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word_n now_o that_o the_o magistrate_n have_v a_o extrinsecall_a power_n over_o the_o church_n in_o compel_v all_o refractory_a person_n to_o submit_v themselves_o to_o her_o just_a command_n since_o m._n s._n seem_v to_o question_v it_o and_o desire_v a_o proof_n of_o it_o i_o be_o ready_a to_o satisfy_v his_o desire_n herein_o wherefore_o i_o prove_v it_o 1._o from_o sundry_a example_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o king_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n exod._n 32.27_o moses_n command_v the_o levite_n to_o kill_v about_o three_o thousand_o of_o the_o ringleader_n or_o principal_n of_o those_o that_o adore_v the_o golden_a calf_n in_o the_o performance_n of_o which_o service_n the_o text_n say_v that_o they_o consecrate_v themselves_o unto_o the_o lord_n verse_n 29._o 2._o deut._n 22.11_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n we_o read_v how_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n resolve_v to_o war_n against_o reuben_n gad_n and_o the_o half_a tribe_n of_o manasseh_n for_o build_v of_o a_o altar_n as_o they_o believe_v in_o transgression_n against_o the_o lord_n which_o they_o will_v not_o have_v do_v have_v they_o not_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v just_a 3._o judg._n 6.31_o joash_n ordain_v thus_o he_o that_o will_v plead_v for_o he_o i._n e._n baal_n let_v he_o be_v put_v to_o death_n 4._o 1_o king_n 15.12_o asa_n remove_v all_o the_o idol_n that_o his_o father_n have_v make_v 13._o and_o also_o maachah_n his_o mother_n even_o her_o he_o remove_v from_o be_v queen_n because_o she_o have_v make_v a_o idol_n in_o a_o grove_n and_o asa_n destroy_v her_o idol_n and_o burn_v it_o by_o the_o brook_n kedron_n here_o asa_n punish_v his_o own_o mother_n for_o idolatry_n and_o destroy_v her_o idol_n so_o no_o doubt_n may_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n do_v with_o all_o false_a doctrine_n worship_n and_o discipline_n false_a doctor_n worshipper_n and_o church_n governor_n he_o may_v abolish_v they_o and_o
gospeller_n you_o shall_v have_v in_o a_o short_a time_n as_o many_o religion_n as_o day_n yea_o as_o hour_n in_o a_o year_n yea_o without_o all_o doubt_n i_o tremble_v to_o say_v it_o the_o lord_n preserve_v we_o from_o it_o as_o many_o god_n as_o ever_o the_o greake_n and_o remans_n have_v wherefore_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n take_v heed_n you_o all_o most_o honourable_a worthy_n of_o the_o two_o house_n of_o parliament_n to_o this_o most_o damnable_a tenet_n 14._o prince_n king_n and_o judge_n in_o scripture_n be_v call_v deliverer_n or_o saviour_n of_o the_o people_n because_o they_o defend_v the_o church_n from_o her_o oppressor_n judg._n 2.16_o such_o as_o be_v heretic_n schismatic_n etc._n etc._n if_o therefore_o you_o be_v our_o judge_n most_o honourable_a and_o worthy_a senator_n it_o be_v your_o part_n to_o defend_v god_n people_n the_o religion_n which_o he_o have_v establish_v in_o his_o word_n and_o to_o destroy_v oppressor_n and_o the_o enemy_n thereof_o i_o mean_v not_o their_o body_n but_o their_o oppression_n their_o heresy_n and_o schism_n 15._o master_n have_v power_n to_o put_v heretic_n and_o schismatic_n out_o of_o their_o house_n in_o case_n they_o be_v pertinacious_a ergo_fw-la princess_n and_o magistrate_n have_v the_o same_o power_n in_o the_o state_n for_o there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n for_o both_o viz._n not_o to_o suffer_v god_n to_o be_v offend_v so_o far_o forth_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v 16._o what_o