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popish_a author_n de_fw-fr immunitate_fw-la et_fw-fr exemptione_n clericorum_fw-la so_o that_o these_o new-light_n who_o pretend_v themselves_o most_o opposite_a to_o popery_n do_v but_o in_o truth_n revive_v it_o among_o we_o in_o a_o high_a degree_n than_o ever_o by_o give_v to_o all_o those_o they_o please_v to_o style_v saint_n spiritual_a people_n or_o the_o faithful_a the_o very_a same_o yea_o a_o great_a exemption_n from_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n power_n than_o ever_o the_o papist_n give_v unto_o their_o clergy_n only_o and_o no_o other_o my_o eleven_o argument_n be_v this_o 11._o private_a christian_n be_v strict_o and_o frequent_o enjoin_v to_o beware_v of_o avoid_v turn_v away_o from_o and_o not_o to_o receive_v or_o admit_v into_o their_o house_n any_o heretic_n apostate_n schismatic_n or_o false_a teacher_n matth._n 7._o 15._o rom._n 16._o 17_o 18._o phil._n 3._o 2._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 16._o 17._o c._n 3._o 5_o 6._o c._n 4._o 15._o 2_o pet._n c._n 3._o 17._o 2_o john_n 10._o 11._o yea_o when_o and_o where_o there_o be_v no_o christian_a magistrate_n to_o restrain_v and_o punish_v they_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o deliver_v they_o unto_o satan_n 1_o tim._n 1._o 19_o 20._o wish_a death_n that_o they_o be_v even_o cut_v off_o for_o trouble_v the_o church_n gal._n 5._o 12._o will_v minister_n to_o stop_v their_o mouth_n rebuke_v they_o sharp_o and_o after_o the_o first_o and_o second_o admonition_n to_o reject_v because_o they_o subvert_v whole_a house_n and_o overthrow_v the_o faith_n of_o many_o tit._n 1._o 11._o 13._o c._n 3._o 10_o 11._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 1_o 2._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 18._o and_o the_o church_n of_o pergamus_n thyatira_n and_o the_o angel_n of_o they_o when_o they_o have_v no_o christian_a magistrate_n be_v particular_o blame_v by_o god_n for_o suffer_v such_o who_o hold_v the_o doctrine_n of_o baalam_n and_o of_o the_o nicholaitan_n which_o christ_n hate_v and_o for_o suffer_v that_o woman_n jezebel_n who_o call_v herself_o a_o 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but_o to_o save_v the_o world_n and_o math._n 18._o 11._o luke_n 9_o 10._o for_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v come_v to_o seek_v and_o to_o save_v that_o which_o be_v lose_v from_o whence_o it_o be_v evident_a first_o that_o these_o word_n of_o christ_n be_v principal_o mean_v of_o destroy_v and_o save_v man_n life_n in_o a_o spiritual_a not_o natural_a sense_n and_o that_o for_o all_o eternity_n for_o to_o make_v the_o end_n of_o christ_n come_v only_a to_o save_v man_n life_n from_o temporal_a destruction_n and_o preserve_v man_n from_o temporal_a death_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o humane_a justice_n especial_o when_o they_o offend_v as_o mr._n dell_n interpret_v it_o be_v infinite_o to_o derogate_v from_o the_o prime_a end_n of_o his_o come_n the_o rather_o because_o christ_n save_v only_o a_o few_o disease_a person_n life_n not_o any_o malefactor_n no_o not_o the_o penitent_a thief_n crucify_v with_o he_o from_o temporal_a death_n but_o save_v all_o his_o
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banishment_n death_n or_o the_o like_a which_o be_v outward_a can_v reach_v to_o reform_v or_o convert_v the_o inner-man_n which_o be_v beyond_o not_o only_o the_o power_n but_o cognisance_n of_o the_o secular_a power_n this_o be_v the_o 4._o donatist_n and_o anabaptist_n objection_n of_o old_a from_o who_o mr_n dell_n have_v borrow_v it_o to_o this_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o though_o the_o word_n and_o ministry_n of_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a mean_n of_o convert_v reform_v and_o convince_a heretic_n blasphemer_n error_n schism_n as_o be_v object_v yet_o it_o no_o way_n justle_v out_o or_o destroy_v the_o coercive_a power_n the_o corporal_a and_o capital_a punishment_n of_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n for_o suppress_v heresy_n error_n schism_n blasphemy_n and_o punish_v those_o who_o be_v guilty_a of_o they_o under_o the_o gospel_n no_o more_o than_o it_o do_v their_o suppress_n and_o punish_v of_o idolatry_n and_o blasphemy_n under_o the_o law_n with_o temporal_a death_n and_o 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and_o heresy_n blasphemy_n error_n schism_n 18._o mere_a work_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v under_o the_o proper_a jurisdiction_n and_o subject_n to_o the_o censure_n and_o coercive_a power_n of_o the_o magistrate_n as_o well_o as_o other_o malefactor_n and_o carnal_a crime_n four_o that_o conversion_n of_o infidel_n and_o pagan_n to_o christianity_n and_o