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canon_n omit_v by_o the_o doctor_n be_v sufficient_a if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o to_o show_v that_o this_o be_v at_o least_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o church_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a patriarchate_n and_o even_o this_o power_n that_o be_v allow_v be_v allow_v on_o obligation_n of_o interest_n not_o of_o conscience_n none_o can_v pretend_v to_o the_o temporal_n annex_v to_o the_o episcopal_a office_n without_o the_o prince_n consent_n and_o whilst_o the_o correspondence_n between_o the_o church_n and_o the_o prince_n hold_v there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o separate_v the_o spiritual_a right_n form_n the_o temporal_a but_o the_o church_n be_v at_o perfect_a liberty_n in_o conscience_n if_o she_o be_v willing_a to_o want_v the_o temporal_n to_o give_v the_o spiritual_a power_n alone_o and_o much_o more_o to_o continue_v it_o where_o it_o be_v already_o give_v if_o she_o judge_v the_o prince_n
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vindication_n page_z 1_o §_o ii_o the_o baroccian_a m._n s._n disprove_v by_o the_o vindicator_n and_o not_o defend_v by_o the_o doctor_n p._n 2._o §_o iii_o the_o doctor_n have_v not_o offer_v at_o any_o answer_n to_o the_o argument_n against_o he_o in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o vindication_n p._n 3._o §_o iv._o he_o grant_v the_o proposition_n principal_o dispute_v between_o we_o concern_v the_o invalidity_n of_o lay-deprivations_a and_o take_v no_o care_n to_o prevent_v the_o consequence_n of_o that_o confession_n p._n 4_o §_o v._o the_o doctor_n gain_v nothing_o by_o his_o change_v the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n p._n 4._o §_o vi_o the_o doctor_n be_v whole_a proof_n unconclusive_a admit_v the_o invalidity_n of_o lay-deprivations_a p._n 5._o §_o vii_o the_o doctor_n be_v limitation_n of_o his_o own_o pretend_a self-evident_a maxim_n do_v all_o of_o they_o prove_v our_o case_n unconcern_v in_o it_o chap._n i_o p._n 6._o §_o viii_o submission_n of_o subject_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a usurper_n be_v sinful_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n p._n 7._o §_o ix_o such_o submission_n will_v make_v the_o ecclesiastical_a subject_n accomplice_n in_o the_o injustice_n p._n 9_o §_o x._o the_o same_o submission_n in_o the_o clergy_n be_v sinful_a on_o account_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o canonical_a obedience_n they_o have_v take_v to_o the_o rightful_a possession_n p._n 10._o §_o xi_o our_o principle_n afford_v better_a reason_n why_o the_o unjust_a deprivation_n of_o synod_n may_v be_v receive_v without_o the_o deprive_v bishop_n consent_n than_o those_o insist_v on_o by_o the_o doctor_n p._n 12._o §_o xii_o there_o be_v great_a disparity_n between_o the_o obligation_n of_o a_o competent_a and_o a_o incompetent_a authority_n p._n 13._o §_o xiii_o no_o reason_n to_o reckon_v on_o the_o presume_a consent_n of_o the_o injure_v bishop_n by_o a_o invalid_a deprivation_n for_o discharge_v their_o subject_n conscience_n from_o duty_n to_o they_o p._n 14._o §_o fourteen_o our_o deprive_v father_n give_v public_a signification_n that_o they_o do_v challenge_v their_o old_a right_n as_o far_o as_o be_v necessary_a in_o their_o circumstance_n p._n 15._o §_o xv._n the_o oath_n of_o canonical_a obedience_n to_o our_o father_n still_o oblige_v p._n 17._o §_o xvi_o the_o compliance_n with_o usurper_n be_v also_o therefore_o sinful_a because_o usurp_a