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encouragement_n give_v in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o those_o that_o suffer_v for_o discharge_v of_o their_o duty_n bless_a be_v they_o 10._o matt_n 5._o 10._o which_o be_v persecute_v for_o righteousness_n sake_n for_o they_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n our_o light_a 17._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 17._o affliction_n which_o be_v but_o for_o a_o moment_n work_v for_o we_o a_o far_o more_o exceed_v and_o eternal_a weight_n of_o glory_n if_o any_o man_n suffer_v as_o a_o christian_a 16._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 16._o let_v he_o not_o be_v ashamed_a but_o let_v he_o glorify_v god_n on_o this_o behalf_n wherefore_o let_v they_o 19_o 1_o pet._n 4._o 19_o that_o suffer_v according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n commit_v the_o keep_n of_o their_o soul_n to_o he_o in_o well-doing_n as_o unto_o a_o faithful_a creator_n and_o now_o if_o notwithstanding_o what_o have_v be_v say_v or_o that_o may_v be_v urge_v by_o our_o clergy_n with_o more_o advantage_n in_o their_o discourse_n for_o our_o give_a 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misery_n and_o destruction_n may_v it_o be_v apprehend_v to_o be_v which_o i_o do_v not_o see_v with_o what_o reason_n we_o can_v expect_v will_v so_o likely_a be_v pervent_v by_o any_o other_o mean_n as_o by_o the_o close_a conjunction_n the_o zealous_a and_o unite_a endeavour_n of_o good_a man_n for_o the_o retrieve_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o moral_n of_o the_o nation_n by_o all_o christian_a and_o prudent_a method_n for_o religion_n in_o general_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o every_o moral_a virtue_n in_o particular_a do_v in_o their_o own_o nature_n tend_v not_o only_o to_o the_o felicity_n of_o every_o man_n be_v private_a life_n but_o do_v also_o conduce_v to_o the_o peace_n order_n and_o welfare_n of_o all_o public_a society_n and_o good_a government_n over_o man_n as_o it_o have_v the_o great_a influence_n for_o these_o end_n upon_o magistrate_n and_o subject_n religion_n teach_v and_o oblige_v governor_n to_o over-rule_v their_o subject_n in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n to_o his_o glory_n and_o for_o the_o safety_n and_o prosperity_n of_o those_o that_o be_v in_o subjection_n to_o they_o and_o therefore_o i_o think_v to_o endeavour_v to_o support_v and_o encourage_v they_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o religion_n and_o virtue_n and_o this_o as_o well_o by_o the_o use_n of_o their_o authority_n which_o may_v for_o instance_n be_v express_v by_o their_o personal_o countenance_v and_o promote_a man_n of_o virtue_n and_o discountenance_v vicious_a man_n by_o their_o take_a care_n that_o good_a law_n be_v make_v for_o the_o security_n of_o religion_n and_o that_o the_o law_n that_o be_v make_v for_o the_o promotion_n of_o christian_a virtue_n and_o the_o suppression_n of_o vice_n be_v put_v in_o execution_n as_o by_o their_o own_o exemplary_a behaviour_n achivi_fw-la behaviour_n non_fw-la si_fw-la inflectere_fw-la sensus_fw-la humanos_fw-la edicta_fw-la valent_fw-la ut_fw-la vita_fw-la regentis_fw-la qui_fw-la macedoniae_n regem_fw-la erudit_fw-la omnes_fw-la etiam_fw-la subditos_fw-la erudit_fw-la delirant_fw-la reges_fw-la plectuntur_fw-la achivi_fw-la which_o have_v a_o wonderful_a force_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o live_a law_n and_o religion_n instill_v in_o subject_n such_o principle_n and_o disposition_n as_o in_o their_o own_o nature_n tend_v to_o make_v themselves_o happy_a as_o well_o as_o a_o government_n strong_a and_o prosperous_a it_o instruct_v and_o oblige_v they_o to_o obey_v magistrate_n not_o only_o for_o fear_n but_o out_o of_o conscience_n and_o as_o piety_n and_o virtue_n do_v thus_o evident_o conduce_v to_o the_o stability_n and_o happiness_n of_o any_o kingdom_n and_o government_n so_o vice_n and_o irreligion_n in_o the_o natural_a consequence_n of_o they_o tend_v to_o bring_v decay_n and_o ruin_n upon_o they_o as_o they_o unqualifie_v magistrate_n for_o government_n and_o make_v fraenc_n make_v homo_fw-la sine_fw-la religione_fw-la sicut_fw-la equus_fw-la sine_fw-la fraenc_n subject_n unfit_a for_o command_n averse_a to_o all_o good_a order_n and_o destructive_a instead_o of_o