part_n of_o spotswood_n story_n ibid._n the_o church_n of_o scotland_n give_v no_o more_o power_n to_o congregationall_a eldership_n than_o the_o independent_o and_o erastians_n do_v allow_v p._n 15._o the_o prelate_n give_v much_o more_o ecclesiastical_a power_n to_o layman_n than_o we_o to_o rule_v elder_n p._n 16_o we_o give_v to_o deacon_n no_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n we_o wish_v there_o be_v doctor_n in_o all_o populous_a congregation_n elder_n in_o some_o few_o congregation_n for_o a_o time_n have_v a_o dispensation_n p._n 17._o no_o eldership_n inflict_v any_o civil_a punishment_n ibid._n the_o prelate_n confound_v miserable_o the_o spiritual_a and_o civil_a office_n p._n 18._o prince_n plead_v not_o for_o exemption_n from_o ecclesiastic_a jurisdiction_n p._n 19_o no_o presbytery_n do_v ever_o enter_v in_o any_o process_n with_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n p._n 20._o the_o moderator_n of_o our_o assembly_n be_v preacher_n p._n 21._o our_o expectant_n be_v not_o lay-preacher_n p._n 22._o the_o presbytery_n of_o edinborough_n usurp_v no_o power_n over_o any_o other_o ibid._n king_n james_n aversion_n from_o presbytery_n and_o affection_n to_o episcopacy_n make_v not_o this_o the_o better_a nor_o that_o the_o worse_a ibid._n no_o presbytery_n do_v ever_o keep_v any_o state_n with_o the_o king_n p._n 23_o the_o presbytery_n do_v not_o inquire_v in_o secret_a fault_n but_o know_v crime_n it_o do_v not_o pass_v by_o p._n 24._o the_o presbytery_n meddle_v not_o with_o matter_n of_o trade_n or_o debt_n or_o any_o thing_n civil_a p._n 25._o they_o never_o do_v dilapidat_fw-la any_o benefice_n p._n 26._o nor_o favour_a gentleman_n in_o their_o wickedness_n they_o never_o do_v countenance_v any_o feud_n all_o these_o be_v the_o prelate_n crime_n p._n 26_o 27._o minister_n general_o be_v ever_o and_o still_o be_v honour_v more_o in_o scotland_n then_o anywhere_o else_o p._n 29._o master_n robert_n bruce_n vindicate_v p._n 30_o 31._o the_o reason_n of_o the_o author_n malice_n against_o the_o general_a assembly_n p._n 32._o his_o false_a and_o rail_a slander_n against_o it_o p._n 33._o the_o general_a assembly_n exercise_v no_o power_n but_o what_o the_o king_n and_o the_o law_n have_v authorize_v ibid._n the_o commissioner_n of_o burrough_n and_o university_n be_v elder_n ibid._n we_o a_o cribe_v to_o the_o king_n so_o much_o power_n in_o the_o assembly_n as_o the_o law_n allow_v p._n 34._o the_o assembly_n alter_v no_o law_n only_o it_o supplicate_v the_o king_n and_o parliament_n to_o alter_v such_o law_n as_o confirm_v evident_a error_n p._n 35._o the_o prelate_n quarrel_v against_o rule_v elder_n be_v absurd_a ibid._n the_o assembly_n and_o parliament_n in_o scotland_n use_v not_o to_o differ_v p._n 36._o the_o vindication_n of_o j._n knox_n &_o the_o first_o reformer_n from_o base_a calumny_n p._n 37_o the_o suspension_n of_o the_o queen_n regent_n authority_n be_v a_o act_n mere_o of_o the_o state_n which_o do_v nothing_o prejudge_v the_o sovereignty_n p._n 38._o the_o presbyterian_o have_v often_o support_v but_o never_o hurt_v royalty_n p._n 39_o john_n knox_n do_v never_o preach_v for_o the_o pull_n down_o of_o any_o church_n p._n 40._o the_o arm_n of_o scotland_n against_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o french_a be_v necessary_a and_o just_a p._n 41._o the_o author_n very_o wicked_a and_o popish_a ibid._n cardinal_n beton_n by_o