power_n be_v juris_fw-la naturalis_fw-la be_v to_o be_v exercise_v in_o all_o time_n and_o place_n according_a to_o our_o power_n but_o the_o power_n to_o punish_v heretic_n etc._n etc._n be_v juris_fw-la naturalis_fw-la erge_fw-la it_o be_v to_o be_v exercise_v in_o all_o time_n and_o place_n the_o first_o proposition_n be_v certain_a for_o that_o which_o be_v juris_fw-la naturalis_fw-la change_v not_o but_o be_v the_o same_o in_o all_o time_n and_o place_n because_o it_o be_v not_o ground_v in_o any_o inconstant_a or_o voluntary_a institution_n of_o our_o will_n but_o in_o the_o immutable_a ordinance_n of_o nature_n which_o dictate_v the_o same_o thing_n to_o all_o person_n in_o all_o time_n and_o in_o all_o place_n the_o second_o i_o prove_v because_o it_o be_v a_o dictate_v of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n that_o such_o as_o trouble_v the_o true_a religion_n be_v to_o be_v punish_v and_o moses_n give_v you_o a_o natural_a reason_n of_o it_o viz._n for_o they_o will_v turn_v thy_o heart_n away_o from_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n deut._n 7.4_o and_o 13.5_o the_o reason_n will_v be_v thus_o who_o ever_o in_o all_o moral_a probability_n will_v turn_v the_o people_n heart_n away_o from_o god_n it_o be_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n duty_n to_o punish_v he_o but_o heretic_n etc._n etc._n be_v such_o ergo_fw-la it_o be_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n duty_n to_o punish_v they_o it_o be_v moses_n argument_n 17._o if_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n punish_v not_o heretic_n he_o shall_v become_v a_o partaker_n of_o other_o man_n sin_n because_o he_o hinder_v they_o not_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o in_o he_o lie_v by_o his_o civil_a power_n viz._n in_o punish_v they_o neither_o carry_v he_o the_o sword_n in_o vain_a neither_o can_v it_o be_v better_o employ_v then_o in_o punish_v pertinacious_a sinner_n such_o as_o be_v heretic_n and_o schismatic_n but_o he_o shall_v not_o become_v a_o partaker_n of_o other_o man_n sin_n as_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o scripture_n teach_v we_o 1_o tim._n 5.22_o 18._o if_o he_o punish_v not_o heretic_n than_o every_o man_n in_o the_o kingdom_n shall_v have_v power_n to_o mould_n himself_o a_o new_a religion_n according_a to_o his_o own_o heart_n as_o the_o israelite_n do_v their_o golden_a calf_n and_o do_v what_o shall_v seem_v right_a in_o his_o own_o eye_n but_o the_o consequent_a be_v absurd_a deut._n 13.8_o neither_o be_v it_o permit_v among_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o that_o any_o man_n shall_v bring_v in_o new_a god_n or_o new_a religion_n by_o their_o own_o private_a authority_n we_o read_v how_o the_o athenian_n sentence_v diagoras_n anaxagoras_n and_o socrates_n for_o their_o new_a opinion_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o philastrius_n tell_v we_o how_o the_o audiani_n be_v condemn_v for_o heretic_n because_o that_o they_o commend_v all_o sect_n and_o heresy_n why_o not_o also_o the_o independent_o for_o commend_v and_o defend_v the_o toleration_n of_o they_o all_o 19_o because_o we_o pray_v to_o god_n for_o king_n and_o for_o all_o that_o be_v in_o authority_n that_o we_o may_v lead_v a_o quiet_a and_o a_o peaceable_a life_n in_o all_o godliness_n and_o honesty_n 1_o tim._n 2.2_o by_o their_o conversion_n to_o christ_n v._o 3_o 4_o 5._o to_o the_o end_n that_o be_v convert_v they_o may_v defend_v religion_n in_o punish_v heretic_n and_o schismatic_n and_o so_o in_o repress_v of_o schism_n and_o heresy_n 20._o because_o in_o