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subject_n rule_n be_v express_v and_o positive_a phil._n 2._o 14._o do_v all_o thing_n without_o murmur_a and_o dispute_v v._o act._n 16._o 4._o 3._o but_o it_o be_v object_v as_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o no_o man_n put_v a_o stumble_a block_n or_o a_o occasion_n to_o fall_v in_o his_o brother_n way_n rom._n 14._o 13._o but_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o a_o active_a scandal_n design_v as_o a_o mousetrap_n set_v and_o ready_a bait_v on_o purpose_n to_o entice_v and_o catch_v the_o unwary_a mouse_n as_o tirinus_n fin_n note_n from_o the_o word_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v say_v cajetan_n of_o put_v a_o stumble_a block_n formal_o secundum_fw-la propriam_fw-la rationem_fw-la scandali_fw-la according_a to_o the_o proper_a account_n of_o scandal_n to_o the_o mortal_a ruin_n of_o another_o person_n this_o scandal_n be_v in_o a_o matter_n that_o be_v in_o my_o own_o choice_n and_o power_n rom._n 15._o 1._o and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o case_n wherein_o authority_n have_v not_o interpose_v her_o determination_n for_o that_o do_v supersede_n my_o choice_n it_o be_v very_o well_o observe_v therefore_o by_o g._n ambianas_n 453._o that_o liberty_n be_v promiscuous_a both_o to_o the_o strong_a and_o to_o the_o weak_a but_o with_o this_o limitation_n vbi_fw-la nec_fw-la pietas_n violatur_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la nec_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la temeratur_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la where_o the_o piety_n of_o conscience_n be_v not_o violate_v nor_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n infringe_v but_o here_o we_o must_v observe_v some_o rule_n to_o direct_v our_o practice_n 1._o i_o must_v not_o omit_v a_o duty_n to_o avoid_v scandal_n for_o that_o be_v to_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v which_o the_o apostle_n say_v be_v damnable_a rom._n 3._o 8._o nor_o 2._o can_v i_o proper_o be_v say_v to_o give_v scandal_n by_o perform_v that_o which_o be_v my_o duty_n antecedent_o to_o that_o scandal_n for_o than_o my_o duty_n shall_v be_v my_o sin_n and_o i_o shall_v be_v under_o a_o necessity_n of_o
can_v any_o man_n be_v more_o tender_a of_o give_v offence_n whether_o by_o word_n or_o deed_n than_o he_o be_v and_o that_o he_o will_v have_v we_o to_o be_v so_o too_o when_o the_o party_n be_v to_o be_v treat_v with_o tenderness_n we_o may_v conclude_v from_o the_o severity_n of_o his_o sentence_n upon_o such_o as_o do_v the_o contrary_n mat._n 18._o 6._o but_o for_o all_o that_o great_a compassion_n which_o he_o have_v for_o his_o little_a one_o his_o weak_a and_o infirm_a disciple_n his_o divine_a wisdom_n be_v please_v to_o make_v a_o difference_n and_o he_o have_v his_o vae_fw-la vobis_fw-la his_o let_v they_o alone_o his_o sharp_a reproof_n and_o his_o dereliction_n for_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n mat._n 25._o 12_o 13_o 14._o and_o true_o we_o do_v not_o desire_v much_o less_o dare_v we_o pretend_v to_o be_v wise_a or_o more_o charitable_a than_o our_o lord_n and_o master_n danda_fw-la quidem_fw-la opera_fw-la est_fw-la quoad_fw-la licebit_fw-la ne_fw-la qua_fw-la ex_fw-la nostra_fw-la dicendi_fw-la ratione_fw-la offensio_fw-la nascatur_fw-la sed_fw-la extremae_fw-la insaniae_fw-la foret_fw-la velle_fw-la nobis_fw-la prudentiùs_fw-la moderari_fw-la quam_fw-la edocti_fw-la sumus_fw-la à _fw-la coelesti_fw-la magistro_fw-la say_v mr._n calvin_n 12._o care_n must_v be_v take_v as_o much_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v that_o no_o offence_n arise_v from_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o word_n or_o action_n but_o it_o be_v a_o part_n of_o extreme_a madness_n to_o think_v we_o can_v carry_v ourselves_o more_o prudent_o than_o we_o be_v teach_v by_o our_o heavenly_a lord_n and_o master_n christ_n know_v very_o well_o that_o the_o pharisee_n be_v offend_v at_o his_o doctrine_n say_v the_o learned_a luc._n