bishop_n be_v real_o no_o bishop_n at_o all_o p._n 20._o §_o xvii_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n and_o scandal_n in_o comply_v great_a than_o that_o of_o persecution_n which_o be_v avoid_v by_o it_o p._n 22._o §_o xviii_o the_o evil_n of_o schism_n not_o avoid_v but_o incur_v by_o comply_v with_o the_o usurper_n p._n 24._o §_o xix_o the_o abuse_n that_o may_v follow_v on_o compliance_n be_v a_o just_a reason_n to_o refuse_v it_o where_o it_o be_v not_o otherwise_o in_o conscience_n due_a p._n 25._o §_o xx._n no_o security_n that_o have_v compliance_n will_v not_o be_v abuse_v p._n 26._o §_o xxi_o that_o abuse_n be_v a_o great_a mischief_n than_o that_o it_o can_v be_v make_v amends_o for_o by_o the_o doctor_n be_v expedient_n p._n 29._o §_o xxii_o the_o main_a design_n of_o the_o doctor_n be_v new_a book_n in_o argue_v from_o fact_n already_o overthrow_v by_o the_o vindicator_n p._n 32._o §_o xxiii_o the_o doctor_n himself_o be_v unwilling_a to_o stand_v by_o the_o consequence_n of_o such_o fact_n as_o himself_o produce_v p._n 33._o §_o xxiv_o the_o doctor_n be_v remark_n against_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o vindication_n concern_v the_o possession_n of_o cornelius_n turn_v against_o himself_o p._n 33._o §_o xxv_o the_o doctor_n be_v book_n afford_v no_o subject_n for_o a_o reply_n but_o what_o will_v be_v personal_a p._n 35._o §_o xxvi_o the_o doctor_n be_v turn_v the_o dispute_n to_o late_a fact_n draw_v it_o from_o a_o short_a and_o decisive_n to_o a_o tedious_a and_o litigious_a issue_n p._n 35._o §_o xxvii_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o suffer_v ourselves_o to_o be_v overrule_v by_o he_o in_o these_o art_n of_o divert_v we_o p._n 36._o §_o xxviii_o we_o decline_v his_o topick_n of_o fact_n rather_o because_o it_o be_v undecisive_a than_o because_o we_o think_v it_o this_fw-mi advantageous_a to_o we_o p._n 36._o §_o xxix_o for_o want_v of_o some_o other_o subject_a relate_n to_o the_o vindication_n we_o pitch_v on_o the_o case_n of_o abiathar_n p._n 37._o §_o xxx_o this_o fact_n be_v not_o commend_v in_o the_o scripture_n as_o a_o precedent_n p._n 37._o §_o xxxi_o the_o magistrate_n can_v not_o by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o age_n have_v any_o direct_a power_n over_o the_o priesthood_n p._n 38._o §_o xxxii_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o priesthood_n out_o of_o the_o power_n and_o far_o great_a than_o any_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n p._n 39_o §_o xxxiii_o the_o ancient_a jew_n of_o the_o apostle_n age_n do_v believe_v their_o priesthood_n available_a to_o a_o future_a and_o eternal_a state_n p._n 40._o §_o xxxiv_o and_o consequent_o do_v express_o own_v it_o far_o more_o honourable_a than_o the_o magistracy_n its_o self_n p._n 42._o §_o xxxv_o this_o same_o reason_n hold_v on_o account_n of_o the_o priesthood_n represent_v god_n though_o without_o relation_n to_o a_o future_a state_n p._n 45._o §_o xxxvi_o and_o that_o also_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o those_o time_n p._n 46._o §_o xxxvii_o solomon_n act_n of_o abiathar_n be_v only_o of_o force_n p._n 47._o §_o xxxviii_o which_o force_n may_v in_o the_o consequence_n render_v the_o exercise_n of_o his_o right_a unpracticable_a p._n 48._o §_o thirty-nine_o yet_o solomon_n be_v in_o conscience_n oblige_v to_o be_v cautious_a in_o exercise_v this_o force_n against_o the_o priesthood_n p._n 49_o §_o xl._o what_o solomon_n do_v be_v only_o to_o fulfil_v what_o god_n have_v before_o threaten_v against_o the_o house_n of_o eli._n