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banishment_n confiscation_n etc._n etc._n ezra_n 7._o 26._o the_o church_n by_o put_v out_o of_o the_o synagogue_n interdiction_n from_o sacred_a thing_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o magistrate_n power_n be_v describe_v rom._n 13._o to_o be_v that_o of_o the_o sword_n by_o punishment_n the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n only_o in_o bind_v &_o loose_v math._n 16._o 19_o they_o have_v distinct_a end_n the_o end_n of_o the_o one_o be_v the_o good_a of_o the_o common_a wealth_n the_o other_o the_o church_n edification_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n the_o end_n of_o the_o civil_a government_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o of_o the_o church_n another_o to_o wit_n to_o warn_v not_o to_o trespass_v against_o the_o lord_n in_o that_o forecited_a 2._o chron._n 19_o 10._o in_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o end_n of_o magistratical_a power_n be_v to_o be_v a_o terror_n to_o evil_a work_n &_o a_o praise_n te_fw-la the_o good_a rom._n 13._o 3._o but_o the_o end_n of_o church_n power_n 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else_o can_v they_o give_v account_n of_o soul_n heb._n 13._o 17._o we_o have_v ruler_n inferior_a to_o labourer_n in_o word_n &_o doctrine_n not_o to_o be_v honour_v so_o much_o as_o they_o sure_a these_o can_v be_v civil_a ruler_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 17._o we_o have_v ruler_n commend_v for_o try_v impostor_n which_o be_v not_o magistrate_n rev._n 2._o 2._o and_o other_o who_o be_v rebuke_v for_o suffer_a heretic_n ibid._n vers_fw-la 14_o 15_o 20._o which_o suppose_v they_o have_v authority_n to_o do_v it_o yet_o distinct_a from_o &_o not_o depend_v on_o the_o magistrate_n beside_o from_o this_o confusion_n of_o the_o two_o government_n together_o and_o make_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n to_o be_v supreme_a governor_n of_o the_o church_n will_v follow_v many_o absurdity_n as_o that_o they_o who_o be_v not_o church_n member_n shall_v be_v church_n officer_n even_o heathen_a magistrate_n yea_o woman_n shall_v be_v church_n officer_n and_o none_o shall_v be_v choose_v for_o magistrate_n but_o such_o as_o have_v the_o qualification_n of_o church_n officer_n sic_fw-la apol._n relat._n sect._n 12._o pag._n 190._o rectius_fw-la instruen_n confut._n 1_o dial._n chap._n 6._o pag._n 50._o hence_o they_o that_o in_o derive_v their_o authority_n do_v confound_v the_o tuo_fw-la government_n civil_a &_o ecclesiastic_a and_o take_v it_o all_o from_o a_o mere_a civil_a power_n can_v be_v ow_v as_o have_v any_o authority_n of_o christ_n institution_n but_o the_o prelate_n &_o their_o curate_n in_o derive_v their_o authority_n do_v confound_v the_o tuo_fw-la government_n civil_a &_o ecclesiastic_a and_o take_v it_o all_o from_o a_o mere_a civil_a power_n this_o same_o argument_n equal_o militate_v against_o hear_v the_o indulge_v minister_n who_o have_v take_v a_o licence_n &_o warrant_n from_o the_o usurper_n of_o this_o supremacy_n because_o it_o be_v high_o injurious_a to_o christ_n headship_n very_o contrary_a to_o to_o presbyterian_a principle_n clear_o homologatorie_n of_o 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and_o improve_v this_o principle_n so_o much_o that_o they_o put_v it_o in_o their_o confession_n of_o faith_n art._n 14._o to_o save_v the_o life_n of_o innocent_n to_o repress_v tyranny_n to_o defend_v the_o oppress_v be_v among_o the_o good_a work_n of_o the_o second_o table_n which_o be_v most_o please_a &_o acceptable_a to_o god_n as_o these_o work_n be_v command_v by_o himself_o and_o to_o suffer_v innocent_a blood_n to_o be_v â—hed_v if_o we_o may_v withstand_v it_o be_v affirm_v to_o be_v sin_n by_o which_o god_n hot_a displeasure_n be_v kindle_v against_o the_o proud_a &_o unthankful_a world_n and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o to_o render_v the_o late_a test_n of_o scotland_n detestable_a that_o condemn_v all_o resistance_n of_o king_n upon_o any_o pretence_n whatsoever_o this_o may_v make_v all_o christian_n &_o all_o man_n abhor_v the_o contrivance_n of_o it_o that_o that_o same_o test_n that_o confirm_v this_o thesis_n do_v also_o impose_v the_o antithesis_fw-la upon_o 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king_n do_v loss_n his_o power_n when_o he_o seek_v the_o destruction_n of_o his_o subject_n it_o be_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o tyranny_n of_o that_o bloody_a house_n of_o austria_n over_o the_o helvetian_o that_o they_o shake_v off_o the_o rule_n &_o government_n of_o that_o family_n and_o establish_v themselves_o into_o a_o republic_n and_o at_o this_o present_a time_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n the_o tyranny_n &_o treachery_n of_o this_o imperial_a majesty_n the_o