(46r) ;snot laysfra i fur me to travail one mile in vain : nor isit law> full for a Prince to commandme to travail a mile in vain i And et ifhe fendme fuch a command, to appear beforehim at fuch a place, ( yea though it be many miles ); it may become my due ty to obey him, Otherwife fubjeOis fhould not be bound to appear before any judicature, till they were fatisfied of the caufe, which is abfurd. I a Prince command his officers to exe- cute force unjuft fentences, if they know it not at ieafi, it may be no fin of theirs, (in many cafes ) though it be hi;. Every war that is unlawfully undertaken by the Prince, is not unlavvfull in all his Souldiers: Some of them that have not op- portunity to know the evil of his undertaking, may be bound to obey ( the cafe of others I determine not. ) §. q.. So if a Pafior call the Affe.mbly at an inconvenient hour , or town inconvenient place,though it be his fin to do fo, yet is it their Duty to obey. If in the manner of Prayer he ( tolerably ) mifcarry, they may not therefore refufe to join with him: Ifof two Tranflacions of Scripture,or two verfions of the Pfalms,.he ufe the worfer, (fo it be tolerable) they muff. obey. §.5 ..Yet if the mircarriage be fo great in the Ordering evenof thefe circutnflances, or in the la1anner of Duties as (hall over- throw the Duty it felf, and be inconfiftent with the ends, or bring greater evils upon the Church then our refufing to obey the Paflors (in thofe cafes) can doa, then ( as I have before fhewed.) we are not bound to follow him in fuch a cafe But otherwife we are.. §. 6. The Reafons ofthis are obvious and clear. Even be caufe it is the office of the Gnvernours::to determine of fuch Circumflances : 'It isthe Paftorsofce ;toguide . and overfee the flock. And o the determining of Tirtte andPlace of worfhip ( chatsundetermined) belongeth to his office : and the choice of the' fubje&onwhich he (hai l' preach , the leading' them in prayer,and praife, and choice of verfions tranflations, and other ordinary helps in his work..: And therefore when he de termineth theft., he isbut in his oïivn msy; and doth but his own, or.k,: and therefoae he is therein the judge; if the cafebevon. trovertible. If none (hall obey a MIOra te or PsRor in the works of their own office, as long asths:y th:ukhe:didthem not s N - -n 0 3 the
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