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one_o his_o own_o lawful_a vocation_n and_o employment_n 3._o mischief_n to_o soul_n 1â—_n pag._n 1â—_n for_o trifle_n there_o have_v be_v exercise_v a_o mad_a tyranny_n over_o man_n faculty_n this_o be_v that_o which_o can_v be_v make_v good_a for_o all_o man_n have_v and_o since_o the_o time_n of_o popery_n every_o man_n have_v liberty_n by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n to_o be_v of_o any_o judgement_n or_o opinion_n he_o shall_v think_v most_o probable_a and_o freedom_n for_o his_o faculty_n and_o the_o exercise_n of_o they_o where_o they_o can_v claim_v any_o right_a to_o do_v so_o in_o their_o own_o house_n and_o family_n nor_o if_o a_o friend_n stranger_n traveller_n or_o a_o neighbour_n or_o two_o happen_v to_o be_v present_a be_v there_o any_o danger_n or_o penalty_n thereby_o incur_v but_o that_o every_o man_n under_o pretence_n of_o conscience_n shall_v therefore_o have_v liberty_n for_o all_o his_o outward_a action_n and_o be_v allow_v for_o his_o own_o private_a advantage_n to_o make_v public_a harangue_n to_o disturb_v the_o peace_n and_o seduce_v his_o neighbour_n by_o the_o propagation_n of_o a_o schism_n dangerous_a to_o both_o church_n and_o state_n be_v that_o which_o do_v not_o follow_v even_o the_o dissenter_n themselves_o when_o they_o have_v power_n in_o their_o hand_n be_v judge_n as_o appear_v by_o their_o carriage_n to_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o late_a time_n that_o a_o pretence_n of_o conscience_n where_o nothing_o evident_o sinful_a in_o itself_o be_v positive_o enjoin_v will_v not_o justify_v a_o man_n in_o schism_n or_o exempt_v he_o from_o penal_a law_n as_o have_v a_o right_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o be_v tolerate_v therein_o i_o shall_v imagine_v myself_o to_o have_v prove_v till_o i_o see_v far_o the_o little_a thing_n impose_v be_v a_o mean_n of_o deprive_v the_o church_n of_o the_o service_n of_o many_o useful_a minister_n that_o be_v apt_a to_o teach_v 16._o 〈◊〉_d 16._o and_o will_v be_v glad_a to_o give_v the_o bread_n of_o life_n to_o those_o soul_n that_o be_v by_o the_o drone_n leave_v in_o the_o broad_a way_n to_o destruction_n the_o church_n of_o england_n want_v not_o minister_n that_o be_v apt_a to_o teach_v but_o in_o some_o place_n person_n that_o will_v be_v teach_v and_o in_o other_o maintenance_n for_o the_o teacher_n no_o place_n where_o there_o be_v a_o competent_a visible_a subsistence_n needs_o to_o want_v a_o preacher_n our_o university_n can_v supply_v another_o kigndom_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n this_o need_v none_o of_o their_o assistance_n if_o the_o usurp_a minister_n and_o encroach_a pastor_n will_v return_v the_o stray_a sheep_n home_o to_o their_o own_o rightful_a pastor_n and_o proper_a fold_n whence_o design_o they_o have_v draw_v they_o for_o their_o own_o advantage_n they_o will_v thereby_o do_v better_a service_n to_o god_n his_o church_n the_o kingdom_n their_o own_o and_o the_o seduce_a and_o delude_v man_n soul_n than_o possible_o they_o can_v any_o other_o way_n if_o any_o be_v drone_n let_v they_o be_v amend_v or_o remove_v they_o may_v well_o be_v spare_v ibid._n ibid._n christ_n command_v his_o minister_n to_o preach_v and_o qualify_v they_o for_o that_o service_n christ_n command_v none_o to_o preach_v but_o those_o which_o he_o call_v by_o his_o church_n and_o he_o who_o intrude_v into_o the_o sacred_a office_n without_o a_o ordinary_a mission_n unless_o he_o demonstrate_v by_o miracle_n a_o extraordinary_a one_o can_v show_v no_o tolerable_a reason_n