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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yea_o paul_n himself_o declare_v it_o not_o only_o to_o be_v his_o judgement_n but_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n himself_o in_o those_o direct_a and_o plain_a text_n of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n chap._n 13.1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o etc._n etc._n 1_o tim._n 2.2_o and_o peter_n also_o in_o his_o epistle_n chap._n 2.13_o but_o to_o prevent_v any_o mistake_n here_o by_o speak_v more_o particular_o about_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n power_n and_o duty_n concern_v matter_n of_o religion_n it_o may_v be_v reduce_v to_o these_o three_o head_n 1._o the_o establish_v the_o true_a religion_n where_o it_o never_o be_v 2._o the_o maintain_n and_o uphold_v of_o it_o where_o it_o be_v 3._o the_o reform_v it_o where_o it_o be_v grow_v corrupt_a 1._o concern_v the_o first_o of_o these_o it_o be_v make_v by_o learned_a and_o judicious_a writer_n one_o of_o the_o undoubted_a right_n of_o sovereignty_n to_o determine_v what_o religion_n shall_v be_v public_o profess_v and_o exercise_v 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about_o holy_a thing_n both_o before_o the_o law_n and_o under_o the_o law_n abraham_n as_o a_o man_n of_o war_n pay_v tithe_n to_o melchizedek_n as_o a_o public_a minister_n of_o god_n in_o that_o place_n where_o he_o obtain_v his_o victory_n they_o will_v have_v a_o hard_a task_n that_o will_v undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o tithe_n in_o some_o sense_n be_v not_o moral_a as_o may_v be_v see_v by_o the_o learned_a mountagues_n discourse_n against_o selden_n about_o that_o subject_a but_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o our_o present_a purpose_n that_o those_o text_n under_o the_o new-testament_n conclude_v it_o a_o moral_a duty_n with_o many_o other_o that_o may_v be_v cite_v to_o take_v care_n they_o be_v maintain_v 3._o by_o set_v up_o and_o encourage_v the_o school_n of_o learning_n for_o he_o that_o will_v the_o end_n be_v suppose_v also_o to_o will_v the_o mean_n it_o be_v not_o meet_v that_o the_o israelit_n shall_v always_o go_v down_o to_o the_o philistine_n to_o sharpen_v 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