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commonwealth_n shall_v be_v vest_v with_o a_o power_n to_o govern_v and_o conduct_v the_o conscience_n of_o subject_n in_o affair_n of_o religion_n pag._n 10._o how_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n and_o our_o spiritual_a guide_n and_o governor_n shall_v both_o have_v the_o guide_n of_o our_o conscience_n and_o that_o peace_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o commonwealth_n be_v the_o prime_n and_o most_o important_a end_n of_o government_n can_v never_o be_v sufficient_o secure_v unless_o religion_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o supreme_a power_n pag._n 11._o and_o unless_o prince_n have_v power_n to_o bind_v their_o subject_n to_o that_o religion_n that_o they_o apprehend_v most_o advantageous_a to_o public_a peace_n and_o tranquillity_n and_o restrain_v those_o religious_a mistake_n that_o tend_v to_o its_o subversion_n they_o be_v no_o better_a than_o statue_n and_o image_n of_o authority_n pag._n 12._o for_o it_o be_v clear_a if_o this_o ecclesiastical_a politician_n may_v be_v believe_v that_o a_o prince_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o power_n to_o conduct_v religion_n and_o that_o must_v be_v subject_a to_o his_o dominion_n as_o well_o as_o other_o affair_n of_o state_n pag._n 13._o the_o consequence_n of_o which_o doctrine_n be_v that_o if_o nabuchadnezzar_n erect_v his_o prodigious_a idol_n and_o upon_o pain_n of_o a_o fiery_a furnace_n require_v all_o to_o worship_n it_o all_o people_n nation_n and_o language_n must_v present_o be_v upon_o their_o face_n and_o for_o their_o warrant_n for_o so_o do_v he_o assure_v they_o that_o in_o case_n and_o dispute_n of_o public_a concernment_n private_a man_n be_v not_o proper_o svi_fw-la juris_fw-la they_o have_v no_o power_n over_o their_o own_o action_n they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v direct_v by_o their_o own_o judgement_n or_o determine_v by_o their_o own_o will_n but_o by_o the_o command_v and_o determination_n of_o the_o public_a conscience_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o sin_n in_o the_o command_n he_o that_o impose_v it_o shall_v answer_v for_o it_o and_o not_o i_o who_o duty_n be_v to_o obey_v the_o command_n of_o authority_n will_v warrant_v my_o obedience_n my_o obedience_n will_v hallow_v or_o at_o least_o excuse_v my_o action_n and_o so_o secure_v i_o from_o sin_n if_o not_o from_o error_n because_o i_o follow_v the_o best_a guide_n and_o most_o probable_a direction_n i_o be_o capable_a of_o and_o though_o i_o may_v mistake_v my_o integrity_n shall_v perserve_v my_o innocence_n in_o all_o doubtful_a and_o disputable_a case_n it_o be_v better_a to_o err_v with_o authority_n than_o to_o be_v in_o the_o right_n against_o it_o and_o therefore_o in_o all_o such_o matter_n their_o command_n be_v the_o supreme_a rule_n of_o conscience_n not_o only_o because_o the_o danger_n of_o a_o little_a error_n and_o so_o it_o be_v if_o it_o be_v disputable_a be_v over-weighed_n by_o the_o importance_n of_o the_o great_a duty_n of_o obedience_n but_o because_o they_o be_v the_o fit_a judge_n pag._n 308_o 309._o what_o be_v this_o but_o downright_o assert_v the_o abominable_a papal_a doctrine_n of_o probability_n and_o of_o blind_a obedience_n brave_a doctrine_n for_o a_o tory_n church_n of_o england_n man_n to_o preach_v and_o print_v impuné_fw-fr good_a god_n whether_o be_v we_o post_v i_o thank_v god_n i_o have_v be_v teach_v better_a thing_n viz._n every_o one_o of_o we_o shall_v give_v account_n of_o himself_o to_o god_n rom._n 14.12_o the_o soul_n that_o sin_v it_o shall_v die_v ezek._n 28.20_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o public_a conscience_n shall_v not_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o private_a nor_o the_o soul_n of_o private_a conscience_n be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o public_a but_o every_o man_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o his_o own_o sin_n deut._n 24.16_o daw-divines_a to_o print_v that_o the_o public_a conscience_n shall_v stand_v between_o the_o private_a conscience_n sin_v by_o his_o command_n and_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o great_a day_n and_o excuse_v from_o sin_n i_o thank_v god_n that_o i_o have_v be_v teach_v by_o true_a church_n of_o england_n man_n indeed_o that_o god_n never_o create_v man_n nor_o ever_o endue_v they_o with_o consciscience_n or_o give_v they_o talent_n of_o reason_n or_o judgement_n subject_n and_o enslave_v to_o the_o judgement_n conscience_n or_o reason_n of_o other_o but_o have_v endue_v and_o trust_v every_o man_n with_o his_o own_o proper_a talon_n of_o conscience_n reason_n and_o