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to_o preside_v in_o synod_n to_o ratify_v the_o act_n of_o synod_n to_o reform_v the_o church_n here_o be_v good_a word_n but_o they_o signify_v nothing_o for_o 124._o in_o plain_a english_a what_o be_v this_o political_a power_n to_o call_v synod_n etc._n etc._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 summons_n by_o a_o civil_a sanction_n to_o secure_v they_o in_o come_v to_o the_o synod_n and_o return_v from_o the_o synod_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 for_o they_o 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_a of_o or_o to_o define_v ecclesiastical_a thing_n do_v flow_v from_o the_o magistrate_n but_o can_v the_o magistrate_n call_v the_o synod_n to_o account_v for_o any_o thing_n they_o do_v can_v he_o remedy_n the_o error_n of_o a_o synod_n either_o in_o doctrine_n or_o discipline_n no_o this_o be_v one_o main_a branch_n of_o popery_n and_o a_o gross_a encroachment_n upon_o the_o right_n of_o the_o magistrate_n and_o according_o we_o find_v he_o charge_v the_o papist_n with_o it_o in_o his_o write_n against_o they_o 88_o he_o maintain_v that_o all_o ecclesiastical_a coercive_a jurisdiction_n do_v original_o flow_v from_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n he_o bid_v they_o weigh_v all_o the_o part_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o consider_v what_o one_o there_o be_v which_o christian_a emperor_n of_o old_a do_v not_o either_o exercise_n by_o themselves_o or_o by_o their_o delegate_n or_o do_v not_o regulate_v by_o their_o law_n or_o both_o and_o then_o particular_o instance_n in_o the_o point_n of_o call_v council_n preside_v in_o council_n dissolve_v of_o council_n and_o confirm_v council_n and_o 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