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themselves_o for_o his_o vicegerent_n and_o sagans_n chap._n ix_o §_o i._o the_o sentence_n and_o effect_n of_o excommunication_n with_o christian_n as_o with_o jew_n and_o the_o relaxation_n of_o it_o alike_o §_o ii_o their_o agreement_n in_o the_o estimate_n of_o the_o gild_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o appointment_n of_o penance_n §_o i._o excommunication_n as_o we_o have_v see_v 5._o see_v ch._n 5._o be_v with_o the_o jew_n a_o punishment_n with_o which_o their_o presbyterial_a authority_n be_v arm_v and_o which_o beside_o if_o it_o be_v not_o also_o decree_v be_v certain_o execute_v by_o the_o sacerdotal_a and_o that_o sentence_n we_o must_v think_v be_v then_o most_o valid_a and_o most_o effectual_a when_o it_o be_v pass_v by_o both_o those_o power_n such_o a_o excommunication_n we_o have_v see_v too_o direct_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o execute_v and_o afterward_o release_v and_o the_o same_o jurisdiction_n how_o it_o continue_v to_o be_v exercise_v in_o the_o church_n we_o be_v now_o to_o consider_v this_o discipline_n than_o be_v well_o know_v to_o have_v be_v execute_v in_o the_o primitive_a church_n by_o the_o bishop_n and_o priest_n with_o great_a severity_n and_o to_o have_v be_v much_o dread_v by_o the_o guilty_a and_o the_o account_n of_o it_o we_o may_v take_v from_o tertullian_n as_o he_o describe_v it_o in_o his_o apology_n 39_o apology_n ch._n 39_o be_v to_o justify_v the_o christian_a assembly_n from_o the_o imputation_n put_v upon_o they_o by_o the_o imperial_a officer_n and_o common_a opinion_n of_o their_o be_v unlawful_a association_n and_o dangerous_a conventicle_n he_o say_v we_o be_v indeed_o a_o corporation_n embody_v by_o our_o agreement_n in_o the_o same_o religion_n and_o obedience_n to_o the_o same_o discipline_n and_o be_v confederate_a by_o the_o same_o hope_n we_o meet_v together_o but_o it_o be_v before_o god_n him_n we_o surround_v with_o our_o prayer_n and_o as_o it_o be_v with_o our_o number_n force_v but_o this_o be_v such_o a_o violence_n as_o be_v acceptable_a unto_o he_o and_o then_o our_o prayer_n be_v for_o our_o emperor_n for_o their_o officer_n and_o such_o as_o be_v put_v in_o authority_n we_o meet_v but_o it_o be_v to_o refresh_v our_o memory_n by_o read_v the_o word_n of_o god_n there_o too_o c_o be_v the_o place_n for_o exhortation_n and_o for_o reproof_n and_o there_o our_o manner_n be_v inspect_v and_o censure_v as_o it_o be_v by_o god_n himself_o for_o cause_n be_v there_o judge_v with_o great_a deliberation_n as_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v do_v by_o those_o who_o know_v that_o they_o judge_v in_o the_o presence_n and_o sight_n of_o god_n and_o if_o any_o one_o shall_v be_v find_v so_o criminal_a as_o to_o be_v exclude_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o our_o prayer_n and_o assembly_n and_o from_o the_o rest_n of_o our_o holy_a commerce_n this_o judgement_n so_o pass_v upon_o he_o be_v take_v for_o the_o high_a presumption_n that_o can_v be_v of_o a_o like_a judgement_n to_o come_v elder_n or_o governor_n the_o best_a approve_v preside_v over_o we_o such_o as_o have_v purchase_v the_o honour_n not_o by_o money_n but_o by_o their_o desert_n for_o nothing_o belong_v to_o god_n be_v to_o be_v buy_v with_o money_n by_o those_o who_o preside_v over_o we_o we_o be_v chief_o to_o understand_v the_o bishop_n and_o then_o the_o presbyter_n who_o be_v say_v above_o 2._o above_o ch._n 8._o §._o 2._o in_o the_o language_n of_o ignatius_n to_o the_o magnesian_o to_o preside_v also_o and_o likewise_o it_o appear_v manifest_o that_o the_o authority_n by_o which_o they_o act_n be_v not_o look_v on_o as_o found_v upon_o any_o voluntary_a agreement_n of_o the_o fraternity_n but_o upon_o the_o law_n of_o god_n neither_o be_v it_o necessary_a that_o i_o shall_v trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o any_o further_a proof_n from_o the_o ancient_n either_o for_o the_o immemorial_n practice_n of_o excommunication_n or_o for_o the_o constant_a presumption_n of_o its_o authority_n from_o god_n fig._n i._n fig._n ii_o fig._n iii_o place_n this_o after_o pâ—_n and_o agreeable_o to_o this_o we_o have_v already_o see_v that_o excommunication_n with_o the_o jew_n be_v light_a or_o heavy_a and_o different_o aggravate_v as_o the_o cause_n deserve_v 1._o deserve_v ch._n 5._o §._o 1._o it_o have_v likewise_o appear_v probable_a that_o the_o several_a excommunicate_n may_v have_v lie_v under_o several_a prohibition_n as_o to_o their_o approach_n in_o the_o