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in_o religion_n which_o lie_v scatter_v through_o those_o other_o two_o part_n that_o man_n may_v take_v a_o view_n of_o the_o consequence_n and_o bethink_v themselves_o whether_o christianity_n be_v advance_v and_o consequent_o whether_o the_o peace_n and_o happiness_n of_o mankind_n be_v provide_v for_o and_o secure_v by_o such_o doctrine_n 1._o those_o book_n of_o scripture_n only_o be_v canonical_a and_o aught_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o every_o nation_n which_o be_v establish_v for_o such_o by_o the_o sovereign_a authority_n of_o each_o nation_n pag._n 199._o 2._o none_o can_v know_v that_o the_o scripture_n be_v god_n word_n though_o all_o true_a christian_n believe_v it_o but_o they_o to_o who_o god_n himself_o â—ath_v reveal_v it_o supernatural_o pag._n 205._o 3._o man_n ought_v to_o consider_v who_o have_v next_o under_o god_n the_o authority_n of_o govern_v christian_n man_n and_o to_o observe_v for_o a_o rule_n that_o doctrine_n which_o he_o command_v to_o be_v teach_v that_o be_v all_o subject_n ought_v to_o profess_v that_o religion_n which_o the_o sovereign_a enjoine_n whether_o he_o be_v christian_a or_o heathen_a pag._n 232._o 4._o by_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v mean_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o king_n that_o dwell_v in_o heaven_n and_o that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v to_o be_v on_o earth_n pag._n 240_o 241._o 5._o the_o immortal_a life_n begin_v not_o in_o man_n till_o the_o resurrection_n and_o day_n of_o judgement_n and_o have_v for_o cause_n not_o his_o specifical_a nature_n and_o generation_n but_o promise_n pag._n 241._o 6._o god_n enemy_n and_o their_o torment_n after_o judgement_n appear_v by_o the_o scripture_n to_o have_v their_o place_n upon_o earth_n pag._n 242._o the_o fire_n shall_v be_v unquenchable_a and_o the_o torment_n everlasting_a after_o the_o resurrection_n but_o it_o can_v therefore_o be_v infer_v that_o he_o who_o shall_v be_v cast_v into_o that_o fire_n or_o be_v torment_v with_o those_o torment_n shall_v endure_v and_o resist_v they_o so_o as_o to_o be_v eternal_o burn_v and_o torture_v and_o yet_o never_o be_v destroy_v or_o die_v pag._n 245._o 7._o there_o shall_v be_v a_o second_o death_n of_o every_o one_o that_o shall_v be_v condemn_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n after_o which_o he_o shall_v die_v no_o more_o the_o scripture_n affirm_v not_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o eternal_a life_n therein_o of_o any_o individual_a person_n but_o to_o the_o contrary_a a_o everlasting_a death_n pag._n 245._o 8._o the_o salvation_n we_o be_v to_o look_v for_o be_v to_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n for_o since_o god_n throne_n be_v in_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n be_v his_o footstool_n it_o be_v not_o for_o the_o dignity_n of_o so_o great_a a_o king_n that_o his_o subject_n shall_v have_v any_o place_n so_o high_a as_o his_o throne_n or_o high_a than_o his_o footstool_n pag._n 247._o 9_o if_o we_o be_v command_v by_o our_o lawful_a prince_n to_o say_v we_o do_v not_o believe_v in_o christ_n we_o may_v obey_v such_o his_o command_n pag._n 271._o 10._o none_o can_v be_v martyr_n for_o christ_n but_o they_o that_o converse_v with_o he_o on_o earth_n and_o see_v he_o after_o he_o be_v rise_v for_o a_o witness_n must_v have_v see_v what_o he_o testify_v or_o else_o his_o testimony_n be_v not_o good_a pag._n 272._o 11._o none_o can_v be_v a_o martyr_n who_o have_v not_o a_o warrant_n to_o preach_v christ_n come_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o none_o but_o such_o who_o