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once_o serve_v their_o turn_n to_o comply_v with_o the_o king_n against_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o parliament_n and_o now_o to_o imprison_v parliament_n man_n and_o to_o threaten_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o king_n and_o who_o know_v what_o design_n it_o may_v carry_v on_o next_o and_o be_v not_o this_o course_n a_o mean_n to_o irritate_fw-la a_o opposite_a party_n and_o who_o know_v where_o god_n may_v cast_v strength_n and_o than_o what_o a_o gallant_a plea_n be_v here_o for_o they_o quodlibet_n audendi_fw-la adventure_n upon_o any_o thing_n sect._n 4._o last_o he_o argue_v 37._o 37._o that_o if_o that_o action_n of_o the_o army_n be_v not_o disproveable_a by_o any_o likelihood_n of_o evil_n that_o it_o may_v bring_v upon_o this_o kingdom_n hereafter_o no_o more_o than_o preservation_n of_o a_o man_n from_o imminent_a death_n be_v reprovable_a because_o by_o it_o he_o be_v occasional_o expose_v to_o die_v another_o time_n there_o be_v something_o in_o this_o if_o there_o be_v any_o iminency_n of_o death_n over_o our_o nation_n but_o this_o be_v deny_v upon_o better_a ground_n than_o they_o can_v give_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o by_o those_o that_o be_v the_o legal_a judge_n of_o it_o which_o the_o army_n be_v not_o you_o add_v they_o who_o conceive_v the_o army_n have_v better_o have_v sit_v still_o for_o fear_n of_o after_o disturbance_n plead_v as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v counsel_v a_o friend_n dangerous_o sick_a not_o to_o use_v a_o physician_n because_o if_o he_o do_v recover_v his_o recovery_n may_v prove_v a_o occasion_n of_o more_o sickness_n afterward_o but_o this_o answer_n have_v wit_n without_o reason_n for_o first_o it_o presuppose_v that_o to_o be_v sickness_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n which_o indeed_o be_v good_a physic_n for_o her_o recovery_n and_o second_o to_o make_v the_o similitude_n hit_v the_o physic_n that_o be_v dissuade_v must_v be_v to_o have_v a_o influence_n by_o the_o hazardous_a cure_n of_o one_o malady_n to_o have_v procure_v more_o and_o true_o i_o shall_v not_o think_v he_o mad_a but_o wise_a that_o shall_v dissuade_v such_o physic_n nor_o be_v the_o example_n of_o hezekiah_n any_o better_a that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v thankful_a for_o his_o recovery_n though_o he_o be_v to_o die_v fifteen_o year_n after_o for_o first_o it_o run_v upon_o the_o former_a false_a supposition_n and_o second_o that_o which_o recover_v hezekiah_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o death_n afterward_o but_o here_o it_o be_v object_v against_o the_o medicine_n that_o he_o say_v revive_v that_o it_o will_v have_v a_o influence_n to_o kill_v afterward_o nay_o after_o a_o pretend_a cure_n that_o medicine_n which_o he_o say_v revive_v be_v not_o like_a to_o preserve_v long_o not_o fifteen_o year_n nor_o fifteen_o month_n for_o where_o there_o be_v one_o in_o the_o kingdom_n that_o account_v this_o act_n of_o the_o army_n medicine_n it_o be_v conceive_v there_o be_v a_o hundred_o that_o count_v it_o a_o cup_n of_o poison_n and_o so_o to_o be_v break_v and_o what_o a_o paroxysm_n this_o be_v like_a to_o beget_v short_o in_o this_o poor_a kingdom_n let_v the_o prudent_a reader_n judge_n chap._n vi_o sect._n 1_o master_n goodwin_n proceed_v to_o a_o six_o objection_n count_v he_o say_v by_o some_o impregnable_a it_o be_v take_v from_o rom._n 13.1.2_o let_v every_o soul_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o high_a power_n for_o the_o power_n that_o be_v be_v ordain_v of_o