the_o reclaim_n of_o heretic_n schismatic_n blasphemer_n idolater_n seducer_n or_o other_o malefactor_n from_o their_o evil_a way_n be_v one_o thing_n usual_o wrought_v by_o one_o kind_n of_o instrument_n to_o wit_n the_o 363._o word_n and_o ministry_n of_o it_o and_o the_o punish_n suppress_v restrain_v of_o such_o as_o these_o from_o the_o public_a practice_n or_o vent_v of_o their_o heresy_n error_n schism_n blasphemy_n idolatry_n or_o other_o crime_n to_o the_o provoke_a of_o god_n wrath_n the_o hurt_n infection_n disturbance_n of_o other_o a_o quite_o other_o thing_n wrought_v by_o different_a mean_n and_o instrument_n to_o wit_n 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which_o please_v god_n so_o well_o that_o he_o do_v not_o bring_v the_o evil_n threaten_v against_o he_o and_o his_o house_n in_o his_o day_n and_o the_o mere_a outward_a moral_a reformation_n of_o the_o heathenish_a 3_o ninevite_n which_o cause_v cod_n to_o spare_v and_o not_o to_o destroy_v the_o city_n within_o forty_o day_n as_o he_o have_v threaten_v if_o so_o as_o the_o very_a objector_n and_o all_o rational_a man_n must_v grant_v then_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n coercive_a power_n his_o corporal_a and_o capital_a censure_n be_v necessary_a and_o useful_a at_o least_o to_o work_v such_o a_o external_a reformation_n in_o the_o church_n though_o it_o shall_v make_v no_o real_a saint_n or_o convert_v four_o the_o inward_a change_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o conversion_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o god_n be_v neither_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o minister_n nor_o magistrate_n the_o word_n or_o sword_n but_o of_o god_n and_o his_o spirit_n alone_o the_o preach_v of_o the_o word_n by_o 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their_o soul_n and_o spirit_n from_o sin_n and_o satan_n unto_o god_n 5_o not_o a_o destroy_n and_o utter_a abolish_n out_o of_o the_o faithful_a and_o the_o elect_n all_z that_o sin_n corruption_n lust_n and_o evil_a that_o do_v flow_v in_o through_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n as_o 5._o master_n dell_n define_v it_o since_o no_o saint_n end_n be_v or_o can_v be_v so_o exact_o reform_v in_o this_o present_a world_n much_o less_o no_o church_n how_o pure_a soever_o now_o this_o as_o it_o be_v wrought_v by_o god_n alone_o so_o it_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o elect_a alone_o after_o their_o effectual_a call_n and_o conversion_n which_o be_v still_o accompany_v with_o many_o remainder_n of_o sin_n and_o corruption_n while_o they_o live_v second_o a_o public_a outward_a reformation_n of_o a_o visible_a society_n of_o man_n profess_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n consist_v in_o the_o purity_n due_a decent_a &_o orderly_a administration_n of_o god_n ordinance_n sacrament_n word_n worship_n 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17._o 16_o 17._o isa_n 49._o 23._o now_o the_o number_n of_o the_o elect_a be_v 24._o very_o few_o in_o comparison_n of_o the_o reprobate_n and_o by_o far_o the_o small_a number_n even_o in_o the_o most_o reform_a christian_a church_n or_o state_n be_v it_o never_o so_o small_a or_o separate_v from_o other_o no_o reasonable_a creature_n can_v expect_v the_o first_o kind_n of_o reformation_n peculiar_a to_o the_o saint_n to_o be_v ever_o wrought_v in_o the_o major_a part_n of_o any_o christian_a church_n or_o society_n whatsoever_o much_o less_o in_o a_o whole_a christian_a congregation_n or_o kingdom_n yet_o because_o no_o magistrate_n no_o minister_n nor_o other_o person_n know_v who_o or_o what_o number_n of_o any_o church_n or_o christian_a society_n be_v predestinate_v to_o eternal_a life_n or_o be_v already_o actual_o or_o hereafter_o may_v be_v inward_o convert_v reform_a therefore_o the_o 48._o word_n must_v be_v preach_v and_o the_o mean_n of_o salvation_n dispense_v unto_o
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that_o perish_v foolishness_n but_o unto_o we_o that_o be_v save_v it_o be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n but_o we_o preach_v christ_n crucify_v unto_o the_o jew_n a_o stumble_a block_n and_o unto_o the_o gentile_n foolishness_n but_o unto_o they_o which_o be_v call_v both_o jew_n and_o greek_n christ_n the_o power_n of_o god_n and_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n &_o 2_o cor._n 2._o 15_o 16._o for_o we_o be_v into_o god_n a_o sweet_a savour_n of_o christ_n in_o they_o that_o be_v save_v and_o in_o they_o that_o perish_v to_o the_o one_o we_o be_v the_o savour_n of_o death_n unto_o death_n and_o to_o the_o other_o the_o savour_n of_o life_n unto_o life_n and_o who_o be_v sufficient_a for_o these_o thing_n though_o some_o man_n preach_v christ_n for_o good_a end_n other_o for_o bad_a some_o in_o pretence_n other_o in_o truth_n and_o though_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v a_o stumbling-block_n to_o some_o foolishness_n and_o a_o savour_n of_o death_n unto_o death_n to_o 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full_o remove_v so_o as_o there_o be_v