synagogue_n or_o temple_n 3_o temple_n sect._n 3_o and_o since_o it_o have_v be_v show_v that_o the_o jewish_a proselyte_n enter_v into_o their_o religion_n by_o the_o same_o degree_n by_o which_o the_o christian_n do_v 6._o do_v ch._n 6._o we_o can_v doubt_v but_o those_o of_o they_o who_o have_v be_v solemn_o exclude_v the_o temple_n ordinary_o re-entered_a it_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n advance_v successive_o through_o the_o several_a court_n as_o those_o do_v who_o have_v be_v under_o corporal_a pollution_n according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o suppose_a purification_n we_o have_v yet_o speak_v only_o of_o the_o spiritual_a effect_n of_o excommunication_n and_o tertullian_n mention_n the_o exclusion_n from_o all_o sacred_a commerce_n only_o and_o this_o no_o doubt_n be_v the_o proper_a jurisdiction_n of_o that_o presbyterial_a authority_n which_o pretend_v not_o to_o govern_v the_o commerce_n or_o negotiation_n of_o this_o world_n but_o there_o can_v be_v no_o question_n but_o that_o the_o faithful_a always_o avoid_v any_o great_a familiarity_n or_o intimate_v conversation_n with_o the_o excommunicate_n other_o than_o to_o reform_v and_o reconvert_v they_o and_o this_o the_o scripture_n itself_o seem_v to_o direct_v 5.11_o direct_v 1_o cor._n 5.11_o and_o necessary_a it_o be_v to_o the_o humiliation_n and_o mortification_n of_o the_o criminal_a and_o for_o the_o danger_n of_o other_o be_v corrupt_v by_o he_o though_o the_o other_o common_a intercourse_n the_o christian_n be_v to_o have_v with_o their_o neighbour_n of_o all_o sort_n be_v to_o be_v regulate_v by_o the_o policy_n of_o that_o temporal_a government_n to_o which_o they_o belong_v but_o when_o the_o government_n become_v christian_n as_o it_o think_v fit_a to_o enlarge_v the_o proper_a presbyterial_a power_n with_o some_o new_a jurisdiction_n in_o thing_n confine_v upon_o that_o office_n as_o in_o cause_n testamentary_a and_o matrimonial_a so_o it_o back_v their_o excommunication_n with_o civil_a restraint_n and_o penalty_n and_o thence_o those_o who_o be_v under_o the_o great_a excommunication_n have_v be_v forbid_v all_o common_a conversation_n render_v uncapable_a of_o several_a legal_a benefit_n and_o sometime_o imprison_v or_o otherwise_o punish_v in_o body_n or_o estate_n in_o all_o which_o proceed_n the_o pattern_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o be_v evident_a have_v be_v much_o follow_v as_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v in_o the_o three_o admonition_n before_o the_o sentence_n the_o consideration_n of_o the_o contempt_n of_o the_o court_n on_o which_o it_o be_v found_v the_o pronounce_v it_o by_o bell_n and_o candle_n and_o execute_v it_o even_o upon_o the_o dead_a 1._o dead_a see_v ch._n 5._o §._o 1._o §_o ii_o and_o thus_o much_o may_v suffice_v at_o present_a for_o the_o correspondence_n of_o the_o sentence_n and_o effect_n of_o excommunication_n with_o the_o jew_n and_o with_o the_o christian_n but_o they_o also_o agree_v further_o about_o the_o crime_n that_o be_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o and_o about_o the_o mean_n of_o its_o absolution_n the_o most_o grievous_a crime_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n be_v idolatry_n adultery_n and_o murder_n as_o morinus_n have_v demonstrate_v 1._o demonstrate_v mor._n de_fw-fr poen_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 1._o and_o that_o they_o be_v so_o estimate_v by_o the_o jew_n he_o have_v also_o sufficient_o prove_v 3._o prove_v ibid_fw-la cap._n 3._o and_o concern_v repentance_n and_o expiation_n or_o
i._o ah_o tert._n de_fw-mi coron_n cap._n 3._o ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la progressum_fw-la atque_fw-la promotum_fw-la ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la aditum_fw-la atque_fw-la exitum_fw-la ad_fw-la calceatum_fw-la ad_fw-la lavacra_fw-la ad_fw-la mensas_fw-la ad_fw-la lumina_fw-la ad_fw-la cubilia_fw-la ad_fw-la sedilia_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la nos_fw-la conversatio_fw-la exercet_fw-la frontem_fw-la crucis_fw-la signaculo_fw-la terimus_fw-la g_o 2_o ibid._n die_v dominico_n jejuniâ—m_fw-la nefas_fw-la ducimus_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la geniculis_fw-la adorare_fw-la eadem_fw-la immunitate_fw-la à _fw-la aye_o paschae_fw-la in_o pentecosten_n usque_fw-la gaudemus_fw-la ay_o ibid._n calicis_fw-la aut_fw-la panis_n etiam_fw-la nostri_fw-la aliquid_fw-la decuti_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la anxiè_fw-la patimur_fw-la n_z tert._n de_fw-mi