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the_o twelve_o and_o the_o seventy_o second_o by_o his_o visible_a kingly_a power_n leave_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o true_a church_n and_o the_o officer_n and_o governor_n thereof_o in_o which_o sense_n that_o church_n of_o antioch_n and_o the_o governor_n thereof_o right_o invest_v with_o the_o kingly_a power_n of_o christ_n jesus_n send_v forth_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n with_o prayer_n and_o fast_v and_o say_v on_o of_o hand_n and_o paul_n and_o other_o of_o christ_n messenger_n be_v furnish_v with_o this_o kingly_a power_n not_o only_o plant_v church_n but_o also_o ordain_v elder_n visit_v these_o church_n or_o visible_a city_n of_o judah_n that_o knowledge_n and_o teach_n and_o the_o word_n of_o god_n may_v dwell_v plenteous_o among_o they_o three_o christ_n jesus_n as_o king_n of_o his_o church_n and_o head_n of_o his_o body_n during_o the_o distraction_n of_o his_o house_n and_o kingdom_n under_o antichrist_n apostasy_n immediate_o by_o his_o own_o holy_a spirit_n stir_v up_o 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down_o from_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n we_o both_o agree_v that_o christ_n rebuke_v of_o his_o disciple_n do_v not_o hinder_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n from_o proceed_v in_o a_o churchway_n etc._n etc._n 2._o that_o false_a â—persecution_n in_o a_o churchway_n be_v as_o odious_a and_o dreadful_a a_o persecution_n as_o any_o prosecutionâ—_n â—_z a_o court_n of_o civil_a justice_n as_o also_o that_o this_o be_v not_o the_o point_n intend_v though_o it_o be_v reckon_v up_o with_o the_o rest_n peace_n i_o marvel_v at_o that_o which_o follow_v where_o master_n cotton_n say_v that_o it_o never_o fall_v from_o his_o pen_n in_o any_o write_n of_o he_o viz._n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o eivil_a magistrate_n to_o inflict_v corporal_a punishment_n upon_o such_o as_o be_v contrary_a indeed_o in_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o therefore_o he_o pass_v by_o the_o discusser_n reason_n as_o which_o may_v well_o have_v be_v spare_v be_v bring_v but_o against_o a_o shadow_n of_o his_o 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etc._n to_o be_v preacher_n though_o not_o ordain_v etc._n etc._n but_o provide_v that_o two_o minister_n hand_n at_o least_o the_o independent_o implicit_o and_o silent_o challenge_v the_o power_n of_o ordination_n which_o upon_o the_o point_n be_v instead_o of_o a_o ordination_n be_v to_o their_o approbation_n etc._n etc._n upon_o this_o lock_n any_o shall_v be_v free_a to_o preach_v christ_n jesus_n upon_o this_o point_n of_o the_o compass_n as_o i_o may_v in_o humble_a reverence_n and_o with_o sorrow_n speak_v it_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v free_a to_o breath_n and_o operate_v in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n by_o this_o plummet_n and_o line_n rule_n and_o square_n and_o seem_v golden_a reed_n and_o meetewand_n the_o sanctuary_n must_v be_v build_v and_o measure_v etc._n etc._n but_o further_a if_o any_o shall_v be_v of_o tender_a conscience_n and_o that_o the_o common_a size_n will_v not_o serve_v their_o foot_n if_o they_o shall_v think_v the_o independent_o foundation_n too_o weak_a or_o it_o may_v be_v too_o strong_a for_o their_o weak_a belief_n if_o they_o can_v bow_v down_o to_o their_o golden_a image_n though_o of_o the_o fine_a and_o late_a edition_n and_o fashion_n why_o god_n forbid_v they_o shall_v be_v force_v to_o church_n the_o danger_n of_o pawn_v spiritual_a liberty_n to_o civil_a power_n as_o other_o they_o shall_v enjoy_v their_o liberty_n and_o meeteapart_v in_o private_a but_o provide_v