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to_o rescue_n christ_n himself_o from_o the_o high_a priest_n violence_n mat._n 26._o 51_o 52_o 53._o not_o of_o the_o high_a priest_n servant_n who_o come_v out_o to_o apprehend_v he_o with_o sword_n and_o staff_n ver_fw-la 47._o 55._o so_o that_o this_o text_n make_v pointblank_o against_o tumultuous_a resistance_n of_o the_o magistrate_n by_o those_o who_o he_o will_v reform_v by_o coercive_a law_n and_o punishment_n but_o nothing_o at_o all_o against_o the_o magistrate_n who_o those_o who_o resist_v in_o his_o lawful_a call_n resist_v the_o very_a ordinance_n of_o god_n against_o god_n own_o express_a command_n in_o the_o gospel_n itself_o and_o shall_v bring_v upon_o themselves_o swift_a damnation_n and_o destruction_n too_o rom._n 13._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 13_o 14._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 1._o six_o whereas_o he_o object_n that_o forcible_a reformation_n by_o coercive_a law_n and_o punishment_n and_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n coercive_a power_n be_v never_o the_o cause_n 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peace_n and_o civil_a magistrate_n to_o preserve_v peace_n for_o the_o future_a so_o doubtless_o may_v those_o heretic_n schismatic_n seducer_n blasphemer_n who_o disturb_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n and_o gospel_n be_v thus_o indict_v and_o punish_v by_o they_o to_o preserve_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n the_o puriy_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o our_o kingdom_n peace_n thereby_o the_o eleven_o objection_n be_v this_o 22._o the_o faithful_a the_o subject_n of_o christ_n â—1_n kingdom_n be_v a_o willing_a people_n psal_n 110._o 3._o thy_o people_n shall_v be_v willing_a in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o power_n the_o very_a day_n of_o christ_n power_n be_v not_o to_o force_v man_n against_o their_o will_n but_o to_o make_v they_o willing_a and_o what_o need_v outward_a power_n to_o force_v a_o people_n make_v willing_a by_o the_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o back_o this_o reason_n he_o to_o show_v his_o great_a read_n quote_v the_o say_n of_o melancton_n in_o psal_n 110._o 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deus_fw-la ut_fw-la praeceperit_fw-la etiam_fw-la eos_fw-la interfici_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrificare_fw-la &_o servire_fw-la idolis_fw-la suaserint_fw-la in_o deut._n 13._o &_o iterum_fw-la loquor_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la nec_fw-la civitati_fw-la parcendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la universa_fw-la consenserit_fw-la ad_fw-la idololatriam_fw-la cujus_fw-la praecepti_fw-la &_o rigoris_fw-la memor_fw-la 2._o mathathias_n enterfecit_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la aram_fw-la sacrificaturus_fw-la accesserat_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la ante_fw-la adventum_fw-la christi_fw-la circa_fw-la deum_fw-la colendum_fw-la &_o idola_fw-la spernenda_fw-la haec_fw-la praecepta_fw-la servata_fw-la sunt_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la post_fw-la adventum_fw-la christi_fw-la servanda_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la cum_fw-la ille_fw-la passus_fw-la sit_fw-la pro_fw-la alienis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la muliò_fw-la magis_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la suis_fw-la pati_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la debere_fw-la from_o which_o place_n jacobus_n pamelius_n in_o his_o annotation_n on_o this_o chapter_n annot._n 27._o and_o bellarmin_n de_fw-fr laicis_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 21._o infer_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o put_v not_o only_o idolater_n but_o heretic_n also_o to_o death_n under_o the_o gospel_n and_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o if_o we_o believe_v 112_o rhabanus_fw-la maurus_n for_o haeretici_fw-la quot_fw-la erroribus_fw-la tot_fw-la idolis_fw-la sunt_fw-la obnoxii_fw-la 66._o epiphanius_n agog_o cyrill_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o 32._o other_o record_n and_o approve_v the_o punishment_n of_o manes_n the_o heretic_n who_o have_v his_o skin_n flay_v off_o from_o his_o body_n and_o then_o be_v cast_v unto_o and_o devour_v of_o dog_n saint_n â—_o jerom_n record_v and_o approve_v