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the_o skin_n than_o the_o muscle_n and_o at_o last_o open_v the_o great_a vein_n and_o then_o casual_o the_o life_n flee_v away_o with_o the_o blood_n or_o if_o a_o thief_n be_v accuse_v for_o steal_v of_o money_n and_o shall_v deny_v it_o stout_o he_o will_v say_v that_o principal_o he_o only_o carry_v away_o the_o purse_n that_o he_o neither_o see_v nor_o touch_v money_n that_o he_o give_v the_o purse_n secondary_o to_o another_o and_o three_o the_o purse_n be_v open_v and_o consequent_o the_o money_n take_v away_o he_o will_v make_v a_o pleasant_a piece_n of_o work_n who_o out_o of_o the_o walachaian_a patch_n will_v make_v up_o such_o jest_n serious_a disputation_n i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o apollonius_n will_v be_v so_o senseless_a if_o he_o be_v banish_v by_o the_o magistrate_n that_o he_o may_v not_o any_o more_o make_v tumult_n and_o stir_v up_o the_o people_n to_o sedition_n but_o he_o will_v think_v that_o by_o this_o punishment_n he_o be_v thrust_v from_o his_o holy_a preach_a charge_n at_o middleburge_n if_o he_o have_v not_o a_o swine_n soul_n or_o if_o it_o be_v not_o his_o purpose_n to_o delude_v the_o scripture_n he_o may_v have_v easy_o see_v his_o foolery_n out_o of_o the_o very_a text_n for_o the_o place_n show_v that_o the_o punishment_n which_o solomon_n will_v inflict_v upon_o abiathar_n be_v not_o proper_o banishment_n for_o this_o be_v rather_o a_o benefit_n he_o bestow_v upon_o he_o for_o he_o say_v thou_o be_v a_o dead_a man_n but_o i_o will_v not_o slay_v thou_o he_o have_v deserve_v this_o punishment_n which_o he_o remit_v and_o show_v mercy_n in_o banish_v he_o what_o be_v then_o the_o punishment_n proper_o which_o he_o inflict_v upon_o abiathar_n to_o wit_v this_o in_o depose_v he_o from_o the_o priesthood_n for_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v in_o express_a term_n thus_o solomon_n cast_v out_o abiathar_n that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v the_o lord_n priest_n by_o which_o it_o plain_o appear_v that_o solomon_n intend_v and_o do_v that_o which_o this_o night-bird_n say_v he_o do_v not_o nor_o can_v do_v beside_o the_o history_n add_v that_o solomon_n make_v zadok_v high_a priest_n and_o because_o he_o do_v all_o this_o whilst_o the_o priesthood_n stand_v by_o himself_o without_o take_v advice_n of_o the_o priest_n sure_o solomon_n in_o so_o do_v be_v very_o sacrilegious_a or_o else_o the_o stiltwalker_n be_v a_o cheat_v divine_a the_o special_a privilege_n of_o holiness_n be_v place_v in_o prayer_n and_o public_a preach_n and_o because_o this_o authoritative_a sanctity_n consist_v in_o a_o circumstance_n in_o that_o these_o be_v do_v public_o it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v that_o apollonius_n will_v declare_v out_o of_o the_o cabinet_n of_o his_o abstruse_a divinity_n what_o proper_o it_o be_v to_o pray_v public_o whether_o only_o in_o the_o church_n and_o pulpit_n or_o not_o also_o at_o a_o table_n in_o a_o ship_n in_o in_o the_o street_n in_o the_o marketplace_n in_o a_o chamber_n as_o paul_n do_v if_o he_o shall_v 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this_o office_n but_o hinder_v not_o other_o who_o be_v also_o furnish_v with_o these_o gift_n from_o the_o free_a exercise_n thereof_o whence_o appear_v the_o fraud_n and_o violence_n of_o papist_n chief_o of_o the_o new_a one_o who_o confess_v that_o the_o quicken_a save_a milk_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o breast_n of_o the_o scripture_n out_o of_o which_o all_o may_v suck_v and_o draw_v even_o layman_n and_o may_v distribute_v it_o