Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
authority_n apostle_n church_n tradition_n 3,170 5 9.1818 5 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A18081 The rest of the second replie of Thomas Cartvurihgt [sic]: agaynst Master Doctor Vuhitgifts second ansvuer, touching the Church discipline Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603. 1577 (1577) STC 4715; ESTC S107571 215,200 286

There are 10 snippets containing the selected quad. | View original text

believe_v leave_v by_o tradition_n here_o you_o bear_v we_o in_o hand_n of_o commandment_n i_o know_v not_o how_o many_o write_v not_o necessary_a to_o be_v observe_v but_o only_o to_o last_v for_o a_o time_n if_o unwritten_a tradition_n be_v perpetual_a and_o write_v commandment_n be_v not_o what_o want_v to_o the_o utter_a banishment_n of_o all_o truth_n and_o settle_v of_o all_o falsehood_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o as_o you_o may_v except_v against_o this_o so_o may_v other_o against_o any_o commandment_n of_o the_o apostle_n whereas_o the_o authority_n of_o god_n in_o they_o once_o be_v show_v either_o man_n ought_v to_o show_v some_o place_n whereby_o that_o be_v call_v back_o or_o else_o let_v it_o stand_v in_o that_o authority_n it_o be_v first_o set_v in_o of_o the_o lord_n to_o that_o i_o allege_v that_o god_n be_v present_a in_o his_o church_n 10._o with_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o spirit_n in_o knovuledg_n vuisdome_n etc_n etc_n and_o especial_o with_o those_o lavuful_o call_v unto_o office_n confirm_v it_o by_o the_o example_n of_o saul_n he_o answer_v the_o church_n be_v sometime_o without_o good_a pastor_n or_o good_a governor_n as_o in_o elias_n time_n which_o be_v untrue_a for_o there_o be_v a_o 13._o hundred_o prophet_n keep_v of_o one_o man_n alone_o then_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v anabaptistical_n upon_o a_o miraculous_a change_n and_o that_o of_o one_o to_o make_v a_o general_a rule_n but_o it_o be_v his_o great_a fault_n not_o to_o know_v that_o the_o miracle_n wrought_v upon_o certain_a have_v a_o general_a doctrine_n and_o serve_v to_o the_o confirmation_n of_o our_o faith_n in_o all_o our_o necessity_n as_o the_o feed_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n in_o the_o desert_n with_o man_n etc_n etc_n serve_v to_o this_o that_o although_o the_o ordinary_a mean_n of_o nourishment_n fail_v 4._o yet_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v otherwise_o provide_v for_o we_o the_o feed_n of_o the_o people_n in_o the_o desert_n by_o our_o sau._n christ_n to_o this_o that_o those_o which_o seek_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n shall_v have_v all_o other_o thing_n cast_v unto_o they_o if_o i_o have_v give_v hope_n of_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n in_o thing_n take_v in_o hand_n without_o a_o calling_n or_o in_o a_o call_n without_o use_v the_o lawful_a mean_n which_o god_n put_v in_o our_o hand_n than_o it_o have_v be_v anabaptistical_n but_o to_o assure_v the_o church_n of_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n in_o go_v about_o that_o which_o i_o hold_v for_o command_v of_o he_o when_o it_o assay_v all_o lawful_a mean_n it_o can_v be_v more_o skilful_a divinity_n than_o you_o can_v stain_v with_o all_o the_o skill_n you_o have_v i_o can_v have_v bring_v other_o example_n of_o david_n solomon_n etc_n etc_n but_o that_o one_o of_o saul_n be_v more_o press_v the_o force_n whereof_o note_v by_o i_o you_o clean_o pass_v by_o nether_a have_v the_o lord_n do_v this_o in_o certain_a particular_a person_n but_o general_o in_o his_o whole_a church_n for_o when_o he_o will_v make_v his_o tabernacle_n which_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o the_o church_n he_o command_v a_o exquisite_a workmanship_n in_o it_o where_o albeit_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o gros_fw-fr and_o rude_a than_o the_o israelite_n as_o those_o which_o have_v be_v many_o year_n hold_v in_o vile_a slavery_n occupy_v in_o clay_n and_o dirt_n and_o all_o other_o kind_n of_o drudgery_n yet_o the_o lord_n give_v number_n of_o such_o dexterity_n in_o work_v 1._o all_o kind_n of_o broidery_n and_o rich_fw-fr work_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v bring_v up_o in_o all_o liberal_a exercise_n and_o nourish_v as_o prince_n child_n moreover_o when_o as_o the_o lord_n furnish_v unto_o the_o church_n under_o the_o law_n able_a man_n for_o this_o function_n notwithstanding_o he_o use_v not_o that_o largesse_n towards_o it_o which_o he_o do_v now_o towards_o we_o they_o be_v to_o injurious_a unto_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n towards_o the_o church_n now_o which_o under_o pretence_n of_o want_n of_o able_a man_n will_v drive_v this_o order_n out_o of_o it_o in_o the_o city_n of_o athenes_n as_o tertullian_n report_v child_n speak_v when_o they_o anima_fw-la vuere_v but_o a_o month_n old_a and_o shall_v we_o think_v that_o in_o jerusalem_n which_o the_o lord_n will_v have_v to_o be_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o world_n and_o which_o he_o have_v set_v upon_o a_o stage_n that_o in_o it_o he_o may_v as_o it_o be_v make_v a_o show_n of_o all_o his_o riches_n shall_v we_o think_v i_o say_v that_o man_n of_o 30_o and_o 40_o year_n shall_v be_v all_o such_o babe_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o give_v any_o judgement_n of_o the_o law_n of_o that_o city_n whereof_o they_o have_v be_v so_o long_a burgess_n ad_fw-la also_o that_o you_o to_o give_v the_o pastor_n a_o passport_n to_o be_v away_o from_o his_o charge_n say_v that_o there_o may_v be_v diverse_a find_v in_o his_o absence_n able_a to_o answer_v all_o the_o 240._o doubt_n that_o a_o dowtful_a and_o turmoil_v conscience_n can_v minister_v which_o very_o although_o it_o be_v not_o the_o same_o yet_o be_v a_o rare_a gift_n then_o be_v necessary_o require_v of_o a_o elder_a of_o the_o church_n such_o as_o we_o require_v to_o that_o i_o allege_v that_o the_o common_a vuealth_n government_n 646._o must_v be_v frame_v unto_o the_o church_n and_o not_o the_o church_n government_n unto_o the_o common_a vuealth_n as_o the_o hang_n to_o the_o hovus_n and_o not_o the_o house_n to_o the_o hang_n he_o answer_v as_o though_o i_o have_v mean_v that_o the_o form_n of_o the_o government_n must_v be_v change_v and_o make_v the_o same_o with_o the_o form_n of_o the_o church_n government_n which_o be_v a_o open_a wrest_n of_o my_o word_n see_v all_o know_v that_o to_o be_v frame_v according_a to_o another_o thing_n be_v not_o all_o one_o as_o to_o be_v make_v the_o same_o with_o it_o unless_o he_o that_o command_v his_o hang_n to_o be_v frame_v to_o his_o how_o be_v command_v that_o his_o how_o be_v and_o hang_n shall_v be_v make_v the_o same_o or_o that_o the_o master_n which_o bid_v his_o servant_n frame_v himself_o to_o he_o bid_v he_o to_o give_v commandment_n for_o commandment_n check_v for_o check_v blow_v for_o blow_n therefore_o my_o meaning_n can_v not_o be_v such_o but_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v which_o i_o also_o expound_v in_o the_o example_n of_o the_o prince_n the_o principal_a part_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n that_o if_o there_o vuere_a any_o custom_n prerogative_n or_o pomp_n in_o the_o common_a vuealth_n before_o the_o prince_n join_v himself_o to_o the_o church_n contrary_a to_o the_o order_n of_o a_o church_n vuel_a establish_v that_o that_o shall_v be_v correct_v and_o if_o i_o have_v have_v any_o such_o meaning_n as_o he_o surmise_v yet_o our_o common_a wealth_n can_v have_v receive_v no_o such_o change_n by_o this_o consider_v that_o i_o have_v both_o declare_v my_o like_n of_o it_o and_o show_v how_o the_o form_n thereof_o resemble_v the_o form_n of_o the_o church_n government_n whereby_o also_o appear_v what_o a_o book_n shameful_a slander_n it_o be_v which_o he_o surmise_v of_o i_o that_o i_o will_v have_v prince_n throw_v down_o their_o crown_n before_o the_o senior_n of_o the_o church_n etc_n etc_n which_o i_o precise_o prevent_v with_o plain_a word_n because_o i_o knw_n with_o who_o i_o have_v to_o do_v albeit_o that_o prince_n shall_v be_v except_v from_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o namely_o from_o excommunication_n as_o he_o here_o and_o 657._o otherwhere_o signify_v i_o utter_o mislike_v now_o he_o have_v leave_v the_o point_n of_o his_o slanderous_a speech_n in_o i_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o my_o argument_n as_o a_o be_v which_o have_v lose_v her_o sting_n he_o be_v altogether_o unprofitable_a for_o unto_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o how_o be_v and_o hang_n he_o say_v that_o it_o prove_v it_o not_o but_o reason_n he_o show_v none_o unto_o that_o also_o that_o the_o church_n vuas_fw-la before_o the_o common_a vuealth_n and_o therefore_o that_o it_o shall_v serve_v the_o church_n and_o not_o the_o church_n it_o he_o say_v the_o argument_n follow_v not_o but_o he_o say_v it_o only_o whereas_o if_o the_o church_n and_o common_a wealth_n be_v otherwise_o equal_a which_o can_v not_o be_v one_o only_o respect_v the_o life_n to_o come_v the_o other_o the_o commodity_n of_o this_o life_n yet_o have_v this_o preeminence_n above_o it_o that_o it_o be_v before_o it_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v better_a than_o it_o and_o consequent_o ought_v rather_o to_o be_v serve_v of_o it_o then_o to_o serve_v it_o the_o ●●_o apostle_n also_o use_v the_o same_o reason_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o woman_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o man._n to_o that_o i_o allege_v that_o the_o