all_o law_n and_o reason_n deserve_v death_n p._n 42._o a_o account_n of_o the_o tumult_n at_o edinborough_n for_o the_o service-book_n p._n 43_o 44._o our_o assembly_n do_v ever_o defer_v all_o loyal_a subjection_n to_o the_o king_n p._n 45._o master_n henderson_n be_v ever_o free_a from_o all_o disloyal_a and_o papal_a humour_n ibid._n our_o first_o reformation_n be_v authorize_v by_o parliament_n p._n 46._o episcopacy_n be_v never_o approve_v by_o any_o lawful_a assembly_n in_o scotland_n p._n 47._o the_o short_a confession_n of_o faith_n be_v subscribe_v by_o king_n james_n in_o the_o year_n 1580_o the_o presbyterial_a government_n be_v full_o agree_v unto_o before_o that_o time_n ibid._n the_o king_n and_o his_o counsel_n do_v set_v up_o the_o presbytery_n over_o all_o the_o land_n at_o the_o same_o time_n p._n 48._o the_o general_a assembly_n do_v never_o approve_v of_o abbot_n and_o pryor_n ibid._n the_o minister_n of_o scotland_n be_v wont_a to_o preach_v to_o the_o king_n and_o state_n free_a and_o seasonable_a doctrine_n but_o in_o all_o wisdom_n and_o humility_n p._n 49._o preacher_n of_o treason_n be_v censurable_a both_o by_o the_o church_n and_o state_n p_o 50._o the_o erastian_n and_o prelatical_a principle_n bring_v great_a trouble_n on_o the_o minister_n of_o scotland_n p._n 51._o the_o case_n of_o james_n gibson_n p._n 52._o mr._n david_n black_a his_o case_n ibid._n a_o clear_a vindication_n of_o the_o assembly_n at_o aberdeen_n in_o the_o year_n 1605._o p._n 53_o 54_o 55._o mr._n welsh_a and_o mr._n forbes_n pitiful_o oppress_v p._n 56._o bancroft_n a_o persecutor_n of_o the_o scottish_a presbyterian_o ibid._n mr._n andrew_n and_o mr._n james_n melvil_v oppress_v p._n 57_o the_o scottish_a discipline_n be_v far_o from_o all_o rigour_n and_o tyranny_n p._n 58._o a_o narration_n of_o the_o road_n of_o ruthen_n and_o stirling_n p._n 60._o the_o assembly_n meddle_v not_o with_o law_n nor_o with_o any_o civil_a court_n p._n 61._o mr._n john_n graham_n his_o case_n p._n 62_o 63._o the_o great_a controversy_n betwixt_o the_o church_n and_o the_o king_n be_v the_o infinite_a extent_n of_o the_o prerogative_n p._n 64._o the_o presbytery_n be_v a_o great_a bar_n to_o keep_v out_o democracy_n and_o tyranny_n both_o from_o church_n and_o state_n it_o be_v a_o singular_a help_n both_o to_o king_n and_o parliament_n p._n 65._o mr._n catherwoods_n vindication_n p._n 66._o the_o commissioner_n of_o the_o general_a assembly_n unjust_o slander_v p._n 67._o a_o full_a account_n of_o the_o 17._o day_n of_o december_n p._n 68_o 69_o 70_o 71._o mr._n james_n melvile_n vindicate_v from_o assist_v of_o bothwell_n against_o the_o king_n p._n 72._o a_o declaration_n upon_o all_o the_o twelve_o article_n impute_v to_o we_o p._n 73_o 74_o 75_o 76._o no_o shadow_n of_o episcopacy_n remain_v in_o any_o well_o reform_a church_n p._n 77_o 78._o the_o dutch_a superintendent_o be_v very_o far_o from_o the_o english_a bishp_n p._n 79._o the_o content_n of_o the_o second_o treatise_n the_o opposite_n of_o presbytery_n blind_v with_o malice_n have_v hurt_v themselves_o and_o no_o other_o by_o the_o reprint_n of_o this_o false_a declaration_n p._n 1._o adamson_n confess_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o author_n thereof_o but_o king_n james_n do_v disclaim_v it_o p._n 2._o whatever_n in_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o presbytery_n be_v condemn_v by_o the_o parliament_n of_o scotland_n p._n 