private_o but_o public_o they_o must_v not_o or_o if_o they_o do_v it_o be_v not_o nutritive_a which_o be_v mere_a mockery_n however_o i_o have_v be_v large_a in_o discourse_v of_o this_o nourishment_n yet_o this_o i_o affirm_v that_o isaiah_n by_o this_o double_a and_o rare_a prophecy_n do_v foretell_v some_o extraordinary_a matter_n of_o magistrate_n when_o he_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v nurse_v father_n of_o the_o church_n apollonius_n think_v that_o nothing_o else_o be_v foretold_v but_o only_o that_o they_o shall_v procure_v bountiful_a stipend_n for_o churchman_n to_o fatten_v themselves_o well_o and_o so_o may_v nourish_v the_o church_n the_o better_a but_o this_o be_v no_o new_a or_o extraordinary_a matter_n god_n himself_o provide_v meat_n for_o the_o levite_n and_o godly_a king_n have_v now_o a_o long_a time_n do_v that_o plentiful_o and_o it_o seem_v absurd_a to_o ascribe_v such_o a_o work_n to_o king_n the_o chief_a perfection_n whereof_o can_v never_o be_v reach_v by_o they_o but_o by_o churchman_n only_o wherefore_o this_o seem_v to_o agree_v with_o the_o say_a prophet_n that_o king_n and_o magistrate_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o leviticall_a separation_n be_v take_v away_o shall_v handle_v all_o ecclesiastic_a business_n by_o themselves_o or_o else_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o diligent_a in_o they_o that_o if_o they_o do_v not_o perform_v all_o thing_n by_o themselves_o yet_o at_o least_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o diligent_a in_o procure_v of_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v go_v before_o churchman_n take_v the_o charge_n of_o they_o and_o prescribe_v to_o they_o no_o other_o way_n than_o if_o a_o mother_n queen_n who_o have_v permit_v her_o infant_n to_o be_v nurse_v and_o breed_v by_o nurse_n and_o her_o handmaid_n afterward_o out_o of_o her_o motherly_a care_n shall_v sit_v down_o among_o her_o nurse_n and_o maid_n and_o give_v she_o own_o breast_n to_o be_v suck_v perform_v herself_o all_o the_o part_n of_o a_o nurse_n which_o we_o see_v many_o famous_a prince_n have_v do_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n above_o other_o title_n that_o of_o god_n be_v most_o illustrious_a with_o which_o the_o psalmist_n honour_v prince_n which_o title_n we_o never_o find_v in_o scripture_n give_v to_o churchman_n aaron_z be_v a_o eminent_a man_n and_o be_v to_o be_v the_o most_o worthy_a highpriest_n yet_o god_n say_v
not_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o a_o god_n to_o moses_n but_o contrary_o i_o will_v make_v moses_n a_o god_n to_o thou_o whence_o we_o see_v that_o god_n from_o the_o beginning_n do_v not_o purpose_n to_o commit_v the_o supreme_a care_n of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o the_o church_n to_o churchman_n but_o to_o secular_a magistrate_n for_o he_o know_v that_o thing_n will_v not_o be_v well_o guide_v by_o churchman_n as_o appear_v by_o aaron_n who_o when_o moses_n be_v absent_a but_o 40._o day_n be_v of_o such_o a_o soft_a and_o effeminate_a spirit_n that_o present_o upon_o the_o prayer_n and_o menace_n of_o the_o people_n turn_v the_o whole_a worship_n into_o idolatry_n this_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o when_o christ_n be_v ask_v of_o the_o apostle_n concern_v government_n he_o permit_v it_o to_o magistrate_n but_o deny_v it_o precise_o to_o churchman_n so_o that_o in_o this_o famous_a title_n of_o god_n all_o churchman_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o civil_a power_n and_o all_o civil_a power_n 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