without_o a_o ordinary_a call_n for_o if_o the_o minister_n may_v not_o bear_v civil_a office_n until_o he_o be_v ordinary_o call_v then_o here_o be_v yet_o no_o distinction_n make_v between_o the_o respect_n of_o a_o minister_n to_o a_o civil_a office_n and_o the_o civil_a officer_n to_o the_o ministry_n in_o the_o end_n you_o be_v compel_v to_o destroy_v your_o own_o distinction_n affirm_v that_o as_o a_o minister_n may_v join_v to_o his_o ministry_n a_o civil_a office_n if_o he_o be_v call_v thereunto_o by_o the_o prince_n so_o the_o prince_n may_v join_v to_o his_o office_n the_o function_n of_o the_o minister_n if_o he_o be_v call_v unto_o it_o by_o the_o bishop_n for_o so_o you_o must_v needs_o mean_v see_v you_o make_v he_o the_o stward_o of_o ecclesiastical_a officis_fw-la which_o absurdity_n before_o this_o birth_n of_o you_o i_o suppose_v be_v never_o hear_v of_o and_o it_o be_v thorough_o out_o the_o whole_a discourse_n confute_v for_o as_o for_o that_o you_o add_v if_o they_o be_v lawful_o call_v it_o be_v to_o open_a folly_n see_v the_o question_n be_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o such_o election_n lawful_a here_o the_o d._n be_v take_v again_o in_o his_o word_n for_o if_o the_o 768._o example_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n whip_n do_v prove_v that_o a_o minister_n may_v meddle_v with_o civil_a affair_n than_o it_o prove_v that_o he_o may_v not_o only_o sit_v in_o judgement_n of_o crime_n but_o also_o be_v the_o torture_n himself_o which_o he_o deny_v for_o our_o saviour_n christ_n execute_v the_o punishment_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n to_o that_o also_o i_o allege_v that_o the_o minister_n by_o the_o example_n of_o paul_n and_o peter_n may_v be_v fisher_n and_o tentmaker_n if_o of_o the_o d._n example_n it_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o minister_n to_o bear_v civil_a office_n he_o answer_v they_o may_v do_v so_o upon_o like_a occasion_n the_o occasion_n of_o s._n paul_n labour_v with_o his_o hand_n be_v partly_o that_o he_o 5._o may_v not_o in_o that_o point_n be_v inferior_a to_o the_o fall_v apostle_n which_o take_v no_o stipend_n partly_o to_o support_v the_o need_n and_o poverty_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v now_o therefore_o anabaptistes_n which_o teach_v without_o wage_n and_o diverse_a church_n which_o be_v very_o poor_a by_o the_o d._n answer_n it_o be_v convenient_a the_o bishop_n shall_v exercise_v some_o handicraft_n which_o beside_o other_o inconvenience_n be_v against_o that_o which_o himself_o have_v true_o say_v that_o they_o be_v hindrance_n unto_o the_o ministry_n consider_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o gift_n now_o a_o day_n as_o the_o apostle_n have_v which_o be_v able_a to_o do_v more_o with_o one_o hand_n than_o we_o with_o both_o and_o if_o his_o answer_n be_v true_a yet_o it_o be_v nothing_o to_o purpose_n for_o if_o by_o these_o example_n he_o will_v conclude_v that_o minister_n may_v ordinary_o be_v call_v to_o the_o civil_a government_n than_o it_o must_v also_o follow_v that_o by_o these_o example_n of_o s._n paul_n and_o peter_n the_o minister_n may_v ordinary_o have_v occupation_n join_v with_o their_o ministery_n but_o if_o the_o minister_n may_v not_o exercise_v any_o handicraft_n but_o in_o like_a case_n as_o the_o apostle_n do_v and_o upon_o like_a calling_n than_o it_o follow_v also_o that_o they_o may_v not_o exercise_v civil_a office_n but_o in_o like_a time_n and_o upon_o like_a calling_n as_o those_o do_v from_o who_o he_o draw_v his_o proof_n the_o rest_n be_v answer_v before_o the_o d._n say_v that_o the_o minister_n can_v not_o exercise_v any_o civil_a 769._o jurisdiction_n in_o time_n of_o persecution_n here_o he_o say_v that_o timothy_n which_o 762._o live_v in_o time_n of_o persecution_n exercise_v civil_a jurisdiction_n thus_o like_o a_o windshaken_a reed_n he_o never_o stand_v in_o one_o sentence_n but_o i_o pray_v you_o note_v his_o reason_n which_o be_v because_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o accuser_n and_o witness_n as_o if_o they_o be_v not_o common_a to_o all_o kind_n of_o judgment_n for_o where_o the_o thing_n be_v not_o manifest_a there_o the_o trial_n must_v needs_o be_v either_o by_o confession_n or_o witness_n so_o that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a judgement_n there_o must_v needs_o be_v witness_n and_o accuser_n otherwise_o the_o minister_n in_o time_n of_o persecution_n shall_v take_v upon_o he_o civil_a jurisdiction_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o magistrate_n which_o be_v absurd_a and_o be_v urge_v by_o i_o be_v unanswered_a yea_o the_o housemother_n which_o upon_o accusation_n and_o witness_n of_o some_o of_o her_o child_n chasten_v other_o some_o shall_v by_o the_o d._n say_v break_v upon_o the_o office_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n upon_o diverse_a reason_n bring_v to_o show_n that_o s._n peter_n kill_v ananias_n and_o saphyra_n with_o the_o word_n which_o reason_n 2._o be_v minister_v he_o out_o of_o pigghius_n prove_v not_o that_o the_o minister_n may_v have_v their_o prison_n he_o answer_v nothing_o but_o take_v up_o the_o carcase_n of_o his_o argument_n in_o steed_n of_o bury_v of_o it_o assay_v to_o blow_v life_n into_o it_o after_o this_o sort_n peter_n punish_v with_o death_n do_v nothing_o repugnant_a to_o his_o vocation_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o the_o vocation_n of_o a_o minister_n to_o punish_v with_o temporal_a punishment_n which_o follow_v not_o for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o vocation_n of_o a_o minister_n now_o be_v not_o the_o same_o which_o peter_n be_v at_o that_o time_n not_o only_o for_o that_o he_o be_v a_o apostle_n but_o also_o for_o that_o without_o a_o particular_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o any_o or_o for_o peter_n himself_o to_o have_v do_v so_o that_o bring_v to_o uphould_v this_o with_o that_o that_o which_o peter_n do_v by_o extraordinary_a power_n the_o ministry_n now_o may_v do_v by_o a_o ordinary_a be_v a_o very_a cartrope_n to_o pull_v in_o all_o confusion_n into_o the_o church_n and_o common_a wealth_n for_o thus_o of_o that_o phinees_n a_o private_a man_n kill_v and_o the_o israelite_n borrow_v which_o they_o never_o mean_v to_o restore_v if_o the_o magistrate_n will_v licence_v man_n to_o do_v so_o it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a by_o the_o d._n rule_n if_o he_o say_v that_o those_o be_v thing_n forbid_v but_o not_o this_o that_o a_o minister_n shall_v bear_v civil_a office_n it_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o ask_n of_o that_o in_o controversy_n whereupon_o he_o continual_o fale_z and_o where_o he_o say_v he_o speak_v of_o the_o fact_n of_o peter_n and_o not_o of_o the_o manner_n even_o the_o fact_n of_o peter_n be_v to_o kill_v a_o man_n without_o any_o under_o minister_n and_o therefore_o of_o this_o answer_n also_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o magistrate_n may_v appoint_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v the_o torture_n and_o hangman_n which_o the_o d._n have_v before_o deny_v how_o come_v it_o also_o to_o pass_v that_o he_o which_o 149._o before_o compare_v the_o politic_a law_n of_o god_n put_v idolater_n and_o adulterer_n to_o death_n in_o cruelty_n with_o the_o turk_n law_n now_o make_v it_o a_o death_n matter_n if_o a_o man_n to_o conceal_v some_o part_n of_o his_o wealth_n be_v judicial_o demand_v thereof_o do_v make_v a_o lie_n for_o thus_o much_o he_o say_v in_o effect_n when_o he_o affirm_v that_o it_o may_v now_o be_v do_v ordinary_o which_o peter_n do_v then_o extraordinary_o where_o i_o add_v that_o the_o povuer_n which_v s._n peter_n use_v vua_v ecclesiastical_a and_o vuithal_o my_o reason_n ovut_o of_o the_o 1●_o apostle_n who_fw-it reckon_v that_o amongst_o the_o church_n gift_n leave_v the_o reason_n he_o oppose_v the_o authority_n of_o m._n beza_n whereas_o if_o that_o have_v be_v any_o lawful_a kind_n of_o dispute_v i_o can_v have_v allege_v learned_a writer_n that_o such_o punishment_n be_v do_v by_o virtue_n of_o that_o church_n office_n but_o how_o can_v s._n peter_n do_v that_o by_o right_a of_o the_o civil_a magistracy_n when_o as_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n have_v no_o right_n to_o punish_v that_o dissimulation_n which_o be_v hide_v hitherto_o also_o refer_v that_o the_o d._n himself_o in_o his_o 769._o former_a book_n affirm_v that_o their_o offence_n be_v against_o no_o ordinary_a law_n of_o the_o church_n or_o common_a wealth_n whereupon_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v no_o transgression_n against_o his_o law_n there_o can_v be_v no_o punishment_n due_a m._n bezas_n meaning_n be_v only_o that_o as_o the_o lord_n when_o there_o be_v no_o christian_a magistrate_n do_v use_v corporal_a punishment_n and_o those_o of_o death_n against_o they_o which_o resist_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n so_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n shall_v do_v the_o same_o so_o that_o although_o his_o manner_n of_o speech_n be_v diverse_a with_o that_o