p._n 51._o §_o xli_o abiathar_n be_v not_o then_o the_o highpriest_n proper_o so_o call_v but_o zadoc_n p._n 53._o §_o xlii_o there_o be_v in_o those_o time_n two_o highpriest_n at_o once_o the_o chief_a such_o as_o zadoc_n be_v of_o the_o family_n of_o eleazar_n the_o low_a such_o as_o abiathar_n of_o the_o family_n of_o ithamar_n p._n 54._o §_o xliii_o no_o deprivation_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o phineas_n in_o those_o time_n p._n 56._o §_o xliv_o zadoc_n put_v in_o the_o room_n of_o abiathar_n as_o to_o the_o course_n of_o ithamar_n which_o be_v not_o under_o he_o before_o p._n 58._o §_o xlv_o the_o jew_n by_o our_o principle_n can_v not_o justify_v a_o separation_n on_o account_n of_o abiathar_n their_o case_n not_o like_o we_o p._n 59_o §_o xlvi_o when_o invasion_n have_v pass_v into_o a_o prescription_n as_o in_o our_o saviour_n time_n he_o that_o be_v in_o possession_n have_v real_o the_o best_a title_n p._n 60._o §_o xlvii_o among_o the_o jew_n the_o true_a highpriest_n be_v to_o be_v know_v by_o his_o possess_v the_o one_o altar_n among_o the_o christian_n the_o true_a altar_n be_v know_v by_o its_o be_v possess_v by_o the_o true_a bishop_n p._n 62._o §_o xlviii_o the_o reason_n for_o exemption_n from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o prince_n strong_a in_o our_o deprive_a father_n case_n than_o in_o the_o case_n of_o abiathar_n our_o bishop_n be_v proper_o priest_n p._n 64._o §_o xlix_o the_o gospel_n priesthood_n more_o noble_a than_o that_o of_o abiathar_n etc._n etc._n p._n 66._o §_o l._n this_o reason_v admit_v in_o the_o apostolical_a age_n etc._n etc._n by_o clemens_n romanus_n etc._n etc._n p._n 68_o §_o li._n he_o do_v it_o by_o the_o same_o principle_n as_o agreeable_a to_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o gospel_n p._n 70._o §_o lii_o he_o draw_v the_o like_a inference_n in_o practice_n as_o we_o do_v p._n 72._o §_o liii_o the_o laity_n can_v now_o pretend_v to_o any_o indirect_a right_n of_o deprive_v
bishop_n as_o the_o jewish_a prince_n can_v in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o jewish_a priesthood_n p._n 75._o §_o liv._o our_o reason_v against_o the_o magistrate_n right_n of_o deprivation_n in_o spiritual_n proceed_v universal_o and_o therefore_o in_o the_o case_n of_o temporal_a crime_n also_o the_o own_v such_o a_o power_n will_v have_v be_v pernicious_a to_o the_o primitive_a christian_n also_o whowere_v charge_n de_fw-mi with_o temporal_a crime_n p._n 77._o §_o lv._o the_o spiritual_a right_n of_o our_o father_n have_v be_v now_o invade_v by_o civil_a force_n bare_a character_n without_o district_n not_o sufficient_a to_o preserve_v the_o church_n as_o a_o body_n p._n 79._o §_o lvi_o suppose_v the_o church_n and_o christian_a state_n have_v make_v one_o body_n ret_v more_o have_v be_v require_v to_o make_v that_o supposition_n applicable_a to_o our_o present_a case_n which_o be_v not_o yet_o take_v notice_n of_o p._n 82._o §_o lvii_o the_o prince_n on_o account_n of_o his_o be_v a_o christian_n have_v no_o title_n to_o any_o spiritual_a authority_n p._n 83._o §_o lviii_o a_o whole_a nation_n by_o baptism_n may_v be_v make_v one_o society_n in_o the_o church_n without_o prejudice_n to_o their_o be_v still_o a_o society_n distinct_a from_o it_o p._n 85._o §_o lix_n the_o church_n obligation_n be_v more_o necessary_a for_o the_o subsist_v of_o the_o state_n than_o these_o she_o receive_v from_o the_o state_n be_v for_o she_o p._n 87._o §_o lx._n the_o benefit_n receive_v by_o the_o state_n from_o the_o church_n be_v also_o great_a than_o those_o