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to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v the_o exhortation_n to_o king_n psalm_n 2._o and_o psalm_n 24._o as_o king_n they_o must_v open_v the_o gate_n to_o christ_n also_o the_o threat_n against_o such_o as_o will_v not_o serve_v the_o church_n isaiah_n 60.12_o for_o the_o nation_n and_o kingdom_n that_o will_v not_o serve_v thou_o shall_v perish_v yea_o those_o nation_n shall_v be_v utter_o waste_v four_o because_o jesus_n christ_n as_o mediator_n have_v the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o power_n he_o be_v head_n and_o ruler_n over_o all_o for_o the_o church_n good_a eph._n 1.22_o therefore_o all_o be_v under_o he_o must_v be_v subservient_n to_o he_o and_o his_o end_n prov._n 8.15_o 16._o {non-roman}_o by_o i_o king_n reign_v etc._n etc._n which_o be_v mean_v of_o christ_n v._n 23._o i_o be_v set_v up_o from_o everlasting_a the_o hebrew_n word_n be_v the_o same_o with_o psalm_n 2.6_o i_o have_v set_v anoint_n my_o king_n vnctus_fw-la regno_fw-la inauguratus_fw-la sum_fw-la princeps_fw-la constitutus_fw-la sum_fw-la five_o from_o the_o four_o commandment_n thou_o nor_o thy_o son_n nor_o thy_o daughter_n etc._n etc._n nor_o the_o stranger_n every_o one_o that_o have_v other_o under_o he_o must_v see_v that_o they_o keep_v the_o sabbath_n and_o therefore_o the_o magistrate_n as_o do_v nehemiah_n if_o the_o time_n for_o the_o worship_n belong_v to_o the_o magistrate_n to_o take_v care_n of_o than_o likewise_o he_o must_v take_v care_n for_o the_o worship_n itself_o six_o if_o the_o flourish_n of_o religion_n be_v the_o safety_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n as_o may_v be_v abundant_o prove_v from_o scripture_n and_o experience_n then_o magistrates_n must_v take_v care_n of_o matter_n of_o religion_n the_o heathen_n care_v about_o their_o religion_n will_v prove_v this_o and_o the_o scripture_n show_v how_o idolatry_n have_v break_v all_o empire_n 6_o if_o all_o other_o profession_n physician_n lawyer_n etc._n etc._n must_v come_v under_o the_o magistrate_n power_n and_o care_n because_o of_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n then_o much_o more_o matter_n of_o religion_n because_o miscarriage_n in_o those_o reach_v but_o some_o particular_n but_o miscarriage_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n reach_v all_o and_o be_v of_o a_o more_o dangerous_a consequence_n seven_o if_o magistrate_n must_v not_o meddle_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n than_o the_o ordinance_n and_o act_n make_v by_o parliament_n about_o the_o sabbath_n for_o propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n with_o act_n and_o committee_n for_o like_o business_n your_o fast_n thanksgiving_n be_v all_o unjustifiable_a proceed_n if_o not_o horrid_a usurpation_n yea_o the_o profess_a desire_n of_o this_o present_a parliament_n hold_v forth_o to_o all_o the_o world_n in_o the_o late_a declaratjoin_n of_o july_n 12._o 1653._o be_v a_o vain_a and_o empty_a thing_n to_o say_v no_o worse_o of_o it_o the_o word_n be_v these_o page_n 6_o that_o in_o all_o we_o may_v be_v fit_v and_o use_v as_o instrument_n in_o 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book_n their_o practice_n smithfield_n and_o many_o other_o place_n in_o england_n where_o our_o glorious_a martyr_n have_v suffer_v declare_v sufficient_o what_o their_o judgement_n be_v for_o the_o calvinist_n gerhard_n a_o learned_a lutheran_n give_v they_o a_o nip_n as_o if_o they_o vary_v their_o judgement_n 775_o according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o condition_n they_o be_v under_o calvinianos_fw-la quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la ille_fw-la pro_fw-la rerum_fw-la ac_fw-la fortunae_fw-la diversitate_fw-la diversas_fw-la proferunt_fw-la sententias_fw-la if_o thing_n