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140._o he_o say_v the_o senseless_a imputation_n of_o cassandrianism_n and_o french_a popery_n be_v manage_v so_o knavish_o by_o mr._n job_n and_o with_o such_o blind_a fury_n by_o mr._n baxter_n with_o so_o much_o confusion_n etc._n etc._n ans._n the_o term_n i_o wonder_v not_o at_o but_o whatever_o we_o be_v for_o knavery_n or_o blind_a fury_n if_o this_o man_n help_v we_o against_o confusion_n it_o be_v strange_a §_o 44._o p._n 173._o he_o grant_v that_o the_o bishop_n be_v not_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n as_o unite_v in_o one_o common_a regent_n head_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n but_o as_o every_o bishop_n govern_v his_o own_o share_n and_o this_o of_o true_a bishop_n who_o deni_v he_o p._n 183._o it_o be_v but_o a_o voluntary_a combination_n and_o strict_a associasion_n for_o preserve_a unity_n by_o advice_n etc._n etc._n all_o this_o be_v good_a though_o damn_v by_o he_o in_o the_o independent_o if_o they_o will_v combine_v to_o rule_v according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n and_o not_o make_v any_o of_o their_o own_o without_o authority_n nor_o so_o as_o to_o accuse_v christ_n law_n of_o insufficiency_n nor_o make_v divide_v noxious_a snare_n §_o 45._o say_v he_o p._n 189._o that_o this_o church_n be_v universal_a be_v found_v on_o the_o law_n of_o catholic_n communion_n ans._n no_o humane_a law_n make_v the_o church_n universal_a man_n may_v make_v their_o own_o subject_n or_o confederate_n unite_v in_o accident_n either_o just_a as_o in_o one_o translation_n of_o scripture_n one_o time_n and_o place_n and_o meeting_n etc._n etc._n or_o unjust_a when_o it_o be_v hurtful_a vain_a or_o belong_v not_o to_o they_o but_o it_o be_v only_o he_o that_o make_v the_o church_n a_o church_n who_o thereby_o make_v it_o one_o church_n in_o essential_o and_o in_o integral_n he_o that_o make_v it_o entire_a by_o institution_n or_o efficiency_n 2._o this_o union_n be_v found_v in_o man_n unity_n in_o christianity_n eph._n 4.3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o §_o 46._o p._n 192._o he_o say_v the_o association_n and_o confederacy_n of_o neighbour-churche_n be_v found_v on_o the_o law_n of_o catholic_n communion_n and_o the_o catholic_n communion_n can_v be_v maintain_v without_o it_o ans._n not_o without_o baptismal_a confederacy_n in_o the_o necessary_a duty_n command_v by_o christ_n but_o as_o to_o your_o confederacy_n in_o humane_a new_a church-form_n patriarchal_a metropolitan_a etc._n etc._n be_v not_o the_o church_n one_o without_o they_o before_o they_o be_v invent_v here_o he_o make_v voluntary_a confederacy_n to_o make_v new_a church-canon_n or_o law_n of_o discipline_n necessary_a to_o unity_n and_o that_o unity_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n all_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o christ_n that_o break_v it_o as_o if_o christ_n have_v not_o make_v law_n enough_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o he_o that_o only_o keep_v his_o law_n and_o not_o man_n canon_n can_v not_o be_v save_v can_v he_o tell_v we_o then_o where_o to_o fix_v our_o religion_n on_o 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convocation_n govern_v but_o as_o their_o representative_n 2._o all_o that_o say_v that_o it_o be_v only_o the_o bishop_n and_o not_o the_o presbyter_n in_o convocation_n that_o be_v the_o govern_v canon-making_a church_n 3._o all_o that_o say_v that_o the_o clergy_n represent_v not_o king_n nobles_z parliament_n laiety_n and_o that_o these_o be_v true_a part_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n all_o these_o be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la excommunicate_a 45._o the_o 140._o canon_n excommunicate_v they_o that_o deny_v the_o canon_n obligation_n of_o absent_a dissenter_n which_o yet_o even_o many_o papist_n deny_v of_o council_n canon_n 46._o the_o last_o canon_n excommunicate_v all_o that_o contemn_v these_o canon_n as_o take_v they_o to_o be_v the_o work_n of_o a_o company_n of_o person_n that_o conspire_v against_o religious_a godly_a man_n all_o this_o huge_a catalogue_n be_v here_o excommunicate_a 47._o if_o any_o part_n of_o all_o this_o be_v schism_n mr._n dodwell_n and_o this_o 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he_o be_v not_o unchristened_a by_o this_o 49._o they_o separate_z from_z or_o unchurch_n almost_o