i_o propound_v yet_o his_o judgement_n be_v all_o one_o here_o pantaleon_n and_o m._n bale_n be_v reject_v as_o insufficient_a 771._o to_o make_v report_n of_o eugenius_n do_n which_o be_v so_o long_o before_o their_o time_n and_o yet_o erasmus_n be_v stout_o uphold_v for_o report_v titus_n to_o have_v be_v a_o archbishop_n albeit_o titus_n be_v 600_o year_n before_o eugenius_n but_o if_o the_o d._n can_v not_o show_v any_o that_o command_v that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v have_v prison_n before_o eugenius_n these_o writer_n shall_v be_v able_a easy_o to_o maintain_v their_o credit_n against_o his_o boldness_n of_o affirm_v and_o deny_v what_o so_o ever_o he_o list_v to_o that_o out_o of_o possidonius_fw-la that_o those_o matter_n allege_v ●71_n of_o the_o bishop_n to_o be_v do_v of_o augustin_n can_v not_o be_v civil_a affair_n consider_v that_o he_o immediate_o oppose_v they_o unto_o secular_a or_o worldly_a matter_n beside_o word_n he_o answer_v nothing_o he_o oppose_v other_o place_n out_o of_o augustin_n whereof_o the_o first_o out_o of_o his_o book_n of_o the_o work_n of_o monk_n can_v not_o be_v understand_v as_o he_o will_v have_v it_o of_o any_o judgement_n give_v by_o reason_n of_o civil_a authority_n for_o that_o which_o he_o do_v he_o affirm_v that_o the_o apostle_n 6._o command_v it_o shall_v be_v do_v by_o the_o most_o contemptible_a in_o the_o church_n so_o that_o unless_o he_o dare_v say_v that_o the_o apostle_n command_v that_o the_o simple_a in_o the_o church_n may_v bear_v civil_a office_n when_o the_o magistrate_n be_v a_o enemy_n will_v commit_v no_o authority_n unto_o he_o this_o place_n be_v utter_o from_o the_o purpose_n again_o when_o augustin_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v tie_v he_o so_o to_o do_v and_o lay_v it_o upon_o he_o if_o the_o d._n will_v have_v that_o a_o civil_a office_n be_v there_o understand_v it_o must_v follow_v that_o the_o civil_a office_n be_v incident_a unto_o the_o office_n of_o the_o ministry_n and_o can_v not_o be_v sever_v from_o it_o the_o place_n out_o of_o his_o epistle_n 110_o be_v to_o as_o small_a purpose_n for_o in_o that_o it_o appear_v there_o that_o the_o counsel_n decree_v that_o augustin_n shall_v cease_v from_o those_o business_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o he_o deal_v with_o they_o not_o by_o any_o right_n of_o civil_a office_n for_o what_o have_v the_o council_n to_o do_v to_o decree_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o do_v that_o which_o the_o magistrate_n have_v lawful_o lay_v upon_o he_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v seek_v the_o release_v of_o that_o at_o the_o magistrate_n hand_n and_o not_o at_o the_o counsel_n likewise_o in_o that_o he_o obtain_v of_o the_o people_n that_o these_o matter_n shall_v be_v turn_v from_o he_o upon_o eradius_fw-la and_o that_o in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a assembly_n where_o they_o meet_v for_o choose_v of_o one_o to_o succeed_v augustin_n in_o the_o bishoprik_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o it_o be_v no_o civil_a office_n last_o of_o all_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o in_o both_o these_o place_n augustin_n complain_v of_o these_o matter_n as_o of_o hindrance_n unto_o his_o ministry_n as_o thing_n which_o do_v more_o let_v the_o course_n of_o it_o then_o if_o he_o have_v vurovught_v every_o day_n with_o his_o hand_n in_o some_o occupation_n that_o he_o seek_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o they_o at_o the_o counsel_n and_o at_o the_o people_n hand_n whereas_o our_o d._n say_v that_o they_o be_v not_o only_a no_o hindrance_n but_o necessary_a help_n to_o do_v the_o ministry_n with_o and_o not_o only_o seek_v not_o that_o the_o bishop_n may_v be_v discharge_v but_o make_v cord_n to_o bind_v these_o office_n straight_a to_o they_o i_o have_v report_v the_o truth_n the_o bishop_n word_n be_v out_o of_o clement_n 772._o that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o a_o bishop_n to_o deal_v with_o both_o 773._o suuorde_n likewise_o that_o he_o ovught_v to_o be_v remove_v that_o vuil_n supply_v the_o place_n both_o of_o a_o civil_a magistrate_n and_o of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a person_n these_o word_n do_v not_o only_o condemn_v the_o pull_v the_o sword_n out_o of_o prince_n hand_n but_o all_o use_n of_o it_o in_o eccle_n ꝑson_n i_o pray_v god_n that_o the_o custom_n of_o shameful_a denial_n do_v not_o so_o harden_v your_o forehead_n that_o no_o point_n of_o truth_n how_o sharp_a soever_o can_v pierce_v it_o howbeit_o i_o trust_v whatsoever_o it_o please_v you_o to_o say_v it_o be_v manifest_a to_o all_o that_o do_v not_o willing_o close_v their_o eye_n against_o the_o truth_n that_o the_o scripture_n teach_v that_o minister_n ought_v not_o to_o meddle_v with_o civil_a office_n that_o which_o you_o add_v out_o of_o deut._n 17_o make_v nothing_o for_o you_o for_o they_o be_v there_o bid_v to_o resort_v unto_o the_o priest_n as_o to_o the_o interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n when_o the_o question_n be_v difficult_a and_o they_o know_v not_o what_o to_o do_v which_o be_v manifest_a in_o that_o he_o distinguish_v there_o the_o priest_n from_o the_o judge_n so_o that_o in_o such_o appeal_n he_o place_v the_o priest_n and_o levite_n office_n in_o teach_v what_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o the_o judgis_n office_n in_o give_v sentence_n according_o as_o appear_v yet_o more_o plain_o in_o the_o same_o 11._o chapter_n the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v answer_v to_o that_o allege_v out_o of_o number_n 27._o in_o which_o matter_n that_o the_o priest_n be_v present_a and_o call_v to_o consultation_n for_o the_o difficulty_n thereof_o to_o know_v what_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o that_o behalf_n it_o be_v manifest_a in_o that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o resolve_v of_o the_o matter_n moses_n 5._o be_v fain_o to_o bring_v it_o to_o the_o lord_n to_o let_v pas_fw-fr that_o it_o be_v not_o aharon_n which_o be_v take_v into_o that_o consultation_n but_o eleazar_n unless_o you_o will_v have_v aharon_n decide_v controversy_n after_o his_o death_n the_o example_n of_o melchisedec_n both_o king_n and_o priest_n be_v more_o absurd_o allege_v than_o the_o other_o not_o only_o because_o he_o be_v before_o the_o law_n when_o this_o order_n of_o separate_v the_o priesthood_n 5._o from_o the_o civil_a government_n be_v not_o yet_o establish_v but_o because_o he_o have_v they_o both_o that_o he_o may_v be_v a_o figure_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n as_o the_o apostle_n and_o prophet_n do_v declare_v you_o may_v much_o better_o have_v allege_v abraham_n which_o be_v both_o a_o priest_n a_o prophet_n and_o a_o noble_a warrior_n which_o notwithstanding_o yourself_o do_v not_o permit_v unto_o the_o bishop_n as_o for_o the_o appeal_n which_o constantine_n grant_v from_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n unto_o the_o bishop_n likewise_o theodostus_fw-la and_o carolus_n grant_v that_o man_n may_v choose_v the_o bishop_n judge_n of_o their_o controversy_n if_o either_o party_n will_v they_o be_v the_o wrist_n wherewith_o the_o prince_n sceptre_n be_v wring_v out_o of_o their_o hand_n and_o as_o i_o have_v before_o show_v out_o of_o m._n caluin_n all_o sincerity_n ovut_o of_o the_o church_n yea_o upon_o that_o very_a grant_n of_o constantin_n it_o be_v note_v in_o the_o grinzus_n margin_n that_o it_o be_v repugnant_a both_o to_o the_o doctrine_n and_o example_n of_o s._n paul._n and_o in_o deed_n by_o the_o first_o of_o these_o decree_n the_o bishop_n civil_a authority_n be_v make_v equal_a with_o the_o emperor_n and_o by_o the_o other_o it_o be_v at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o people_n whether_o all_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n shall_v be_v idol_n or_o no_o have_v the_o bare_a name_n of_o the_o magistrate_n without_o do_v any_o duty_n for_o if_o either_o of_o the_o party_n be_v affect_v towards_o the_o bishop_n judgement_n the_o magistrate_n may_v go_v lay_v they_o down_o to_o sleep_v nether_a do_v it_o follow_v that_o because_o the_o emperor_n give_v such_o liberty_n or_o licentiousness_n rather_o unto_o the_o church_n or_o because_o some_o bishop_n use_v it_o that_o therefore_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n be_v such_o for_o i_o have_v show_v that_o the_o godly_a councel_n forbid_v it_o and_o that_o the_o godly_a father_n utter_o mislike_v of_o it_o and_o as_o i_o have_v allege_v some_o so_o it_o be_v not_o hard_a to_o allege_v act._n other_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n in_o his_o example_n of_o dorotheus_n his_o translation_n be_v fauty_n for_o in_o steed_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v a_o civil_a honour_n he_o have_v turn_v it_o priesthood_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o office_n also_o which_o eusebius_n note_v he_o have_v be_v to_o oversee_v the_o purple_a die_v in_o tyre_n a_o office_n to_o advance_v the_o ministry_n i_o think_v in_o the_o d._n own_o judgement_n very_o unfit_a his_o example_n of_o philaeas_n and_o