hungarian_n have_v assay_v to_o maintain_v &_o justify_v a_o revolt_n in_o disow_v the_o emperor_n now_o for_o several_a year_n 6._o polland_n be_v a_o elective_a kingdom_n and_o so_o can_v but_o be_v fertile_a of_o many_o instance_n of_o cast_v off_o tyrant_n henricus_fw-la valesius_fw-la disoun_v for_o flee_v and_o sigismuadus_fw-la for_o violate_v his_o faith_n to_o the_o state_n may_v suffice_v lex_fw-la rex_fw-la q._n 24._o pag._n 217._o 7._o in_o denmark_n we_o find_v christiernus_fw-la their_o king_n be_v for_o his_o intolerable_a cruelty_n put_v from_o the_o kingdom_n he_o and_o all_o his_o posterity_n and_o after_o twenty_o year_n do_v end_v his_o life_n in_o prison_n 8._o in_o swedland_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o one_o century_n the_o people_n depose_v &_o banish_v the_o two_o christiern_n and_o dethrone_v &_o imprison_a ericus_n for_o their_o oppression_n &_o tyranny_n and_o for_o pursue_v the_o destruction_n of_o their_o subject_n 9_o the_o portugiese_n not_o many_o year_n ago_o lay_v aside_o and_o confine_v alphonsus_n their_o king_n for_o his_o rapine_n &_o murder_n 10._o some_o duke_n of_o venice_n have_v be_v so_o disoun_v by_o these_o commonwealth_n man_n that_o lay_v aside_o their_o royal_a honour_n as_o private_a man_n they_o have_v spend_v their_o day_n in_o monastery_n buchan_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regni_fw-la apud_fw-la scotos_fw-gr 11._o if_o we_o will_v revolve_v the_o old_a roman_a history_n we_o shall_v find_v no_o small_a store_n of_o such_o example_n both_o in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o king_n consul_n &_o emperor_n their_o seven_o king_n tarqvinius_n superbus_n be_v remove_v by_o the_o people_n for_o his_o evident_a usurpation_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o regni_fw-la quicquam_fw-la praeter_fw-la vim_o habebat_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la neque_fw-la populi_fw-la jussu_fw-la neque_fw-la patribus_fw-la authoribus_fw-la regnavit_fw-la say_v livius_n i.e._n for_o he_o have_v nothing_o for_o a_o right_a to_o the_o government_n but_o mere_a force_n and_o get_v the_o rule_n neither_o by_o the_o people_n consent_n &_o choice_n nor_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o senator_n so_o afterward_o the_o empire_n be_v take_v from_o vitellius_n heliogabulus_n maximinus_n didius_n julianus_n lex_fw-la rex_fw-la ub_z supra_fw-la 12._o but_o it_o will_v be_v say_v can_v there_o be_v any_o instance_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n adduce_v do_v ever_o they_o while_o groan_v under_o the_o most_o insupportable_a tyranny_n of_o their_o persecute_v 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theodoret_n affirm_v thâ—n_o evil_a man_n reign_v through_o the_o unmanlyness_n of_o the_o subject_n 3_o their_o example_n be_v not_o imitable_a in_o all_o thing_n they_o be_v against_o resistance_n which_o we_o doubt_v not_o to_o prove_v be_v lawful_a against_o tyrannical_a violence_n many_o of_o they_o refuse_v to_o flee_v from_o the_o fury_n of_o persecuter_n they_o run_v to_o martyrdom_n when_o neither_o cite_v nor_o accuse_v and_o to_o obtain_v the_o croun_n thereof_o they_o willing_o yield_v up_o their_o life_n &_o liberty_n also_o to_o the_o rage_n or_o tyrant_n we_o can_v be_v oblige_v to_o all_o these_o 2_o yet_o we_o find_v some_o example_n not_o altogether_o unapplicable_a to_o this_o purpose_n when_o barochbach_n the_o pretend_a king_n of_o the_o jew_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n set_v himself_o up_o as_o king_n in_o bitter_a a_o city_n in_o arabia_n the_o christian_n that_o be_v in_o his_o precinct_n refuse_v to_o oune_v
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to_o these_o kingdom_n than_o the_o lord_n providential_a disposal_n because_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v all_o these_o land_n into_o his_o hand_n jer._n 27._o 6_o 7_o 12._o ans._n 1._o he_o be_v indeed_o a_o unjust_a usurper_n and_o have_v no_o right_n but_o the_o lord_n providential_a gifâ—_n which_o sometime_o make_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o robber_n prosper_v into_o who_o hand_n god_n bring_v abundant_o job._n 12._o 6._o and_o give_v jacoh_n sometime_o for_o a_o spoil_n and_o israel_n to_o the_o robber_n isai._n 42._o 24._o and_o give_v power_n to_o the_o beast_n to_o continue_v forty_o &_o two_o month_n and_o to_o have_v power_n over_o all_o kindred_n &_o tongue_n &_o nation_n revel_v 13._o 5_o 7._o his_o tyranny_n also_o be_v very_o great_a extensive_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o oppression_n &_o usurpation_n by_o conquest_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o great_a intensive_o as_o our_o robber_n &_o spoiler_n may_v be_v charge_v with_o he_o be_v never_o such_o a_o perverter_n of_o all_o 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