brugensis_n sed_fw-la non_fw-la judicabat_fw-la operae_fw-la pretium_fw-la ut_fw-la placandis_fw-la illis_fw-la intenderet_fw-la 14._o aut_fw-la clariùs_fw-la interpretaretur_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la contumacitèr_fw-la rejecturis_fw-la but_o he_o do_v not_o think_v 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the_o dissenter_n go_v on_o thus_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v in_o the_o general_n leave_v free_a and_o indifferent_a to_o do_v or_o not_o to_o do_v yet_o at_o some_o time_n and_o in_o some_o case_n it_o may_v be_v my_o great_a sin_n if_o i_o shall_v do_v some_o of_o they_o as_o when_o it_o will_v wound_v the_o conscience_n and_o destroy_v the_o soul_n of_o a_o weak_a christian._n to_o this_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o the_o plea_n of_o christian_a liberty_n and_o weakness_n be_v never_o more_o abuse_v than_o by_o such_o as_o have_v pretend_v to_o defend_v they_o the_o abuse_n hereof_o against_o sobriety_n and_o temperance_n have_v be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o the_o two_o great_a apostle_n 8._o and_o caveal_v enter_v by_o they_o both_o against_o it_o gal._n 5._o 13._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 10_o 18_o 9_o see_v soto_n ad_fw-la rom._n 14._o 16_o 17._o p._n 379._o the_o abuse_n hereof_o against_o authority_n st._n paul_n take_v notice_n of_o rom._n 13._o vnde_fw-la non_fw-la dubia_fw-la conjectura_fw-la colligimus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la tum_fw-la quosdam_fw-la inquieto_n qui_fw-la libertatem_fw-la christianam_fw-la stare_v non_fw-la putarent_fw-la nisi_fw-la deturbata_fw-la civili_fw-la potestate_fw-la from_o whence_o we_o undoubted_o collect_v that_o there_o be_v unquiet_a spirit_n in_o those_o time_n who_o thought_n christian_a liberty_n can_v not_o stand_v without_o the_o disturbance_n of_o the_o civil_a power_n say_v mr._n calvin_n roman_n hence_o st._n peter_n as_o free_a and_o not_o use_v your_o liberty_n as_o a_o cloak_n of_o maliciousness_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 16._o free_v by_o christ_n from_o many_o yoke_n but_o not_o from_o that_o of_o subjection_n to_o god_n or_o to_o superior_n and_o therefore_o not_o pretend_v to_o any_o such_o liberty_n nor_o cover_a sedition_n etc._n etc._n under_o colour_n of_o christianity_n as_o the_o gnostic_n do_v ham._n who_o say_v they_o be_v free_a from_o all_o public_a law_n and_o despise_a dominion_n as_o st._n judas_n have_v it_o but_o as_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la etiam_fw-la eorum_fw-la servi_fw-la quibus_fw-la deus_fw-la nos_fw-la servire_fw-la jubet_fw-la groâ—_n and_o therefore_o the_o servant_n also_o of_o those_o who_o god_n command_v we_o to_o serve_v in_o short_a when_o christian_a liberty_n be_v set_v up_o against_o order_n decorum_n and_o common_a honesty_n it_o be_v set_v up_o against_o authority_n 1_o cor._n 14._o last_o when_o it_o be_v set_v up_o against_o the_o common_a method_n of_o edification_n and_o peace_n it_o be_v set_v up_o against_o charity_n rom._n 14._o 19_o when_o it_o be_v set_v up_o against_o temperance_n and_o sobriety_n it_o be_v make_v a_o occasion_n to_o the_o flesh_n gal._n 5._o 13._o when_o it_o be_v make_v use_n of_o to_o palliate_v the_o design_n of_o factious_a and_o ambitious_a man_n it_o be_v use_v as_o a_o cloak_n of_o malitiousness_n in_o all_o these_o case_n there_o be_v apostolical_a authority_n to_o restrain_v our_o liberty_n and_o in_o matter_n of_o religion_n what_o liberty_n can_v we_o just_o claim_v more_o than_o what_o christ_n have_v obtain_v and_o his_o grace_n confer_v upon_o we_o a_o liberty_n to_o serve_v god_n acceptable_o in_o all_o instance_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o table_n with_o reverence_n and_o godly_a fear_n hebr._n 12._o 28._o to_o this_o purpose_n mr._n calvin_n 16._o observe_v that_o st._n peter_n pronounce_v they_o free_v who_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n vnde_fw-la colligere_fw-la promptum_fw-la est_fw-la hanc_fw-la esse_fw-la