all_o the_o ancient_a church_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o most_o famous_a emperor_n and_o council_n for_o i_o have_v manifest_v past_o doubt_n that_o they_o almost_o all_o do_v hereticate_a or_o separate_v from_o one_o another_o it_o be_v schism_n either_o in_o victor_n to_o excommunicate_v the_o asian_a bishop_n or_o in_o they_o to_o deserve_v it_o and_o be_v excommunicate_a the_o own_n or_o disow_v several_a council_n special_o that_o of_o chalcedon_n and_o that_o at_o const._n de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la capitulis_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v the_o schism_n of_o almost_o all_o the_o imperial_a church_n one_o part_n condemn_v the_o other_o and_o if_o either_o be_v in_o the_o right_n it_o salve_v not_o the_o case_n with_o they_o for_o most_o of_o the_o same_o man_n that_o go_v that_o way_n call_v the_o right_n in_o one_o prince_n reign_n go_v contrary_a in_o the_o next_o and_o so_o condemn_v 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doctrine_n or_o any_o good_a that_o be_v in_o the_o church_n 2._o if_o any_o renounce_v communion_n with_o all_o the_o parish_n church_n under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n 3._o if_o any_o renounce_v communion_n with_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o it_o be_v a_o christian_a kingdom_n head_v by_o one_o christian_n protestant_n king_n 4._o if_o they_o renounce_v communion_n with_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o it_o be_v call_v one_o from_o the_o association_n or_o concord_n of_o its_o pastor_n or_o church_n governor_n 5._o if_o any_o renounce_v communion_n with_o faulty_a bishop_n or_o worship_n or_o discipline_n simple_o and_o absolute_o and_o not_o only_a secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la and_o so_o forsake_v the_o good_a that_o be_v in_o they_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o evil_n in_o a_o word_n 1._o all_o that_o separate_a for_o a_o wrong_a cause_n 2._o or_o further_o than_o they_o separate_a from_o christ_n or_o than_o christ_n will_v have_v they_o separate_v do_v sin_n 2._o but_o they_o that_o renounce_v any_o corruption_n as_o such_o and_o the_o church_n no_o further_o than_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la as_o it_o be_v faulty_a do_v well_o for_o we_o must_v so_o renounce_v the_o fault_n of_o all_o church_n and_o christian_n in_o the_o world_n and_o our_o own_o first_o but_o not_o the_o church_n and_o christian_n for_o any_o tolerable_a fault_n so_o we_o commit_v no_o sin_n ourselves_o which_o they_o impose_v as_o the_o condition_n of_o their_o communion_n reader_n i_o displease_v my_o own_o disposition_n as_o well_o as_o other_o in_o the_o answer_n of_o these_o argument_n but_o when_o i_o have_v read_v they_o my_o conscience_n will_v not_o suffer_v i_o to_o see_v many_o thousand_o good_a people_n so_o misguide_v who_o have_v not_o skill_n themselves_o to_o discern_v the_o fallacy_n and_o by_o silence_n to_o betray_v they_o let_v it_o be_v note_v that_o it_o be_v not_o all_o nor_o the_o great_a objection_n i_o confess_v which_o i_o here_o deal_v with_o have_v do_v it_o oft_o elsewhere_o but_o these_o twelve_o militate_v so_o much_o against_o all_o the_o liturgy_n in_o the_o world_n as_o well_o as_o we_o that_o i_o dare_v not_o pass_v they_o by_o in_o silence_n 1._o some_o object_n against_o the_o fault_n which_o they_o suppose_v very_o great_a in_o divers_a by-office_n baptise_v confirmation_n the_o lords-supper-imposition_n burial_n circumstance_n and_o form_n but_o these_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o common_a worship_n of_o the_o church_n on_o the_o lord_n day_n 2._o some_o object_n against_o the_o minister_n as_o usurper_n be_v choose_v by_o patron_n and_o not_o consent_v to_o by_o the_o flock_n but_o this_o be_v nothing_o against_o they_o that_o be_v consent_v to_o by_o acceptance_n though_o not_o by_o election_n 3._o some_o object_n the_o heniousness_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o minister_n conformity_n as_o be_v deliberate_a covenant_v to_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o name_v they_o and_o so_o the_o command_n from_o such_o turn_n away_o with_o such_o not_o to_o eat_v and_o the_o case_n of_o marshal_n and_o basilides_n in_o cyprian_a and_o that_o of_o miracle-working_a martin_n which_o on_o another_o occasion_n i_o have_v mention_v but_o