of_o the_o apostle_n for_o see_v both_o that_o which_o immediate_o go_v before_o this_o and_o which_o follow_v immediate_o after_o be_v public_a office_n what_o extreme_a boldness_n will_v it_o be_v to_o say_v that_o this_o in_o the_o midst_n be_v but_o private_a if_o he_o do_v give_v himself_o this_o licence_n let_v he_o show_v example_n of_o such_o a_o order_n further_o the_o apostle_n here_o make_v a_o partition_n as_o it_o be_v manifest_a by_o the_o word_n and_o article_n which_o be_v instrument_n to_o part_n with_o now_o if_o he_o will_v have_v one_o member_n in_o this_o partition_n big_a than_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o to_o contain_v they_o all_o he_o make_v the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v to_o be_v detest_a a_o evil_a and_o a_o uneven_a parter_n hereupon_o it_o come_v that_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o duty_n which_o belong_v to_o all_o alike_o he_o begin_v with_o another_o 9_o form_n of_o speech_n last_o of_o all_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v omit_v that_o he_o use_v the_o word_n of_o distributor_n rather_o than_o the_o word_n giver_n for_o although_o it_o be_v take_v sometime_o for_o the_o giver_n yet_o that_o be_v but_o by_o a_o trope_n for_o somuch_o as_o the_o same_o be_v often_o the_o distributor_n which_o be_v the_o giver_n so_o that_o the_o proper_a signification_n be_v to_o dispose_v that_o which_o be_v give_v of_o other_o agree_v unto_o the_o deacon_n and_o not_o unto_o one_o which_o give_v of_o his_o own_o his_o exception_n of_o prophecy_n and_o widow_n office_n 8._o be_v answer_v in_o the_o next_o be_v convict_v of_o his_o untruth_n he_o fall_v to_o jest_v albeit_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o adm._n touch_v not_o only_a thing_n in_o controversy_n but_o sometime_o also_o the_o breach_n of_o that_o which_o be_v establish_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o deacon_n ought_v not_o to_o meddle_v with_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n i_o allege_v first_o that_o the_o apostle_n vuill_v every_o one_o to_o keep_v himself_o in_o his_o bound_n bound_v the_o deacon_n office_n in_o distribute_v of_o the_o church_n treasur_fw-fr and_o by_o that_o separate_v he_o from_o those_o which_v have_v the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o word_n whereas_fw-la if_o he_o shall_v preach_v the_o word_n as_o the_o other_o the_o apostle_n shall_v have_v make_v a_o evil_a partition_n and_o pretend_v a_o separation_n where_o none_o be_v his_o answer_n hereunto_o be_v that_o it_o be_v no_o reason_n but_o why_o it_o be_v not_o he_o keep_v to_o himself_o the_o second_o reason_n be_v that_o for_o so_o much_o as_o the_o apostle_n have_v such_o pass_a gift_n do_v find_v themselves_o unable_a to_o sustain_v both_o the_o ministery_n of_o the_o word_n and_o for_o the_o poor_a that_o therefore_o there_o can_v be_v much_o les_fw-fr novu_o any_o able_a to_o do_v they_o both_o together_o his_o first_o exception_n whereunto_o be_v frivolous_a and_o 758._o before_o confute_v his_o other_o that_o they_o spend_v no_o great_a time_n in_o provision_n for_o their_o sermon_n be_v untrue_a and_o open_v a_o gap_n to_o anabaptism_n for_o although_o their_o gift_n be_v great_a in_o those_o time_n than_o now_o yet_o they_o omit_v not_o therefore_o to_o study_v diligent_o which_o may_v appear_v in_o that_o s._n paul_n be_v so_o 13._o careful_a to_o have_v his_o parchmente_n bring_v in_o that_o s._n peter_n have_v 16_o red_a s._n paul_n epistle_n so_o diligent_o likewise_o that_o the_o prophet_n in_o time_n past_o which_o have_v extraordinary_a gift_n use_v great_a diligence_n in_o read_v as_o it_o may_v appear_v in_o daniel_n which_o notwithstanding_o he_o be_v so_o wise_a so_o expert_a in_o the_o tongue_n and_o have_v so_o oft_o and_o so_o wonderful_a revelation_n yet_o 9_o study_v the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremy_n and_o in_o a_o word_n of_o they_o all_o s._n peter_n pronounce_v that_o 10._o they_o take_v great_a pain_n in_o their_o prophecy_n use_v word_n most_o strong_a to_o set_v forth_o their_o great_a labour_n in_o provide_v fo●_n that_o they_o teach_v nether_a be_v this_o of_o pleasure_n and_o a_o thing_n which_o they_o may_v either_o do_v or_o leave_v undo_v but_o a_o commandment_n as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o example_n of_o timothy_n which_o have_v gift_n so_o much_o the_o more_o excellent_a than_o the_o deacon_n as_o his_o office_n of_o evangelistship_n be_v high_a than_o the_o deaconship_n for_o he_o be_v 25._o bid_v to_o read_v to_o meditate_v and_o to_o preach_v join_v one_o with_o another_o and_o that_o not_o slight_o but_o with_o attention_n yea_o that_o 〈◊〉_d he_o shall_v duuel_v in_o they_o or_o be_v as_o it_o be_v shut_v up_o and_o enclose_v in_o they_o thereby_o note_v the_o great_a diligence_n that_o be_v to_o be_v bestow_v as_o well_o in_o read_v and_o study_v as_o in_o preach_v and_o thus_o go_v the_o build_n of_o god_n singular_o forward_o when_o unto_o the_o gift_n which_o come_v without_o their_o labour_n miraculous_o they_o labour_v also_o after_o either_o encrea_n of_o they_o or_o get_v of_o nue_fw-la by_o the_o ordinary_a mean_n provide_v of_o god_n in_o that_o behalf_n again_o s._n paul_n reckon_v up_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n 4._o the_o deacon_n not_o be_v there_o it_o follow_v that_o he_o be_v no_o mininister_n of_o the_o word_n and_o here_o the_o d._n be_v plain_o find_v at_o strife_n with_o himself_o for_o he_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v in_o that_o place_n 308._o a_o complete_a and_o perfect_a division_n of_o the_o ministery_n of_o the_o word_n and_o withal_o that_o 309._o the_o deacon_n be_v not_o there_o contain_v do_v notwithstanding_o here_o sing_v a_o clean_a contrary_a song_n moreover_o it_o be_v diligent_o to_o be_v observe_v that_o s._n paul_n in_o describe_v this_o office_n require_v not_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v able_a 8._o or_o apt_a to_o teach_v which_o notwithstanding_o be_v by_o the_o an._n judgement_n the_o chief_n point_n belong_v unto_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v most_o absurd_o leave_v out_o last_o if_o the_o deacon_n office_n have_v be_v together_o with_o the_o stewardship_n of_o the_o church_n treasure_n to_o have_v preach_v and_o administer_v the_o sacramenre_n it_o must_v follow_v that_o his_o office_n must_v have_v be_v a_o great_a office_n than_o the_o pastor_n as_o that_o which_o require_v great_a gift_n for_o execute_v both_o that_o which_o the_o pastor_n do_v and_o more_o to_o which_o be_v absurd_a that_o be_v also_o whereof_o this_o follow_v that_o monster_n which_o remain_v in_o this_o division_n i_o will_v set_v upon_o when_o i_o shall_v have_v run_v through_o that_o which_o pertain_v unto_o this_o matter_n as_o it_o lie_v in_o the_o 14_o tract_n 5●2_n as_o i_o do_v not_o before_o deny_v so_o now_o i_o confess_v he_o to_o have_v be_v philip_n the_o evangelist_n and_o not_o philip_n the_o apostle_n which_o be_v mention_v act_n the_o 8_o and_o hold_v as_o before_o that_o he_o preach_v by_o virtue_n of_o his_o evangelistship_n and_o not_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o deaconship_n which_v vuas_n then_o cease_v for_o that_o the_o church_n whereunto_o he_o serve_v vuas_n scatter_v against_o which_o answer_n his_o authority_n out_o of_o the_o act_n 21_o to_o prove_v that_o he_o be_v still_o deacon_n be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o himself_o for_o it_o affirm_v of_o the_o time_n past_a that_o he_o be_v before_o paul_n arrival_n unto_o caesarea_n deacon_n not_o that_o he_o be_v so_o when_o he_o arrive_v for_o then_o the_o interpreter_n will_v have_v turn_v the_o participle_n which_o serve_v both_o for_o the_o time_n past_a and_o present_a according_a to_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o place_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o seven_o and_o not_o which_v vuas_n so_o that_o here_o we_o have_v the_o common_a consent_n of_o all_o interpreter_n flat_o against_o the_o d._n namely_o that_o philip_n be_v not_o then_o deacon_n when_o s._n paul_n come_v to_o caesarea_n but_o have_v be_v before_o that_o of_o m._n gualther_n make_v also_o against_o he_o which_o place_v the_o deacon_n office_n in_o the_o dispose_n of_o the_o church_n treasure_n and_o that_o they_o preach_v not_o but_o in_o time_n of_o necessity_n so_o that_o where_o m._n gualther_n permit_v preach_v no_o more_o unto_o deacon_n than_o you_o do_v baptism_n unto_o woman_n you_o will_v have_v it_o their_o stand_a office_n the_o difference_n between_o a_o priest_n and_o a_o deacon_n bring_v out_o of_o augustin_n and_o epiphanius_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n stand_v consider_v that_o that_o imposition_n of_o hand_n whereby_o gift_n be_v extraordinary_o give_v which_o philip_n abstain_v from_o he_o do_v not_o abstain_v from_o only_o as_o deacon_n but_o also_o as_o he_o be_v evangelist_n see_v that_o be_v a_o thing_n peculiar_a unto_o the_o apostle_n and_o a_o proper_a note_n whereby_o the_o lord_n magnify_v their_o ministry_n
