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above_o scorn_n and_o put_v they_o in_o such_o state_n as_o keep_v off_o contempt_n together_o with_o want_n they_o may_v have_v be_v as_o quiet_v now_o as_o a_o precedent_n of_o a_o presbytery_n or_o a_o german_a superintendent_n notwithstanding_o their_o pretension_n to_o sole_a power_n in_o church_n affair_n but_o now_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o prince_n be_v a_o mark_n for_o envy_n and_o if_o he_o have_v no_o other_o guard_n for_o his_o peace_n his_o goodness_n shall_v summon_v troublesome_a and_o envious_a spirit_n to_o mutiny_n and_o sedition_n sect_n 8._o that_o a_o toleration_n be_v not_o the_o way_n to_o our_o peace_n and_o settlement_n thus_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o magistrate_n be_v oblige_v and_o have_v a_o rightful_a power_n to_o restrain_v dissension_n in_o religion_n and_o to_o hinder_v those_o destructive_a and_o sad_a consequence_n which_o necessary_o flow_v from_o they_o and_o that_o he_o can_v attain_v his_o end_n either_o by_o his_o example_n profession_n or_o munificence_n to_o what_o he_o judge_v to_o be_v truth_n i_o conceive_v it_o follow_v that_o he_o must_v use_v the_o most_o proper_a mean_n of_o all_o government_n which_o be_v good_a and_o wise_a law_n and_o a_o due_a execution_n of_o they_o when_o make_v what_o these_o law_n shall_v be_v be_v not_o for_o private_a and_o particular_a person_n to_o prescribe_v this_o be_v the_o itch_n in_o the_o late_a confusion_n and_o do_v increase_v they_o but_o be_v to_o be_v leave_v to_o those_o who_o province_n it_o be_v who_o advancement_n above_o the_o common_a level_n give_v they_o the_o best_a prospect_n of_o the_o inconvenience_n and_o necessity_n of_o the_o people_n who_o experience_n in_o the_o way_n of_o conversation_n can_v suggest_v what_o be_v most_o suitable_a and_o be_v minister_n of_o god_n for_o this_o very_a thing_n may_v expect_v his_o blessing_n for_o their_o direction_n the_o undertake_n therefore_o of_o this_o discourse_n be_v not_o to_o determine_v the_o use_n of_o power_n but_o to_o show_v that_o a_o toleration_n of_o dissension_n be_v not_o as_o be_v pretend_v in_o several_a pamphlet_n the_o way_n to_o the_o peace_n and_o happiness_n of_o this_o nation_n because_o it_o can_v remove_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o distemper_n nor_o hinder_v the_o destructive_a effect_n of_o they_o for_o if_o these_o dissentious_a be_v as_o it_o be_v say_v the_o wretched_a cause_n of_o our_o want_n of_o settlement_n and_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o a_o toleration_n of_o they_o will_v make_v they_o neither_o less_o in_o number_n nor_o in_o their_o malignity_n how_o can_v it_o be_v think_v that_o we_o shall_v be_v any_o thing_n the_o better_a for_o a_o toleration_n of_o they_o i_o shall_v therefore_o 1._o give_v some_o reason_n in_o general_a that_o a_o toleration_n will_v not_o remove_v dissension_n nor_o hinder_v their_o effect_n 2_o that_o a_o toleration_n be_v not_o for_o the_o interest_n of_o our_o nation_n at_o this_o time_n 3_o i_o shall_v answer_v the_o 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