judgement_n to_o choose_v for_o himself_o according_a to_o which_o only_o he_o shall_v be_v judge_v and_o stand_v or_o fall_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n and_o not_o according_a to_o any_o public_a conscience_n there_o will_v be_v very_o little_a need_n of_o priest_n if_o blind_a obedience_n ought_v to_o prevail_v and_o not_o our_o own_o free_a choice_n he_o proceed_v and_o tell_v we_o that_o god_n have_v appoint_v the_o magistrate_n to_o be_v his_o trustee_n and_o official_o here_o upon_o earth_n to_o act_v and_o determine_v in_o moral_a virtue_n and_o pious_a devotion_n according_a to_o all_o accident_n and_o emergency_n of_o affair_n to_o assign_v new_a particular_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n to_o declare_v new_a bound_n of_o right_a and_o wrong_n which_o the_o law_n of_o god_n neither_o do_v nor_o can_v limit_v pag._n 18._o that_o it_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o the_o peace_n and_o happiness_n of_o kingdom_n that_o there_o be_v set_v up_o a_o more_o severe_a government_n over_o man_n conscience_n and_o religion_n and_o persuasion_n than_o over_o their_o vice_n and_o immorality_n preface_n to_o his_o eccl._n pol._n p._n 53._o and_o that_o prince_n may_v with_o less_o bazard_n give_v liberty_n to_o man_n vice_n and_o debauchery_n than_o to_o their_o conscience_n pag._n 55._o i_o have_v hear_v it_o also_o preach_v before_o the_o king_n that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o
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who_o transgress_v they_o than_o those_o who_o transgress_v the_o law_n of_o god_n it_o be_v certain_o so_o in_o rome_n i_o will_v i_o can_v say_v it_o have_v never_o be_v so_o in_o england_n it_o be_v absurd_a to_o cry_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n boast_v of_o the_o privilege_n that_o the_o gospel_n do_v afford_v we_o and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o prevaricate_v with_o god_n and_o the_o redeem_a of_o his_o own_o blood_n to_o give_v they_o stone_n instead_o of_o bread_n and_o serpent_n instead_o of_o fish_n by_o such_o their_o destructive_a doctrine_n and_o punish_v more_o for_o nonconforming_a than_o for_o not_o preach_v and_o as_o by_o excommunication_n to_o deny_v and_o abridge_v the_o excommunicate_a the_o participation_n of_o sermon_n sacrament_n sabbath_n etc._n etc._n all_o outward_a mean_n of_o grace_n and_o repentance_n do_v st._n paul_n and_o the_o corinthian_n forbid_v he_o who_o they_o have_v deliver_v to_o satan_n to_o come_v to_o their_o assembly_n or_o partake_v of_o the_o sacrament_n do_v christ_n ever_o forbid_v publican_n and_o sinner_n to_o come_v unto_o he_o do_v he_o not_o eat_v the_o passover_n with_o judas_n the_o great_a of_o sinner_n when_o the_o pharisee_n object_v his_o eat_n and_o drink_v with_o sinner_n as_o a_o crime_n do_v not_o he_o tell_v he_o that_o they_o that_o be_v whole_a need_v not_o a_o physician_n but_o they_o that_o be_v sick_a matth._n 9.11_o 12._o do_v he_o not_o converse_v daily_o with_o they_o do_v he_o not_o cast_v out_o unclean_a spirit_n nay_o devil_n out_o of_o they_o and_o yet_o our_o excommunicate_n though_o but_o for_o niff-naffs_a must_v not_o approach_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n nor_o assemble_v in_o the_o holy_a congregation_n this_o have_v be_v the_o practice_n of_o some_o century_n of_o year_n both_o of_o the_o popish_a and_o protestant_n church_n when_o in_o truth_n there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o holy_a writ_n as_o it_o have_v be_v and_o still_o 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which_o bring_v so_o much_o odium_fw-la and_o contempt_n upon_o they_o and_o lay_v to_o heart_n how_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n the_o church_n have_v be_v impose_v upon_o and_o abuse_v by_o they_o the_o abuse_n of_o which_o by_o the_o roman_a pontiff_n have_v be_v abominable_a even_o against_o emperor_n king_n prince_n and_o state_n that_o all_o history_n swell_v therewith_o and_o stink_v in_o the_o nostril_n of_o god_n and_o man._n but_o not_o so_o much_o abuse_v by_o any_o protestant_a church_n by_o excommunication_n as_o now_o use_v they_o have_v do_v as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lay_v to_o frustrate_v the_o whole_a design_n of_o the_o gospel_n by_o debare_v the_o excommunicate_v the_o use_n and_o enjoyment_n of_o the_o outward_a mean_n of_o grace_n and_o repentance_n what_o strange_a kind_n of_o sacrilege_n be_v this_o that_o when_o christ_n have_v appoint_v sabbath_n sermon_n sacrament_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o conversion_n of_o sinner_n to_o he_o and_o for_o establish_v 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