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as_o now_o in_o scotland_n where_o such_o employment_n be_v enjoy_v by_o person_n declare_v episcopal_a in_o judgement_n and_o its_o ridiculous_a to_o tell_v that_o dissenter_n won_v inhanfe_fw-mi all_o employment_n to_o those_o of_o their_o own_o persuasion_n and_o exclude_v other_o see_v all_o of_o they_o be_v not_o of_o one_o persuasion_n and_o so_o can_v enhance_v all_o to_o their_o own_o party_n but_o unless_o the_o magistrate_n to_o who_o the_o grant_n of_o such_o office_n belong_v shall_v turn_v dissenter_n it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o fear_v that_o dissenter_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o make_v such_o a_o monopoly_n while_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v not_o reasonable_a that_o they_o shall_v pull_v down_o any_o part_n of_o their_o church_n to_o furnish_v dissenter_n with_o material_n to_o build_v and_o strengthen_v they_o we_o must_v say_v that_o we_o know_v not_o before_o now_o that_o penal_a law_n against_o dissenter_n be_v any_o part_n or_o parcel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n which_o if_o they_o be_v as_o be_v say_v it_o will_v be_v no_o demonstration_n of_o that_o church_n antiquity_n at_o least_o for_o that_o part_n of_o it_o which_o must_v commence_v with_o the_o act_n of_o uniformity_n sure_o the_o primitive_a church_n have_v no_o such_o pillar_n to_o support_v it_o for_o 300_o year_n and_o more_o and_o yet_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n be_v not_o able_a to_o prevail_v against_o it_o bp._n taylor_n liberty_n of_o prophesy_a p._n 18._o will_n better_o inform_v he_o that_o impose_v on_o man_n understanding_n be_v master_n of_o their_o conscience_n and_o lording_n it_o over_o their_o faith_n come_v in_o with_o the_o rotinue_n and_o train_n of_o antichrist_n the_o increase_n of_o interest_n and_o abatement_n of_o christian_a simplicity_n when_o the_o church_n fortune_n grow_v better_a and_o her_o son_n grow_v worse_a and_o some_o of_o her_o father_n worst_a of_o all_o and_o cite_v tertullian_n say_v sâ—d_fw-la nec_fw-la religionis_fw-la est_fw-la cogere_fw-la religionem_fw-la quae_fw-la suscipi_fw-la debet_fw-la sponte_fw-la non_fw-la vi_fw-la to_o this_o he_o add_v that_o all_o wise_a prince_n till_o they_o be_v overbear_v with_o faction_n or_o solicit_v by_o peevish_a person_n give_v to_o eration_n to_o different_a sect_n who_o opinion_n do_v not_o disturb_v the_o public_a interest_n heretical_a person_n who_o be_v impatient_a of_o a_o adversary_n be_v the_o first_o who_o entreat_v the_o emperor_n to_o persecute_v the_o catholic_n but_o till_o 400_o year_n after_o christ_n no_o catholic_n person_n or_o very_o few_o do_v provoke_v the_o secular_a arm_n or_o implore_v its_o aid_n against_o heretic_n the_o d._n have_v give_v his_o judgement_n with_o more_o passion_n than_o truth_n against_o dissenter_n particular_o these_o in_o the_o north_n to_o make_v it_o appear_v reasonable_a as_o he_o say_v he_o attempt_v to_o prove_v it_o by_o matter_n of_o fact_n
the_o discipline_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n for_o it_o be_v the_o sell_a the_o management_n of_o church_n discipline_n to_o official_o and_o register_n and_o their_o way_n of_o exercise_v church_n discipline_n more_o by_o pick_v man_n pocket_n than_o bring_v they_o to_o due_a penitence_n that_o have_v render_v discipline_n odious_a and_o nauseous_a even_o to_o all_o sober_a conformist_n while_o they_o see_v ecclesiastical_a discipline_n use_v as_o a_o engine_n to_o drain_v man_n purse_n more_o than_o reform_v their_o manner_n and_o the_o key_n of_o heaven_n and_o hell_n entrust_v with_o such_o hand_n who_o for_o trifle_n deliver_v man_n to_o satan_n but_o will_v not_o relax_v they_o without_o sum_n of_o money_n whereby_o they_o show_v themselves_o too_o liberal_a to_o the_o devil_n but_o not_o so_o careful_a to_o deliver_v out_o of_o his_o power_n these_o be_v thing_n not_o do_v in_o a_o corner_n but_o such_o as_o the_o nation_n be_v dissatisfy_v with_o beside_o this_o the_o manifest_a partial_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o discipline_n make_v man_n think_v there_o be_v little_a regard_n have_v to_o paul_n charge_n give_v to_o timothy_n 1_o tim_n 5._o 21._o i_o charge_v thou_o before_o god_n and_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o the_o elect_a angel_n that_o thou_o observe_v these_o thing_n without_o prefer_v one_o before_o another_o do_v nothing_o by_o partiality_n for_o it_o be_v know_v that_o great_a man_n immorality_n though_o never_o so_o heinous_a escape_v without_o rebuke_n and_o the_o true_o poor_a free_a to_o sin_n because_o they_o want_v silver_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n in_o the_o official_a court_n deux_fw-fr 6._o ace_n non_fw-la possunt_fw-la six_o cinque_fw-fr non_fw-la solvere_fw-la volunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la notum_fw-la quater_fw-la tres_fw-la solvere_fw-la totum_fw-la by_o these_o and_o such_o like_a method_n many_o be_v drive_v to_o we_o if_o he_o say_v the_o church_n do_v not_o allow_v these_o practice_n 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