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which_o enjoin_v obedience_n and_o subjection_n to_o power_n and_o magistrate_n and_o yet_o the_o same_o law_n of_o god_n which_o enjoin_v obedience_n and_o subjection_n intend_v true_a obedience_n and_o faithful_a subjection_n they_o can_v be_v divide_v false_a obedience_n be_v no_o obedience_n unfaithful_a subjection_n be_v no_o subjection_n therefore_o let_v our_o considerator_n cavil_v at_o god_n and_o his_o word_n to_o which_o our_o engagement_n refer_v he_o let_v he_o not_o cavil_n at_o those_o which_o refer_v he_o consider_v the_o subject_n liberty_n be_v save_v to_o he_o by_o divers_a law_n and_o oath_n yet_o the_o not_o subscribe_v of_o this_o engagement_n hercave_v any_o man_n now_o of_o the_o benefit_n of_o law_n the_o great_a of_o all_o liberty_n and_o right_n answ_n 4._o liberty_n be_v the_o due_a birthright_n of_o every_o englishman_n but_o liberty_n have_v its_o bound_n and_o rule_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o every_o member_n must_v be_v subordinate_a to_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n by_o the_o law_n of_o liberty_n every_o man_n be_v to_o enjoy_v that_o which_o be_v his_o own_o but_o since_o one_o man_n have_v far_o great_a and_o better_a thing_n to_o enjoy_v than_o another_o the_o liberty_n of_o one_o may_v extend_v further_o than_o the_o liberty_n of_o another_o likewise_o when_o our_o liberty_n be_v equal_a extensive_a one_o man_n may_v voluntary_o renounce_v or_o malicious_o forfeit_v that_o which_o another_o do_v not_o therefore_o we_o must_v not_o suppose_v that_o any_o man_n in_o england_n by_o the_o protestation_n or_o covenant_n or_o any_o law_n else_o have_v such_o a_o estate_n or_o inheritance_n in_o his_o liberty_n as_o be_v altogether_o indefeasible_a and_o unreleasible_a whatsoever_o he_o do_v or_o say_v but_o in_o the_o last_o place_n there_o be_v a_o liberty_n of_o the_o whole_a state_n aswell_o as_o of_o any_o particular_a subject_n and_o that_o liberty_n of_o the_o whole_a state_n must_v supersede_v the_o liberty_n of_o every_o particular_a subject_n whensoever_o both_o accord_n not_o the_o lesser_a to_o avoid_v repugnance_n must_v always_o give_v place_n to_o the_o great_a the_o conâ—iderator_n be_v very_o erroneous_a when_o he_o think_v the_o law_n allow_v he_o any_o right_n or_o freedom_n to_o disturb_v the_o law_n or_o to_o oppose_v any_o constitution_n upon_o which_o public_a right_n and_o freedom_n be_v found_v consider_v these_o kind_n of_o tie_n have_v common_o prove_v uneffectual_a nay_o they_o have_v often_o prove_v mischievous_a like_o artillery_n turn_v against_o the_o first_o planter_n and_o devisor_n of_o they_o witness_v the_o bishop_n canonical_a oath_n witness_v the_o late_a covenant_n etc._n etc._n answ_n 5._o religious_a tie_n and_o pact_n be_v not_o unlawful_a in_o themselves_o but_o we_o hold_v the_o use_n of_o they_o unlawful_a when_o they_o be_v enforce_v without_o sincerity_n without_o necessity_n and_o without_o due_a authority_n