a_o state_n wherein_o all_o man_n profess_v the_o truth_n the_o peace_n of_o the_o state_n can_v be_v otherways_o preserve_v nor_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o be_v the_o ultimate_a end_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n qua_fw-la talis_fw-la and_o the_o supreme_a law_n of_o the_o republic_n be_v obtain_v for_o how_o shall_v peace_n safety_n and_o unity_n be_v procure_v among_o orthodox_n subject_n but_o by_o unity_n in_o truth_n and_o how_o can_v the_o bond_n of_o unity_n be_v any_o way_n so_o soon_o and_o so_o easy_o break_v as_o by_o diversity_n of_o religion_n and_o this_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n full_o show_v we_o for_o what_o misery_n can_v these_o schism_n breed_v when_o the_o husband_n be_v of_o one_o religion_n and_o the_o wife_n of_o another_o the_o father_n of_o one_o and_o the_o son_n of_o another_o brethren_n and_o sister_n of_o divers_a religion_n the_o king_n of_o one_o and_o the_o subject_n of_o another_o how_o many_o family_n have_v it_o dissolve_v how_o many_o city_n have_v it_o destroy_v have_v we_o not_o example_n fresh_a and_o bleed_a before_o we_o in_o ireland_n &_o c_o it_o have_v cost_v some_o king_n their_o crown_n some_o their_o life_n and_o endanger_v other_o of_o their_o life_n and_o kingdom_n both_o yea_o what_o be_v one_o of_o the_o principal_a cause_n of_o our_o present_a division_n betwixt_o the_o king_n and_o the_o subject_n be_v not_o arminianism_n socinianism_n the_o archiepiscopall_a i_o know_v not_o what_o religion_n some_o call_v it_o popery_n some_o socinianism_n other_o arminianism_n other_o lutheranism_n other_o some_o mixture_n of_o religion_n not_o much_o unlike_a to_o samaritanism_n but_o be_v it_o what_o it_o will_v diversity_n of_o religion_n and_o not_o punish_v of_o heretic_n and_o schismatic_n be_v the_o principal_a cause_n of_o all_o these_o our_o misery_n and_o confusion_n 21._o the_o civil_a magistrate_n be_v to_o punish_v such_o as_o marry_v with_o those_o of_o a_o contrary_a religion_n and_o that_o because_o they_o be_v of_o contrary_a religion_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o text_n of_o scripture_n already_o allege_v deut._n 7.2.3_o how_o much_o more_o those_o who_o be_v of_o contrary_a religion_n nam_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la tale_n id_fw-la magis_fw-la tale_n for_o it_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n to_o be_v a_o idolater_n or_o a_o heretic_n then_o to_o be_v marry_v to_o they_o 22._o those_o with_o who_o we_o can_v enter_v into_o covenant_n can_v be_v tolerate_v among_o we_o but_o must_v be_v at_o least_o exile_v by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n for_o to_o live_v among_o we_o they_o must_v at_o least_o enter_v into_o covenant_n with_o we_o for_o a_o offensive_a and_o defensive_a war_n against_o foreign_a enemy_n but_o with_o idolater_n heretic_n etc._n etc._n we_o can_v enter_v into_o covenant_n deut._n 7.2_o so_o esdras_n and_o nehemiah_n above_o quote_v ergo_fw-la 23._o because_o god_n have_v promise_v to_o destroy_v our_o enemy_n if_o we_o destroy_v he_o wherefore_o rather_o than_o god_n shall_v not_o destroy_v we_o be_v it_o not_o policy_n to_o labour_v the_o destruction_n of_o he_o 24._o the_o man_n who_o will_v not_o hearken_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n the_o civil_a magistrate_n must_v punish_v he_o but_o heretic_n and_o schismatic_n be_v the_o man_n who_o will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n ergo_fw-la the_o civil_a magistrate_n must_v punish_v they_o the_o first_o proposition_n be_v clear_a the_o man_n that_o will_v do_v presumptuous_o and_o will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o the_o priest_n or_o unto_o the_o judge_n even_o that_o man_n shall_v die_v deut._n 12.12_o neither_o know_v i_o what_o can_v be_v answer_v save_v only_o that_o that_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n but_o there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n for_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n viz._n 1
