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baxter_n do_v much_o encourage_v i_o to_o persist_v in_o the_o same_o opinion_n more_o than_o once_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o king_n and_o lawful_a 117_o second_o admon_n to_o bag._n 117_o magistrate_n say_v mr._n baxter_n be_v more_o about_o the_o circumstantial_o of_o worship_n as_o whether_o abiathar_n shall_v be_v high_a priest_n etc._n etc._n then_o the_o false_a teacher_n be_v about_o that_o doctrine_n he_o more_o than_o intimate_v that_o the_o magistrate_n power_n extend_v to_o the_o appoint_v who_o shall_v be_v high_a priest_n and_o who_o doubt_n but_o that_o he_o have_v equal_a power_n to_o appoint_v who_o shall_v be_v pastor_n of_o covent-garden_n again_o hear_v mr._n baxter_n what_o he_o say_v more_o large_o upon_o the_o point_n disput_fw-la 223._o doubtless_o the_o magistrate_n himself_o have_v so_o much_o authority_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n that_o if_o he_o command_v a_o qualify_a person_n to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o command_v the_o people_n to_o 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so_o do_v solomon_n 2_o chron._n 8._o 14_o 15._o they_o be_v for_o the_o service_n of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n according_a to_o the_o king_n order_n 1_o chron._n 25._o 1_o 6._o and_o methinks_v those_o those_o man_n shall_v acknowledge_v this_o that_o be_v wont_a to_o style_v the_o king_n in_o all_o cause_n and_o over_o all_o person_n the_o supreme_a head_n and_o governor_n so_o far_o he._n and_o indeed_o i_o dare_v almost_o challenge_v this_o answerer_n or_o any_o man_n to_o prove_v that_o ever_o any_o learned_a protestant_n in_o this_o church_n whether_o episcopal_a or_o presbyterian_a do_v make_v it_o a_o question_n i_o mean_v before_o the_o king_n happy_a return_n whether_o solomon_n have_v not_o sufficient_a authority_n to_o put_v out_o abiathar_n from_o the_o priesthood_n and_o put_v zadock_n in_o his_o place_n or_o whether_o any_o may_v modest_o say_v such_o must_v preach_v and_o that_o those_o be_v schismatic_n and_o usurper_n that_o do_v exercise_v their_o office_n according_a to_o law_n in_o the_o place_n of_o such_o as_o be_v remove_v by_o the_o virtue_n of_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n of_o unquestionable_a authority_n and_o we_o must_v preach_v though_o the_o law_n forbid_v we_o as_o for_o dr._n gunning_n dr._n wild_n preach_v fourteen_o or_o fifteen_o year_n ago_o which_o you_o so_o often_o hint_n at_o it_o be_v sufficient_o know_v it_o be_v in_o such_o a_o time_n when_o the_o case_n be_v far_o otherwise_o both_o with_o the_o church_n and_o state_n in_o many_o notorious_a circumstance_n both_o as_o to_o person_n law_n government_n and_o worship_n and_o they_o can_v easy_o answer_v their_o so_o do_v if_o it_o be_v not_o a_o matter_n too_o much_o below_o the_o eminency_n both_o of_o their_o person_n and_o place_n we_o must_v proceed_v chap._n xi_o provision_n for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o assumption_n by_o four_o proposition_n that_o schism_n be_v a_o causeless_a separation_n from_o a_o true_a church_n and_o what_o separation_n from_o a_o 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