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by_o their_o obedience_n ut_fw-la imperata_fw-la faciant_fw-la grot._n and_o show_v their_o obedience_n by_o do_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v command_v be_v ready_a or_o dispose_v as_o it_o follow_v to_o every_o good_a work_n or_o duty_n require_v by_o their_o governor_n for_o as_o that_o great_a man_n infer_v q._n d._n qui_fw-la bene_fw-la &_o honesti_fw-la vivere_fw-la non_fw-la recusant_n libenter_fw-la parebunt_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la quip_n qui_fw-la ad_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la conservationem_fw-la ordinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la that_o be_v those_o that_o do_v not_o refuse_v to_o live_v well_o and_o honest_o will_v free_o and_o ready_o obey_v magistrate_n see_v they_o be_v ordain_v for_o the_o conservation_n of_o mankind_n i_o e._n be_v minister_n of_o god_n to_o we_o for_o good_n the_o postscript_n reflection_n upon_o the_o protestant-reconciler_n since_o these_o paper_n be_v in_o the_o press_n a_o great_a friend_n of_o the_o dissenter_n be_v bring_v to_o i_o call_v the_o protestant_a reconciler_n the_o book_n be_v a_o plead_n for_o condescension_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a and_o indeed_o it_o be_v write_v with_o more_o exactness_n sobriety_n and_o strength_n than_o any_o that_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o upon_o that_o argument_n in_o this_o book_n i_o find_v some_o passage_n let_v fall_n by_o the_o by_o that_o be_v pertinent_a to_o my_o purpose_n and_o of_o present_a use_n and_o advantage_n to_o both_o side_n these_o we_o shall_v take_v notice_n of_o but_o for_o the_o main_a drift_n and_o scope_n of_o it_o we_o need_v not_o at_o present_a be_v much_o concern_v about_o it_o for_o it_o seem_v calculate_v for_o another_o time_n and_o perhaps_o for_o other_o person_n viz._n a_o parliament_n first_o he_o assure_v we_o he_o intend_v to_o plead_v more_o stiff_o and_o he_o hope_n with_o more_o conviction_n for_o submission_n to_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n than_o he_o have_v do_v here_o for_o condescension_n pa._n 59_o preface_n he_o further_o tell_v they_o roundly_o that_o though_o it_o can_v be_v lawful_a for_o the_o dissenter_n to_o refuse_n obedience_n to_o thâ—_n thing_n impose_v yet_o if_o it_o be_v not_o absolute_o his_o duty_n so_o to_o do_v he_o can_v be_v excuse_v for_o neglect_v what_o be_v so_o expedient_a for_o the_o peace_n unity_n and_o welfare_n of_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o high_o edify_v pag_n 149._o of_o the_o book_n yea_o he_o add_v if_o dissenter_n do_v not_o think_v it_o better_o that_o all_o the_o evil_n of_o disobedience_n and_o schism_n shall_v ensue_v then_o that_o they_o shall_v comply_v or_o bear_v with_o these_o few_o ceremony_n then_o must_v they_o in_o these_o matter_n submit_v to_o the_o command_n of_o their_o superior_n p._n 22._o thus_o we_o have_v his_o testimony_n that_o if_o we_o know_v no_o sinfulness_n in_o the_o thing_n require_v as_o he_o do_v not_o we_o be_v in_o conscience_n and_o prudence_n bind_v to_o conform_v and_o that_o the_o moderate_a dissenter_n do_v not_o believe_v any_o such_o sinfulness_n he_o observe_v also_o as_o i_o have_v do_v at_o least_o of_o late_a that_o be_v not_o insist_v on_o i_o hope_v they_o be_v better_o satisfy_v in_o the_o point_n now_o then_o former_o for_o the_o unreasonableness_n and_o danger_n of_o impose_v indifferent_a and_o unnecessary_a thing_n bear_v the_o great_a stress_n of_o all_o their_o modern_a plea_n and_o argument_n as_o my_o author_n witness_v i_o be_o persuade_v say_v he_o in_o my_o conscience_n that_o such_o consideration_n which_o he_o have_v note_v out_o of_o mr_n baxter_n book_n take_v from_o head_n distinguish_v from_o sinfulness_n do_v more_o alienate_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n from_o that_o submission_n which_o be_v due_a to_o our_o governor_n and_o from_o communion_n with_o they_o than_o all_o the_o argument_n they_o have_v or_o can_v produce_v against_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o any_o of_o the_o rite_n now_o practise_v in_o the_o church_n pag._n 329._o again_o
