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they_o can_v be_v maintain_v by_o any_o civil_a law_n or_o terror_n of_o legal_a punishment_n and_o as_o few_o man_n agree_v with_o mr._n hobbes_n in_o the_o essential_a right_n of_o sovereignty_n so_o none_o allow_v nor_o do_v he_o agree_v with_o himself_o that_o all_o resistance_n to_o the_o right_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n be_v they_o never_o so_o essential_a be_v rebellion_n he_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v a_o privilege_n of_o the_o subject_a that_o he_o may_v sue_v the_o king_n so_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o the_o sovereign_n may_v sue_v the_o subject_a who_o may_v as_o lawful_o defend_v as_o sue_v and_o every_o such_o defence_n be_v a_o resistance_n to_o the_o sovereign_a right_n of_o demand_v and_o yet_o i_o suppose_v mr._n hobbes_n will_v not_o say_v it_o be_v rebellion_n he_o that_o do_v positive_o refuse_v to_o pay_v money_n to_o the_o king_n which_o he_o do_v just_o owe_v to_o he_o and_o which_o he_o shall_v be_v compel_v to_o pay_v do_v resist_v a_o essential_a 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sovereign_n i_o wish_v with_o all_o my_o heart_n that_o mr._n hobbes_n do_v remember_v or_o believe_v his_o own_o good_a rule_n in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o chapter_n which_o will_v have_v preserve_v he_o from_o many_o presumtion_n which_o administer_v great_a trouble_n and_o grief_n to_o his_o reader_n for_o his_o sake_n pag._n 331._o it_o be_v not_o the_o bare_a word_n but_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o writer_n that_o give_v the_o true_a light_n by_o which_o any_o writing_n be_v to_o be_v interpret_v and_o they_o that_o insist_v upon_o single_a text_n without_o consider_v the_o main_a design_n can_v derive_v nâ—thing_v from_o they_o clear_o but_o rather_o by_o cast_v atom_n of_o scripture_n as_o dust_n before_o man_n eye_n make_v every_o thing_n more_o obscure_a than_o it_o be_v a_o ordinary_a artifice_n he_o say_v of_o those_o that_o seek_v
not_o the_o truth_n but_o their_o own_o advantage_n alas_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o advantage_n to_o mr._n hobbes_n to_o persuade_v man_n to_o believe_v that_o our_o saviour_n have_v not_o give_v we_o new_a law_n but_o counsel_n to_o observe_v those_o we_o be_v subject_a to_o and_o that_o in_o his_o sermon_n upon_o the_o mount_n which_o be_v the_o compendium_n of_o christianity_n â—e_n do_v not_o make_v any_o new_a law_n to_o the_o jew_n but_o only_o expound_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n to_o which_o they_o be_v subject_a before_o since_o all_o those_o plain_n and_o lively_a precept_n of_o charity_n and_o humility_n and_o a_o virtuous_a and_o pious_a life_n be_v more_o than_o a_o exposition_n of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n sure_a his_o declaration_n that_o whosoever_o look_v on_o a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o she_o etc._n etc._n be_v more_o than_o a_o interpretation_n of_o that_o commandment_n thou_o shaâ—t_v not_o commit_v adultery_n if_o his_o determination_n that_o whosoever_o shall_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n save_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o adultery_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o a_o new_a law_n it_o can_v be_v a_o commentary_n upon_o that_o of_o moses_n let_v he_o give_v she_o a_o write_n of_o divorcement_n be_v the_o utter_a suppression_n of_o circumcision_n be_v the_o total_a abolish_n of_o all_o their_o sacrifice_n make_v no_o new_a law_n to_o the_o jew_n but_o only_o expound_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o yet_o he_o come_v not_o to_o destroy_v the_o law_n or_o the_o prophet_n but_o to_o fulfil_v and_o when_o he_o have_v fulfil_v