god_n he_o therefore_o that_o resist_v the_o power_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o resist_v shall_v receive_v to_o themselves_o damnation_n and_o this_o i_o doubt_v not_o will_v yield_v a_o argument_n too_o hard_o for_o master_n goodwin_n to_o answer_v or_o else_o sure_a all_o protestant_n divine_n have_v be_v much_o mistake_v it_o may_v be_v form_v thus_o whosoever_o resist_v the_o high_a power_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o receive_v to_o himself_o damnation_n the_o army_n in_o seclude_v and_o imprison_a parliament_n man_n do_v resist_v the_o high_a power_n therefore_o thereby_o they_o do_v resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o receive_v to_o themselves_o damnation_n for_o the_o minor_a master_n goodwin_n will_v not_o deny_v but_o the_o parliament_n be_v high_a power_n to_o which_o the_o army_n be_v to_o be_v subject_a this_o he_o say_v he_o have_v consider_v in_o the_o second_o objection_n yet_o because_o he_o will_v give_v surplusage_n in_o such_o urgument_n as_o pretend_v to_o scripture_n he_o will_v take_v it_o in_o hand_n again_o let_v we_o see_v whether_o he_o can_v acquit_v himself_o better_a than_o he_o do_v before_o and_o first_o he_o present_v we_o with_o a_o distanction_n between_o the_o power_n and_o the_o abuse_n of_o the_o power_n the_o abuse_n of_o the_o power_n be_v not_o of_o god_n 38._o pag._n 38._o and_o so_o the_o resistance_n of_o that_o not_o forbid_v nor_o damnable_a now_o that_o the_o army_n do_v only_o resist_v the_o abuse_n of_o the_o power_n he_o say_v he_o have_v prove_v in_o his_o book_n and_o i_o reply_v that_o it_o have_v be_v as_o often_o disprove_v in_o my_o answer_n again_o this_o distinction_n between_o the_o power_n and_o abuse_v of_o power_n be_v to_o be_v take_v with_o caution_n or_o else_o it_o may_v deceive_v mr_n burrough_n his_o distinction_n in_o his_o lord_n of_o host_n page_n 32._o contain_v better_a divinity_n which_o be_v between_o the_o command_n of_o abuse_a authority_n and_o the_o command_n that_o be_v from_o the_o will_n of_o man_n in_o authority_n that_o be_v abuse_v authority_n when_o those_o to_o who_o power_n of_o make_v law_n do_v belong_v shall_v make_v evil_a law_n in_o this_o case_n there_o be_v no_o help_n but_o passive_a obedience_n or_o flight_n until_o some_o way_n be_v take_v to_o rectify_v the_o authority_n that_o be_v abuse_v that_o be_v disannul_v those_o evil_a law_n but_o when_o man_n that_o be_v in_o authority_n command_v any_o thing_n out_o of_o their_o will_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o in_o his_o judgement_n abuse_v of_o authority_n be_v legal_a be_v to_o be_v bear_v with_o patience_n not_o resist_v by_o violence_n and_o indeed_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o these_o power_n be_v in_o st._n paul_n time_n heathen_n and_o how_o bloody_a their_o law_n be_v against_o christian_n and_o how_o impious_a they_o be_v in_o many_o other_o thing_n one_o may_v judge_v it_o have_v be_v sitter_n after_o master_n goodwin_n light_n to_o have_v teach_v they_o his_o new_a doctrine_n of_o resistance_n rather_o than_o to_o have_v press_v subjection_n on_o they_o magistracy_n be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n the_o rule_n of_o it_o while_o it_o keep_v within_o that_o sphere_n though_o the_o law_n be_v corrupt_a the_o magistrate_n be_v no_o tyrant_n so_o he_o be_v a_o power_n ordain_v of_o god_n and_o we_o be_v to_o be_v subject_a in_o obey_v or_o suffer_v but_o may_v not_o resist_v sect._n he_o add_v 35._o pag._n 35._o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o they_o do_v not_o 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