3._o it_o be_v hazardous_a for_o a_o prince_n to_o take_v upon_o himself_o the_o fault_n of_o his_o officer_n p._n 4._o the_o indignation_n of_o the_o people_n in_o scotland_n be_v never_o against_o king_n james_n but_o oft_o against_o his_o court_n and_o that_o upon_o just_a ground_n p._n 5._o king_n james_n be_v far_o from_o erastianisme_n p._n 7._o clear_a ground_n for_o mr._n melvils_n justification_n p._n 9_o his_o flight_n no_o argument_n of_o guiltiness_n p._n 11._o a_o great_a cause_n of_o the_o root_n out_o of_o episcopacy_n ibid._n mr._n melvil_n declinator_n and_o protestation_n clear_v p._n 12._o what_o supremacy_n be_v lawful_a p._n 13._o the_o erastian_n supremacy_n be_v more_o than_o a_o turkish_a tyranny_n p._n 14._o if_o either_o king_n or_o parliament_n admit_v of_o it_o it_o will_v overthrow_v both_o and_o the_o whole_a nation_n with_o they_o p._n 15._o king_n james_n revoke_v what_o here_o be_v publish_v and_o king_n charles_n also_o p._n 17._o the_o presbyterial_a government_n be_v establish_v in_o scotland_n on_o a_o divine_a right_n with_o the_o allowance_n of_o k._n james_n and_o k._n charles_n in_o divers_a parliament_n p._n 18_o the_o reprinter_n of_o this_o declaration_n seem_v to_o be_v contemner_n of_o oath_n law_n and_o all_o right_n divine_a and_o bumane_a p._n 20._o a_o full_a account_n of_o the_o french_a banquet_n p._n 21._o the_o prelate_n and_o erastians_n extreme_o unjust_a against_o the_o presbytery_n p._n 24._o the_o general_a assembly_n approbation_n of_o the_o road_n of_o ruthven_n very_o innocent_a p._n 25_o the_o road_n of_o stirling_n clear_v p._n 27._o episcopacy_n be_v not_o establish_v at_o the_o conference_n of_o leeth_n 1572._o p._n 16._o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o assembly_n to_o call_v to_o fast_v p._n 28._o the_o reprinter_n of_o this_o declaration_n make_v no_o conscience_n of_o their_o covenant_n p._n 29._o king_n james_n his_o full_a and_o honest_a declaration_n against_o erastianisme_n p._n 31._o the_o pretend_a intention_n be_v not_o the_o king_n but_o the_o prelate_n p._n 32._o the_o reprinter_n of_o this_o writ_n be_v either_o hypocrite_n or_o
make_v poor_a people_n die_v traitor_n to_o both_o ibid._n p._n 68_o fancy_v to_o themselves_o that_o they_o fight_v the_o lord_n battle_n for_o religion_n &_o liberty_n they_o dream_v they_o die_v martyr_n when_o they_o die_v traitor_n to_o god_n and_o his_o anoint_v ibid._n p._n 132._o they_o set_v the_o simple_a people_n upon_o rebellion_n against_o god_n and_o his_o anoint_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o state_n soul_n and_o body_n temporal_o and_o eternal_o that_o the_o defensive_a war_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o both_o kingdom_n be_v a_o most_o real_a rebellion_n and_o treason_n that_o all_o who_o have_v dye_v in_o that_o quared_a be_v certain_o damn_v that_o the_o covenant_n be_v a_o damnable_a conspiracy_n that_o all_o covenanter_n be_v traitor_n and_o rebel_n both_o to_o god_n and_o the_o king_n that_o their_o covenant_n put_v they_o upon_o the_o principle_n of_o rautitack_n and_o faux_n to_o kill_v king_n and_o blow_v up_o parliament_n worse_o parliament_n vide_fw-la supra_fw-la a._n also_o ibid._n 63._o this_o covenant_n make_v every_o man_n to_o be_v arm_v with_o power_n and_o the_o way_n leave_v to_o himself_o for_o aught_o we_o know_v it_o may_v be_v raviliack_n way_n or_o guido_n faux_n his_o way_n ibid._n p._n 7._o for_o