poor_a in_o every_o church_n 8._o the_o use_n of_o this_o office_n in_o every_o church_n be_v manifest_a for_o further_a confirmation_n of_o which_o point_n the_o reader_n may_v have_v recours_fw-fr to_o that_o i_o have_v prove_v before_o that_o in_o every_o church_n according_a to_o god_n institution_n there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o bishop_n especial_o when_o the_o ans_fw-fr himself_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n shall_v go_v together_o likewise_o unto_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v of_o the_o eldership_n in_o this_o behalf_n consider_v that_o some_o of_o the_o reason_n be_v common_a to_o both_o as_o for_o the_o first_o of_o his_o exception_n that_o the_o deacon_n of_o one_o city_n may_v serve_v all_o the_o whole_a diocese_n it_o be_v to_o far_o out_o of_o square_a consider_v that_o for_o one_o only_a church_n and_o that_o within_o one_o city_n jerusalem_n there_o be_v seven_o his_o second_o that_o in_o scripture_n it_o can_v not_o be_v show_v that_o deacon_n be_v place_v any_o where_o then_o in_o city_n be_v first_o to_o reason_n negative_o of_o authority_n not_o in_o the_o question_n whether_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v or_o no_o but_o whether_o it_o be_v do_v which_o not_o we_o alone_a but_o himself_o also_o condemn_v second_o if_o this_o be_v a_o reason_n to_o bar_v the_o church_n which_o be_v not_o in_o city_n because_o there_o be_v none_o specify_v but_o in_o great_a city_n they_o he_o shall_v by_o the_o same_o reason_n bereave_v they_o of_o their_o pastor_n consider_v that_o there_o be_v never_o a_o small_a town_n of_o which_o it_o be_v any_o more_o say_v that_o it_o have_v a_o pastor_n then_o that_o it_o have_v a_o deacon_n three_o he_o say_v that_o the_o same_o can_v not_o be_v show_v unless_o he_o be_v great_o deceive_v in_o any_o ancient_a writer_n wherein_o he_o give_v suspicion_n that_o he_o take_v not_o his_o ware_n by_o tale_n but_o in_o gros_fw-fr otherwise_o he_o may_v better_o have_v know_v what_o he_o have_v suffer_v his_o 339._o book_n to_o be_v stuff_v with_o for_o it_o have_v example_n of_o country_n church_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n which_o have_v both_o elder_n and_o deacon_n and_o his_o own_o ignatius_n who_o he_o will_v have_v john_n the_o apostle_n scholar_n affirm_v that_o every_o church_n ovught_v philadelph_n to_o have_v this_o office_n of_o deaconship_n his_o comparison_n of_o this_o reason_n there_o vuere_a deacon_n at_o jerusalem_fw-la therefore_o in_o all_o church_n with_o this_o there_o be_v preacher_n in_o cambridg_n therefore_o in_o all_o england_n be_v unaequal_a for_o it_o be_v not_o naked_o so_o propound_v but_o warrant_v with_o reason_n in_o that_o the_o apostle_n labour_v after_o the_o comformity_n of_o the_o church_n so_o that_o the_o proof_n that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o office_n in_o one_o be_v proof_n that_o there_o be_v in_o all_o or_o at_o least_o that_o there_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v which_o be_v all_o one_o to_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n his_o answer_n whereunto_o be_v before_o confute_v therefore_o the_o comparison_n have_v be_v 641._o just_a with_o this_o that_o the_o man_n in_o the_o city_n have_v two_o hand_n a_o piece_n therefore_o they_o in_o the_o country_n have_v so_o to_o and_o if_o any_o have_v not_o that_o there_o be_v a_o fault_n the_o next_o be_v answer_v so_o be_v the_o next_o to_o it_o to_o the_o reason_n i_o allege_v that_o the_o church_n may_v be_v at_o as_o small_a charge_n with_o a_o deacon_n as_o with_o a_o collector_n see_v that_o it_o may_v make_v of_o the_o collector_n a_o deacon_n he_o make_v no_o answer_n only_o he_o cover_v himself_o under_o colour_n of_o the_o admonit_a which_o ironical_o as_o i_o judge_n say_v that_o every_o parish_n can_v not_o be_v at_o cost_n to_o have_v both_o a_o curate_n and_o a_o deacon_n consider_v that_o it_o require_v both_o a_o pastor_n and_o a_o deacon_n in_o every_o congregation_n although_o to_o cut_v of_o occasion_n about_o their_o meaning_n herein_o i_o will_v not_o strive_v the_o second_o chapter_n 637._o of_o this_o tractat_fw-la be_v answer_v before_o see_v then_o the_o apostle_n separate_v the_o office_n of_o the_o deacon_n from_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n make_v they_o diverse_a member_n of_o one_o whole_a and_o see_v that_o in_o the_o perfect_a division_n of_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n he_o be_v not_o remember_v see_v also_o the_o apostle_n describe_v his_o quality_n require_v not_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o teach_v again_o see_v that_o in_o execute_v his_o office_n towards_o the_o poor_a together_o with_o the_o function_n of_o preach_v he_o shall_v be_v charge_v with_o more_o than_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o can_v do_v and_o have_v need_n of_o great_a gift_n than_o the_o pastor_n last_o of_o all_o see_v both_o by_o judgement_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o pure_a church_n the_o deacon_n have_v be_v either_o altogether_o shut_v out_o from_o preach_v or_o be_v permit_v to_o preach_v have_v do_v it_o upon_o a_o nue_fw-la grace_n over_o and_o above_o the_o call_n of_o a_o deacon_n i_o conclude_v that_o the_o deacon_n have_v no_o call_n of_o god_n to_o preach_v the_o word_n and_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o he_o have_v none_o to_o administer_v any_o sacrament_n which_o late_a conclusion_n shall_v further_o appear_v in_o the_o next_o tractat_fw-la the_o eleven_o tractate_n against_o the_o corrvption_n in_o doctrine_n tovuch_v the_o holy_a sacrament_n the_o first_o chapter_n whereof_o be_v against_o the_o sacrilege_n of_o private_a person_n and_o vueman_n especial_o in_o administer_a the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o baptim_n as_o it_o begin_v pag._n 503_o of_o the_o d._n book_n leave_v to_o the_o reader_n judgement_n upon_o the_o 1._o reason_n allege_v whether_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o book_n be_v to_o admit_v baptism_n by_o midwife_n for_o as_o much_o as_o i_o trust_v there_o shall_v no_o such_o horrible_a profanation_n be_v suffer_v hereafter_o let_v he_o observe_v how_o the_o an._n because_o he_o have_v once_o undertake_v this_o cause_n covert_o as_o he_o dare_v continue_v the_o defence_n thereof_o iwis_o of_o folly_n the_o short_a be_v best_a it_o have_v be_v better_a for_o he_o to_o have_v lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o mouth_n or_o rather_o in_o confess_v of_o his_o fault_n to_o have_v give_v god_n the_o glory_n but_o let_v we_o see_v what_o he_o bring_v to_o that_o which_o be_v allege_v ovut_o of_o the_o place_n of_o s._n mathevu_o ●9_o that_o it_o make_v as_o much_o against_o baptism_n by_o vueman_n as_o against_o there_o preach_v he_o answer_v that_o by_o that_o reason_n pastor_n may_v neither_o preach_v nor_o baptize_v for_o that_o they_o be_v no_o apostle_n which_o follow_v not_o for_o the_o pastor_n succeed_v unto_o the_o apostle_n as_o touch_v preach_v and_o baptise_v in_o their_o proper_a church_n have_v by_o the_o same_o place_n authority_n to_o do_v both_o for_o further_o answer_v whereto_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o that_o i_o have_v write_v 30._o before_o and_o i_o think_v there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o of_o the_o godly_a writer_n either_o old_a or_o nue_fw-la which_o speak_v of_o the_o ordinary_a ministry_n under_o the_o gospel_n whether_o it_o be_v to_o establish_v or_o overthrow_v thing_n pertain_a to_o it_o use_v not_o the_o place_n that_o be_v first_o speak_v to_o the_o apostle_n alone_o as_o for_o m._n 22._o caluin_n he_o use_v this_o place_n express_o which_o the_o adm._n do_v to_o prove_v that_o woman_n ought_v at_o no_o hand_n to_o baptise_v but_o only_o the_o minister_n ordain_v to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n the_o same_o do_v m._n 136._o beza_n yea_o the_o ans_fw-fr himself_o to_o prove_v the_o bishop_n say_v to_o those_o he_o ordain_v 227._o allege_v these_o word_n receiu_n the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o notwithstanding_o be_v first_o say_v by_o our_o saviour_n christ_n unto_o the_o apostle_n alone_o so_o that_o the_o ans_fw-fr forwardness_n be_v here_o untollerable_a nether_a be_v it_o any_o thing_n excuse_v by_o zuinglius_fw-la for_o although_o baptism_n be_v not_o institute_v here_o which_o be_v institute_v in_o the_o ministry_n of_o john_n baptist_n nor_o here_o be_v mention_v any_o circumstance_n yet_o the_o minister_n of_o that_o institution_n which_o be_v no_o circumstance_n but_o a_o subordinate_a efficient_a cause_n may_v well_o be_v appoint_v for_o confirmation_n hereof_o i_o allege_v that_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n join_v of_o god_n together_o ovught_v not_o to_o be_v pull_v asunder_o and_o therefore_o cite_v example_n wherein_o vue_fw-fr see_n observe_v continual_o that_o the_o same_o vuere_a minister_n of_o both_o together_o whereunto_o first_o he_o answer_v general_o that_o example_n prove_v not_o which_o be_v etc_n before_o answer_v then_o unto_o the_o particular_a example_n of_o the_o ark_n
