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duty_n so_o from_o a_o double_a duty_n there_o arise_v a_o double_a obligation_n for_o every_o duty_n do_v infer_v a_o obligation_n and_o every_o obligation_n do_v suppose_v a_o duty_n therefore_o one_o kind_n of_o the_o obligation_n of_o humane_a law_n be_v that_o by_o which_o subject_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n itself_o and_o the_o other_o by_o which_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n one_o of_o the_o obligation_n belong_v to_o active_a obedience_n the_o other_o unto_o that_o obedience_n which_o be_v call_v passive_a and_o to_o which_o we_o give_v the_o name_n of_o submission_n iii_o if_o it_o be_v here_o demand_v how_o far_o humane_a law_n can_v oblige_v the_o conscience_n of_o the_o subject_a it_o be_v to_o be_v say_v in_o the_o first_o place_n that_o all_o law_n make_v by_o one_o invest_v by_o a_o lawful_a power_n do_v oblige_v to_o subjection_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o a_o subject_a to_o resist_v the_o supreme_a power_n by_o force_n of_o arm_n whether_o thing_n just_a or_o unjust_a be_v command_v this_o wâ—â—_n evermore_o the_o mind_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o christian_n in_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o church_n live_v under_o the_o most_o grievous_a tyranny_n of_o the_o great_a enemy_n to_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n &_o to_o make_v no_o mention_n herein_o of_o the_o conduct_n and_o the_o instinct_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o light_n of_o right_a reason_n this_o be_v most_o manifest_a by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o two_o chief_a of_o the_o apostle_n for_o so_o peter_n the_o apostle_n of_o circumcision_n do_v diligent_o instruct_v the_o jew_n and_o so_o paul_n the_o doctor_n of_o the_o gentile_n do_v as_o careful_o instruct_v the_o gentile_n st._n peter_n in_o the_o first_o book_n and_o second_o chapter_n command_v servant_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o their_o master_n not_o only_o good_a and_o gentle_a master_n but_o those_o severe_a one_o who_o will_v punish_v they_o with_o scourge_v when_o they_o have_v not_o deserve_v it_o saint_n paul_n rom._n 13._o do_v urge_v in_o many_o word_n the_o necessity_n of_o subjection_n but_o grant_v unto_o none_o the_o liberty_n of_o resistance_n be_v their_o case_n or_o their_o pretence_n never_o so_o good_a in_o the_o second_o place_n i_o say_v that_o although_o this_o subjection_n be_v simple_o necessary_a yet_o it_o be_v not_o satisfactory_a as_o to_o duty_n unless_o the_o command_n of_o the_o law_n be_v obey_v where_o it_o can_v be_v do_v without_o sin_n and_o therefore_o the_o subject_n be_v bind_v to_o obedience_n in_o conscience_n in_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v lawful_a and_o honest_a hence_o it_o be_v that_o this_o word_n be_v obedient_a be_v so_o often_o and_o so_o express_o inculcate_v by_o the_o apostle_n eph._n 6._o col._n 3._o and_o in_o other_o place_n in_o the_o three_o place_n i_o say_v where_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n can_v be_v observe_v without_o sin_n if_o the_o subject_n shall_v patient_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n he_o have_v satisfy_v his_o duty_n and_o be_v not_o oblige_v in_o conscience_n to_o perform_v that_o which_o the_o law_n command_v nay_o he_o be_v oblige_v not_o to_o do_v it_o for_o there_o can_v be_v no_o obligation_n to_o thing_n unlawful_a it_o be_v always_o necessary_a therefore_o to_o be_v subject_n but_o not_o always_o necessary_a to_o obey_v iv_o furthermore_n see_v both_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n be_v free_a 20._o servitus_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la hominem_fw-la von_n descendit_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr bencf_n 20._o and_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o which_o liberty_n no_o humane_a power_n can_v or_o may_v infringe_v and_o that_o a_o obligation_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o a_o bond_n and_o do_v induce_v a_o necessity_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v opposite_a and_o to_o fight_v with_o just_a liberty_n for_o neither_o be_v he_o any_o way_n free_a who_o be_v bind_v neither_o can_v he_o 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force_n upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o subject_a which_o shall_v be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o liberty_n of_o it_o but_o if_o he_o shall_v derive_v his_o obligation_n from_o give_v the_o precept_n of_o his_o law_n take_v formal_o thâ—â—_n be_v from_o the_o legitimate_a