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A sermon preached before the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London at the Guild-Hall Chappel October 26, 1679 by Benjamin Woodroffe ...
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Woodroffe, Benjamin, 1638-1711.
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to_o see_v the_o nation_n bereave_v of_o the_o security_n of_o her_o law_n and_o the_o comfort_n of_o her_o religion_n only_o i_o can_v but_o rejoice_v too_o as_o all_o good_a man_n must_v that_o in_o such_o time_n as_o these_o wherein_o to_o be_v open_a and_o plaindealing_a to_o dare_v to_o love_n and_o vindicate_v truth_n be_v to_o expose_v one_o self_n to_o the_o calumny_n of_o every_o scurrilous_a libeler_n i_o and_o all_o good_a man_n can_v but_o rejoice_v in_o our_o heart_n i_o speak_v it_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o this_o great_a and_o royal_a city_n and_o the_o good_a and_o wise_a government_n thereof_o that_o like_o what_o be_v give_v in_o the_o character_n of_o the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n and_o may_v jerusalem_n the_o city_n where_o they_o shall_v see_v peace_n be_v always_o its_o name_n that_o i_o say_v like_o what_o be_v give_v in_o the_o character_n of_o the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n you_o have_v make_v it_o your_o singular_a care_n that_o whosoever_o love_v and_o make_v a_o lie_n bark_v snarl_a wretch_n as_o they_o be_v shall_v be_v shut_v out_o with_o dog_n and_o may_v you_o 1679._o order_n against_o hawkers_o septemb_n 7._o 1679._o see_v the_o right_n honourable_a sir_n robert_n clayton_n speech_n lord_n mayor_n elect_n and_o the_o right_n honourable_a sir_n james_n edward_n speech_n septem_n 29._o 1679._o go_v on_o still_o to_o justify_v your_o authority_n the_o authority_n of_o that_o law_n which_o can_v but_o protect_v they_o who_o make_v it_o their_o rule_n never_o may_v those_o who_o have_v ill_o will_v at_o zion_n be_v so_o prosperous_a as_o to_o see_v the_o day_n when_o you_o either_o want_n power_n or_o will_v to_o execute_v it_o never_o may_v the_o religion_n we_o profess_v and_o its_o foundation_n be_v so_o far_o destroy_v as_o to_o let_v anarchy_n and_o confusion_n be_v the_o badge_n of_o the_o protestant_n no_o let_v it_o be_v the_o reproach_n and_o the_o single_a reproach_n of_o our_o enemy_n that_o it_o be_v only_o in_o throw_v down_o foundation_n that_o their_o cause_n can_v prosper_v in_o subvert_v all_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man_n all_o the_o principle_n of_o true_a christian_a religion_n that_o they_o must_v ever_o hope_v to_o advance_v their_o catholic_n faith_n for_o what_o else_o be_v their_o unbounded_a primacy_n of_o the_o pope_n but_o the_o overthrow_v all_o concern_v all_o clerici_fw-la legibus_fw-la civilibus_fw-la ut_fw-la sunt_fw-la leges_fw-la principum_fw-la non_fw-la tenentur_fw-la obligatione_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la correctiuâ_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la directiuâ_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la à _fw-la magistratu_fw-la politico_fw-la puniri_fw-la nec_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la trahi_fw-la ad_fw-la magistratus_fw-la secularis_fw-la tribunal_n bellarm._n de_fw-fr cleric_n l._n 1._o a_o clericis_fw-la qui_fw-la jure_fw-la subjectionis_fw-la exempti_fw-la sunt_fw-la propriè_fw-la quidem_fw-la majestatem_fw-la non_fw-la laedi_fw-la eudaemon_n jesuita_n apolog._n c._n 34._o p._n 110._o clerici_fw-la rebellionem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la crimen_fw-la laesae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la subditus_fw-la regi_fw-la zimanch_n aphoris_n de_fw-fr cons_n juramentum_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la ne_fw-la suscipi_fw-la quidem_fw-la posse_fw-la à _fw-la papistis_fw-la nostris_fw-la sine_fw-la fidei_fw-la catholicae_fw-la abnegatione_fw-la bellarm._n resp_n ad_fw-la apolog._n pro_fw-la juram_fw-la