which_o the_o church_n receive_v from_o the_o state_n p._n 89._o §_o lxi_o if_o the_o state_n have_v be_v capable_a of_o confer_v the_o great_a obligation_n yet_o a_o good_a pious_a magistrate_n can_v not_o in_o reason_n desire_v such_o a_o recompense_n as_o shall_v oblige_v the_o church_n to_o yield_v any_o of_o her_o ancient_a right_n p._n 90._o §_o lxii_o prince_n have_v be_v allow_v by_o the_o church_n a_o right_a to_o keep_v person_n out_o not_o yet_o canonical_o possess_v but_o not_o to_o turn_v any_o out_o who_o be_v already_o in_o possession_n of_o bishopric_n and_o that_o without_o any_o proper_a session_n of_o right_n on_o the_o church_n part_n p._n 92._o §_o lxiii_o the_o power_n of_o turn_v out_o bishop_n once_o possess_v too_o great_a to_o be_v grant_v on_o any_o consideration_n whatsoever_o p._n 94._o §_o lxiv_o in_o this_o case_n particular_o no_o temporal_a favour_n whatsoever_o can_v make_v amends_o for_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o spiritual_a society_n there_o can_v therefore_o be_v no_o implicit_a contract_n for_o such_o a_o exchange_n that_o can_v in_o equity_n oblige_v the_o ecclesiastical_a governor_n to_o performance_n though_o it_o have_v be_v in_o their_o power_n to_o make_v such_o a_o contract_n p._n 96._o §_o lxv_o but_o here_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o ecclesiastical_a governor_n to_o make_v such_o a_o contract_n p._n 98._o §_o lxvi_o it_o be_v not_o agreeable_a to_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n that_o the_o church_n shall_v so_o incorporate_v with_o the_o state_n as_o that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v be_v deprivable_a at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n p._n 100_o §_o lxvii_o the_o magistrate_n be_v by_o no_o mean_n a_o competent_a judge_n of_o the_o church_n interest_n p._n 102._o lxviii_o the_o surrender_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o henry_n the_o viiith_n time_n can_v oblige_v their_o posterity_n now_o lxix_o no_o reason_n from_o the_o right_n of_o the_o jewish_a prince_n to_o the_o right_n of_o christian_a prince_n now_o §_o lxx_o our_o present_a deprivation_n not_o justifiable_a by_o even_o our_o present_a secular_a law_n p._n 107._o §_o lxxi_o the_o conclusion_n p._n 110._o a_o defence_n of_o the_o vindication_n of_o the_o deprive_v bishop_n §_o i._o the_o doctor_n be_v late_a book_n no_o answer_n to_o the_o vindication_n what_o the_o vindicator_n think_v of_o the_o answer_n that_o have_v be_v make_v to_o his_o defence_n of_o our_o deprive_v father_n himself_o best_o know_v for_o my_o part_n i_o shall_v not_o have_v concern_v myself_o for_o he_o if_o i_o have_v not_o be_v overrule_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o other_o for_o who_o i_o profess_v a_o veneration_n rather_o than_o my_o own_o i_o have_v that_o due_a esteem_n for_o his_o adversary_n which_o their_o excellent_a ability_n deserve_v particular_o for_o dr._n hody_n his_o diligence_n in_o history_n none_o question_n that_o i_o know_v of_o i_o also_o value_v his_o skill_n and_o judgement_n in_o it_o much_o more_o than_o many_o who_o be_v concern_v on_o his_o side_n of_o the_o question_n here_o debate_v nor_o do_v i_o deny_v but_o several_a thing_n be_v very_o well_o observe_v by_o he_o in_o this_o very_a work_n i_o be_o now_o consider_v at_o present_a though_o i_o think_v it_o more_o hasty_o and_o tumultuary_o lay_v together_o than_o several_a of_o his_o other_o write_n the_o only_a thing_n that_o make_v i_o think_v a_o reply_n needless_a 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