turbabit_fw-la fadera_fw-mi mundi_fw-la 1._o lucan_n phar_n l._n 1._o and_o be_v the_o ready_a way_n to_o pull_v all_o thing_n asunder_o &_o to_o tear_v in_o piece_n the_o whole_a course_n of_o nature_n and_o to_o subvert_v all_o the_o order_n of_o god_n creature_n and_o indeed_o to_o reduce_v the_o total_a frame_n of_o the_o creation_n to_o a_o speedy_a dissolution_n whereas_o that_o man_n be_v worthy_a of_o all_o praise_n as_o aelian_a say_v which_o meddle_v with_o nothing_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o pertain_v nothing_o unto_o he_o but_o look_v only_a and_o careful_o to_o his_o own_o duty_n and_o he_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v reprove_v as_o our_o saviour_n check_v saint_n peter_n for_o his_o curiosity_n to_o know_v what_o john_n must_v do_v that_o be_v a_o stranger_n in_o his_o own_o affair_n and_o busi_v himself_o only_o with_o what_o only_o belong_v unto_o other_o and_o therefore_o not_o to_o do_v myself_o what_o i_o blame_v in_o other_o or_o to_o extend_v my_o discourse_n beyond_o my_o line_n to_o treat_v of_o the_o art_n of_o war_n with_o phormio_n before_o hannibal_n or_o to_o tell_v you_o the_o office_n of_o a_o king_n or_o a_o judge_n when_o my_o text_n tell_v i_o i_o be_o to_o treat_v of_o a_o shepherd_n but_o to_o keep_v myself_o contrary_a to_o the_o common_a practice_n ad_fw-la idem_fw-la to_o my_o own_o proper_a task_n i_o shall_v desire_v you_o to_o remember_v that_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o good_a shepherd_n consist_v chief_o in_o these_o two_o point_n 1._o negative_o what_o he_o shall_v not_o do_v to_o his_o sheep_n 2._o affirmative_o what_o he_o shall_v do_v for_o they_o 1._o the_o heathen_a man_n can_v tell_v we_o that_o boni_fw-la pastoris_fw-la est_fw-la pecus_fw-la tondere_fw-la non_fw-la deglubere_fw-la it_o be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o good_a shepherd_n to_o fleece_v
noble_a ancestor_n in_o nobleness_n that_o be_v in_o piety_n and_o virtue_n the_o very_a heathen_n will_v tell_v we_o our_o spring_a from_o they_o be_v worth_a nothing_o but_o rather_o a_o shame_n then_o a_o credit_n unto_o we_o because_o as_o theognis_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d virtue_n be_v the_o great_a glory_n which_o never_o perish_v and_o therefore_o juvenal_n say_v as_o i_o have_v show_v to_o you_o before_o in_o my_o first_o treatise_n malo_fw-la pater_fw-la tibi_fw-la sit_fw-la thyrsites_n 8._o juven_n sat._n 8._o dum_fw-la modo_fw-la tu_fw-la sis_fw-la aeà cidae_fw-la similis_fw-la vulcaniaque_fw-la arma_fw-la capessas_fw-la quam_fw-la te_fw-la thyrsitae_n similem_fw-la producat_fw-la achilles_n i_o commend_v the_o son_n of_o a_o clown_n that_o be_v virtuous_a and_o carry_v himself_o noble_o more_o than_o the_o son_n of_o a_o prince_n that_o be_v vicious_a and_o behave_v himself_o like_o a_o clown_n and_o codrus_n urceolus_fw-la say_v sis_fw-la licet_fw-la 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