the_o edict_n of_o the_o christian_a emperor_n quae_fw-la de_fw-fr alexandria_n &_o aegypto_n origenistas_n pelli_fw-la jubent_fw-la and_o against_o priscillian_n the_o heretic_n qui_fw-la &_o seculi_fw-la gladio_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la orbis_n 2._o auctoritate_fw-la damnatus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o in_o his_o commentary_n on_o galat._n 5._o i_o will_v they_o be_v cut_v off_o that_o trouble_n you_o he_o write_v thus_o certè_fw-la nullam_fw-la puto_fw-la inveteri_fw-la lege_fw-la iam_fw-la trucem_fw-la tam_fw-la cruentam_fw-la in_o aliquos_fw-la esse_fw-la sententiam_fw-la quam_fw-la utinam_fw-la abscindantur_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la perturbant_fw-la si_fw-mi putant_fw-la sibi_fw-la hoc_fw-la prodesse_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la circumcidentur_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la abscindantur_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la expoliatio_fw-la membri_fw-la proficit_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la ablatio_fw-la with_o who_o primasius_n and_o claudius_n altisiodorensis_n concur_v in_o terminis_fw-la in_o cap._n 5._o epist_n ad_fw-la galat._n 60._o saint_n chrysostome_n though_o he_o seem_v unwilling_a to_o have_v all_o heretic_n slay_v and_o put_v to_o death_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la morte_fw-la plectarentur_fw-la haeretici_fw-la atrox_n profectô_o &_o irreconciliabile_fw-la bellum_fw-la universo_fw-it terrarum_fw-la orbi_fw-la esset_fw-la inserendum_fw-la their_o multitude_n be_v then_o so_o great_a disperse_v over_o the_o whole_a world_n yet_o he_o add_v even_o from_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o tare_n itself_o non_fw-la autem_fw-la prohibet_fw-la dominus_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la impudentem_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la audaciam_fw-la suffrenemus_n simul_fw-la et_fw-la restringamus_fw-la verum_fw-la ne_fw-la vita_fw-la prorsus_fw-la exigamus_fw-la and_o in_o his_o 47._o homily_n on_o matthew_n he_o add_v non_fw-la prohibet_fw-la autem_fw-la conciliabula_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la dissipare_fw-la ora_fw-la obstuere_fw-la libertatem_fw-la loquendi_fw-la concidere_fw-la verum_fw-la interficere_fw-la &_o trucidare_fw-la with_o who_o euthymius_n accord_v both_o of_o they_o agree_v that_o where_o heretic_n who_o be_v tare_n can_v be_v pluck_v up_o without_o danger_n to_o the_o wheat_n and_o orthodox_n christian_n there_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o when_o and_o where_o there_o be_v no_o such_o danger_n they_o may_v be_v execute_v even_o be_v death_n 3._o this_o be_v saint_n augustine_n opinion_n at_o first_o that_o heretic_n be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o secular_a magistrate_n nor_o put_v to_o death_n which_o upon_o consideration_n he_o afterward_o retract_v assert_v at_o last_o both_o the_o utility_n and_o necessity_n of_o the_o magistrate_n coercive_a power_n and_o justify_v the_o emperor_n law_n and_o proceed_n against_o they_o even_o unto_o death_n itself_o though_o to_o avoid_v the_o censure_n of_o cruelty_n he_o sometime_o intercede_v for_o the_o spare_n of_o the_o live_v even_o of_o those_o heretical_a donatist_n who_o have_v murder_v some_o orthodox_n minister_n and_o christian_n out_o of_o a_o misguide_a zeal_n and_o offer_v violence_n to_o their_o person_n house_n good_n and_o most_o just_o deserve_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n 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hold_v it_o very_o dangerous_a to_o indulge_v a_o pardon_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la unam_fw-la contra_fw-la religiosissimos_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la amanâ—iâ—simos_fw-la reges_fw-la nostros_fw-la blasphemam_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la emittere_fw-la vocem_fw-la meritò_fw-la quam_fw-la leges_fw-la praescribunt_fw-la patitur_fw-la indignationem_fw-la non_fw-fr magis_fw-la impius_n ille_fw-la eam_fw-la patietur_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la mysterium_fw-la universum_fw-la subvertit_fw-la &_o dispensationem_fw-la è_fw-la medio_fw-la tollit_fw-la quam_fw-la sanctus_fw-la &_o benignus_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la unigenitus_fw-la filius_fw-la homo_fw-la fieri_fw-la dignatus_fw-la nostri_fw-la gratia_fw-la adimplevit_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la omnes_fw-la servaret_fw-la &_o