the_o doctor_n book_n to_o that_o of_o abrogate_a they_o for_o the_o shameful_a abuse_n and_o superstition_n creep_v into_o man_n mind_n of_o they_o he_o answer_v that_o thing_n of_o necessary_a use_n ought_v not_o for_o their_o abuse_n to_o be_v abrogate_a where_o first_o he_o make_v a_o necessary_a use_n in_o the_o church_n of_o thing_n which_o the_o scripture_n have_v give_v no_o commandment_n of_o second_o he_o condemn_v in_o this_o point_n the_o church_n that_o use_v they_o not_o and_o three_o destroy_v the_o liberty_n of_o place_v or_o displace_v they_o which_o himself_o 2._o otherwhere_o ascribe_v to_o the_o magistrate_n his_o other_o answer_n that_o they_o be_v mean_n rather_o to_o withdraw_v from_o superstition_n by_o reason_n of_o read_v and_o preach_v diverse_a time_n after_o repeat_v be_v but_o a_o abuse_n of_o the_o time_n for_o nether_a do_v he_o answer_v any_o thing_n to_o my_o reply_n which_o be_v that_o preach_v can_v not_o come_v to_o all_o throvugh_o the_o scarcity_n of_o preacher_n and_o that_o where_o it_o do_v the_o fruit_n be_v hinder_v whil_v the_o common_a sort_n attend_v rather_o to_o that_o which_v be_v do_v they_o to_o that_o which_v be_v say_v nether_a can_v he_o make_v any_o sufficient_a reply_n to_o my_o 540._o answer_n which_o be_v that_o that_o profit_n be_v vuithovut_v danger_n receive_v othervuhere_o and_o may_v be_v with_o we_o vuithovut_o such_o solemnity_n of_o feast_n if_o preach_v and_o prayer_n be_v as_o they_o be_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o day_n be_v employ_v as_o other_o vuork_a day_n against_o which_o that_o which_o he_o except_v page_n 546_o that_o if_o these_o and_o other_o holy_a day_n be_v not_o man_n shall_v for_o instruction_n of_o their_o family_n be_v drive_v to_o spend_v twice_o or_o thrice_o in_o a_o week_n half_o the_o day_n be_v to_o simple_a for_o they_o have_v the_o lord_n day_n a_o great_a part_n whereof_o may_v be_v bestow_v that_o way_n and_o that_o which_o be_v needful_a for_o their_o further_a instruction_n may_v be_v supply_v of_o the_o howshoulder_n while_o their_o family_n be_v in_o their_o daily_a occupation_n as_o also_o the_o lord_n in_o his_o 7._o law_n by_o reckon_v up_o certain_a kind_n command_v to_o be_v do_v in_o all_o manner_n of_o our_o exercise_n the_o next_o require_v no_o answer_n that_o the_o keep_v of_o easter_n vuas_fw-la leave_v free_a at_o the_o first_o 539._o will_v appear_v after_o out_o of_o socrates_n that_o out_o of_o 22._o eusebius_n make_v against_o himself_o for_o to_o let_v pas_fw-fr the_o unlikelihood_n of_o the_o day_n of_o fast_n which_o shall_v go_v before_o whereof_o there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n nether_a in_o the_o old_a nor_o nue_fw-la testament_n if_o it_o be_v a_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n yet_o it_o be_v use_v of_o they_o as_o a_o thing_n indifferent_a consider_v that_o the_o same_o story_n witness_v that_o s._n john_n the_o apostle_n together_o with_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n do_v celebrate_v 25._o the_o easter_n as_o the_o jew_n be_v wont_a upon_o the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o the_o month_n now_o if_o s._n john_n himself_o which_o depart_v not_o from_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n do_v keep_v the_o jues_n day_n he_o give_v sufficient_o to_o understand_v that_o our_o easter_n have_v no_o authority_n from_o the_o scripture_n for_o than_o he_o will_v have_v keep_v it_o also_o likewise_o the_o helvetian_a confession_n leave_v it_o at_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n as_o a_o thing_n indifferent_a make_v against_o he_o but_o against_o i_o it_o make_v not_o which_o confess_v that_o that_o day_n may_v be_v keep_v and_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v for_o our_o estate_n and_o time_n so_o expedient_a his_o answer_n to_o the_o incommodity_n of_o restrain_v our_o cogitation_n to_o a_o fevu_v day_n which_v shall_v be_v extend_v to_o our_o whole_a life_n be_v nothing_o worth_a for_o although_o no_o abuse_n of_o man_n may_v take_v away_o god_n institution_n yet_o in_o abuse_n of_o thing_n which_o may_v be_v change_v and_o be_v indifferent_a it_o be_v not_o so_o his_o allegation_n that_o the_o lord_n notwithstanding_o the_o liberty_n of_o work_v 541._o six_o day_n make_v certain_a other_o holy_a day_n be_v but_o a_o abuse_n of_o the_o reader_n it_o be_v 542._o prevent_v by_o i_o and_o not_o content_v herewith_o the_o very_a same_o judgement_n which_o he_o here_o allow_v in_o himself_o in_o i_o he_o flat_o condemn_v afterward_o for_o where_o in_o his_o former_a book_n page_n 174_o he_o confess_v that_o god_n give_v liberty_n to_o labour_v six_o day_n in_o this_o he_o affirm_v that_o by_o make_v certain_a feast_n whereof_o some_o fall_n upon_o these_o six_o work_a day_n he_o have_v take_v away_o that_o liberty_n i_o say_v not_o a_o jot_n more_o in_o effect_n yet_o my_o say_n be_v nue_fw-la and_o his_o be_v old_a i_o be_o overshoot_v and_o he_o have_v hit_v the_o mark_n his_o reason_n be_v because_o i_o make_v god_n contrary_a to_o himself_o but_o how_o i_o more_o than_o he_o o_o have_v liberty_n of_o god_n to_o work_v six_o day_n and_o to_o be_v restrain_v by_o he_o of_o that_o liberty_n be_v as_o contrary_n as_o any_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v set_v down_o and_o of_o he_o it_o be_v say_v also_o blunt_o without_o any_o caution_n whereas_o i_o show_v the_o equity_n of_o god_n in_o this_o colour_n of_o contrariety_n against_o which_o his_o exception_n that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v show_v in_o all_o the_o scripture_n that_o god_n have_v make_v any_o law_n against_o his_o own_o commandment_n be_v untrue_a for_o not_o to_o go_v far_o be_v it_o not_o a_o law_n of_o god_n that_o the_o jew_n be_v bind_v of_o necessity_n to_o keep_v the_o sabbat_n and_o other_o solemn_a feast_n and_o be_v it_o not_o now_o a_o law_n of_o god_n that_o at_o the_o least_o they_o be_v not_o so_o bind_v his_o fear_n that_o god_n shall_v be_v thus_o contrary_a to_o himself_o be_v causeless_o no_o more_o than_o the_o father_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v unconstant_a which_o when_o his_o son_n come_v to_o man_n estate_n free_v he_o of_o the_o obedience_n unto_o his_o servant_n under_o which_o he_o cast_v he_o in_o his_o tender_a year_n or_o then_o the_o physician_n which_o according_a to_o the_o state_n of_o his_o patient_n body_n prescribe_v not_o 4._o only_o a_o diverse_a but_o a_o quite_o contrary_a diet_n this_o be_v a_o catechism_n matter_n whereat_o he_o can_v hardly_o have_v stumble_v if_o his_o eye_n have_v be_v simple_a although_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n in_o this_o case_n in_o hand_n there_o be_v no_o contrariety_n but_o only_a exception_n out_o of_o a_o general_a law_n which_o that_o the_o church_n may_v do_v in_o likewise_o as_o god_n the_o lawgiver_n himself_o which_o he_o after_o make_v his_o proof_n be_v to_o gros_fw-fr for_o thereby_o not_o only_o the_o question_n it_o self_n but_o more_o also_o then_o be_v in_o question_n be_v demand_v that_o those_o to_o who_o the_o establish_n of_o the_o ceremony_n do_v belong_v may_v appoint_v that_o which_o be_v convenient_a for_o divine_a service_n as_o often_o as_o the_o church_n may_v convenient_o assemble_v be_v agree_v and_o even_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o appoint_v whole_a holy_a day_n in_o certain_a case_n it_o be_v also_o by_o i_o 54●_n confess_v but_o that_o the_o magistrate_n may_v call_v from_o or_o compel_v to_o bodily_a labour_n as_o shall_v be_v think_v to_o he_o most_o convenient_a be_v not_o measure_v according_a to_o the_o cubit_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n i_o mean_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o what_o if_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v think_v it_o convenient_a that_o man_n shall_v labour_v but_o one_o day_n in_o the_o week_n what_o if_o he_o shall_v think_v never_o a_o one_o be_v the_o subject_n obedience_n tie_v to_o this_o ordinance_n if_o it_o be_v so_o what_o shall_v then_o become_v of_o god_n commandment_n that_o 3._o man_n shall_v eat_v their_o bread_n in_o sore_a travail_n who_o shall_v provide_v for_o wife_n and_o child_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o family_n for_o which_o notwithstanding_o 5._o whoso_n provide_v not_o for_o be_v vuor_n then_o a_o infidel_n his_o reason_n that_o this_o it_o no_o conscience_n matter_n deceive_v he_o while_o he_o always_o restrain_v conscience_n matter_n to_o inward_a thing_n alone_o whereas_o it_o extend_v it_o self_n as_o far_o and_o to_o as_o many_o matter_n as_o there_o be_v either_o commandment_n for_o or_o prohibition_n against_o in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o as_o this_o be_v unadvised_o put_v forth_o so_o that_o which_o follow_v that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n do_v not_o constrein_o the_o magistrate_n from_o turn_v carnal_a liberty_n to_o the_o spiritual_a service_n of_o god_n be_v to_o fowl_n a_o oversight_n for_o thereby_o he_o account_v bodily_a labour_n a_o carnal_a 757._o liberty_n which_o be_v a_o
