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say_v further_a upon_o this_o matter_n pag._n 505-507_a 508_o 509._o in_o answer_n to_o i_o resolve_v in_o these_o two_o objection_n ¶_o 3._o first_o that_o my_o argument_n do_v no_o less_o take_v away_o the_o magistrate_n power_n in_o civil_n second_o that_o by_o the_o same_o argument_n may_v be_v deny_v and_o take_v away_o all_o church_n censure_n which_o i_o grant_v and_o in_o so_o do_v contradict_v myself_o or_o must_v answer_v my_o own_o argument_n for_o proof_n of_o the_o first_o he_o tell_v that_o many_o magistrate_n have_v be_v or_o may_v be_v uncapable_a to_o judge_v in_o civil_a matter_n as_o well_o as_o religion_n as_o also_o have_v do_v unjustice_n in_o their_o judgement_n answ._n true_a but_o all_o this_o will_v no_o way_n infer_v his_o conclusion_n because_o they_o still_o have_v that_o which_o be_v needful_a to_o the_o be_v of_o magistracy_n that_o be_v be_v due_o to_o constitute_v for_o of_o usurper_n we_o do_v not_o here_o speak_v however_o they_o may_v want_v these_o quality_n which_o may_v more_o accomplish_v they_o in_o their_o employment_n or_o that_o they_o may_v err_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o it_o but_o christianity_n and_o consequent_o to_o judge_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o pertain_v to_o the_o esse_fw-la or_o being_n of_o a_o magistrate_n for_o if_o it_o do_v no_o man_n can_v ever_o have_v be_v or_o yet_o can_v be_v a_o true_a magistrate_n or_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o own_v unless_o a_o christian_n which_o i_o suppose_v john_n brown_n will_v not_o adventur_v to_o affirm_v or_o if_o he_o do_v he_o will_v manifest_o contradict_v the_o doctrine_n as_o well_o as_o practise_v of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n who_o preach_v subjection_n and_o be_v themselves_o subject_a to_o such_o magistrate_n as_o be_v enemy_n to_o christianity_n if_o then_o a_o magistrate_n may_v be_v true_o a_o magistrate_n and_o aught_o by_o christian_n to_o be_v acknowledge_v and_o submit_v to_o as_o such_o who_o be_v not_o a_o 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scripture_n ¶_o 4._o the_o reason_n of_o his_o second_o objection_n be_v because_o a_o church_n may_v err_v in_o their_o judgement_n be_v defective_a as_o he_o suppose_v the_o magistrate_n in_o the_o former_a objection_n and_o so_o may_v condemn_v truth_n for_o error_n but_o how_o weak_a this_o be_v be_v very_o apparent_a for_o if_o he_o can_v show_v we_o a_o church_n have_v the_o true_a be_v of_o a_o church_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v and_o submit_v to_o by_o christian_n as_o such_o which_o vet_n be_v whole_o a_o stranger_n to_o yea_o a_o enemy_n and_o persecutor_n of_o christianity_n as_o i_o do_v he_o in_o the_o case_n of_o magistracy_n he_o will_v say_v something_o but_o other_o way_n nothing_o at_o all_o next_o the_o censur_n of_o a_o church_n however_o he_o seem_v to_o judge_v otherwise_o can_v not_o be_v call_v force_v of_o conscience_n in_o the_o sense_n i_o grant_v it_o which_o be_v only_o for_o to_o deny_v the_o person_n censure_v their_o spiritual_a fellowship_n since_o he_o himself_o by_o his_o differ_v from_o they_o break_v it_o off_o as_o in_o my_o book_n entitle_v the_o anarchy_n of_o the_o ranter_n etc._n etc._n write_v concern_v church_n government_n i_o have_v at_o large_a show_v and_o if_o the_o difference_n be_v such_o as_o the_o church_n judge_v in_o conscience_n they_o can_v not_o have_v spiritual_a communion_n with_o one_o so_o principled_a it_o be_v in_o he_o a_o force_v of_o their_o conscience_n to_o urge_v it_o upon_o they_o for_o since_o he_o take_v the_o liberty_n out_o of_o conscience_n as_o he_o judge_v to_o differ_v from_o all_o his_o brethren_n it_o be_v a_o most_o unreasonable_a thing_n in_o such_o a_o one_o to_o deny_v they_o the_o liberty_n be_v persuade_v in_o their_o conscience_n they_o ought_v to_o withdraw_v from_o he_o see_v the_o band_n of_o their_o unity_n which_o at_o
he_o accuse_v i_o as_o a_o ignoramus_n write_v nonsense_n and_o confusion_n pag._n 39_o more_o of_o that_o kind_n in_o pag._n 31._o while_n yet_o to_o his_o own_o confusion_n pag._n 40_o &_o 41_o he_o say_v he_o know_v not_o what_o i_o mean_v nor_o what_o i_o will_v prove_v nor_o what_o my_o argument_n must_v conclude_v wherein_o if_o he_o speak_v true_a he_o declare_v himself_o uncapable_a to_o judge_v of_o and_o far_o less_o to_o answer_v my_o argument_n a_o large_a disquisition_n of_o his_o impertinency_n in_o which_o thing_n i_o willing_o omit_v and_o will_v consider_v this_o his_o chapter_n as_o well_o where_o he_o miss_v as_o where_o he_o true_o in_o any_o measur_n urge_v the_o matter_n and_o first_o to_o dispatch_v what_o be_v superfluous_a all_o that_o be_v say_v by_o he_o against_o false_a revelation_n and_o delusion_n of_o the_o devil_n against_o which_o he_o speak_v sometime_o more_o large_o sometime_o more_o overly_o in_o pag._n 21._o 22._o 34._o 35._o 36._o 47._o no_o judicious_a reader_n will_v think_v be_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o purpose_n since_o i_o never_o do_v plead_v for_o false_a revelation_n but_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o true_a