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the_o king_n person_n this_o his_o majesty_n for_o the_o time_n profess_v to_o take_v in_o so_o good_a part_n that_o under_o his_o hand_n he_o do_v allow_v it_o for_o good_a service_n in_o his_o letter_n to_o the_o most_o of_o the_o neighbour_n prince_n he_o deal_v also_o with_o the_o secret_a counsel_n and_o the_o chief_a judicatories_n of_o the_o land_n and_o obtain_v from_o they_o the_o approbation_n of_o that_o act_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o convenient_a and_o laudable_a promise_v likewise_o to_o ratify_v it_o in_o the_o nixt_v ensue_a parliament_n when_o the_o lord_n for_o their_o more_fw-mi abundante_fw-la clear_n require_v the_o assembly_n declaration_n there_o upon_o the_o minister_n decline_v to_o meddle_v at_o all_o with_o the_o case_n but_o the_o king_n majesty_n send_v his_o commissioner_n to_o the_o assembly_n entreat_v they_o withal_o earnestness_n to_o declare_v their_o good_a like_n of_o that_o action_n which_o he_o assure_v they_o be_v for_o his_o
and_o before_o he_o his_o father_n his_o grandmother_n &_o his_o great_a grandmother_n do_v all_o to_o their_o cost_n then_o in_o plain_a english_a what_o be_v this_o political_a power_n to_o call_v synod_n to_o preside_v in_o synod_n and_o to_o ratify_v synod_n which_o these_o good_a man_n give_v to_o the_o magistrate_n and_o magnify_v so_o much_o i_o shall_v tell_v the_o truth_n it_o be_v a_o duty_n which_o the_o magistrate_n owe_v to_o the_o kirk_n when_o they_o think_v necessary_a to_o have_v a_o synod_n convocate_v to_o strengthen_v their_o summous_a by_o a_o civil_a sanction_n to_o secure_v they_o in_o come_v to_o the_o synod_n &_o return_v from_o 5â—…_n the_o synod_n to_o provide_v they_o good_a accommodation_n to_o protect_v they_o from_o danger_n to_o defend_v their_o right_n and_o privilege_n to_o compel_v obstinate_a person_n by_o civil_a law_n and_o punishment_n to_o submit_v to_o their_o censure_n and_o decree_n what_o get_v the_o magistrate_n by_o all_o this_o to_o himself_o he_o may_v put_v it_o all_o in_o his_o eye_n and_o see_v never_o a_o whit_n the_o worse_o for_o they_o ibid._n declare_v express_o that_o neither_o all_o the_o power_n nor_o any_o part_n of_o the_o power_n which_o synod_n have_v to_o deliberate_v of_o or_o to_o define_v ecclesiastical_a thing_n though_o it_o be_v in_o relation_n to_o their_o own_o subject_n do_v flow_v from_o the_o magistrate_n but_o because_o in_o those_o thing_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o outward_a man_n mark_v the_o reason_n the_o church_n stand_v in_o need_n of_o the_o help_n of_o the_o magistrate_n fair_a fall_n a_o ingenuous_a confession_n they_o attribute_v nothing_o to_o the_o magistrate_n but_o only_o what_o may_v render_v he_o able_a to_o serve_v their_o own_o turn_n and_o supply_v their_o need_n i_o wish_v these_o man_n will_v think_v a_o little_a more_o of_o the_o distinction_n between_o habitual_a and_o actual_a jurisdiction_n after_o a_o schoolmaster_n have_v his_o licence_n to_o teach_v yet_o his_o actual_a jurisdiction_n do_v proceed_v from_o the_o parent_n of_o his_o scholar_n and_o though_o he_o enjoy_v a_o kind_n of_o supremacy_n among_o they_o he_o must_v not_o think_v that_o this_o extinguish_v either_o his_o own_o filial_a duty_n or_o they_o like_o this_o power_n of_o preside_v political_o in_o synod_n be_v the_o other_o power_n which_o they_o give_v he_o of_o reform_v the_o church_n that_o be_v when_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n be_v corrupt_v but_o not_o when_o it_o be_v pure_a as_o they_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o it_o be_v when_o the_o jurisdiction_n be_v in_o their_o own_o hand_n although_o godly_a king_n and_o prince_n sometime_o by_o their_o own_o authority_n when_o the_o kirk_n be_v corrupt_v and_o all_o thing_n out_o of_o order_n place_n minister_n and_o 10._o restore_v the_o true_a service_n of_o the_o lord_n after_o the_o example_n of_o some_o godly_a king_n of_o judah_n and_o divers_a godly_a emperor_n and_o king_n also_o in_o the_o light_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n yet_o where_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o kirk_n be_v once_o lawful_o constitute_v and_o they_o that_o be_v place_v do_v their_o office_n faithful_o all_o godly_a prince_n and_o magistrate_n ought_v to_o hear_v and_o obey_v their_o voice_n and_o reverence_v the_o majesty_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n speak_v in_o they_o leave_v â—…his_fw-la juggle_v who_o shall_v judge_v when_o the_o church_n be_v corrupt_v the_o magistrate_n or_o churchman_n if_o the_o magistrate_n why_o not_o over_o you_o as_o well_o as_o other_o if_o the_o