be_v send_v to_o the_o conversion_n of_o infidel_n pag._n 273._o 12._o to_o teach_v out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o jesus_n be_v christ_n and_o rise_v from_o the_o dead_a be_v not_o to_o say_v that_o man_n be_v bind_v after_o they_o believe_v it_o to_o obey_v those_o who_o tell_v they_o so_o against_o the_o law_n and_o command_n of_o their_o sovereign_n but_o they_o do_v wise_o to_o expect_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n hereafter_o in_o patience_n and_o faith_n with_o obedience_n to_o their_o present_a magistrate_n pag._n 274._o 13._o the_o authority_n of_o earthly_a sovereign_n being_n not_o to_o be_v put_v down_o till_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n it_o be_v manifest_a we_o do_v not_o in_o baptism_n constitute_v over_o we_o another_o authority_n by_o which_o our_o external_a action_n be_v to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n pag._n 274._o 14._o they_o who_o receive_v not_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o sin_n therein_o pag._n 286._o 15._o christian_n king_n have_v power_n to_o baptise_v to_o preach_v to_o administer_v the_o lord_n supper_n and_o to_o consecrate_v both_o temple_n and_o person_n to_o god_n service_n etc._n etc._n 297._o 16._o no_o man_n shall_v live_v in_o torment_n everlasting_o pag._n 345._o 17._o to_o pray_v voluntary_o to_o the_o king_n for_o fair_a weather_n or_o for_o any_o thing_n that_o god_n only_o can_v do_v for_o we_o be_v divine_a worship_n and_o idolatry_n but_o if_o a_o king_n compel_v a_o man_n to_o it_o by_o the_o terror_n of_o death_n or_o other_o great_a corporal_a punishment_n it_o be_v not_o idolatry_n pag._n 360._o 17._o if_o one_o be_v no_o pastor_n or_o of_o eminent_a reputation_n for_o knowledge_n in_o christian_a doctrine_n do_v external_a honour_n to_o a_o idol_n for_o fear_n and_o a_o other_o follow_v he_o this_o be_v no_o scandal_n give_v for_o he_o have_v no_o cause_n to_o follow_v such_o example_n pag._n 362._o and_o now_o i_o hope_v he_o have_v make_v a_o ample_a paraphrase_n upon_o religion_n according_a to_o the_o definition_n he_o gâ—ve_v of_o it_o in_o the_o first_o entrance_n of_o his_o leviathan_n when_o he_o define_v pag._n 26._o religion_n to_o be_v fâ—ar_o of_o power_n invisible_a feign_v by_o the_o mind_n or_o imagine_v from_o tale_n public_o tell_v and_o when_o the_o seed_n he_o sow_v for_o religion_n to_o grow_v from_o or_o to_o consist_v in_o be_v opinion_n of_o ghost_n ignorance_n of_o second_o cause_n devotion_n towards_o what_o man_n fear_v and_o take_v 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which_o be_v the_o religion_n of_o the_o gentile_n whereas_o those_o hard_a word_n be_v not_o proper_a name_n but_o appellation_n which_o only_o set_v out_o the_o office_n and_o quality_n as_o satan_n only_o signify_v the_o enemy_n devil_n accuser_n abaddon_n the_o destroyer_n so_o that_o heaven_n be_v to_o be_v after_o the_o resurrection_n upon_o the_o earth_n which_o he_o say_v he_o have_v show_v by_o scripture_n that_o it_o be_v like_a to_o be_v pag._n 244._o hell_n must_v likewise_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n too_o and_o so_o by_o satan_n be_v mean_v any_o earthly_a enemy_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n which_o be_v express_v in_o scripture_n by_o weep_v and_o gnash_v of_o tooth_n by_o the_o worm_n of_o conscience_n fire_n where_o the_o worm_n die_v not_o and_o the_o fire_n
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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
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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 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