as_o bad_a as_o the_o jesuite_n be_v in_o my_o conceive_v the_o puritan_n be_v worse_o that_o the_o arm_n of_o the_o irish_a rebel_n be_v no_o more_o unjust_a than_o these_o of_o the_o british_a who_o oppose_v they_o that_o the_o irish_a cessation_n be_v lawful_a and_o commendable_a madness_n commendable_a ibid._n preface_n to_o ormond_n you_o be_v assault_v with_o two_o of_o the_o worst_a extreme_n of_o opinion_n enrage_v both_o of_o they_o with_o the_o same_o degree_n of_o madness_n that_o the_o marquesse_n of_o ormond_n for_o piety_n and_o prudence_n have_v not_o his_o match_n upon_o earth_n witness_n earth_n ibid._n you_o who_o piety_n be_v admirable_a who_o wisdom_n and_o prudence_n be_v above_o the_o ordinary_a and_o all_o your_o equal_n so_o experience_v in_o matter_n of_o state_n that_o it_o be_v a_o wonder_n to_o they_o who_o know_v you_o and_o incredible_a to_o they_o who_o have_v not_o be_v eye_n witness_n that_o for_o military_a virtue_n he_o be_v equal_a to_o scipio_n hannibal_n and_o caesar_n scipio_n caesar_n ibid._n your_o heroical_a act_n be_v worthy_a of_o the_o great_a caesar_n you_o gain_v so_o much_o as_o their_o valiant_a hannibâ—s_n and_o scipio_n that_o the_o legislative_a power_n be_v in_o the_o king_n alone_o that_o his_o monarchy_n make_v he_o above_o all_o law_n and_o let_v he_o be_v tie_v to_o none_o but_o give_v he_o power_n to_o alter_v and_o abolish_v they_o at_o his_o pleasure_n more_o pleasure_n sacro_fw-la sanct._n p._n 180._o one_o of_o the_o sectary_n principle_n whereby_o they_o intoxicate_a the_o vulgar_a be_v that_o in_o a_o monarchy_n the_o legislative_a power_n be_v communicable_a to_o the_o subject_n ibid._n p._n 94._o at_o the_o admittance_n of_o saul_n god_n give_v to_o the_o subject_n legem_fw-la parendi_fw-la sovereignty_n be_v a_o undivided_a entity_n how_o can_v you_o share_v it_o among_o more_o to_o diminish_v any_o thing_n of_o this_o pretogative_n be_v to_o destroy_v monarchy_n to_o dethrone_v the_o king_n and_o to_o take_v his_o crown_n from_o he_o king_n he_o ibid_fw-la p._n 141._o you_o total_o destroy_v monarchy_n and_o must_v say_v down_o right_a our_o gracious_a soveragne_a be_v no_o monarch_n p._n 142._o a_o impotent_a king_n be_v the_o same_o with_o no_o king_n for_o parliament_n to_o meddle_v with_o any_o part_n of_o this_o power_n be_v a_o sacrilege_n which_o god_n will_v revenge_v god_n revenge_v ibid._n p._n 144._o the_o worst_a bargain_n ever_o subject_a make_v be_v at_o any_o rate_n to_o purchase_v a_o possession_n of_o the_o sacred_a right_n of_o king_n till_o these_o kingdom_n be_v purge_v of_o sacrilege_n so_o high_o commit_v against_o god_n by_o wrong_v his_o anoint_v and_o he_o be_v restore_v to_o his_o sacred_a right_n we_o need_v look_v for_o no_o effectual_a blessing_n of_o god_n when_o through_o weakness_n or_o imprudence_n a_o prince_n be_v cheat_v or_o enforce_v to_o give_v away_o to_o his_o parliament_n any_o part_n of_o his_o power_n himself_o or_o any_o of_o his_o posterity_n when_o ever_o occasion_n offer_v may_v lawful_o take_v it_o back_o notwithstanding_o of_o any_o promise_n oath_n or_o law_n make_v to_o the_o contrary_n it_o contrary_n ibid_fw-la p._n 142._o i_o doubt_v not_o to_o affirm_v but_o if_o any_o good_a prince_n or_o his_o royal_a ancestor_n have_v be_v or_o be_v cheat_v out_o of_o their_o sacred_a right_n by_o fraud_n or_o force_n he_o may_v at_o the_o first_o opportunity_n when_o god_n in_o his_o wise_a providence_n