helpful_a member_n of_o a_o community_n from_o whence_o 〈◊〉_d whence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n may_v just_o esteem_v it_o the_o foundation_n or_o cement_n of_o humane_a society_n 〈◊〉_d society_n in_o magistratuum_fw-la institutione_n prima_fw-la sit_fw-la cura_fw-la de_fw-la religione_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n conclude_v that_o in_o the_o institution_n of_o magistracy_n the_o first_o and_o chief_a care_n shall_v be_v of_o religion_n and_o the_o famous_a potest_fw-la famous_a sine_fw-la maenibus_fw-la civitas_n potest_fw-la stare_v sine_fw-la virtute_fw-la nullo_n mode_n potest_fw-la scipio_n observe_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a any_o city_n shall_v stand_v if_o their_o manner_n be_v deprave_v though_o their_o wall_n be_v never_o so_o firm_a according_o i_o conceive_v there_o have_v be_v but_o few_o if_o any_o among_o the_o ancient_a and_o celebrate_a legislator_n and_o statesman_n whatever_o there_o have_v be_v among_o our_o modern_a who_o have_v not_o have_v the_o great_a regard_n to_o religion_n in_o the_o model_n and_o govern_v of_o civil_a society_n for_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a to_o conceive_v that_o any_o state_n shall_v long_o stand_v and_o be_v prosperous_a without_o honesty_n or_o peace_n aperit_fw-la peace_n religio_fw-la neglecta_fw-la maximam_fw-la pestem_fw-la in_o civitatem_fw-la insert_v omnium_fw-la scelerum_fw-la fenestram_fw-la aperit_fw-la or_o that_o it_o shall_v either_o enjoy_v a_o last_a peace_n or_o have_v a_o general_a honesty_n without_o religion_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v no_o weak_a though_o a_o wicked_a piece_n of_o policy_n which_o they_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o king_n of_o assyria_n who_o choose_v rather_o to_o endeavour_v to_o overcome_v the_o city_n of_o babylon_n by_o send_v in_o of_o player_n lewd_a woman_n etc._n etc._n to_o debauch_v it_o by_o which_o mean_n he_o effectual_o do_v it_o and_o at_o last_o obtain_v his_o end_n than_o to_o invade_v it_o with_o a_o powerful_a army_n upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n we_o may_v dare_v to_o challenge_v
ne_fw-la quis_fw-la magistratum_fw-la ullum_fw-la gerere_fw-la posset_n qui_fw-la impudicitiae_fw-la aut_fw-la alio_fw-la turpitudinis_fw-la genere_fw-la notatus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la sigonius_n lib._n 111._o p._n 532._o novem_n viri_fw-la antequam_fw-la assumerentur_fw-la ad_fw-la magistratum_fw-la illum_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la vita_fw-la acta_fw-la causam_fw-la dicere_fw-la solebant_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la nullam_fw-la dedecoris_fw-la labem_fw-la perpetua_fw-la innocentia_fw-la contraxisse_fw-la videbantur_fw-la ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adsumebantur_fw-la deinde_fw-la magistratus_fw-la gesti_fw-la causam_fw-la dicentes_fw-la rationesque_fw-la ferentes_fw-la si_fw-la tum_fw-la quoque_fw-la innocent_n usquequaque_fw-la apparuissent_fw-la ad_fw-la areopagiticum_fw-la senatum_fw-la conscribantur_fw-la sam_n petitus_fw-la de_fw-fr leg._n atticis_fw-la fol_z 190._o introducebantur_fw-la autem_fw-la omnes_fw-la illi_fw-la magistratus_fw-la quorum_fw-la anteactam_fw-la vitam_fw-la expendi_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la inquiri_fw-la oportet_fw-la pet_n â—f_n 223._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isocratis_fw-la oratio_fw-la areopagitica_n p._n 285._o grecian_a commonwealth_n have_v have_v a_o great_a regard_n to_o virtue_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o their_o senator_n and_o magistrate_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a cause_n of_o their_o stability_n and_o prosperity_n and_o herein_o our_o gentry_n and_o commonalty_n have_v likewise_o manifest_o great_a advantage_n and_o opportunity_n for_o the_o promote_a of_o the_o work_n of_o reformation_n for_o the_o make_v one_o brave_a effort_n for_o the_o interest_n of_o religion_n and_o virtue_n for_o the_o honour_n and_o welfare_n of_o england_n and_o thereby_o to_o recover_v the_o former_a glory_n of_o their_o ancestor_n who_o be_v famous_a for_o their_o virtue_n and_o love_n to_o their_o country_n and_o which_o appear_v so_o glorious_a in_o the_o hero_n of_o the_o gentile_a world_n and_o for_o the_o encouragement_n of_o those_o