they_o acquaint_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n that_o be_v as_o it_o may_v fall_v out_o who_o know_v how_o soon_o and_o too_o too_o often_o have_v fall_v out_o the_o poor_a sheep_n and_o deer_n of_o christ_n must_v take_v licence_n of_o and_o betray_v themselves_o unto_o the_o paw_n and_o jaw_n of_o their_o lion-like_a persecutor_n hear_v oh_o heaven_n give_v ear_n o_o earth_n what_o be_v this_o but_o like_o the_o dutch_a attempt_n and_o the_o independent_o on_o their_o friend_n compare_v the_o treacherous_a dutchman_n who_o capitulate_v of_o league_n of_o peace_n and_o amity_n with_o their_o neighbour_n english_a and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o state_n compliment_n some_o say_v out_o of_o malicious_a wrath_n other_o say_v it_o be_v out_o of_o drunken_a intoxication_n at_o the_o best_a thunder_v out_o broadside_n of_o fire_n and_o smoke_n of_o persecution_n object_n some_o possible_o may_v say_v your_o just_a suffer_v from_o the_o independent_o in_o new_a england_n make_v you_o speak_v revenge_n against_o they_o in_o old_a answ_n what_o i_o have_v suffer_v in_o my_o estate_n body_n name_n spirit_n i_o hope_v through_o help_n from_o christ_n and_o for_o his_o sake_n i_o have_v desire_v to_o bear_v with_o a_o spirit_n of_o patience_n and_o of_o respect_n and_o love_n even_o to_o my_o persecutor_n as_o to_o particular_n i_o have_v and_o must_v if_o god_n so_o will_v further_o debate_v they_o with_o my_o true_o honour_a and_o belove_a adversary_n m_o r_o cotton_n but_o as_o to_o you_o worthy_a sir_n man_n of_o learning_n and_o man_n of_o personal_a holiness_n many_o of_o you_o i_o true_o desire_v to_o be_v far_o from_o envy_v your_o honour_n pleasure_n and_o revenue_n from_o whence_o the_o two_o former_a popish_a &_o prelatical_a be_v eject_v unto_o which_o the_o two_o late_a presbyterian_a and_o independent_a be_v advance_v nor_o will_v i_o the_o author_n desire_v as_o to_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o land_n now_o possess_v move_v a_o tongue_n or_o pen_n that_o any_o of_o you_o now_o possess_v shall_v be_v remove_v or_o disturb_v until_o your_o conscience_n by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n of_o god_n or_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o people_n to_o who_o you_o serve_v or_o minister_v shall_v be_v otherways_o then_o as_o you_o be_v yet_o persuade_v much_o rather_o will_v i_o make_v another_o humble_a plea_n and_o that_o i_o believe_v with_o all_o the_o reason_n and_o justice_n in_o the_o world_n that_o such_o and_o as_o to_o that_o eject_v who_o be_v eject_v undo_v impoverish_v
civil_a state_n maintenance_n prove_v a_o state_n church_n p._n 231_o synod_n assemble_v by_o civil_a power_n can_v be_v but_o civil_a also_o p._n 231_o the_o holy_a land_n and_o country_n of_o canaan_n a_o none-such_a p._n 232_o the_o weapon_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o christian_n compare_v p._n 233_o new_a english_a loath_a to_o be_v account_v persecutor_n p._n 234_o law_n concern_v god_n worship_n p._n 234_o 240_o touch_v the_o magistrate_n keep_v of_o both_o table_n p._n 235_o of_o magistrate_n suspend_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n p._n 237_o woeful_a soulsaving_a ibid._n the_o term_n soul_n good_a common_o but_o a_o paint_n p._n 238_o worldly_a prosperity_n ever_o dangerous_a to_o god_n child_n p._n 239_o holland_n and_o england_n wonderful_o prosper_v upon_o mercy_n show_v to_o conscience_n p._n 241_o body_n and_o good_n not_o conscience_n subject_a to_o civil_a power_n p._n 242_o what_o be_v the_o commonweal_n of_o isreal_n p._n 243_o the_o roman_a emperor_n flourish_v long_o though_o without_o christ_n p._n 244_o christ_n spouse_n most_o chaste_a under_o persecution_n