the_o excommunicate_a which_v remain_v obstinate_a the_o eightinth_n be_v ansvuer_v 64_o 65._o the_o ninetinth_n 64_o etc_n etc_n the_o tuuentith_n 164_o 165_o 166_o 167._o for_o ansvuer_v unto_o the_o one_o and_o tuuentith_n i_o refer_v myself_o partly_o to_o that_o i_o have_v ansvuer_v in_o the_o former_a part_n partly_o to_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o d._n censure_n in_o the_o second_o table_n for_o the_o 38_o and_o 39_o i_o refer_v myself_o to_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o d._n censure_n the_o 40_o be_v ansvuer_v 132_o and_o 219._o the_o 41_o be_v confess_v the_o 42_o be_v ansvuer_v 230._o the_o 43_o p._n 67._o the_o 44_o p._n 85._o the_o 45_o p._n 85._o the_o 46_o p._n 87._o the_o 47_o p._n 90._o the_o 48_o p._n 96._o the_o 49_o p._n 157._o the_o 50_o in_o the_o former_a part_n the_o 51_o p._n 262._o fault_n escape_v page_n 18_o line_n 30_o read_v may_v as_o pag._n 255_o line_n 32_o read_v three_o first_o pag._n 26_o l._n 23_o &_o 24_o also_o pag._n 27_o l._n 6._o for_o the_o small_a understand_v the_o great_a run_a letter_n correct_v the_o number_n of_o the_o leaf_n which_o be_v mark_v beneath_o with_o the_o letter_n n_o immediate_o follow_v the_o number_n 96._o against_o civil_a office_n in_o ecclesiastical_a person_n tractate_n vii_o and_o 23_o according_a to_o the_o doctor_n have_v in_o the_o last_o tractate_n of_o the_o former_a part_n show_v the_o unlawful_a dominion_n of_o certain_a of_o our_o church_n officer_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o especial_o over_o their_o fellow_n minister_n it_o seem_v good_a to_o join_v this_o next_o thereunto_o for_o thereby_o shall_v both_o better_o appear_v how_o unsufferable_a this_o disorder_n be_v which_o overspread_v both_o church_n and_o common_a wealth_n and_o the_o government_n by_o the_o eldership_n the_o tractate_n whereof_o shall_v follow_v immediate_o in_o it_o self_n just_a shall_v by_o comparison_n with_o this_o church_n lordship_n be_v more_o justify_v that_o the_o most_o of_o the_o place_n quote_v by_o the_o admonit_a 749._o be_v use_v of_o vuriter_n of_o that_o excellency_n with_o whom_n the_o d._n be_v not_o vuorthy_a to_o be_v name_v the_o same_o day_n have_v and_o further_o will_v appear_v his_o exception_n that_o by_o this_o they_o be_v lift_v up_o above_o god_n himself_o be_v vain_a for_o beside_o that_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o speech_n use_v of_o the_o best_a autor_n to_o note_v a_o great_a inequality_n he_o be_v less_o worth_a than_o i_o prise_v he_o at_o if_o he_o think_v that_o he_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v name_v the_o same_o day_n that_o god_n himself_o be_v for_o if_o he_o will_v so_o servile_o cleau_v unto_o word_n yet_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o he_o be_v vuorthy_a to_o be_v name_v not_o as_o he_o write_v whether_o he_o may_v be_v name_v the_o place_n of_o s._n 61._o luke_n be_v understand_v proper_o of_o the_o 750._o minister_n of_o the_o word_n and_o not_o of_o all_o christian_n which_o be_v manifest_a for_o that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n bid_v he_o that_o will_v have_v goen_n back_o for_o burial_n of_o his_o father_n to_o preach_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n which_o he_o never_o command_v to_o all_o christian_n so_o that_o his_o meaning_n be_v of_o the_o call_n unto_o the_o ministry_n and_o not_o of_o the_o call_n to_o eternal_a life_n that_o such_o civil_a office_n as_o he_o allow_v in_o ecelesiastical_a person_n be_v help_n for_o they_o to_o do_v their_o duty_n repeat_v 783._o seven_o time_n be_v a_o demand_v of_o that_o in_o question_n for_o where_o 751._o after_o he_o say_v he_o have_v declare_v it_o he_o say_v untrue_o he_o have_v only_o naked_o affirm_v it_o which_o how_o untrue_a it_o be_v shall_v after_o also_o appear_v my_o reply_n be_v that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n vocation_n vuas_fw-la to_o be_v a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n but_o he_o 24._o refuse_v civil_a judgement_n because_o of_o his_o vocation_n therefore_o he_o refuse_v it_o because_o he_o vua_v a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n whereupon_o also_o follow_v that_o bishop_n be_v minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n ought_v not_o to_o receive_v any_o such_o power_n see_v now_o how_o just_o he_o complain_v that_o i_o answer_v not_o to_o that_o he_o say_v that_o christ_n refusal_n in_o the_o partition_n of_o the_o inheritan_n pertain_v no_o more_o to_o bishop_n then_o to_o king_n no_o marvel_n also_o if_o it_o require_v further_a answer_n it_o be_v so_o well_o guard_v see_v his_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o do_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o pattern_n for_o all_o christian_n than_o which_o there_o can_v be_v nothing_o more_o absurd_a for_o although_o all_o his_o do_n be_v instruction_n to_o all_o christian_n yet_o that_o they_o be_v a_o pattern_n to_o they_o all_o draw_v with_o it_o that_o all_o may_v preach_v that_o none_o may_v give_v judgement_n in_o civil_a cause_n and_o a_o number_n more_o horrible_a confusion_n it_o be_v also_o a_o false_a ground_n of_o popery_n whereby_o they_o will_v establish_v the_o lenten_a fast_o and_o other_o such_o corruption_n where_o also_o he_o will_v give_v to_o understand_v that_o our_o sa._n christ_n do_v refuse_v this_o not_o as_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n but_o as_o redeemer_n he_o rent_v a_o sunder_o thing_n which_o can_v not_o be_v separate_v for_o one_o part_n of_o his_o redemership_n stand_v in_o that_o he_o be_v give_v of_o god_n unto_o we_o for_o a_o teacher_n so_o that_o if_o he_o will_v have_v answer_v any_o thing_n in_o this_o kind_n he_o must_v have_v say_v that_o he_o refuse_v to_o judge_n of_o civil_a cause_n not_o as_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n but_o as_o a_o priest_n or_o king_n whereof_o also_o the_o last_o he_o in_o part_n set_v down_o say_v he_o refuse_v it_o to_o declare_v that_o his_o kingdom_n be_v not_o earthly_a but_o heavenly_a as_o if_o it_o be_v not_o as_o necessary_a for_o he_o to_o refuse_v it_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o doctorship_n that_o he_o may_v declare_v likewise_o that_o his_o doctrine_n be_v not_o of_o earthly_a thing_n but_o of_o heavenly_a and_o consequent_o as_o convenient_a in_o the_o same_o respect_n for_o the_o minister_n to_o abstain_v from_o it_o but_o the_o further_a confutation_n of_o this_o the_o reader_n shall_v take_v from_o thence_o 404._o where_o be_v show_v that_o our_o sa._n christ_n by_o his_o own_o example_n call_v the_o apostle_n and_o in_o they_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n from_o all_o pomp_n and_o dominion_n and_o therefore_o from_o these_o civil_a office_n whereunto_o pomp_n and_o dominion_n be_v annex_v then_o he_o answer_v that_o no_o man_n give_v the_o bishop_n authority_n to_o judge_n in_o matter_n of_o inheritan_n whereas_o our_o sa._n christ_n refuse_v it_o not_o because_o he_o be_v no_o judge_n of_o that_o cause_n but_o simple_o because_o he_o be_v no_o civil_a judge_n 1●_o refuse_v upon_o the_o same_o ground_n to_o give_v sentence_n of_o the_o harlot_n the_o minister_n for_o sooth_n may_v not_o meddle_v with_o civil_a occupation_n but_o with_o civil_a office_n and_o in_o civil_a office_n not_o with_o they_o of_o no_o countenance_n as_o the_o jailers_n office_n etc_o etc_o but_o with_o those_o of_o estate_n and_o amongst_o those_o of_o estate_n not_o with_o matter_n of_o inheritance_n but_o with_o criminal_a cause_n thus_o you_o take_v yourself_o licence_n to_o say_v all_o thing_n and_o to_o show_v none_o but_o to_o leave_v the_o rest_n unto_o a_o other_o place_n let_v the_o d._n show_v some_o reason_n why_o the_o minister_n shall_v rather_o sit_v in_o judgement_n of_o criminal_a cause_n then_o in_o plea_n of_o inheritan_n they_o both_o belong_v to_o the_o magistrate_n alike_o if_o he_o ought_v to_o accept_v one_o be_v commit_v unto_o he_o by_o the_o magistrate_n why_o not_o also_o the_o other_o especial_o when_o as_o by_o criminal_a cause_n require_v more_o search_n and_o great_a diligence_n than_o the_o other_o there_o must_v needs_o be_v great_a hindrance_n from_o his_o ministry_n as_o for_o that_o he_o say_v those_o be_v to_o be_v decide_v by_o law_n and_o have_v other_o judge_n appoint_v for_o they_o the_o criminal_a cause_n be_v likewise_o and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o judge_n appoint_v for_o they_o yet_o whether_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v be_v the_o question_n so_o that_o the_o d._n answer_n be_v here_o a_o open_a demand_n of_o the_o question_n where_o also_o out_o of_o m._n caluin_n he_o allege_v barnard_n that_o the_o minister_n power_n be_v in_o crime_n it_o be_v a_o shameful_a abuse_n of_o both_o calvin_n and_o barnard_n for_o they_o speak_v there_o of_o rebuke_v and_o punish_v sin_v by_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n which_o be_v manifest_a in_o that_o they_o convey_v the_o title_n of_o this_o power_n to_o the_o minister_n sect_n by_o the_o key_n deliver_v unto_o s._n peter_n now_o the_o very_a