to_o punish_v and_o put_v to_o death_n obstinate_a heretic_n affirm_v that_o this_o be_v the_o unanimous_a opinion_n of_o all_o catholic_n and_o he_o there_o solid_o answer_v the_o several_a objection_n make_v by_o anabaptist_n and_o other_o to_o the_o contrary_a quote_v master_n calvin_n aretius_n and_o beza_n as_o concur_v in_o opinion_n with_o he_o herein_o but_o pass_v by_o all_o these_o with_o other_o romaniâ—â—s_n who_o long_a continue_v daily_o martyr_n practice_v in_o put_v such_o to_o death_n and_o burn_v they_o to_o ash_n who_o they_o condemn_v for_o heretic_n be_v a_o unanswer_n bâ—_n evidencâ—_n of_o their_o opinion_n herein_o i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o the_o resolution_n and_o judgement_n of_o such_o protestant_a church_n in_o their_o public_a confession_n and_o learned_a protestant_a writer_n of_o chief_a note_n from_o the_o very_a glimmering_n of_o reformation_n until_o this_o present_a which_o will_v be_v more_o pâ—nâ—â—rous_a and_o prevail_a with_o our_o opposite_n and_o sectary_n who_o common_o slight_a antiquity_n and_o now_o all_o other_o author_n as_o of_o small_a or_o no_o account_n then_o any_o other_o authority_n and_o i_o presumewill_n give_v good_a satisfaction_n to_o all_o ingenuous_a reader_n but_o i_o be_o certain_a will_v overballance_v master_n dâ—s_v pretend_v authority_n to_o the_o contrary_a and_o put_v he_o to_o perpetual_a silence_n i_o shall_v begin_v with_o the_o confession_n of_o whole_a reform_a protestant_a church_n and_o then_o pass_v unto_o their_o writer_n the_o 460._o reform_a church_n of_o hâ—lvetia_n in_o their_o former_a confession_n resolve_v thus_o see_v every_o magistrate_n be_v of_o god_n his_o chief_a duâ—y_n consist_v in_o this_o to_o dâ—sâ—nd_v religion_n from_o all_o blasphemy_n and_o to_o promote_v and_o put_v it_o in_o practice_n as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lie_v and_o to_o judge_v the_o people_n according_a to_o just_a and_o divine_a law_n and_o to_o punish_v the_o offender_n according_a to_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o fault_n in_o their_o riches_n body_n or_o life_n which_o thing_n when_o he_o do_v he_o perform_v a_o due_a worship_n or_o service_n to_o god_n and_o in_o their_o late_a confession_n chap._n 30._o of_o magistracy_n the_o magistrate_n chief_a duty_n be_v to_o procure_v and_o maintain_v peace_n and_o public_a tranquillity_n which_o doubtless_o he_o shall_v never_o do_v more_o happy_o then_o when_o he_o shall_v after_o the_o example_n of_o most_o holy_a king_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o lord_n advance_v the_o preach_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o of_o the_o pure_a and_o sincere_a faith_n and_o shall_v root_n out_o lie_v and_o all_o superstition_n with_o all_o impiety_n and_o idolatry_n and_o shall_v defend_v the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o note_n indeed_o we_o teach_v that_o the_o care_n of_o religion_n do_v chief_o appertain_v to_o the_o holy_a magistrate_n let_v he_o therefore_o hold_v the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o look_v that_o nothing_o be_v teach_v contrary_a thereunto_o let_v he_o draw_v forth_o the_o sword_n of_o god_n against_o all_o malefactor_n seditious_a person_n thief_n murderer_n oppressor_n blasphemer_n perjure_a person_n and_o all_o those_o who_o god_n have_v command_v he_o to_o punish_v or_o execute_v let_v he_o suppress_v stubborn_a heretic_n which_o be_v heretic_n indeed_o who_o cease_v not_o to_o blaspheme_n the_o majesty_n of_o god_n and_o to_o trouble_v the_o church_n yea_o and_o final_o to_o destroy_v it_o we_o condemn_v the_o anabaptist_n who_o deny_v that_o any_o man_n can_v just_o be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o magistrate_n etc._n etc._n the_o 466._o confession_n of_o the_o reform_a french_a church_n resolve_n that_o god_n have_v therefore_o deliver_v the_o sword_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o magistrate_n that_o offence_n may_v be_v punish_v not_o only_o those_o which_o be_v commit_v against_o the_o second_o table_n but_o also_o against_o the_o first_o etc._n etc._n the_o 467._o confession_n of_o belgia_n determine_v that_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o king_n prince_n and_o magistrate_n to_o endeavour_v that_o the_o ministry_n may_v be_v preserve_v that_o all_o idolatry_n and_o counterfeit_a worship_n of_o god_n may_v be_v clean_o abolish_v that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n may_v be_v overthrow_v and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n enlarge_v etc._n etc._n wherefore_o we_o condemn_v the_o anabaptisis_n and_o all_o those_o troublesome_a spirit_n which_o reject_v the_o high_a power_n and_o magistrate_n overthrow_v all_o law_n and_o judgement_n etc._n etc._n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v among_o man_n for_o honesty_n sake_n the_o 19_o confession_n of_o auspurge_n basill_n bohemia_n scotland_n determine_v the_o like_a as_o you_o may_v there_o read_v at_o large_a i_o shall_v