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for_o the_o internal_a act_n of_o worship_n for_o he_o can_v neither_o add_v to_o that_o rule_n nor_o dissolve_v the_o obligation_n of_o it_o nor_o yet_o can_v he_o force_v the_o conscience_n of_o man_n the_o chief_a seat_n of_o religion_n it_o be_v both_o contrary_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o religion_n its_o self_n which_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o the_o great_a freedom_n and_o internal_a liberty_n and_o it_o be_v quite_o out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o the_o magistrate_n law_n which_o respect_v only_o external_a action_n as_o their_o proper_a object_n for_o the_o obligation_n of_o any_o law_n can_v extend_v no_o further_o than_o the_o jurisdiction_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o legislator_n which_o among_o man_n be_v only_o to_o the_o outward_a action_n but_o then_o if_o we_o consider_v religion_n as_o it_o be_v public_o own_a and_o profess_v by_o a_o nation_n the_o supreme_a magistrate_n be_v bind_v by_o virtue_n of_o his_o office_n and_o authority_n not_o only_o to_o defend_v and_o 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to_o the_o extirpation_n to_o what_o oppose_v it_o for_o the_o plea_n of_o conscience_n take_v for_o man_n judgement_n go_v contrary_a to_o what_o be_v public_o own_a as_o religion_n it_o be_v indifferent_o calculate_v for_o all_o meridian_n and_o will_v serve_v for_o a_o religion_n of_o any_o elevation_n nay_o stiff_a and_o contumacious_a infidel_n or_o idolater_n may_v plead_v as_o high_o though_o not_o so_o true_o as_o any_o that_o it_o go_v against_o their_o judgement_n or_o their_o conscience_n to_o own_o that_o religion_n which_o be_v establish_v by_o authority_n if_o it_o be_v lawful_a then_o to_o restrain_v such_o notwithstanding_o this_o pretence_n why_o not_o other_o who_o doctrine_n and_o principle_n the_o magistrate_n judge_v to_o tend_v in_o their_o degree_n though_o not_o so_o high_o to_o the_o dishonour_v god_n and_o subvert_v the_o profession_n entertain_v in_o a_o nation_n for_o a_o man_n own_o certainty_n and_o confidence_n that_o he_o be_v in_o the_o right_n can_v have_v no_o influence_n upon_o the_o magistrate_n judge_v otherwise_o only_o if_o it_o be_v true_a it_o will_v afford_v he_o the_o great_a comfort_n and_o patience_n under_o his_o restraint_n which_o be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n under_o persecution_n the_o magistrate_n than_o be_v bind_v to_o defend_v protect_v and_o maintain_v the_o religion_n he_o own_v as_o true_a and_o that_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o office_n as_o he_o be_v custos_fw-la utriusque_fw-la tabulae_fw-la the_o maintainer_n of_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n law_n which_o can_v be_v if_o he_o suffer_v those_o of_o the_o first_o table_n to_o be_v break_v without_o any_o notice_n take_v of_o they_o be_v it_o not_o for_o this_o power_n of_o magistrate_n under_o the_o gospel_n how_o can_v that_o promise_n be_v ever_o make_v good_a that_o king_n shall_v be_v nurse_v father_n to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n unless_o 23._o they_o mean_v such_o nurse_n father_n as_o astyages_n be_v to_o cyrus_n or_o amulius_n to_o romulus_n and_o remus_n who_o expose_v their_o nursling_n to_o the_o fury_n of_o wild_a beast_n to_o be_v devour_v by_o they_o for_o so_o must_v a_o magistrate_n do_v the_o church_n unless_o he_o secure_v it_o from_o the_o incursion_n of_o heretic_n and_o the_o inundation_n of_o seducer_n but_o so_o much_o for_o that_o which_o be_v more_o large_o assert_v and_o prove_v by_o other_o the_o magistrate_n than_o have_v power_n concern_v religion_n as_o own_a in_o a_o nation_n second_o we_o must_v distinguish_v between_o a_o external_a and_o objective_a power_n about_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o a_o internal_a formal_a power_n which_o some_o call_v a_o imperative_a and_o elicitive_a power_n other_o a_o power_n of_o order_n and_o a_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n other_o potestas_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la and_o potestas_fw-la circa_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la or_o in_o the_o old_a distinction_n of_o constantine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 24._o a_o power_n of_o thing_n within_o and_o 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