that_o be_v destitute_a of_o the_o advantage_n of_o riches_n and_o honour_n of_o authority_n and_o learning_n to_o use_v their_o diligence_n and_o zeal_n in_o the_o instance_n i_o have_v give_v or_o in_o any_o other_o expression_n of_o their_o duty_n for_o the_o promote_a of_o this_o work_n scaliger_n work_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la rem_fw-la considerare_fw-la velit_fw-la omnes_fw-la eos_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la maximam_fw-la partem_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la toto_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbe_fw-la res_fw-la praestantiores_fw-la aggressi_fw-la sunt_fw-la atque_fw-la inter_fw-la caeteros_fw-la aevi_fw-la svi_fw-la hero_n excelluerunt_fw-la aut_fw-la obscuro_fw-la aut_fw-la abjecto_fw-la loco_fw-la editos_fw-la &_o prognatos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la abjectis_fw-la parentibus_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr praetereundum_fw-la maximorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la plerosque_fw-la patres_fw-la ignoratos_fw-la matres_fw-la impudicas_fw-la fuisse_fw-la scaliger_n i_o will_v put_v they_o in_o mind_n that_o it_o have_v be_v long_o observe_v that_o the_o person_n who_o have_v be_v think_v to_o have_v perform_v the_o brave_a action_n and_o do_v the_o great_a service_n to_o the_o world_n have_v frequent_o be_v man_n of_o obscure_a birth_n and_o parentage_n who_o be_v without_o riches_n and_o honour_n and_o often_o i_o conceive_v without_o learning_n of_o which_o a_o multitude_n of_o instance_n may_v be_v give_v if_o it_o be_v necessary_a here_o to_o insert_v they_o that_o though_o it_o be_v free_o allow_v that_o authority_n and_o quality_n when_o they_o be_v accompany_v with_o virtue_n as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v or_o when_o they_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o it_o diadema_fw-la it_o alii_fw-la pro_fw-la pecunia_fw-la emunt_fw-la nobilitatem_fw-la alii_fw-la illam_fw-la lenocinio_fw-la alii_fw-la veneficiis_fw-la alii_fw-la parricidiis_fw-la multis_fw-la perditio_fw-la nobilitatem_fw-la conciliat_fw-la plerique_fw-la adulatione_fw-la detractione_n calumniis_fw-la etc._n etc._n agrippa_n de_fw-fr vanit_fw-la scien_fw-fr aude_n aliquid_fw-la brevibus_fw-la gyaris_fw-la aut_fw-la carcere_fw-la dignum_fw-la si_fw-la vis_fw-la esse_fw-la aliquid_fw-la indignissimus_fw-la dignissimo_fw-la praefertur_fw-la plerunque_fw-la illaudatus_fw-la laudatissimo_fw-la ille_fw-la crucem_fw-la sceleris_fw-la pretium_fw-la tulit_fw-la hic_fw-la diadema_fw-la which_o too_o seldom_o happen_v be_v true_o honourable_a and_o enable_v those_o that_o have_v they_o to_o be_v more_o serviceable_a to_o the_o interest_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o good_a of_o mankind_n which_o be_v their_o proper_a business_n but_o when_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o virtue_n they_o render_v those_o that_o possess_v they_o true_o scandalous_a and_o high_o pernicious_a 106._o pernicious_a ut_fw-la omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la sic_fw-la literarum_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_fw-la temperantia_fw-la laboremus_fw-la sen._n ep._n 106._o it_o be_v true_a likewise_o that_o when_o learning_n be_v moderate_o pursue_v and_o for_o the_o service_n of_o religion_n and_o good_a of_o the_o world_n it_o be_v both_o innocent_a and_o laudable_a and_o the_o advantage_n of_o it_o for_o those_o end_n be_v confess_v yet_o it_o be_v plain_a from_o too_o sad_a experience_n that_o it_o be_v too_o general_o seek_v upon_o base_a consideration_n and_o frequent_o apply_v to_o very_o ill_a purpose_n as_o be_v allow_v when_o it_o be_v make_v use_n of_o for_o the_o raise_v of_o heresy_n the_o adulterate_v or_o confound_a the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o christian_a doctrine_n with_o philosophical_a notion_n and_o distinction_n or_o to_o the_o raise_n and_o continue_v of_o unnecessary_a and_o dangerous_a dispute_n out_o of_o pride_n and_o vanity_n of_o passion_n or_o worldly_a interest_n to_o the_o disturb_v of_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n the_o ruin_n of_o charity_n and_o manifest_a injury_n of_o religion_n bonam_fw-la religion_n paucis_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la 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