go_v ill_a on_o their_o side_n if_o they_o be_v under_o the_o popish_a power_n than_o they_o use_v these_o rule_n no_o man_n must_v be_v compel_v to_o believe_v it_o be_v antichristian_a tyranny_n to_o rule_v over_o man_n conscience_n etc._n etc._n but_o if_o thing_n go_v well_o on_o their_o side_n that_o they_o have_v the_o civil_a power_n with_o they_o erumpunt_fw-la in_fw-la sanguinariam_fw-la illam_fw-la vocem_fw-la haereticos_fw-la esse_fw-la occidendos_fw-la yet_o gerhard_n be_v not_o of_o that_o mind_n that_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v let_v heretic_n alone_o he_o be_v far_o from_o this_o opinion_n he_o distinguish_v between_o seducer_n and_o the_o seduce_a 744._o so_o do_v we_o between_o error_n fundamental_a and_o not_o fundamental_a i_o wish_v he_o have_v set_v these_o down_o that_o we_o may_v know_v they_o but_o though_o he_o have_v not_o do_v it_o here_o i_o find_v among_o other_o lutheran_n where_o he_o be_v quote_v that_o he_o take_v some_o doctrine_n for_o fundamental_a error_n which_o other_o will_v not_o believe_v to_o be_v error_n at_o all_o thus_o calovius_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o that_o question_n num_fw-la lutherani_fw-la cum_fw-la reformatis_fw-la et_fw-la socinianis_fw-la in_fw-la unam_fw-la coire_fw-la possint_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la 942._o he_o exclude_v not_o only_o the_o anabaptist_n and_o other_o sectary_n but_o even_o the_o calvinist_n give_v his_o reason_n though_o he_o 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these_o do_v not_o remove_v but_o exasperate_v the_o malady_n but_o of_o death_n or_o banishment_n etc._n etc._n that_o speech_n of_o the_o heathen_a king_n artaxerxes_n ezra_n 7.26_o seem_v to_o look_v this_o way_n and_o whosoever_o will_v not_o do_v the_o law_n of_o thy_o god_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o king_n which_o law_n i_o conceive_v be_v this_o law_n of_o his_o concerning_o the_o house_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n let_v judgement_n be_v execute_v speedy_o upon_o he_o whither_o it_o be_v unto_o death_n or_o to_o banishment_n or_o to_o confiscation_n of_o good_n â—or_a to_o imprisonment_n also_o nebuchadnezar_n decree_n dan._n 3.29_o though_o the_o athenian_n err_v in_o the_o misapplication_n of_o that_o principle_n when_o they_o condemn_v socrates_n yet_o that_o act_n show_v that_o magistrate_n be_v teach_v even_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n to_o take_v care_n of_o religion_n and_o of_o their_o god_n so_o far_o as_o to_o punish_v severe_o blasphemer_n of_o god_n and_o 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it_o in_o comparison_n of_o we_o when_o those_o who_o be_v mad_a with_o damnable_a heresy_n run_v from_o place_n to_o place_n seek_v to_o draw_v all_o they_o can_v from_o the_o truth_n if_o we_o have_v no_o mean_n of_o help_n but_o argument_n it_o be_v all_o with_o we_o dr._n ames_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o that_o question_n whither_o heretic_n shall_v be_v punish_v by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n lay_v down_o a_o undeniable_a truth_n that_o heretic_n ought_v to_o be_v repress_v of_o all_o godly_a man_n according_a to_o that_o call_n and_o power_n which_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o god_n be_v clear_v enough_o ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la because_o all_o godly_a man_n be_v call_v to_o the_o christian_a warfare_n that_o every_o one_o in_o his_o station_n shall_v oppose_v himself_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o darkness_n now_o to_o what_o kingdom_n do_v error_n and_o heresy_n belong_v i_o be_o sure_a not_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o light_n the_o minister_n in_o their_o station_n 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