churchman_n why_o not_o other_o as_o well_o as_o you_o here_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v answer_v but_o to_o beg_v the_o question_n that_o they_o only_o be_v the_o true_a church_n hear_v another_o witness_n in_o evil_a and_o troublesome_a time_n and_o in_o a_o lap_n ed_z state_n of_o affair_n when_o the_o order_n institute_v by_o god_n in_o the_o church_n be_v degenerate_v to_o tyranny_n to_o the_o trample_n 85._o upon_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o oppress_v the_o professor_n of_o it_o when_o nothing_o be_v sound_v the_o godly_a magistrate_n may_v do_v some_o thing_n which_o ordinary_o be_v not_o lawful_a etc._n etc._n but_o ordinary_o and_o of_o common_a right_n in_o church_n already_o constitute_v if_o a_o man_n fly_v to_o the_o magistrate_n complain_v that_o he_o be_v injure_v by_o the_o abuse_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n or_o if_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o presbytery_n displease_v the_o magistrate_n either_o in_o point_n of_o discipline_n or_o of_o faith_n he_o must_v not_o therefore_o draw_v such_o cause_n to_o a_o civil_a tribâ—…nal_n nor_o introduce_v a_o political_a papacy_n and_o as_o the_o magistrate_n ibidâ—…_n have_v power_n in_o extraordinary_a cause_n when_o the_o church_n be_v whole_o corrupt_v to_o reform_v ecclesiastical_a abuse_n so_o if_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v tyrannize_v over_o the_o church_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o oppose_v he_o by_o certain_a way_n and_o mean_n extraordinary_a how_o ever_o ordinary_o not_o to_o be_v allow_v this_o be_v plain_a deal_n the_o magistrate_n can_v lawful_o reform_v they_o but_o in_o case_n extraordinary_a and_o in_o case_n extraordinary_a they_o may_v lawful_o â—…eform_v the_o magistrate_n by_o mean_n not_o to_o be_v ordinary_o allow_v that_o be_v by_o force_n of_o arm_n see_v the_o principle_n from_o whence_o all_o our_o misery_n and_o the_o loss_n of_o our_o gracious_a master_n have_v flow_v and_o learn_v to_o detest_v they_o they_o give_v the_o magistrate_n the_o custody_n of_o both_o table_n so_o they_o do_v give_v the_o same_o to_o themselves_o they_o keep_v the_o second_o table_n by_o admonish_v he_o 43._o he_o keep_v the_o first_o table_n by_o assist_v they_o they_o reform_v the_o abuse_n of_o the_o first_o table_n by_o ordinary_a right_n of_o the_o second_o table_n extraordinary_o he_o reform_v the_o abuse_n against_o the_o second_o table_n by_o ordinary_a right_n and_o the_o abuse_n against_o the_o first_o table_n extraordinary_o but_o can_v the_o magistrate_n according_a to_o their_o learning_n call_v the_o synod_n to_o a_o account_n for_o any_o thing_n they_o do_v can_v he_o remedy_v the_o error_n of_o a_o synod_n either_o in_o doctrine_n or_o discipline_n no_o if_o magistrate_n have_v power_n to_o change_v 97._o or_o diminish_v or_o restrain_v the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n the_o condition_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v worse_o and_o their_o liberty_n less_o under_o a_o christian_a magistrate_n than_o under_o a_o heathen_a for_o say_v they_o parliament_n and_o supreme_a senate_n be_v no_o more_o infallible_a than_o synod_n and_o in_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o discipline_n more_o 88_o apt_a to_o errâ—…_n and_o again_o the_o magistrate_n be_v not_o judge_v of_o spiritual_a cause_n controvert_v in_o the_o church_n and_o if_o he_o decrâ—…e_v any_o thing_n in_o such_o business_n according_a 82._o to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o not_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o god_n word_n and_o the_o wisdom_n which_o be_v from_o above_o he_o must_v give_v a_o account_n of_o it_o unto_o god_n or_o may_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n oppose_v the_o execution_n of_o their_o discipline_n 2._o practise_v in_o their_o presbytery_n or_o synod_n by_o law_n or_o prohibition_n no_o it_o be_v wickedness_n if_o he_o do_v so_o far_o abuse_v his_o authority_n good_a christian_n 82._o must_v rather_o suffer_v extremity_n than_o obey_v he_o then_o what_o remedy_n have_v the_o magistrate_n if_o he_o find_v himself_o grieve_v in_o 3._o this_o case_n he_o may_v desire_v and_o procure_v a_o review_n in_o another_o national_a synod_n that_o the_o matter_n may_v be_v lawful_o determine_v by_o ecclesiastical_a judgement_n yet_o upon_o this_o condition_n that_o not_o withstand_v the_o future_a review_n the_o first_o sentence_n 92._o of_o the_o synod_n be_v execute_v without_o delay_n this_o be_v one_o main_a branch_n of_o popery_n and_o a_o gross_a incrochment_n upon_o the_o right_n of_o 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