add_v some_o few_o foreign_a protestant_a author_n of_o chief_a note_n to_o these_o confession_n 21._o marsilius_n patavinus_n a_o great_a opposer_n of_o the_o pope_n usurpation_n assert_n that_o although_o the_o pope_n prelate_n and_o clergy_n man_n have_v no_o coercive_a power_n to_o compel_v heretic_n and_o schismatic_n to_o believe_v and_o embrace_v the_o gospel_n or_o to_o constrain_v man_n to_o keep_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o evangelicall_n law_n yet_o christian_n emperor_n king_n magistrate_n may_v by_o their_o humane_a law_n punish_v imprison_v fine_a banish_v heretic_n and_o that_o it_o belong_v proper_o to_o they_o not_o to_o priest_n to_o punish_v and_o condemn_v heretic_n conclude_v thus_o quod_fw-la poenas_fw-la personales_fw-la atque_fw-la reale_v haereticis_fw-la infligere_fw-la ipsasque_fw-la exigere_fw-la sibique_fw-la applicare_fw-la licite_fw-la possunt_fw-la et_fw-la solebant_fw-la principes_fw-la siuè_fw-la legislatores_fw-la humani_fw-la henry_n bullinger_n decadis_fw-la secundae_fw-la sermo_n octavo_fw-la prapound_v this_o question_n then_o in_o controversy_n a_o liceat_fw-la magistratui_fw-la sua_fw-la potestate_fw-la subjectos_fw-la punire_fw-la religionis_fw-la vel_fw-la contemptae_fw-la vel_fw-la contumeliis_fw-la effectae_fw-la gratia_fw-la resolve_v it_o thus_o in_o personis_fw-la igitur_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la diversitas_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la antesignani_fw-la &_o deuce_n pervicace_n in_o erroribus_fw-la qui_fw-la audaces_fw-la sunt_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la &_o loquaces_fw-la &_o ideò_fw-la ad_fw-la seducendum_fw-la appositissimi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la quidem_fw-la sine_fw-la emendatione_fw-la in_o propriam_fw-la ruentes_fw-la perniciem_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la secum_fw-la pertrahent_fw-fr et_fw-fr hi_o modis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la coercendi_fw-la veluti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pest_n ne_fw-la contagio_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la seu_fw-la cancer_n serpat_fw-la latius_fw-la sunt_fw-la deinde_fw-la seducti_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o damnati_fw-la ab_fw-la alijs_fw-la qui_fw-la errant_a sed_fw-la non_fw-la malitià _fw-la nec_fw-la pertinaciter_fw-la sed_fw-la resipiscunt_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la hos_fw-la non_fw-la oportet_fw-la damnare_fw-la protinus_fw-la sed_fw-la orare_fw-la dominum_fw-la ac_fw-la sustinere_fw-la errantesque_fw-la spiritu_fw-la lenitatis_fw-la &_o mansuetudinis_fw-la erudire_fw-la donec_fw-la redeant_fw-la ad_fw-la mentem_fw-la meliorem_fw-la porro_fw-la in_o erroneis_fw-la dogmatibus_fw-la alia_fw-la alijs_fw-la sunt_fw-la graviora_fw-la sunt_fw-la quaedam_fw-la adeò_fw-la blasphema_fw-la impia_fw-la &_o indigna_fw-es ut_fw-la ne_fw-la audiri_fw-la quidem_fw-la ne_fw-la dum_fw-la ferri_fw-la possint_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la directè_fw-la &_o palam_fw-la tendunt_fw-la in_o subversionem_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la sopiantur_fw-la oportet_fw-la autem_fw-la scripture_n &_o â—anifesta_fw-la veritate_fw-la evincere_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o accusationem_fw-la veniunt_fw-la esse_fw-la talia_fw-la qualia_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la comperta_fw-la veritate_fw-la &_o productis_fw-la apertis_fw-la testimonijs_fw-la scripturae_fw-la licebit_fw-la in_o blasphemos_fw-la &_o eversores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la reipublicaeque_fw-la gravissimè_fw-la animadvertere_fw-la sed_fw-la levior_fw-la mitiorque_fw-la poena_fw-la decernatur_fw-la contra_fw-la errantes_fw-la in_o levibus_fw-la non_fw-la in_o capitalibus_fw-la erroribus_fw-la no_o errant_a quidam_fw-la sed_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la horum_fw-la erroribus_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la blasphemetur_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la consistat_fw-la denique_fw-la ipsa_fw-la non_fw-la interturbatur_fw-la respublica_fw-la ubi_fw-la rursus_fw-la occurrat_fw-la illud_fw-la apostoli_fw-la alter_fw-la alterius_fw-la onera_fw-la portate_fw-la item_n infirmos_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la suscipite_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la dijudicationes_fw-la disceptationum_fw-la jam_fw-la &_o in_fw-la suppliciis_fw-la &_o poenis_fw-la insigne_fw-la est_fw-la discrimen_fw-la pertinaciter_fw-la errantes_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la secum_fw-la in_o errores_fw-la abducere_fw-la inque_fw-la erroribus_fw-la retinere_fw-la nitentes_fw-la blasphemi_fw-la &_o perturbatores_fw-la