s._n paul_n have_v great_a credit_n be_v in_o a_o high_a estâ—eme_n and_o that_o the_o gospel_n have_v a_o great_a progress_n and_o a_o happy_a success_n 4._o but_o let_v this_o tyrannus_n be_v the_o proper_a name_n of_o some_o master_n or_o professor_n in_o a_o college_n as_o tyrannus_n sophista_fw-la as_o baronius_n will_v have_v he_o to_o be_v tom_fw-mi 1._o annal._n or_o any_o other_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n whatever_o he_o be_v that_o he_o be_v not_o contrary_a but_o become_v a_o great_a friend_n to_o the_o gospel_n since_o he_o permit_v s._n paul_n to_o teach_v so_o long_o in_o his_o college_n during_o which_o time_n it_o be_v probable_a he_o may_v be_v convert_v himself_o 5._o if_o it_o be_v a_o common_a name_n or_o signify_v any_o great_a lord_n and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v some_o great_a hall_n porticum_fw-la or_o spacious_a place_n as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o to_o do_v it_o be_v a_o sign_n that_o he_o have_v great_a credit_n and_o access_n to_o great_a man_n since_o he_o have_v such_o a_o house_n at_o command_n to_o make_v a_o school_n of_o and_o that_o for_o so_o long_a time_n together_o as_o the_o space_n of_o two_o year_n without_o all_o doubt_n a_o nobleman_n that_o will_v endure_v this_o trouble_n for_o the_o gospel_n be_v not_o far_o from_o christ_n if_o he_o be_v not_o a_o christian_a altogether_o for_o nobleman_n willing_o never_o favour_v pretend_v novelty_n such_o as_o the_o gospel_n be_v among_o the_o ephesian_n 6._o and_o if_o s._n paul_n make_v choice_n of_o such_o a_o place_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v be_v protect_v by_o the_o lord_n of_o it_o as_o many_o of_o the_o expositor_n of_o this_o place_n be_v of_o opinion_n without_o all_o doubt_n there_o be_v a_o great_a party_n there_o christian_n for_o nobleman_n willing_o will_v not_o hazard_v their_o estate_n for_o religion_n nor_o suffer_v public_a exercise_n of_o a_o new_a religion_n in_o their_o house_n nor_o protect_v novelty_n of_o so_o great_a consequence_n if_o they_o see_v any_o danger_n or_o fear_v a_o strong_a party_n and_o therefore_o in_o all_o probability_n the_o christian_n be_v very_o strong_a there_o since_o they_o have_v such_o public_a exercise_n of_o their_o religion_n and_o so_o many_o friend_n and_o those_o of_o the_o great_a 7._o this_o may_v be_v confirm_v further_o by_o the_o great_a apprehension_n that_o demetrius_n and_o all_o the_o silversmith_n have_v conceive_v of_o their_o utter_a undo_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o notable_a progress_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o by_o the_o tumult_n that_o he_o make_v which_o it_o be_v like_a he_o will_v not_o have_v do_v unless_o he_o have_v mighty_o apprehend_v the_o party_n of_o the_o christian_n and_o the_o undo_n of_o diana_n and_o her_o temple_n and_o by_o his_o discourse_n viz._n that_o paul_n have_v persuade_v much_o people_n not_o in_o ephesus_n alone_o but_o almost_o throughout_o all_o asia_n 8._o because_o howbeit_o in_o this_o tumult_n the_o people_n have_v lay_v hold_n on_o 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