why_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v esteem_v and_o use_v as_o either_o a_o euthusiast_n or_o impostor_n neither_o can_v any_o qualification_n though_o exceed_v those_o of_o other_o man_n which_o yet_o never_o have_v be_v find_v in_o they_o be_v reasonable_o lay_v in_o the_o balance_n with_o the_o peace_n order_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o love_n and_o charity_n of_o the_o neighbourhood_n our_o author_n say_v in_o page_n 17_o the_o ruin_n of_o soul_n may_v be_v for_o want_n of_o the_o labour_n of_o those_o able_a minister_n who_o we_o exclude_v for_o toy_n i_o know_v none_o be_v exclude_v but_o such_o who_o exclude_v themselves_o and_o the_o more_o shame_n for_o they_o if_o they_o will_v be_v so_o humoursome_a and_o pettish_a as_o to_o shut_v out_o themselves_o because_o they_o can_v in_o every_o thing_n have_v their_o will_n and_o the_o more_o trivial_a the_o thing_n object_v be_v the_o more_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o somewhat_o else_o beside_o and_o more_o than_o conscience_n which_o be_v pretend_v be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o their_o non_fw-la conformity_n but_o yet_o i_o can_v see_v no_o such_o great_a danger_n of_o the_o ruin_n of_o soul_n more_o than_o now_o there_o be_v if_o they_o be_v as_o silent_a as_o they_o be_v clamorous_a salvation_n in_o another_o sense_n than_o that_o in_o which_o it_o be_v usual_o take_v be_v the_o common_a end_n of_o at_o least_o a_o great_a part_n of_o that_o noise_n and_o disturbance_n which_o be_v make_v by_o that_o party_n and_o i_o hearty_o wish_v that_o their_o hearer_n lay_v aside_o that_o blind_a zeal_n outside_n piety_n and_o unreasonable_a opposition_n to_o the_o government_n both_o of_o church_n and_o state_n in_o which_o they_o please_v themselves_o and_o whereby_o they_o be_v distinguish_v from_o other_o man_n they_o will_v by_o the_o regular_a piety_n loyalty_n peace_n humility_n obedience_n and_o charity_n of_o their_o life_n convince_v the_o world_n of_o the_o excellency_n and_o sincerity_n of_o their_o teacher_n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 18._o 4._o mischief_n to_o piety_n the_o most_o learned_a divine_n and_o the_o wise_a statesman_n in_o the_o world_n be_v but_o bungler_n when_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o add_v unto_o god_n worship_n what_o he_o have_v not_o appoint_v if_o our_o author_n either_o can_v or_o will_v tell_v we_o what_o worship_n god_n have_v particular_o appoint_v
i_o who_o make_v no_o pretension_n that_o way_n shall_v not_o though_o perhaps_o i_o may_v with_o a_o great_a probability_n contradict_v he_o but_o rather_o wish_v that_o he_o and_o many_o other_o who_o ambition_n it_o have_v be_v to_o be_v think_v wise_a than_o more_o modest_a man_n have_v be_v more_o spare_v both_o in_o the_o interpretation_n of_o prophecy_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n and_o in_o utter_v their_o own_o imagination_n and_o whimsy_n in_o such_o term_n as_o have_v encourage_v some_o unjudicious_a and_o credulous_a person_n by_o the_o like_a phanciful_a application_n of_o the_o fulfil_n of_o they_o to_o themselves_o to_o attempt_v strange_a thing_n to_o the_o disturbance_n of_o our_o church_n and_o the_o kingdom_n peace_n the_o emotion_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n in_o germany_n long_v since_o and_o the_o fifth-monarchy-man_n in_o england_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n charles_n the_o second_o be_v such_o evident_a instance_n hereof_o that_o i_o need_v name_n no_o more_o i_o 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