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the_o same_o which_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o their_o hinder_v any_o by_o penalty_n from_o instruct_v they_o in_o those_o opinion_n and_o the_o reason_n and_o argument_n that_o make_v for_o they_o if_o the_o magistrate_n without_o thus_o examine_v shall_v condemn_v man_n for_o profess_v even_o a_o erroneous_a opinion_n that_o will_v no_o more_o justify_v he_o than_o it_o will_v a_o judge_n that_o condemn_v a_o man_n without_o hear_v his_o defence_n or_o a_o person_n that_o swear_v a_o thing_n to_o be_v true_a without_o know_v whether_o it_o be_v so_o or_o no._n 17._o those_o matter_n about_o which_o christian_n persecute_v one_o another_o be_v general_o such_o as_o neither_o tend_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n nor_o the_o good_a of_o man_n and_o at_o the_o best_a be_v but_o appendix_n to_o religion_n and_o withal_o so_o perplex_v mysterious_a and_o uncertain_a that_o man_n of_o the_o great_a learning_n judgement_n and_o probity_n be_v strange_o divide_v in_o their_o opinion_n 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more_o excuse_v the_o magistrate_n if_o he_o who_o he_o punish_v shall_v have_v commit_v a_o offence_n against_o god_n than_o it_o will_v the_o other_o if_o his_o fellow_n subject_n have_v break_v the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n but_o the_o infinite_a inequality_n that_o be_v between_o the_o king_n of_o king_n and_o a_o king_n on_o earth_n must_v strange_o aggravate_v the_o magistrate_n crime_n if_o god_n want_v either_o skill_n to_o judge_n or_o power_n to_o punish_v those_o offence_n that_o concern_v himself_o only_o there_o may_v be_v some_o colour_n for_o the_o over-officiousness_n of_o the_o magistrate_n if_o uncommission_v and_o uncalled_a for_o he_o offer_v his_o infallible_a judgement_n and_o almighty_a arm_n otherwise_o there_o can_v be_v no_o reason_n as_o grotius_n the_o jur_n bell._n &_o pac._n c._n 30._o l._n 2._o observe_v cur_n non_fw-la talia_fw-la delicta_fw-la deo_fw-la relinquantur_fw-la punienda_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la noscenda_fw-la est_fw-la sapientissimus_fw-la ad_fw-la expendenda_fw-la aequissimus_fw-la ad_fw-la vindicanda_fw-la potentissimus_fw-la and_o this_o i_o take_v be_v sufficient_a to_o show_v that_o the_o magistrate_n have_v not_o only_o no_o right_a to_o a_o coercive_a power_n in_o matter_n mere_o religious_a but_o that_o such_o a_o power_n be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o most_o destructive_a of_o man_n eternal_a and_o temporal_a happiness_n and_o consequent_o the_o great_a and_o most_o comprehensive_a of_o all_o sin_n whatever_o but_o because_o this_o be_v a_o point_n of_o so_o great_a a_o consequence_n to_o mankind_n i_o will_v most_o impartial_o examine_v the_o reason_n and_o argument_n how_o frivolous_a soever_o they_o be_v that_o the_o defender_n of_o persecution_n urge_v in_o its_o behalf_n part_n ii_o chap._n i._n a_o answer_n to_o argument_n from_o scripture_n on_o behalf_n of_o persecution_n i_o have_v offer_v several_a and_o if_o i_o flatter_v not_o myself_o conclude_v argument_n against_o the_o
doubt_n will_v instruct_v they_o in_o their_o own_o religion_n whether_o paganism_n judaisme_n or_o mahometism_n yet_o no_o man_n will_v suppose_v that_o they_o can_v just_o use_v force_n on_o they_o when_o they_o come_v to_o year_n of_o discretion_n to_o make_v they_o embrace_v those_o religion_n or_o any_o other_o and_o yet_o the_o case_n between_o the_o magistrate_n and_o his_o subject_n be_v very_o different_a from_o that_o of_o parent_n and_o child_n in_o their_o nonage_n because_o the_o magistrate_n be_v not_o in_o those_o matter_n to_o supply_v the_o defect_n of_o his_o subject_n understanding_n for_o a_o time_n but_o his_o power_n reach_v to_o man_n of_o all_o age_n and_o capacity_n so_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o reason_n that_o subject_n child_n in_o their_o nonage_n to_o the_o use_n of_o force_n do_v not_o all_o concern_v man_n at_o year_n of_o discretion_n 10._o it_o be_v grant_v by_o all_o that_o a_o heathen_a magistrate_n have_v no_o right_a to_o judge_n in_o 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make_v use_n of_o his_o power_n in_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o his_o station_n but_o mere_o religious_a one_o as_o it_o have_v be_v already_o prove_v do_v not_o as_o to_o those_o he_o be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o private_a person_n nay_o the_o clergy_n can_v own_v he_o for_o more_o without_o destroy_v their_o own_o supremacy_n in_o matter_n spiritual_a which_o include_v mere_o religious_a one_o except_o there_o can_v be_v more_o than_o one_o supreme_a in_o the_o same_o thing_n chap._n iii_o that_o a_o power_n in_o the_o magistrate_n to_o use_v force_n in_o matter_n of_o mere_a religion_n tend_v to_o man_n eternal_a ruin_n 1._o but_o if_o the_o magistrate_n have_v any_o such_o power_n from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n it_o must_v be_v because_o it_o tend_v to_o promote_v either_o the_o eternal_a or_o temporal_a good_a of_o mankind_n or_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n but_o to_o take_v away_o the_o least_o colour_n of_o any_o right_n upon_o these_o pretence_n i_o shall_v show_v first_o the_o exercise_n of_o such_o a_o power_n be_v destructive_a of_o man_n eternal_a happiness_n 2_o of_o his_o temporal_a and_o contrary_a to_o all_o those_o law_n that_o for_o our_o mutual_a good_a god_n require_v of_o we_o 3_o that_o it_o be_v direct_o opposite_a to_o and_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n 2._o as_o to_o the_o first_o it_o be_v of_o fatal_a consequence_n to_o the_o eternal_a happiness_n of_o mankind_n in_o have_v a_o direct_a tendency_n to_o make_v they_o act_v contrary_a to_o their_o conscience_n for_o since_o force_n can_v no_o more_o work_v a_o change_n or_o alteration_n on_o the_o mind_n than_o argument_n can_v on_o matter_n all_o that_o it_o can_v do_v be_v to_o make_v man_n unwilling_a to_o lie_v under_o the_o weight_n of_o it_o which_o they_o have_v no_o way_n of_o avoid_v but_o by_o act_v as_o the_o magistrate_n will_v have_v they_o the_o truth_n of_o which_o force_n be_v whole_o unapt_a to_o convince_v they_o of_o and_o can_v only_o produce_v a_o 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