the_o case_n of_o the_o time_n discuss_v be_v a_o serious_a exercitation_n of_o two_o case_n ground_v upon_o roman_n 13._o verse_n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o first_o how_o far_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o obey_v when_o we_o be_v not_o satisfy_v that_o the_o law_n be_v for_o our_o good_a 2_o d_o whether_o subjection_n imply_v more_o than_o not_o to_o resist_v the_o power_n to_o which_o be_v add_v some_o remarke_n upon_o a_o late_a book_n entitle_v the_o protestant_a reconciler_n by_o fr._n fullwood_n d._n d._n in_o exon._n london_n print_v for_o jonathan_n wilkins_n at_o the_o star_n in_o cheapside_n next_o mercer_n chapel_n 1683._o to_o the_o right_n reverend_a father_n in_o god_n thomas_n lord_n bishop_n of_o exon_n my_o good_a lord_n your_o lordship_n be_v very_o sensible_a that_o as_o policy_n require_v obedience_n to_o the_o law_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o public_a peace_n so_o religion_n especial_o the_o christian_n require_v that_o obedience_n from_o a_o principle_n of_o 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cum_fw-la fuerint_fw-la approbatae_fw-la consensu_fw-la utentium_fw-la &_o sacramento_fw-la regum_fw-la confirmatae_fw-la mutari_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la nec_fw-la distrui_fw-la sine_fw-la communi_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la eorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n bracton_n li._n 1._o c._n 2._o whence_o the_o name_n parliament_n imply_v parlize_v as_o j._n jenkins_n note_n and_o according_o spelman_n definition_n of_o a_o parliament_n be_v parliamentum_fw-la est_fw-la solemn_a colloquium_fw-la omnium_fw-la ordinum_fw-la regni_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regis_fw-la ad_fw-la consulendum_fw-la statuondumque_fw-la de_fw-la negotijs_fw-la regni_fw-la indictum_fw-la there_o be_v no_o act_n of_o parliament_n but_o must_v have_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o commons_o and_o the_o royal_a assent_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o record_n and_o our_o book_n coke_n of_o parliament_n it_o be_v certain_o now_o too_o late_o to_o say_v law_n may_v be_v make_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o 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with_o themselves_o and_o if_o occasion_n require_v confer_v also_o and_o as_o it_o be_v consult_v with_o the_o lord_n and_o consequent_o it_o be_v confess_v they_o be_v to_o use_v their_o judgement_n about_o the_o lawfulness_n and_o fitness_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o law_n and_o they_o be_v therefore_o entrust_v from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o see_v that_o such_o law_n and_o no_o other_o be_v to_o be_v make_v but_o what_o be_v expedient_a and_o for_o the_o public_a good_a or_o as_o they_o be_v excellent_o describe_v and_o limit_v by_o isidor_n in_o the_o place_n so_o much_o celebrate_v by_o my_o lord_n coke_n and_o commend_v as_o a_o rule_n for_o all_o parliament_n to_o follow_v erit_fw-la lex_fw-la honesta_fw-la justa_fw-la possibilis_fw-la secundum_fw-la naturam_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la patriae_fw-la temporique_fw-la conveniens_fw-la necessaria_fw-la &_o utilis_fw-la manifesta_fw-la quoque_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquid_fw-la per_fw-la obscuritatem_fw-la incautum_fw-la captione_n contrudat_fw-la nullo_n privato_fw-la commodo_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la communi_fw-la civium_fw-la utilitate_fw-la conscripta_fw-la ideo_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la constitutione_n ista_fw-la consideranda_fw-la sunt_fw-la quia_fw-la cum_fw-la leges_fw-la institutae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la judicare_fw-la de_fw-la ipsis_fw-la sed_fw-la oportebit_fw-la judicare_fw-la secundum_fw-la ipsas_fw-la sect_n vi._n when_o law_n be_v once_o make_v we_o ought_v to_o rest_v satisfy_v with_o their_o conveniency_n many_o reason_n for_o it_o i_o know_v not_o that_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v add_v to_o the_o condition_n of_o good_a law_n which_o be_v give_v we_o by_o isidore_n these_o we_o see_v be_v to_o be_v consider_v in_o ipsa_fw-la constitutione_n while_o the_o law_n be_v make_v that_o be_v by_o the_o legislator_n whether_o they_o be_v convenient_a &_o pro_fw-la common_a civium_fw-la utilitate_fw-la or_o for_o the_o public_a good_a but_o when_o they_o be_v once_o institute_v there_o be_v leave_v no_o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la no_o liberry_n to_o judge_v of_o they_o but_o it_o behoove_v every_o one_o to_o judge_v according_a to_o they_o and_o how_o to_o observe_v they_o when_o the_o law_n be_v once_o make_v the_o people_n at_o large_a among_o who_o the_o parliament_n man_n themselves_o when_o dissolve_v be_v to_o be_v number_v be_v to_o acquiesce_v in_o they_o and_o the_o conveniency_n of_o they_o and_o to_o put_v they_o in_o practice_n else_o they_o be_v make_v to_o no_o purpose_n and_o whatever_o liberty_n man_n may_v natural_o assume_v to_o judge_v of_o the_o fitness_n of_o such_o law_n as_o they_o be_v citizen_n and_o subject_n in_o this_o their_o civil_a capacity_n they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v judge_n but_o doer_n of_o the_o law_n do_v not_o we_o choose_v discreet_a and_o wise_a man_n and_o send_v they_o to_o parliament_n for_o this_o very_a purpose_n to_o consider_v what_o be_v expedient_a to_o be_v 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