finem_fw-la libertatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la ut_fw-la promptiores_fw-la &_o magis_fw-la expediti_fw-la simus_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequium_fw-la dei_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la manumissio_fw-la à _fw-la peccato_fw-la atqui_fw-la peccato_fw-la dominium_fw-la tollitur_fw-la ut_fw-la se_fw-la in_o subjectionem_fw-la justitiae_fw-la homines_fw-la addicant_fw-la from_o whence_o say_v he_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o 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despise_v authority_n break_v good_a order_n and_o destroy_v the_o unity_n and_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n for_o this_o will_v be_v a_o affront_n to_o christ_n himself_o who_o establish_v such_o a_o constitution_n in_o his_o church_n long_o before_o i_o come_v into_o the_o communion_n of_o it_o and_o have_v say_v he_o that_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o and_o he_o that_o despise_v you_o despise_v i_o and_o every_o soul_n which_o will_v not_o hear_v that_o prophet_n 23._o shall_v be_v destroy_v from_o among_o the_o people_n hereupon_o i_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o i_o be_o justify_v in_o my_o obedience_n to_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o church_n by_o the_o concession_n of_o this_o author_n which_o have_v be_v mention_v already_o somewhere_o in_o the_o margin_n of_o these_o paper_n for_o say_v he_o if_o my_o brother_n will_v be_v offend_v at_o what_o god_n have_v make_v my_o duty_n there_o be_v no_o remedy_n but_o that_o he_o lay_v aside_o his_o unjust_a offence_n and_o not_o that_o i_o lay_v aside_o my_o necessary_a duty_n mel._n inquir_n page_n 348._o which_o rule_n if_o well_o apply_v will_v very_o near_o determine_v the_o
give_v to_o these_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n by_o learned_a man_n be_v these_o meisner_n retinacula_fw-la adminicula_fw-la incitamenta_fw-la ornamenta_fw-la they_o call_v they_o the_o holdfast_n the_o help_n the_o incitement_n and_o ornament_n of_o religion_n and_o piety_n these_o be_v the_o tradition_n mention_v by_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 11._o 2._o precept_n leave_v by_o christ_n to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o governor_n and_o precedent_n of_o his_o church_n pertain_v to_o good_a order_n and_o decency_n there_o be_v many_o of_o this_o kind_n say_v grotius_n of_o no_o great_a moment_n to_o piety_n but_o therein_o it_o be_v fit_a and_o profitable_a that_o something_o shall_v be_v settle_v in_o common_a lest_o a_o different_a use_n and_o custom_n shall_v blemish_v the_o church_n beget_v dispute_n and_o as_o it_o often_o happen_v of_o dispute_n and_o schism_n so_o that_o these_o rite_n be_v like_o the_o lead_v in_o a_o glass-window_n not_o design_v to_o let_v in_o light_n but_o to_o 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luke_n 7._o 38._o c._n 18._o 13._o 2._o as_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o author_n so_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o end_n the_o end_n of_o divine_a institution_n be_v internal_a grace_n and_o sanctification_n this_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o end_n of_o christ_n dispensation_n to_o his_o church_n that_o he_o may_v sanctify_v and_o cleanse_v it_o with_o the_o wash_n of_o water_n by_o the_o word_n eph._n 5._o 26._o but_o the_o end_n of_o these_o ecclesiastical_a rite_n &_o ceremony_n be_v not_o to_o confer_v grace_n but_o to_o preserve_v good_a order_n and_o decorum_n to_o procure_v reverence_n and_o as_o object_n fit_a for_o that_o purpose_n to_o help_v devotion_n 3._o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o necessity_n for_o as_o touch_v divine_a thing_n a_o absolute_a necessity_n be_v lay_v upon_o we_o to_o observe_v they_o and_o it_o may_v be_v a_o double_a necessity_n praecepti_fw-la &_o medii_fw-la not_o only_o because_o they_o be_v under_o command_n but_o also_o because_o they_o 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