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of_o the_o moral_a law_n bind_v the_o conscience_n but_o to_o obey_v the_o magistrate_n be_v a_o part_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n matth._n 22.21_o render_v to_o caesar_n the_o thing_n which_o be_v caesar_n we_o be_v bind_v to_o deal_v just_o and_o to_o render_v to_o all_o their_o due_n ecclesiaste_n 8.2_o keep_v the_o king_n commandment_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o god_n both_o the_o oath_n which_o thou_o have_v solemn_o make_v to_o god_n in_o thy_o baptism_n to_o keep_v his_o law_n and_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n which_o thou_o have_v by_o the_o name_n of_o god_n take_v to_o obey_v thy_o prince_n a_o oath_n bind_v conscience_n but_o thou_o have_v swear_v god_n have_v bind_v thou_o to_o obey_v and_o thou_o have_v bind_v thyself_o saul_n seek_v david_n life_n than_o david_n have_v he_o at_o a_o advantage_n only_o cut_v off_o the_o skirt_n of_o his_o garment_n no_o great_a matter_n one_o will_v think_v yet_o it_o be_v his_o sovereign_n and_o afterward_o his_o conscience_n be_v trouble_v and_o his_o heart_n smite_v he_o even_o for_o that_o 1._o sam._n 24.5_o do_v the_o law_n and_o constitution_n of_o magistrate_n quest_n civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a bound_v the_o conscience_n it_o be_v the_o prerogative_n of_o god_n law_n to_o bind_v conscience_n answ_n and_o prince_n law_n bound_v but_o not_o by_o their_o own_o power_n but_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n nebridius_fw-la exceed_o hate_v de_fw-fr quaestione_fw-la magna_fw-la responsionem_fw-la brevem_fw-la sine_fw-la brevem_fw-la august_n refert_fw-la epist_n 23._o ad_fw-la bonifacium_fw-la non_fw-la procul_fw-la à _fw-la sine_fw-la a_o short_a answer_n to_o a_o weighty_a question_n a_o word_n or_o two_o more_o therefore_o hereof_o to_o make_v it_o plain_a it_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o magistrate_n be_v invest_v with_o a_o power_n from_o god_n to_o make_v law_n and_o constitution_n civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a and_o these_o determine_v not_o the_o substance_n but_o the_o circumstance_n of_o god_n worship_n as_o what_o garment_n what_o gesture_n what_o time_n of_o meeting_n etc._n etc._n to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o holy_a service_n for_o comeliness_n and_o order_n this_o be_v only_o question_v but_o it_o may_v thus_o appear_v the_o magistrate_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n for_o thy_o good_a as_o before_o verse_n 4._o but_o a_o great_a part_n of_o this_o good_a be_v in_o comely_a manner_n of_o worship_v god_n the_n very_o heathen_a philosopher_n see_v by_o natural_a reason_n that_o the_o end_n and_o care_n of_o the_o magistrate_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o 〈◊〉_d arist_n ethic._n lib._n 1._o ca._n 9_o &_o 13._o to_o make_v his_o subject_n virtuous_a and_o practiser_n of_o thing_n good_a and_o honest_a this_o be_v ground_v upon_o deut._n 17.19.20_o the_o king_n must_v hear_v and_o read_v and_o study_v the_o law_n and_o statute_n of_o god_n to_o keep_v and_o do_v they_o as_o he_o be_v a_o man_n in_o his_o own_o obedience_n and_o as_o he_o be_v a_o magistrate_n to_o see_v other_o obey_v they_o punish_v the_o breach_n of_o the_o first_o table_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o second_o and_o make_v law_n for_o the_o comely_a worship_n of_o god_n as_o well_o as_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o justice_n and_o honesty_n among_o man_n otherwise_o how_o do_v he_o keep_v all_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n this_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o example_n of_o all_o godly_a prince_n as_o of_o moses_n david_n solomon_n asa_n jehosaphat_n hezechias_n josias_n and_o since_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n of_o constantine_n theodosius_n martianus_n leo_n etc._n etc._n saint_n augustine_n more_o than_o once_o 7._o once_o august_n bonif._n comiti_fw-la ep_n 50._o &_o praecip_n tom_fw-mi 7._o contra_fw-la epist_n parmeniani_n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o commend_v a_o imperial_a law_n against_o the_o donatist_n and_o schismatic_n which_o be_v that_o they_o which_o separate_v from_o the_o church_n and_o hold_v private_a conventicle_n shall_v be_v 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