authority_n with_o w_z ch_z he_o himself_o be_v invest_v that_o give_v it_o a_o moral_a indifferency_n of_o the_o thing_n precept_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n remain_v and_o in_o the_o same_o state_n in_o which_o it_o be_v before_o the_o law_n be_v make_v although_o the_o obligation_n follow_v which_o impose_v on_o the_o conscience_n a_o necessity_n of_o obey_v yet_o the_o inward_a liberty_n of_o the_o conscience_n remain_v uninjury_v and_o entire_a v._o if_o this_o seem_v obscure_a to_o any_o i_o will_v illustrate_v it_o unto_o he_o by_o a_o example_n a_o civil_a law_n be_v make_v that_o no_o man_n shall_v eat_v flesh_n during_o all_o the_o time_n of_o lent_n if_o the_o lawgiver_n either_o in_o the_o preface_n or_o 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no_o injury_n be_v do_v to_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o the_o liberty_n thereof_o for_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n when_o one_o thing_n be_v command_v by_o the_o magistrate_n because_o it_o be_v think_v to_o be_v necessary_a oris_fw-la prohibit_v because_o it_o be_v conceive_v to_o be_v unlawful_a and_o when_o another_o thing_n begin_v then_o only_o to_o be_v think_v necessary_a and_o lawful_a after_o that_o it_o be_v command_v by_o the_o magistrate_n and_o unlawful_a because_o it_o be_v forbid_v by_o he_o the_o first_o necessity_n which_o antecede_v the_o law_n and_o be_v suppose_v by_o it_o to_o be_v some_o cause_n of_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o conscience_n but_o the_o other_o which_o follow_v the_o law_n and_o proceed_v from_o it_o as_o a_o essect_v thereof_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o it_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o difference_n be_v because_o the_o antecedent_n necessity_n which_o the_o law_n suppose_v do_v necessary_o 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barnabas_n and_o other_o also_o who_o follow_v he_o and_o do_v consent_n to_o the_o same_o dissimulation_n be_v to_o be_v note_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o man_n that_o do_v not_o tread_v with_o a_o upright_a foot_n nor_o walk_v according_a to_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o christ_n by_o which_o it_o be_v most_o evident_a that_o st._n paul_n be_v judge_n it_o will_v render_v no_o great_a advantage_n unto_o uncertain_a barnabas_n and_o halt_v as_o it_o be_v betwixt_o judaisme_n and_o christianism_n to_o call_v into_o the_o patronage_n of_o his_o dissimulation_n the_o example_n of_o st._n peter_n although_o of_o the_o high_a estimation_n among_o the_o apostle_n but_o grant_v that_o peter_n be_v worthy_a of_o a_o sharp_a reprehension_n because_o that_o by_o his_o example_n he_o become_v a_o stumble_a block_n to_o another_o nevertheless_o barnabas_n be_v not_o the_o more_o to_o be_v excuse_v that_o he_o transgress_v by_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o another_o and_o this_o may_v suffice_v concern_v our_o first_o argument_n take_v from_o the_o text_n of_o st._n paul_n vi_o the_o second_o argument_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o difficulty_n of_o judge_v for_o see_v that_o all_o the_o deed_n of_o the_o righteous_a be_v not_o to_o be_v imitate_v it_o be_v no_o obvious_a thing_n to_o understand_v what_o deed_n of_o they_o be_v to_o be_v examplar_n and_o what_o not_o and_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o a_o twofold_a uncertainty_n that_o be_v in_o they_o for_o it_o may_v so_o come_v to_o pass_v both_o way_n that_o what_o a_o righteous_a man_n have_v do_v may_v not_o be_v well_o do_v and_o have_v be_v well_o do_v by_o he_o be_v nevertheless_o not_o to_o be_v imitate_v by_o we_o in_o the_o first_o place_n most_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o those_o deed_n of_o they_o which_o be_v ill_o do_v be_v not_o to_o be_v imitate_v and_o that_o the_o most_o holy_a of_o man_n have_v have_v their_o blemish_n and_o infirmity_n it_o have_v please_v the_o most_o wise_a god_n to_o permit_v they_o to_o fall_v sometime_o into_o the_o most_o grievous_a sin_n of_o murder_n adultery_n idolatry_n and_o the_o renounce_n of_o their_o faith_n that_o they_o may_v consider_v that_o they_o be_v but_o man_n and_o by_o their_o own_o experience_n that_o they_o as_o well_o do_v partake_v with_o as_o they_o do_v pardon_v the_o mistread_n of_o another_o that_o so_o they_o may_v not_o trust_v in_o their_o own_o strength_n against_o temptation_n but_o depend_v altogether_o on_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n and_o if_o unconquered_a unshaken_a or_o unhurt_a they_o have_v sustain_v the_o most_o violent_a assault_n of_o temptation_n that_o they_o may_v