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this_o be_v the_o happiness_n of_o the_o english_a church_n or_o clergy_n that_o all_o the_o argument_n which_o have_v be_v or_o can_v be_v bring_v by_o factious_a or_o discontent_a spirit_n in_o matter_n of_o rite_n ceremony_n or_o discipline_n do_v draw_v their_o strength_n from_o such_o false_a or_o mistake_v principle_n as_o if_o way_n be_v give_v to_o their_o growth_n or_o exercise_v of_o their_o force_n they_o can_v not_o peck_v the_o least_o hole_n in_o the_o mitre_n or_o make_v the_o least_o thirl_z in_o the_o surpellice_n without_o work_v a_o proportionable_a crack_n or_o flaw_n in_o the_o royal_a crown_n their_o author_n disobedience_n to_o law_n or_o discipline_n ecclesiastic_a will_v quick_o induce_v if_o opportunity_n serve_v open_a rebellion_n against_o the_o prerogative_n royal._n ☞_o reason_n and_o experience_n have_v teach_v the_o heathen_a statesman_n that_o it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o like_a sufferance_n or_o equal_o insufferable_a to_o live_v ubi_fw-la omne_fw-la licita_fw-la et_fw-la ubi_fw-la nihil_fw-la licitum_fw-la in_o a_o state_n wherein_o all_o must_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o will_n of_o one_o man_n and_o in_o a_o place_n where_o every_o man_n may_v do_v what_o he_o will_n a_o tyrant_n be_v like_o a_o ravenous_a beast_n which_o devour_v all_o that_o come_v within_o his_o walk_n or_o range_v but_o which_o there_o be_v many_o way_n for_o a_o wise_a man_n to_o escape_v but_o if_o a_o tyranny_n once_o dissolve_v into_o a_o anarchy_n homo_fw-la homini_fw-la fit_a lupus_fw-la every_o man_n become_v a_o wolf_n unto_o his_o neighbour_n their_o habitation_n or_o place_n of_o meet_v become_v but_o nest_n of_o wasp_n or_o serpent_n 11._o let_v rome_n then_o be_v account_v as_o it_o be_v when_o our_o forefather_n depart_v from_o it_o and_o as_o it_o still_o remain_v the_o spiritual_a babylon_n let_v the_o pope_n be_v a_o tyrant_n more_o cruel_a and_o barbarous_a than_o nabuchadnezzar_n or_o belshazzar_n yet_o let_v we_o remember_v that_o when_o god_n call_v his_o people_n out_o of_o babylon_n he_o call_v they_o unto_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v by_o interpretation_n the_o vision_n of_o peace_n a_o city_n as_o the_o psalmist_n in_o the_o literal_a sense_n perhaps_o mean_v compact_a but_o in_o the_o mystical_a or_o emblematical_a sense_n a_o city_n at_o unity_n in_o itself_o the_o long_a durance_n of_o a_o hard_a and_o foreign_a yoke_n have_v teach_v they_o subjection_n unto_o their_o native_a governor_n zerubbabel_n their_o prince_n and_o jesus_n their_o highpriest_n the_o hatred_n contempt_n and_o scorn_n which_o they_o have_v endure_v among_o barbarous_a alien_n be_v a_o cement_n to_o unite_v their_o heart_n in_o brotherly_a affection_n but_o we_o by_o misemploy_v our_o peace_n and_o security_n of_o dread_n from_o the_o enemy_n have_v turn_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n into_o wantonness_n and_o transform_v that_o christian_a liberty_n which_o our_o forefather_n purchase_v with_o their_o ash_n into_o such_o licentiousness_n 58._o 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