be_v these_o sin_n never_o so_o sure_o prove_v as_o great_a as_o allege_v 1._o every_o minister_n can_v be_v prove_v guilty_a of_o the_o worst_a part_n 2._o and_o the_o matter_n of_o a_o sin_n may_v be_v heinous_a and_o yet_o ignorance_n take_v off_o much_o of_o the_o guilt_n as_o it_o do_v of_o paul_n persecution_n a_o unlawful_a war_n in_o which_o thousand_o be_v murder_v and_o country_n ruin_v be_v material_o one_o of_o the_o great_a sin_n in_o the_o world_n and_o yet_o wo_n to_o abundance_n of_o prince_n and_o people_n if_o ignorance_n excuse_v it_o not_o and_o if_o we_o must_v renounce_v communion_n with_o all_o country_n and_o person_n that_o be_v guilty_a of_o it_o 3._o and_o when_o
man_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o lay_v any_o restraint_n on_o himself_o nor_o suppress_v sensual_a inclination_n nor_o deny_v they_o proper_a and_o natural_a satisfaction_n as_o far_o as_o we_o know_v to_o live_v always_o in_o this_o world_n and_o body_n be_v the_o original_a state_n of_o mankind_n without_o any_o expectation_n of_o a_o more_o divine_a and_o spiritual_a life_n p._n 98._o brief_o p._n 272._o the_o divine_a spirit_n be_v the_o principle_n of_o immortality_n in_o we_o which_o first_o give_v life_n to_o our_o soul_n and_o will_v at_o last_o raise_v our_o body_n ans._n his_o opinion_n in_o this_o be_v not_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o some_o very_a learned_a and_o good_a man_n and_o if_o he_o have_v hold_v only_o that_o immortality_n be_v proper_a to_o the_o spiritual_a so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v immortal_a blessedness_n who_o will_v contradict_v he_o but_o see_v it_o be_v the_o undistinguished_a immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o he_o speak_v of_o i_o shall_v in_o this_o with_o submission_n declare_v my_o dissent_n and_o reason_n §_o 35.1_o i_o confess_v that_o as_o i_o say_v it_o be_v a_o alloy_n to_o his_o damn_v sentence_n of_o thousand_o of_o god_n faithful_a servant_n for_o it_o seem_v by_o damnation_n he_o mean_v but_o death_n and_o the_o loss_n of_o heaven_n in_o which_o the_o soul_n be_v dead_a as_o well_o as_o the_o body_n and_o so_o he_o judge_v we_o not_o to_o any_o other_o hell_n but_o then_o all_o the_o infidel_n atheist_n murderer_n perjure_a adulterer_n and_o drunkard_n find_v the_o like_a kindness_n from_o he_o if_o it_o will_v prove_v such_o it_o seem_v all_o their_o soul_n be_v mortal_a and_o die_v as_o beast_n and_o so_o the_o fear_n of_o hell_n or_o any_o pain_n after_o death_n be_v dismiss_v by_o he_o to_o all_o the_o world_n 2._o i_o believe_v not_o this_o because_o god_n be_v the_o righteous_a governor_n of_o the_o world_n and_o rule_v by_o mean_n suit_v to_o the_o end_n and_o we_o find_v that_o the_o fear_n of_o a_o future_a 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to_o be_v repeat_v both_o natural_a and_o from_o revelation_n and_o if_o he_o preach_v the_o contrary_a i_o crave_v his_o patience_n with_o those_o that_o scruple_n take_v he_o for_o their_o pastor_n 6._o but_o as_o laâ—iantius_n and_o arnobius_n plead_v against_o the_o platonist_n for_o the_o soul_n mortality_n by_o nature_n i_o do_v confess_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o nature_n that_o will_v prove_v that_o god_n can_v annihilate_v it_o as_o he_o can_v do_v any_o angel_n nor_o that_o it_o be_v immortal_a without_o dependâ—nce_n on_o god_n nor_o that_o will_v prove_v infallible_o that_o god_n will_n annihilare_fw-la no_o soul_n but_o all_o that_o we_o pretend_v to_o prove_v by_o nature_n be_v 1._o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o have_v a_o tendency_n to_o annihilation_n or_o dissolution_n of_o it_o 2._o that_o god_n who_o make_v all_o thing_n suitable_a to_o their_o use_n seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o he_o will_v not_o dissolve_v or_o annihilate_v it_o by_o make_v it_o of_o such_o a_o durable_a nature_n 3._o and_o his_o government_n afford_v we_o yet_o strong_a moral_a argument_n 7._o as_o god_n make_v adam_n soul_n of_o a_o immortal_a nature_n so_o sin_n change_v not_o his_o essence_n but_o his_o quality_n and_o relation_n and_o though_o it_o make_v he_o mortal_a in_o the_o dissolution_n of_o his_o humanity_n or_o composition_n and_o liable_a to_o pain_n it_o do_v not_o turn_v he_o into_o a_o animal_n of_o another_o species_n nor_o acquit_v he_o from_o all_o future_a suffering_n god_n have_v make_v his_o soul_n