ibid._n constantine_n a_o friend_n and_o a_o enemy_n to_o christ_n spouse_n p._n 245_o concern_v toleration_n in_o new_a england_n p._n 247_o papist_n and_o protestant_n both_o force_n to_o church_n p._n 248_o prayer_n for_o vengeance_n upon_o persecutor_n p._n 249_o the_o bloody_a tenent_n of_o persecution_n be_v a_o king-killing_a and_o sure_a kill_a p._n 250_o persecutor_n pretend_v to_o save_v but_o kill_v p._n 251_o hireling_n minister_n ibid._n friar_n in_o chaucer_n time_n and_o the_o clergy_n in_o our_o time_n consider_v the_o turk_n will_v be_v muselmanni_n that_o be_v true_a believer_n p._n 253_o mystical_a sheep_n and_o wolf_n p._n 253_o 254_o paul_n strike_v elimas_n blind_a consider_v p._n 254_o the_o clergy_n use_v the_o magistrate_n as_o dog_n p._n 256_o the_o great_a spiritual_a difference_n of_o these_o time_n p._n 257_o god_n child_n may_v possible_o fight_v each_o against_o other_o p._n 258_o spiritual_a murderer_n and_o seducer_n p._n 259_o 261_o commonweal_n and_o common-woe_n twofold_a p._n 259_o mystical_a wolf_n and_o muskeeto_n p._n 261_o a_o state_n and_o force_a religion_n a_o prison_n p._n 262_o of_o constantine_n war_n for_o the_o christian_n p._n 263_o never_a any_o true_a religion_n in_o the_o world_n but_o one_o p._n 264_o touch_v paul_n blasphemy_n before_o his_o conversion_n ibid._n a_o instance_n from_o john_n haywood_n and_o the_o lord_n cromwell_n in_o k._n henry_n the_o eight_o his_o day_n p._n 265_o of_o moses_n judicial_n p._n 266_o the_o first_o christian_n the_o pure_a an_o yet_o the_o civil_a sword_n be_v against_o they_o p._n 267_o the_o levite_n kill_v 3000_o exod._n 32_o typical_a p._n 268_o phineasâ—_n his_o act_n consider_v ibid._n elijah_n and_o the_o baalite_n and_o other_o figurative_a passage_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n p._n 269_o 270_o strange_a and_o monstrous_a duty_n of_o moral_a righteousness_n p._n 271_o god_n child_n be_v monster_n account_v etc._n etc._n p._n 272_o elijah_n his_o slay_v the_o captain_n and_o their_o fifty_n ibid._n wonderful_a spider_n and_o cobweb_n ibid._n touch_v seducer_n and_o their_o punishment_n p._n 273_o the_o sad_a effect_n of_o the_o bloody_a tenent_n on_o m._n cotton_n own_o spirit_n p._n 274_o 275_o the_o difference_n of_o god_n people_n in_o old_a and_o new_a england_n p._n 276_o the_o great_a sin_n of_o new_a england_n former_a patent_n p._n 276_o 277_o old_a england_n curb_v new_a england_n persecution_n ibid._n holy_a cranmer_n and_o cromwell_n join_v with_o bloody_a persecutor_n in_o hen._n 8._o his_o day_n p._n 278_o the_o famous_a passage_n of_o cromwell_n and_o lambert_n in_o hen._n 8._o his_o day_n p._n 278_o conviction_n twofold_a p._n 279_o 280_o christ_n jesus_n account_v the_o great_a heretic_n blasphemer_n and_o seducer_n in_o the_o world_n p._n 381_o small_a matter_n account_v heresy_n ibid._n the_o barbarous_a usage_n of_o john_n hus_n in_o the_o council_n at_o constance_n p._n 282_o the_o bloody_a tenent_n destroy_v civility_n out_o of_o the_o world_n p._n 282_o 285_o all_o man_n confident_a in_o their_o own_o way_n p._n 284_o he_o that_o persecute_v jew_n turk_n pagan_n or_o antichristian_o be_v in_o a_o great_a error_n than_o any_o of_o they_o ibid._n freedom_n of_o conscience_n a_o great_a peacemaker_n p._n 286_o 287_o of_o persecute_v apostate_n p._n 287_o 288_o two_o woeful_a opinion_n bewitch_v the_o nation_n p._n 289_o three_o great_a cause_n of_o the_o downfall_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n p._n 290_o touch_v the_o new_a english_a model_n of_o church_n and_o civil_a power_n p._n 290_o m._n cotton_n '_o s_z too_o deep_a censure_a p._n 291_o israel_n a_o miraculous_a people_n p._n 292_o touch_v the_o punishment_n of_o adultery_n among_o the_o jew_n p._n 