acknowledge_v it_o to_o proceed_v whole_o from_o the_o providence_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o it_o have_v please_v he_o who_o work_v all_o in_o all_o according_a to_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o own_o will_n that_o some_o of_o their_o foul_a defect_n shall_v punctual_o be_v express_v in_o the_o book_n of_o holy_a writ_n that_o so_o illustrious_a and_o never_o die_a example_n shall_v remain_v unto_o all_o age_n on_o the_o one_o side_n of_o humane_a frailty_n and_o inconstancy_n and_o on_o the_o other_o of_o the_o divine_a goodness_n and_o mercy_n vii_o peradventure_o it_o will_v be_v here_o object_v it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o those_o example_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v not_o to_o be_v imitate_v which_o in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v express_o note_v to_o be_v ill_o do_v for_o what_o sober_a man_n will_v propound_v unto_o himself_o either_o the_o abnegation_n of_o st._n peter_n or_o the_o adultery_n of_o david_n as_o example_n for_o he_o to_o imitate_v nevertheless_o it_o do_v seem_v that_o we_o may_v safe_o take_v example_n from_o those_o act_n of_o they_o which_o be_v so_o record_v in_o the_o scripture_n that_o they_o be_v there_o as_o free_v from_o dispraise_n as_o from_o any_o tincture_n of_o guilt_n i_o make_v answer_n that_o this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v do_v for_o in_o the_o scripture_n as_o every_o where_n in_o other_o history_n the_o deed_n of_o many_o man_n be_v only_o historical_o and_o naked_o relate_v just_a as_o they_o be_v do_v &_o be_v neither_o express_o commend_v or_o discommend_v by_o the_o writer_n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v unjust_a some_o of_o they_o dishonest_a and_o far_o from_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o godly_a man_n and_o many_o other_o thing_n there_o be_v record_v of_o which_o we_o may_v not_o undeserved_o doubt_v whether_o they_o be_v well_o do_v or_o ill_o do_v concern_v which_o the_o interpreter_n be_v accustom_v to_o express_v themselves_o probable_o and_o liberal_o on_o both_o side_n of_o such_o a_o nature_n be_v that_o act_n of_o lot_n offer_v the_o violation_n of_o his_o daughter_n virginity_n to_o the_o impure_a citizen_n of_o sodom_n and_o that_o act_n of_o joseph_n swear_v as_o it_o be_v think_v by_o the_o life_n of_o pharaoh_n 16._o gen._n 19_o â—_o 42._o 15._o 16._o and_o that_o act_n of_o jacob_n crafty_o steal_v from_o esau_n his_o brother_n the_o benediction_n of_o his_o father_n and_o many_o other_o example_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n which_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v adventure_v to_o follow_v on_o this_o presumption_n only_o that_o he_o have_v read_v the_o same_o thing_n to_o be_v act_v by_o godly_a man_n and_o not_o to_o be_v condemn_v he_o shall_v object_v himself_o to_o a_o most_o certain_a danger_n of_o error_n and_o of_o sin_n by_o subject_v his_o conscience_n to_o a_o most_o uncertain_a law_n viii_o but_o you_o will_v say_v we_o may_v safe_o howsoever_o follow_v those_o example_n which_o express_o be_v commend_v in_o the_o world_n of_o god_n i_o make_v answer_n that_o even_o this_o also_o be_v not_o simple_o to_o be_v grant_v for_o in_o the_o first_o place_n i_o say_v that_o whatsoever_o deed_n of_o man_n be_v open_o condemn_v in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o be_v vicious_a they_o be_v simple_o to_o be_v eschew_v for_o the_o strength_n and_o use_n of_o bad_a 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ego_fw-la illi_fw-la imprudens_fw-la olìm_fw-la faciam_fw-la simile_n horat._n ibid._n this_o be_v not_o well_o but_o silly_a elf_n shall_v not_o i_o do_v the_o like_v myself_o ix_o in_o the_o second_o place_n i_o do_v affirm_v that_o what_o deed_n in_o the_o scripture_n be_v express_o praise_v and_o be_v so_o praise_v that_o they_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v propound_v to_o we_o for_o example_n be_v notwithstanding_o not_o sudden_o and_o heady_o to_o be_v follow_v by_o we_o neither_o must_v we_o imagine_v that_o the_o whole_a aggregate_v action_n as_o it_o be_v at_o first_o perform_v be_v commend_v unto_o we_o to_o imitate_v but_o we_o must_v use_v choice_n and_o caution_n to_o imitate_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v commendable_a on_o that_o part_n only_o of_o they_o and_o entire_o on_o that_o account_n for_o which_o they_o be_v commend_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o caution_n be_v because_o that_o god_n oftentimes_o in_o a_o mix_a action_n according_a to_o his_o infinite_a goodness_n do_v 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