fidel._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la eertum_fw-la esse_fw-la quemcunque_fw-la principem_fw-la christianum_fw-la si_fw-la à _fw-la religione_fw-la catholicâ_fw-la manifesto_fw-la deflexerit_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la avocare_fw-la voluerit_fw-la excidere_fw-la statim_fw-la omni_fw-la potestate_fw-la &_o dignitate_fw-la idque_fw-la ante_fw-la prolatam_fw-la papae_fw-la sententiam_fw-la posseque_fw-la &_o debere_fw-la subditos_fw-la si_fw-la vires_fw-la habeant_fw-la istiusmodi_fw-la haereticum_fw-la ex_fw-la hominum_fw-la christianorum_fw-la dominatu_fw-la ejicere_fw-la philopat_fw-la sect._n 2._o p._n 109._o &_o suarez_n in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-la censuris_fw-la disp_n 15._o sect._n 6._o p._n 262._o have_v many_o thing_n to_o the_o same_o sense_n non_fw-la licere_fw-la christianis_fw-la tolerare_fw-la regem_fw-la haereticum_fw-la si_fw-la ille_fw-la conetur_fw-la subditos_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la haeresin_fw-la protrahere_fw-la bellarm_n de_fw-fr rom._n pontif._n 5._o 7._o sed_fw-la &_o christiani_n principes_fw-la qui_fw-la diu_fw-la in_o ecclesiasticam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la tyrannico_fw-la furore_fw-la surrexerunt_fw-la cvi_fw-la flectere_fw-la genua_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la submittere_fw-la debuerant_fw-la nun_n sacris_fw-la conciliis_fw-la sunt_fw-la depositi_fw-la percussi_fw-la anathemate_fw-la pulsi_fw-la regno_fw-la atque_fw-la imperio_fw-la ut_fw-la ladistaus_n leo_n iii_o henricus_fw-la iii_o fredericus_fw-la ii_o constantinus_n vi_o conc._n t._n 14._o p._n 992._o in_o orat._n cornelii_n episcopi_fw-la bitontini_fw-la 1._o oportere_fw-la jesuitas_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la generali_fw-la ac_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o quovis_fw-la pontifice_fw-la romano_n non_fw-la hominem_fw-la erroribus_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la considerare_fw-la sed_fw-la ipsum_fw-la christum_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la sapientia_fw-la patris_fw-la intueri_fw-la atque_fw-la horum_fw-la vocem_fw-la excipere_fw-la non_fw-la secus_fw-la ac_fw-la christi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la decipi_fw-la potest_fw-la nec_fw-la decipere_fw-la 2._o debere_fw-la eos_fw-la apud_fw-la animum_fw-la suum_fw-la statuere_fw-la se_fw-la moveri_fw-la ac_fw-la dirigi_fw-la à _fw-la divinâ_fw-la voluntate_fw-la &_o providentiâ_fw-la quoquoversus_fw-la moventur_fw-la ac_fw-la diâ—iguntur_fw-la à _fw-la svo_fw-la superiore_fw-la maffeius_n in_o vita_fw-la loyolae_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 7._o prudentiam_fw-la esse_fw-la solius_fw-la imperantis_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la obedientis_fw-la virtutem_fw-la sum._n constitut_o jesuit_n regul_n 36._o in_o colloquio_fw-la ratisbon_n 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christian_n have_v no_o force_n to_o oppose_v they_o be_v not_o true_a gospel_n now_o that_o they_o who_o so_o far_o depress_v he_o in_o his_o priestly_a office_n too_o as_o to_o join_v new_a mediator_n and_o intercessor_n with_o he_o to_o find_v out_o new_a saviour_n and_o new_a merit_n whereby_o man_n may_v be_v justify_v or_o to_o take_v it_o in_o their_o own_o language_n they_o who_o in_o consecrate_v the_o host_n put_v it_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o priest_n to_o make_v his_o god_n and_o most_o blasphemous_o give_v he_o the_o same_o attribute_n we_o ascribe_v to_o the_o great_a creator_n of_o all_o thing_n i_o say_v it_o will_v certain_o be_v no_o difficulty_n to_o demonstrate_v that_o they_o who_o do_v this_o can_v have_v no_o design_n but_o to_o destroy_v all_o foundation_n to_o banish_v god_n and_o religion_n out_o of_o the_o world_n and_o according_a to_o the_o profess_a practice_n of_o some_o among_o they_o who_o have_v be_v the_o most_o zealous_a in_o make_v proselyte_n 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