offer_v occasion_n resume_v it_o you_o see_v with_o what_o a_o statesman_n we_o have_v to_o do_v arminianism_n a_o favourer_n of_o â—rosse_a popery_n â—nd_v arminianism_n for_o his_o religion_n hear_v a_o part_n of_o it_o episcopacy_n be_v a_o necessary_a and_o fundamental_a truth_n of_o divine_a institution_n and_o commandment_n good_a commandment_n issachar_n p._n 1._o in_o the_o edition_n of_o oxford_n episcopacy_n be_v the_o true_a necessary_a and_o perpetual_a government_n of_o the_o church_n institute_v by_o christ_n we_o deceive_v ourselves_o to_o expect_v deliverance_n from_o our_o trouble_n if_o we_o subordinate_a fundamental_o in_o religion_n necessary_a truth_n to_o our_o civil_a good_a all_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n alone_o by_o divine_a right_n no_o presbyter_n ought_v to_o be_v a_o member_n so_o much_o as_o of_o a_o provincial_n assembly_n ici_fw-fr assembly_n ibid_fw-la p._n 31._o now_o be_v forget_v that_o of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n concilium_fw-la est_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la and_o that_o old_a barbarous_a but_o christian_a enough_o verse_n item_fw-la foras_fw-la laici_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la vobis_fw-la locus_fw-la ici_fw-fr that_o the_o king_n consent_n to_o the_o abolition_n of_o episcopacy_n in_o scotland_n be_v the_o true_a and_o great_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o trouble_n which_o since_o that_o time_n have_v befall_v he_o and_o his_o subject_n damn_v subject_n ibid_fw-la p._n 2._o what_o peace_n have_v king_n or_o kingdom_n enjoy_v here_o or_o in_o ireland_n since_o episcopacy_n by_o law_n in_o scotland_n be_v damn_v that_o abotâ—_z prior_n and_o their_o religious_a house_n of_o monk_n and_o friar_n be_v lawful_a in_o the_o church_n god_n church_n ibid._n p._n 49._o abbot_n and_o prior_n to_o melvils_n time_n be_v nominate_v and_o admit_v to_o abbey_n and_o priory_n as_o church_n man_n but_o this_o great_a doctor_n find_v out_o another_o divinity_n that_o for_o abbot_n and_o prior_n there_o be_v none_o such_o in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o patriarck_n and_o cardina_n be_v church_n dignity_n high_o to_o be_v reverence_v dignity_n reverence_v ibid_fw-la p._n 43._o cardinal_n beton_n a_o priest_n and_o archbishop_n of_o so_o high_a dignity_n that_o the_o pope_n by_o divine_a right_o be_v as_o true_a a_o bishop_n as_o any_o other_o bishop_n in_o the_o world_n but_o by_o humane_a ecclesiastic_a right_n he_o be_v great_a than_o any_o other_o canon_n other_o sacro_fw-la sanct._n p._n 58._o the_o pope_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v no_o more_o by_o divine_a right_n except_o it_o be_v in_o extent_n then_o the_o mean_a bishop_n in_o his_o diocese_n what_o he_o may_v have_v by_o positive_a ecclesiastical_a right_n it_o be_v not_o pertinent_a for_o we_o now_o to_o examine_v hierome_n compare_v three_o of_o the_o mean_a bishop_n with_o three_o of_o the_o great_a patriarck_n privilege_v at_o that_o time_n by_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n that_o presbytery_n be_v worry_v then_o popery_n and_o jesuitism_n that_o it_o be_v much_o better_o for_o any_o king_n to_o put_v his_o dominion_n under_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o jesuite_n then_o of_o presbytery_n and_o synod_n abominable_a synod_n issachar_n edition_n 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