what_o be_v there_o foretell_v of_o he_o the_o law_n become_v felo-de-se_a and_o cease_v to_o be_v useful_a any_o long_o when_o our_o saviour_n bid_v the_o pharisee_n learn_v what_o that_o text_n in_o the_o prophet_n hosea_n mean_v i_o will_v have_v mercy_n and_o not_o sacrifice_n do_v he_o intend_v they_o shall_v repair_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n for_o instruction_n because_o they_o be_v subject_a to_o it_o i_o do_v with_o 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his_o apostle_n give_v shall_v be_v look_v upon_o only_a as_o good_a counsel_n which_o man_n may_v as_o innocent_o disbelieve_v as_o believe_v and_o that_o they_o which_o shall_v believe_v may_v secure_o suspend_v yield_v any_o obedience_n to_o what_o he_o direct_v till_o his_o second_o come_v to_o judgement_n indeed_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n will_v be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o day_n of_o terror_n that_o it_o will_v be_v as_o festival_n a_o day_n as_o mr._n hobbes_n himself_o can_v wish_v it_o if_o none_o be_v to_o be_v punish_v there_o for_o not_o observe_v the_o advice_n or_o not_o obey_v the_o precept_n which_o our_o saviour_n and_o his_o apostle_n give_v to_o they_o but_o of_o this_o i_o have_v say_v enough_o before_o which_o i_o think_v i_o need_v not_o to_o repete_fw-la or_o enlarge_v upon_o and_o be_o willing_a to_o get_v out_o and_o wish_v mr._n hobbes_n will_v likewise_o from_o this_o maze_n and_o labyrinth_n of_o confusion_n and_o be_v advise_v by_o himself_o to_o give_v over_o the_o cast_a atom_n of_o scripture_n as_o dust_n before_o man_n eye_n to_o make_v every_o thing_n more_o obscure_a than_o it_o be_v i_o can_v omit_v the_o observation_n of_o the_o three_o several_a definition_n which_o he_o make_v of_o heresy_n in_o three_o several_a place_n as_o they_o be_v suitable_a to_o his_o occasion_n which_o himself_n declare_v to_o proceed_v from_o ignorance_n when_o pag._n 50._o man_n give_v different_a name_n to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n from_o the_o difference_n of_o their_o own_o passion_n in_o his_o eleven_o chapter_n whilst_o he_o affect_v to_o be_v plain_a and_o perspicuous_a in_o his_o expression_n and_o explanation_n of_o word_n he_o say_v heresy_n signify_v no_o more_o than_o private_a opinion_n but_o have_v only_o a_o tincture_n of_o great_a choler_n but_o in_o his_o forty_o second_o chapter_n of_o the_o power_n ecclesiastical_a in_o which_o it_o concern_v he_o to_o be_v wary_a what_o punishment_n he_o permit_v to_o be_v inflict_v on_o it_o he_o declare_v that_o pag._n 277._o a_o heretic_n be_v he_o that_o be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o church_n teach_v nevertheless_o some_o private_a opinion_n which_o the_o church_n have_v forbid_v which_o know_v to_o be_v his_o own_o case_n he_o be_v very_o well_o content_v to_o resort_v to_o st._n paul_n and_o to_o grant_v he_o authority_n in_o this_o case_n to_o make_v rule_n as_o well_o as_o to_o give_v advice_n and_o find_v his_o direction_n to_o titus_n to_o be_v such_o as_o please_v he_o a_o man_n that_o be_v a_o heretic_n after_o the_o first_o and_o second_o admonition_n reject_v tit._n 3._o 10._o but_o to_o reject_v in_o this_o place_n he_o say_v be_v not_o to_o excommunicate_v the_o man_n but_o to_o give_v over_o admonish_v he_o to_o let_v he_o alone_o to_o set_v by_o dispute_v with_o he_o as_o one_o that_o be_v to_o be_v convince_v only_o by_o himself_o and_o then_o he_o doubt_v not_o to_o shift_v for_o himself_o but_o now_o when_o he_o have_v better_a think_v of_o it_o in_o his_o contest_v with_o bellarmine_n he_o have_v reason_n to_o be_v sorry_a that_o he_o have_v leave_v so_o much_o authority_n in_o the_o church_n as_o to_o reject_v in_o his_o own_o sense_n lest_o the_o cardinal_n procure_v that_o