293_o all_o civil_a government_n god_n ordinance_n ibid._n true_a commonweal_n many_o without_o king_n p._n 294_o a_o wonderful_a say_n of_o bishop_n hall_n ibid._n magistrate_n nurse_v father_n and_o their_o sin_n p._n 295_o 296_o the_o pourtraicture_n of_o the_o bloody_a tenent_n p._n 297_o etc._n etc._n compare_v with_o other_o opinion_n and_o practice_n p_o 301._o the_o mask_n and_o vizard_n of_o the_o bloody_a tenent_n p._n 302._o truth_n and_o peace_n their_o meeting_n seldom_o and_o short_a in_o this_o world_n ibid._n the_o letter_n of_o r._n w._n to_o major_a endicoâ—_n governor_n of_o the_o massachuset_n in_o n._n e._n upon_o occasion_n of_o the_o late_a persecution_n at_o boston_n p._n 303_o persecutor_n approve_v no_o persecution_n in_o the_o world_n but_o their_o own_o p._n 304_o all_o persecutor_n render_v the_o innocent_a most_o odious_a p._n 305_o cromwell_n the_o 2_o do_v a_o refuge_n for_o the_o oppessed_a p._n 306_o this_o rejoynder_n former_o send_v out_o of_o n._n eng._n but_o not_o till_o now_o publish_v ibid._n abuse_v of_o light_n most_o dangerous_a ibid._n the_o power_n of_o conscience_n though_o erroneous_a p._n 307_o the_o common_a prayer_n and_o the_o composer_n of_o it_o p._n 308_o perfume_n with_o man_n stink_v with_o god_n ibid._n of_o spiritual_a bait_n and_o snare_n p._n 309_o spiritual_a witchcraft_n ibid._n spiritual_a drunkenness_n and_o the_o persecute_v language_n of_o it_o p._n 310_o the_o horrible_a path_n which_o persecutor_n walk_v in_o p._n 311_o the_o least_o beginning_n of_o persecution_n tend_v to_o blood_n god_n dreadful_a judgement_n against_o persecutor_n p._n 312_o grey_a hair_n be_v god_n alarums_z p._n 313_o a_o appendix_n to_o the_o clergy_n of_o old_a and_o new_a england_n scotland_n and_o ireland_n p._n 314_o the_o clergy_n court_n the_o magistrate_n for_o his_o sword_n and_o his_o money_n 315_o the_o late_a king_n charge_n against_o his_o clergy_n ibid._n the_o wolf_n plead_v with_o the_o lamb_n will_v be_v judge_n ibid._n all_o prosecutor_n in_o their_o turn_n plead_v for_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n p._n 316_o king_n charles_n and_o his_o chaplaias_n subscribe_n to_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n ibid._n about_o twenty_o year_n persecution_n in_o new_a england_n p._n 317_o the_o persecution_n of_o the_o new_a and_o old_a english_a independent_a clergy_n p._n 317_o a_o brief_a touch_n upon_o the_o fifteen_o proposal_n of_o the_o so_o call_v independent_a minister_n p._n 318_o they_o silent_o challenge_v the_o power_n of_o ordination_n in_o all_o england_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n they_o sell_v the_o spiritual_a liberty_n of_o christ_n ibid._n finis_fw-la
by_o pretend_v legal_a trial_n and_o execution_n of_o justice_n sometime_o by_o most_o horrid_a and_o dreadful_a murder_n and_o massacre_n peace_n thus_o have_v christ_n jesus_n indeed_o be_v vanquish_v and_o drive_v out_o of_o this_o world_n by_o the_o power_n of_o caesar_n king_n and_o other_o earthly_a governor_n and_o ruler_n truth_n it_o be_v a_o fresh_a and_o bleed_a history_n of_o that_o famous_a disputation_n between_o the_o cardinal_n and_o prelate_n of_o france_n and_o beza_n effect_n with_o his_o protestant_n assistant_n under_o charles_n the_o 9_o the_o and_o not_o long_o after_o of_o that_o most_o barbarous_a and_o horrible_a murder_n and_o massacre_n of_o about_o 30000_o innocent_n to_o finish_v and_o complete_a that_o victory_n which_o the_o pretend_a disputation_n and_o spiritual_a arm_n can_v never_o effect_v peace_n yea_o in_o the_o bloody_a marian_n day_n there_o must_v be_v convocation_n call_v at_o london_n and_o down_o must_v these_o famous_a witness_n flame_n 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