natural_o durable_a or_o immortal_a man_n merit_n be_v but_o to_o determine_v whether_o it_o shall_v be_v immortal_a happiness_n or_o immortal_a misery_n god_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o change_v man_n essence_n to_o shorten_v his_o suffering_n because_o man_n vitiate_v it_o 8._o if_o one_o shall_v preach_v that_o christ_n come_v to_o make_v humane_a soul_n immortal_a that_o be_v all_o natural_o mortal_a it_o will_v make_v faith_n so_o hard_a a_o work_n as_o will_v great_o hinder_v the_o conversion_n of_o the_o infidel_n it_o will_v be_v a_o hard_a thing_n to_o believe_v that_o christ_n make_v saint_n of_o another_o species_n from_o all_o other_o man_n as_o man_n be_v from_o brute_n and_o if_o one_o soul_n be_v natural_o mortal_a and_o other_o by_o the_o spirit_n immortal_a it_o will_v seem_v a_o specific_a difference_n and_o philosopher_n and_o mahometan_n who_o can_v say_v so_o much_o for_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n will_v despise_v christian_n as_o less_o orthodox_n than_o they_o 9_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v that_o the_o jew_n hold_v the_o soul_n immortality_n except_o the_o sadducee_n he_o that_o say_v good_a master_n what_o shall_v i_o do_v to_o inherit_v â—tâ—rnal_a life_n speak_v but_o their_o common_a opinion_n as_o do_v all_o they_o that_o believe_v that_o any_o rose_n from_o the_o dead_a 10._o it_o seem_v by_o the_o history_n of_o henoch_n and_o elias_n that_o if_o man_n have_v not_o sin_v he_o shall_v have_v be_v so_o translate_v for_o god_n have_v say_v increase_v and_o multiply_v and_o the_o earth_n will_v not_o have_v hold_v all_o humane_a generation_n 11._o christ_n express_o say_v there_o shall_v be_v a_o resurrection_n to_o condemnation_n john_n 5._o and_o that_o the_o wicked_a shall_v go_v to_o everlasting_a punishment_n matth._n 25._o and_o that_o their_o worm_n never_o die_v nor_o their_o fire_n be_v quench_v etc._n etc._n but_o if_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o immortal_a there_o can_v be_v no_o resurrection_n it_o will_v not_o be_v the_o same_o man_n but_o another_o new_a make_v and_o shall_v a_o new_a soul_n suffer_v for_o another_o sin_n luke_n 16._o in_o the_o case_n of_o dives_n and_o lazarus_n tell_v we_o christ_n mind_n of_o this_o 12._o yet_o i_o confess_v that_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n be_v not_o promise_v before_o the_o fall_n nor_o yet_o plain_o threaten_v but_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o common_a effect_n of_o redemption_n in_o its_o first_o instance_n as_o it_o be_v for_o all_o mankind_n viz._n that_o man_n be_v filius_fw-la mortis_fw-la christ_n will_v first_o as_o a_o common_a saviour_n restore_v his_o nature_n and_o then_o set_v he_o in_o the_o way_n of_o trial_n for_o its_o happiness_n or_o misery_n as_o god_n at_o first_o make_v his_o nature_n and_o then_o try_v he_o according_o but_o it_o seem_v have_v there_o be_v no_o saviour_n the_o body_n shall_v have_v continue_v dead_a be_v but_o the_o mere_a instrument_n of_o the_o sin_v soul_n and_o the_o immortal_a soul_n be_v immortal_o unhappy_a 13._o therefore_o in_o this_o if_o the_o doctor_n mean_v not_o better_o than_o he_o speak_v but_o think_v indeed_o that_o the_o spirit_n only_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n i_o differ_v from_o he_o but_o not_o with_o contempt_n acknowledge_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v weighty_a and_o of_o difficulty_n but_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o be_v less_o orthodox_n than_o heathen_n and_o infidel_n or_o than_o the_o vain_a conceit_a rabbin_n who_o as_o buxtorfe_n and_o other_o tell_v we_o do_v hold_v that_o good_a israelite_n go_v to_o heaven_n and_o bad_a israelite_n to_o hell_n and_o all_o other_o die_v like_o beast_n do_v he_o so_o hold_v of_o good_a and_o bad_a christian_n it_o be_v too_o gross_a or_o of_o those_o that_o be_v call_v by_o the_o gospel_n and_o some_o believe_v and_o some_o refuse_v the_o papist_n most_o common_o hold_v that_o unbaptised_a infant_n be_v in_o some_o such_o neutral_a state_n shut_v out_o of_o heaven_n but_o under_o no_o positive_a pain_n but_o if_o the_o doctor_n preach_v so_o of_o the_o adult_n and_o all_o though_o he_o seem_v to_o abate_v of_o his_o severity_n to_o the_o dissenter_n he_o will_v do_v no_o service_n to_o the_o church_n 14._o the_o term_n
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