imò_fw-la subversores_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la jure_fw-la caedi_fw-la possunt_fw-la ideò_fw-la tamen_fw-la capitis_fw-la supplicio_fw-la non_fw-la protinus_fw-la afficiendus_fw-la est_fw-la omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la errat_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la minis_fw-la &_o increpationibus_fw-la curari_fw-la possunt_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la acerbioribus_fw-la elui_fw-la &_o puniri_fw-la modus_fw-la in_o re_fw-la qualibet_fw-la optimus_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la &_o multa_fw-la pecuniaria_fw-la sunt_fw-la carceres_fw-la in_o quos_fw-la concludi_fw-la possunt_fw-la ne_fw-la alios_fw-la inficiant_fw-la qui_fw-la veneno_fw-la prauae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la corrupti_fw-la sunt_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o aliae_fw-la corporum_fw-la afflictiones_fw-la quibus_fw-la coercentur_fw-la errantes_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la minus_fw-la noceant_fw-la
musculus_fw-la loc._n com._n p._n 1389._o and_o hugo_n etherianus_n de_fw-fr haeresibus_fw-la 12â—_n theodor_n beza_n write_v we_o teach_v that_o christian_n magistrate_n ought_v to_o take_v special_a care_n that_o the_o pure_a and_o sincere_a worship_n of_o god_n may_v flourish_v and_o that_o they_o shall_v restrain_v and_o punish_v heretic_n capitali_fw-la quoqui_fw-la pena_n si_fw-it necessitas_fw-la et_fw-la sceleris_fw-la magnitudo_fw-la postuâ—ent_fw-la and_o that_o with_o capital_a punishment_n if_o the_o necessity_n and_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o crime_n so_o require_v rather_o than_o the_o church_n shall_v receive_v any_o damage_n which_o he_o elsewhere_o assert_n at_o large_a operum_fw-la vol._n 1._o p._n 83_o to_o 171._o in_o a_o particular_a learned_a treatise_n de_fw-fr haereticis_fw-la a_o civili_fw-la magistratu_fw-la puniendis_fw-la so_o junius_n in_o defension_n 2._o de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la adversus_fw-la samotenianos_n heidelb_n 1591._o p._n 40._o danaeus_n ethicae_fw-la christianae_n l._n 2._o c._n 13._o &_o elsewhere_o be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n to_o who_o i_o may_v add_v voetius_fw-la de_fw-la tolerantia_fw-la anti-trintariorum_a becanus_n locorum_fw-la com._n locus_fw-la 49._o the_o professor_n of_o leyden_n censura_fw-la remonstr_n c._n 24._o sect_n 9_o spanhemius_fw-la diatribe_n historica_fw-la de_fw-fr orig_n progressu_fw-la sectis_fw-la &_o num._n anabaptistarum_fw-la with_o many_o other_o foreign_a divine_n who_o name_n i_o spare_v all_o reform_a church_n in_o foreign_a part_n concur_v with_o i_o both_o in_o judgement_n and_o practice_n too_o neither_o do_v our_o own_o author_n dissent_n but_o concur_v joint_o with_o these_o our_o brethren_n witness_v bishop_n â—17â—_n jewel_n and_o master_n 〈…〉_z perkins_n himself_o who_o word_n i_o shall_v recite_v in_o the_o close_a of_o this_o work_n doctor_n whitaker_n adu._n campianum_n p._n 234._o bishop_n babington_n in_o his_o comfortable_a note_n upon_o exodus_fw-la cap._n 18._o in_o his_o work_n in_o folio_n london_n 1622._o p._n 271_o 272_o 273._o doctor_n fulke_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o rhemist_n testament_n on_o apoc._n sect_n 6._o where_o he_o write_v thus_o though_o we_o allow_v the_o punishment_n of_o heretic_n both_o in_o our_o own_o and_o other_o country_n even_o with_o death_n yet_o we_o abhor_v the_o cruelty_n of_o antichrist_n and_o his_o church_n which_o condemn_v the_o christian_n and_o murder_v they_o under_o the_o colour_n of_o heretic_n doctor_n robert_n abbot_n de_fw-fr suprema_fw-la potestate_fw-la regius_fw-la bishop_n carlton_n of_o jurisdiction_n regal_a episcopal_a and_o papal_a john_n bridge_n of_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a supremacy_n thomas_n becon_n in_o his_o 75._o forecited_a work_n and_o doctor_n willet_n in_o his_o sixfold_a commentary_n on_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n cap._n 13._o controversy_n 4_o 5_o 6._o where_o thus_o he_o write_v prince_n ought_v not_o only_o to_o take_v care_n about_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o to_o be_v altogether_o careless_a of_o religion_n but_o even_o unto_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n and_o matter_n of_o religion_n they_o ought_v to_o extend_v their_o princely_a care_n and_o watchfulness_n first_o the_o prince_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n for_o our_o good_a but_o the_o good_a of_o the_o subject_n be_v not_o only_o civil_a and_o temporal_a but_o spiritual_a concern_v religion_n second_o even_o the_o heathen_a do_v ascribe_v unto_o their_o king_n a_o principal_a care_n even_o of_o religion_n whereupon_o the_o