orat._n cap._n 12._o quòd_fw-la assignatâ_fw-la oratione_fw-la assidendi_fw-la mos_fw-la est_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la rationem_fw-la non_fw-la video_fw-la nisi_fw-la si_fw-la hermas_n ille_fw-la q_o ibid._n cap._n 14._o alia_fw-la jam_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la invaluit_fw-la jejunantes_fw-la â—abitâ_fw-la oratione_fw-la cum_fw-la fratribus_fw-la subtrabunt_fw-la osculum_fw-la pacis_fw-la jam_fw-la enim_fw-la de_fw-la abstinentia_fw-la osculi_fw-la etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la literam_fw-la s_o ad_fw-la operis_fw-la huius_fw-la partis_fw-la prioris_fw-la cap._n 4._o r_o cap._n 13._o sonos_fw-la etiam_fw-la vecis_fw-la subjectos_fw-la esse_fw-la oportet_fw-la aut_fw-la quantis_fw-la arteriis_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la pro_fw-la sono_fw-la audiamur_fw-la t_z cap._n ii_o certè_fw-la israelis_fw-la manus_fw-la semper_fw-la immundae_fw-la sanguine_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la &_o ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la cruentatae_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la conscientid_v patrum_fw-la haereditarii_fw-la rei_fw-la nec_fw-la attollere_fw-la eas_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la audent_fw-la nos_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la attollimus_fw-la tantum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la expandimus_fw-la y_z tertull._n apolog._n cap._n 16._o alii_fw-la solemn_a credunt_fw-la deum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la denique_fw-la inde_fw-la suspicio_fw-la quod_fw-la innotuerit_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la orientâ—â—_n regionem_fw-la precari_fw-la §_o ii_o do_v orig._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d edit_n oxon._n p._n 130._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d g_o see_v gregory_n be_v work_n ch._n 18._o on_o zach_n 3.8_o &_o 6.12_o n_z this_o in_o part_n be_v exemplify_v by_o mr._n gregory_n o_o this_o too_o be_v mention_v by_o mr._n greogory_n in_o the_o same_o place_n and_o by_o mr._n selden_n de_fw-fr syne_v 3.16.2_o §_o iv_o c_o orig._n ibid._n pag._n 44._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d §_o v._o ah_o justin_n apol._n 2._o sub_fw-la sivem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b_o tertull_n de_fw-la animâ_fw-la cap._n 9_o est_fw-la hodiè_fw-la soror_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la revelationum_fw-la charismata_fw-la sortita_fw-la quas_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la inter_fw-la dominica_n solennia_fw-la per_fw-la eâ—stasin_n in_o spiritu_fw-la patitur_fw-la jam_fw-la vero_fw-la prout_fw-la scripturae_fw-la leguntur_fw-la aut_fw-la psalmi_n cantâ—â—tur_fw-la aut_fw-la adlocutiones_fw-la proferuntur_fw-la aut_fw-la petitiones_fw-la delâ—gantur_fw-la iâ—â—_n indè_fw-la materiae_fw-la visionibus_fw-la subministrantur_fw-la §_o vii_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d §_o vii_o it_o be_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o priest_n pronounce_v this_o he_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o it_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la goar_n ad_fw-la euchol_n grac._n pag._n 56._o b_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la chrysost_fw-la liturgiam_fw-la c_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr quo_fw-la consuli_fw-la poterit_fw-la goar_n ad_fw-la chryst_n liturgiam_fw-la observatione_fw-la 125._o e_z clem._n alexandr_n strom._n lib._n 7_o mo_z edit_n paris_n pag._n 722._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b_o such_o admonition_n as_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la liturg._n chryf_n ay_o a_o instance_n may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o admonition_n give_v to_o the_o high_a priest_n by_o those_o next_o he_o at_o the_o put_n on_o of_o the_o two_o lot_n on_o the_o two_o goat_n domine_fw-la pontifex_fw-la tolle_fw-la manum_fw-la dextram_fw-la or_o tolle_n manum_fw-la sinistram_fw-la maim_v de_fw-fr cult_a diu._n 8.3.3_o chap._n xi_o §_o i._o the_o second_o prejudice_n against_o a_o jewish_a origination_n of_o lent_n from_o want_n of_o authority_n in_o the_o talmudical_a write_n §_o ii_o answer_v by_o show_v 1._o that_o those_o traditional_a account_n be_v not_o without_o some_o ancient_a foundation_n of_o their_o own_o §_o iii_o second_o that_o they_o be_v confirm_v in_o many_o point_n by_o collateral_a evidence_n §_o iu._n and_o 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