revelation_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o all_o real_a christian_n and_o though_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o either_o i_o or_o any_o other_o quaker_n so_o call_v be_v delude_v by_o a_o false_a revelation_n yet_o it_o will_v not_o thence_o follow_v that_o our_o assert_v the_o necessity_n of_o true_a revelation_n to_o the_o build_n up_o of_o true_a faith_n be_v erroneous_a more_o than_o in_o i._n b_n own_o sense_n the_o arminian_n or_o socinian_o assert_v false_a doctrine_n pretend_v to_o have_v for_o they_o the_o authority_n of_o scripture_n will_v make_v he_o judge_v that_o their_o assert_v the_o scripture_n to_o be_v the_o only_a and_o adequat_fw-la rule_n of_o faith_n be_v false_a in_o his_o judgement_n since_o he_o therein_o agree_v with_o they_o and_o therefore_o his_o disingenuity_n as_o well_o as_o weakness_n do_v notable_o appear_v pag._n 46_o 47_o &_o 48._o where_n come_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o what_o i_o have_v say_v in_o show_v how_o the_o same_o may_v be_v return_v upon_o such_o as_o own_o the_o scripture_n reason_n and_o tradition_n to_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o their_o faith_n he_o give_v it_o no_o answer_n and_o most_o effront_o come_v up_o with_o his_o oft_o reiterated_a story_n of_o john_n à _fw-fr leyden_n and_o munster_n with_o which_o we_o be_v less_o concern_v than_o himself_o notwithstanding_o that_o i_o show_v that_o even_o man_n pretend_v to_o the_o scripture_n and_o to_o be_v lead_v by_o it_o and_o in_o particular_a his_o owe_v brethren_n have_v do_v no_o less_o vile_a action_n than_o those_o of_o munster_n and_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o think_v it_o well_o argue_v to_o infer_v thence_o that_o it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o follow_v the_o scripture_n as_o the_o rule_n to_o all_o this_o he_o return_v no_o answer_n which_o take_v up_o 6_o page_n in_o my_o apology_n lat._n ed._n pag._n 26_o 27_o 28_o 29_o 30_o 31._o unless_o it_o be_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n to_o say_v he_o need_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o my_o trifle_a answer_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a rhapsody_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v to_o use_v his_o own_o expression_n it_o be_v too_o hot_a for_o his_o finger_n and_o therefore_o he_o judge_v best_a to_o shuffle_v it_o by_o so_o easy_o but_o his_o unfairness_n in_o this_o be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o considerable_a where_o the_o pinch_n of_o the_o question_n lie_v and_o his_o own_o and_o his_o brethren_n reputation_n be_v so_o high_o concern_v as_o be_v charge_v as_o guilty_a of_o no_o less_o abomination_n than_o the_o monster_n of_o munster_n in_o that_o he_o boast_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n that_o he_o have_v examine_v every_o thing_n assert_v by_o i_o particular_o which_o he_o give_v as_o the_o reason_n of_o trouble_v he_o with_o so_o prolix_a a_o treatise_n ¶_o 2._o now_o albeit_o i_o may_v in_o reason_n pass_v his_o new_a enforce_a objection_n till_o he_o have_v satisfy_v to_o this_o so_o shameful_a a_o omission_n yet_o lest_o he_o shall_v fancy_v any_o strength_n in_o it_o and_o to_o show_v he_o the_o sillyness_n of_o it_o i_o will_v here_o consider_v and_o remove_v it_o it_o run_v thus_o pag._n 46._o if_o since_o the_o apostle_n and_o other_o extraordinary_a officer_n fall_v asleep_a and_o after_o the_o arg._n canon_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v complete_v all_o that_o have_v pretend_v to_o immediate_a revelation_n have_v be_v lead_v by_o a_o spirit_n of_o error_n then_o that_o be_v not_o the_o way_n of_o christ._n but_o the_o former_a be_v true_a therefore_o so_o be_v the_o other_o such_o a_o objection_n be_v not_o like_a to_o signify_v much_o where_o in_o both_o proposition_n answ._n the_o question_n be_v most_o miserable_o beg_v and_o the_o thing_n in_o debate_n take_v for_o grant_v for_o albeit_o the_o connexion_n of_o the_o major_n shall_v be_v grant_v yet_o the_o question_n be_v 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sure_o he_o have_v not_o take_v notice_n that_o by_o this_o he_o have_v condemn_v as_o lead_v by_o a_o spirit_n of_o error_n all_o the_o primitive_a protestant_a martyr_n that_o prophesy_v at_o any_o time_n such_o as_o john_n hus_n and_o george_n wishart_n our_o countryman_n and_o many_o other_o by_o reason_n of_o who_o prophesy_v i._o b._n and_o his_o brethren_n have_v value_v their_o cause_n since_o these_o prophecy_n be_v say_v by_o they_o to_o proceed_v from_o inward_a and_o immediate_a revelation_n and_o so_o they_o pretend_v to_o it_o albeit_o not_o as_o the_o ground_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o obedience_n in_o all_o matter_n of_o doctrine_n and_o worship_n yet_o as_o the_o ground_n of_o that_o faith_n by_o which_o they_o believe_v these_o revelation_n to_o proceed_v from_o god_n and_o not_o from_o the_o devil_n and_o of_o that_o obedience_n by_o which_o they_o publish_v and_o declare_v these_o thing_n moreover_o he_o overturn_v all_o by_o the_o last_o instance_n which_o he_o 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