emperor_n of_o rome_n be_v style_v pontifices_fw-la maximi_fw-la the_o high_a priest_n or_o prelate_n and_o aristotle_n write_v lib._n 3._o politic_a c._n 10._o that_o the_o lacedaemonian_a king_n have_v the_o command_n of_o war_n and_o rei_fw-la divinae_fw-la cultum_fw-la exercuisse_fw-la and_o do_v exercise_v divine_a worship_n unless_o they_o be_v such_o sacrifice_n as_o be_v necessary_o to_o be_v do_v by_o a_o priest_n that_o therefore_o which_o by_o a_o common_a consent_n of_o nation_n be_v give_v unto_o king_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v unto_o christian_n prince_n three_o the_o care_n of_o religion_n otherwise_o concern_v the_o prince_n rather_o than_o private_a person_n these_o only_o be_v to_o wish_v well_o unto_o it_o and_o to_o accept_v of_o it_o but_o the_o prince_n ought_v to_o be_v a_o agent_n without_o who_o power_n nothing_o can_v be_v effect_v public_o for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o religion_n second_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o imperial_a power_n to_o maintain_v true_a religion_n and_o see_v that_o no_o confuse_a mixture_n of_o religion_n be_v admit_v for_o this_o be_v give_v as_o a_o reason_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n why_o some_o follow_v idolatry_n and_o strange_a worship_n because_o there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o israel_n but_o every_o one_o do_v that_o which_o be_v good_a in_o his_o own_o eye_n judges_z 17._o 4._o if_o there_o have_v be_v then_o a_o king_n they_o shall_v not_o have_v be_v suffer_v every_o one_o to_o follow_v their_o own_o fancy_n three_o christian_a prince_n be_v by_o their_o law_n and_o edict_n to_o restrain_v all_o blasphemy_n idolatry_n heresy_n sacrilege_n and_o such_o like_a because_o prince_n be_v to_o be_v fear_v for_o evil_a work_n their_o office_n be_v to_o restrain_v all_o evil_a work_n whatsoever_o such_o as_o these_o be_v and_o they_o be_v appoint_v to_o procure_v the_o good_a of_o their_o subject_n and_o consequent_o to_o take_v out_o of_o the_o way_n all_o impediment_n which_o may_v hinder_v their_o good_a such_o as_o these_o be_v the_o romanist_n grant_v thus_o much_o that_o the_o prince_n by_o their_o law_n shall_v provide_v against_o heresy_n but_o they_o will_v exclude_v the_o prince_n from_o all_o judgement_n of_o heresy_n which_o must_v be_v in_o their_o opinion_n determine_v only_o by_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n which_o all_o our_o divine_n and_o protestant_n writer_n condemn_v be_v a_o strong_a evidence_n to_o 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138._o l._n 42._o surius_n l._n 14._o annot._fw-la p._n 86._o l._n 19_o lit_n p._n 109._o l._n 1._o scorpiacum_n p._n 110_o l._n 2._o transiret_fw-la p._n 153._o l._n 10._o brugius_fw-la argum._n 1._o 1._o see_v the_o harmony_n of_o confession_n sect._n 19_o and_o calvin_n instit_n l._n 4._o c._n 20._o 20._o see_v zuinglius_fw-la explan_n artic._n 35._o 37._o 39_o 40._o &_o de_fw-fr utraque_fw-la justitia_fw-la justitia_fw-la rom._n 13._o 3_o 4_o 5â—_n 5â—_n math._n 13._o â—_o note_n note_n note_n note_n note_n note_n note_n see_v lucas_n tudensis_fw-la adv_fw-la albigensesâ—_n 22._o 3._o 3._o heb._n 9_o 27._o note_n example_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o 6._o and_o idolatrous_a athalia_fw-la too_o 7._o 7._o deut._n 13._o 9_o be_v quote_v in_o margiu_n of_o our_o bibles_n 8._o argum._n 2._o argum._n 3._o 3._o see_v the_o 1_o esd_v 8._o 23_o 24._o 24._o super_fw-la joannem_fw-la tract_n 11._o 11._o causa_fw-la 23._o qu._n 4._o fol._n 450._o 450._o see_v eusebius_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constantini_n l._n x._o c._n 11._o 45._o to_o 52_o l._n 2._o c._n 1._o 2._o 5._o 57_o 57_o cic_fw-la de_fw-la natura_fw-la deorum_fw-la c_o 1._o caelius_n rhodig_n antiq._n lect._n l._n 22._o c._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr beneficiis_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 6._o 6._o plutarchi_n solon_n solon_n hist_o lib._n 8._o 8._o diodorus_n sic._n bibl._n hist_o lib._n 16._o sect_n 14._o etc._n etc._n etc._n hist_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n l._n 2._o c._n 20._o sect_n 51._o 51._o caelius_n rho._n antiq._n lect._n l._n 22._o c._n 1._o diogen_n lacit_fw-la l._n 1._o &_o cic._n de_fw-fr natur._n deorum_fw-la l._n 1._o 1._o justin_n flist_n p._n 269._o see_v p._n 227._o variae_fw-la hist_n l._n 5._o c._n 16._o 16._o hist_o l._n 1._o p_o 16_o 16_o numa_n pompilius_n fol._n 21._o 21._o tit._n liv._o hist_o l._n 4._o p._n 162._o argum._n 4._o 4._o see_v gualther_n in_o locum_fw-la &_o hom._n 44._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la gal._n fol._n 121._o 121._o this_o master_n burrough_n himself_o confess_v in_o 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