power_n for_o the_o pope_n who_o he_o have_v allow_v to_o be_v the_o master_n schoolmaster_n and_o then_o he_o may_v find_v another_o signification_n of_o reject_v then_o let_v he_o alone_o and_o therefore_o he_o now_o pronounce_v pag._n 317._o that_o heresy_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o private_a opinion_n obstinate_o maintain_v contrary_a to_o the_o opinion_n which_o the_o public_a person_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o representant_a of_o the_o commonwealth_n have_v command_v to_o be_v teach_v by_o which_o he_o say_v it_o be_v manifest_a he_o have_v make_v it_o manifest_v by_o his_o definition_n that_o a_o opinion_n public_o appoint_v to_o be_v teach_v can_v be_v heresy_n nor_o the_o sovereign_a prince_n that_o autorize_v they_o 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proceed_v against_o and_o censure_v as_o such_o which_o form_n will_v not_o be_v satisfy_v by_o reject_v he_o and_o leave_v he_o to_o himself_o so_o that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o way_n to_o save_v he_o harmless_a which_o be_v his_o not_o be_v obstinate_a and_o that_o whosoever_o know_v he_o or_o believe_v he_o will_v undertake_v he_o shall_v never_o make_v use_n of_o the_o four_o part._n the_o survey_n of_o chapter_n 44._o we_o be_v now_o to_o enter_v upon_o his_o four_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o darkness_n whereof_o the_o first_o chapter_n which_o be_v the_o forty_o four_o in_o number_n will_v take_v we_o little_a time_n the_o great_a part_n be_v against_o the_o doctrine_n or_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n i_o shall_v not_o enlarge_v but_o leave_v they_o to_o agree_v as_o they_o
they_o will_v have_v understand_v he_o better_o if_o he_o have_v say_v that_o sight_n be_v a_o faculty_n that_o god_n have_v give_v to_o live_a creature_n who_o keep_v their_o eye_n open_a however_o whether_o it_o be_v clear_a or_o no_o it_o serve_v his_o turn_n by_o his_o skill_n in_o optic_n and_o the_o unskilfulness_n he_o conclude_v most_o other_o man_n have_v in_o that_o science_n to_o examine_v that_o part_n of_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o gentile_n which_o be_v call_v demonology_n and_o by_o the_o credit_n that_o kind_a of_o learning_n have_v get_v among_o the_o jew_n he_o find_v a_o way_n to_o control_v the_o literal_a sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n in_o the_o most_o important_a place_n and_o to_o undermine_v the_o miracle_n which_o be_v wrought_v by_o our_o saviour_n himself_o rather_o than_o he_o will_v have_v his_o geography_n and_o geometry_n contradict_v and_o because_o there_o pag._n 354_o be_v not_o any_o mountain_n high_a enough_o he_o say_v to_o show_v he_o one_o whole_a hemisphere_n he_o will_v have_v the_o devil_n be_v carry_v our_o saviour_n unto_o a_o high_a mountain_n and_o all_o that_o relate_v thereunto_o to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o vision_n or_o dream_n than_o which_o no_o jew_n can_v more_o undervalue_v it_o or_o christ_n be_v more_o dishonour_v then_o to_o have_v his_o conflict_n with_o the_o enemy_n of_o mankind_n to_o be_v look_v on_o only_o and_o consider_v as_o a_o dream_n and_o that_o his_o philosophy_n may_v be_v preserve_v unhurt_a which_o assure_v he_o that_o no_o corporeal_a spirit_n may_v be_v in_o a_o body_n of_o flesh_n and_o bone_n full_a already_o of_o vital_a and_o animal_n spirit_n he_o will_v not_o believe_v that_o our_o saviour_n ever_o cast_v the_o devil_n out_o of_o any_o man_n only_o pag._n 354._o that_o he_o cure_v those_o person_n of_o madness_n or_o lunacy_n which_o cure_n have_v be_v wrought_v by_o many_o other_o person_n and_o so_o will_v be_v unworthy_a to_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o miracle_n 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