his_o wont_n be_v he_o do_v only_o say_v so_o proof_n he_o bring_v none_o and_o as_o i_o for_o my_o part_n confess_v that_o there_o come_v not_o to_o my_o mind_n whereby_o i_o can_v precise_o conclude_v it_o out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n so_o i_o be_o assure_v that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o prove_v that_o which_o he_o say_v but_o that_o which_o the_o d._n affirm_v 663._o otherwhere_o that_o it_o be_v only_o at_o jerusalem_n be_v utter_o untrue_a for_o josaphat_n at_o one_o time_n set_v in_o judge_n in_o every_o vualled_a city_n throvughovut_o the_o kingdom_n of_o juda_n which_o of_o 11._o what_o sort_n they_o be_v namely_o in_o part_n civil_a in_o part_n ecclesiastical_a appear_v by_o the_o judge_n place_v in_o jerusalem_fw-la and_o to_o they_o man_n have_v recours_fw-fr to_o in_o matter_n of_o great_a difficulty_n according_a to_o the_o cause_n if_o civil_a to_o the_o civil_a if_o ecclesiastical_a to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judgement_n where_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v forget_v the_o number_a of_o city_n in_o one_o only_a tribe_n as_o it_o may_v be_v in_o york_n sheer_a to_o the_o number_a of_o a_o hundred_o and_o twelve_o lest_o that_o the_o 15._o reader_n shall_v measure_v the_o number_a of_o their_o city_n with_o we_o so_o that_o where_o the_o answ_n say_v that_o therewas_fw-mi but_o one_o senate_n in_o all_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n it_o be_v find_v that_o there_o be_v in_o one_o only_a tribe_n at_o the_o least_o a_o hundred_o ant_n twelve_o ecclesiastical_a eldership_n whether_o it_o may_v be_v conclude_v out_o of_o the_o nue_fw-la testament_n that_o every_o synagog_n of_o the_o jew_n have_v this_o eldership_n consider_v that_o the_o policy_n of_o the_o church_n now_o be_v in_o this_o point_n take_v from_o the_o jues_n church_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o reader_n to_o judge_n of_o that_o which_o i_o have_v allege_v whereunto_o aid_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n unto_o this_o day_n which_o in_o every_o of_o their_o synaguogue_n have_v their_o elder_n likewise_o jerome_n testimony_n of_o which_o it_o may_v be_v certain_o collect_v that_o he_o esteem_v that_o the_o jew_n have_v their_o elder_n in_o every_o synagog_n for_o he_o decim_fw-la show_v that_o they_o choose_v of_o the_o vuise_v in_o their_o company_n for_o governor_n which_v shall_v asvuel_a admonish_v those_o that_o have_v any_o corporal_a pollution_n to_o abstain_v from_o the_o assembly_n as_o to_o reprove_v the_o breaker_n of_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o sabbat_n now_o see_v there_o be_v the_o same_o use_n of_o these_o admonition_n and_o reproof_n as_o well_o in_o uplandish_a synaguoge_n as_o in_o those_o which_o be_v plant_v in_o the_o city_n it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o there_o be_v elder_n aswell_o for_o they_o as_o for_o the_o other_o at_o the_o least_o the_o nue_fw-la testament_n in_o mark_v these_o elder_n 17._o which_o it_o call_v chief_n of_o the_o synagog_n in_o diverse_a quarter_n do_v manifest_o overthrow_v the_o d._n which_o say_v that_o they_o be_v only_o at_o jerusalem_fw-la upon_o all_o which_o matter_n appear_v how_o extreme_o bold_a you_o be_v in_o your_o affirmation_n which_o beside_o these_o two_o before_o mention_v say_v also_o that_o the_o eldership_n be_v not_o always_o no_o not_o in_o persecution_n wherein_o not_o to_o enter_v a_o nue_fw-la field_n for_o every_o light_a word_n you_o cast_v forth_o what_o reason_n i_o pray_v you_o can_v you_o assign_v why_o sometime_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o eldership_n under_o pecsecution_n and_o other_o some_o time_n none_o consider_v that_o you_o imagine_v this_o eldership_n to_o be_v in_o place_n of_o a_o christian_a magistrate_n whereby_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o his_o seat_n be_v void_a in_o time_n of_o persecution_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v occupy_v by_o the_o eldership_n which_o you_o fancy_n to_o be_v his_o lieutenant_n whether_o the_o d._n pinch_v the_o 633._o church_n where_o with_o a_o christian_a magistrate_n the_o eldership_n still_o remain_v which_o he_o here_o deny_v let_v the_o reader_n judge_n of_o his_o former_a book_n 660._o where_o he_o affirm_v it_o injurious_a to_o the_o magistrate_n and_o full_a of_o confusion_n also_o that_o it_o can_v not_o nor_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v as_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n &c._a &c._a â–ª_o yea_o let_v he_o judge_n of_o this_o division_n for_o after_o that_o he_o grant_v to_o prince_n to_o commit_v their_o authority_n to_o the_o church_n if_o they_o listen_v than_o which_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o untrw_n he_o add_v whether_o it_o be_v well_o do_v i_o will_v not_o determine_v wherein_o i_o beseech_v you_o mark_v first_o what_o contrary_n he_o speak_v for_o he_o do_v determine_v precise_o that_o civil_a magistrate_n may_v commit_v their_o right_n and_o authority_n to_o these_o elder_n if_o they_o will_v and_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o determine_v whether_o it_o be_v well_o do_v or_o no._n whereas_o if_o he_o will_v not_o have_v determine_v of_o the_o one_o he_o shall_v have_v suspend_v his_o judgement_n of_o the_o other_o for_o thus_o he_o assure_v they_o they_o may_v do_v that_o whereof_o he_o will_v make_v they_o no_o assurance_n that_o it_o be_v well_o doen._n second_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o where_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o bishop_n receive_v of_o civil_a authority_n from_o the_o prince_n he_o make_v it_o not_o only_o lawful_a but_o convenient_a yea_o necessary_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v derive_v from_o the_o prince_n to_o the_o bishop_n but_o here_o towards_o the_o eldership_n he_o say_v it_o can_v not_o be_v practise_v without_o intolerable_a contention_n and_o extreme_a confusion_n so_o that_o the_o bishop_n archdeacon_n and_o dean_n which_o with_o we_o be_v the_o deep_a churchminister_n may_v exercise_v if_o the_o prince_n will_v commit_v it_o unto_o they_o even_o the_o high_a civil_a jurisdiction_n and_o that_o to_o the_o singular_a advancement_n of_o the_o church_n but_o these_o elder_n who_o office_n in_o the_o church_n be_v not_o such_o but_o that_o both_o they_o have_v and_o may_v follow_v some_o civil_a trade_n of_o life_n may_v not_o receive_v that_o power_n of_o the_o magistrate_n which_o he_o untrw_o affirm_v that_o they_o have_v in_o time_n of_o persecution_n on_o less_o all_o by_o and_o by_o fall_v upon_o heap_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o church_n the_o bishop_n the_o dean_n the_o archdeacon_n and_o for_o a_o need_n some_o of_o the_o prebendarye_n may_v have_v beside_o their_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n civil_a authority_n but_o these_o elder_n although_o they_o be_v but_o two_o in_o number_a may_v in_o no_o wise_a use_n any_o this_o difference_n very_o rise_v not_o in_o the_o breadth_n of_o shoulder_n whereby_o they_o be_v able_a to_o carry_v all_o this_o and_o the_o elder_n none_o but_o upon_o the_o wideness_n of_o the_o throat_n which_o as_o the_o grave_n be_v never_o fill_v three_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o the_o d._n which_o for_o his_o own_o profit_n stretch_v the_o power_n of_o the_o prince_n beyond_o all_o bound_n here_o as_o if_o he_o have_v to_o do_v with_o a_o cheverel_n sceptre_n draw_v it_o in_o for_o he_o give_v more_o liberty_n herein_o unto_o the_o magistrate_n of_o small_a common_a wealth_n then_o unto_o monarch_n for_o to_o they_o he_o seem_v sometime_o to_o leave_v it_o at_o liberty_n whether_o they_o will_v communicate_v their_o authority_n unto_o these_o elder_n or_o retain_v it_o with_o themselves_o but_o unto_o king_n and_o prince_n he_o will_v in_o no_o wise_n permit_v it_o wherein_o also_o he_o be_v contrary_a to_o himself_o which_o in_o another_o place_n say_v 764._o that_o the_o office_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n may_v be_v commit_v unto_o who_o soever_o it_o please_v he_o best_o to_o like_v of_o if_o that_o be_v true_a and_o this_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o elder_n be_v as_o he_o untrue_o say_v belong_v to_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n why_o may_v not_o the_o prince_n commit_v it_o unto_o these_o elder_n as_o for_o his_o reason_n that_o so_o every_o parish_n shall_v be_v a_o kingdom_n 634._o it_o come_v to_o be_v answer_v in_o another_o place_n to_o that_o i_o allege_v of_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o eldership_n because_o the_o pastor_n can_v not_o have_v his_o eye_n in_o every_o corner_n of_o his_o parish_n etc_n etc_n he_o answer_v a_o able_a pastor_n be_v able_a to_o do_v all_o require_v of_o a_o pastor_n which_o be_v no_o answer_n at_o al._n for_o that_o be_v not_o the_o question_n but_o this_o whether_o he_o be_v able_a to_o do_v whatsoever_o church_n government_n belong_v to_o the_o wealth_n of_o his_o church_n which_o because_o he_o dare_v not_o affirm_v or_o affirm_v it_o have_v nothing_o to_o prove_v it_o he_o slip_v away_o after_o this_o sort_n and_o now_o that_o he_o understand_v that_o this_o reason_n be_v confirm_v by_o m._n peter_n martyr_n i_o trust_v hereafter_o he_o
church_n aswell_o in_o this_o cause_n as_o in_o diverse_a other_o paunch_v so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o able_a to_o abide_v the_o vueight_n of_o a_o fox_n for_o thus_o there_o be_v not_o only_o as_o he_o object_v a_o several_a government_n in_o every_o town_n but_o in_o every_o private_a how_o be_v and_o if_o the_o master_n of_o the_o household_n may_v and_o ought_v to_o retain_v his_o authority_n without_o prejudice_n of_o the_o magistrate_n why_o may_v it_o not_o be_v so_o in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n what_o will_v he_o further_o say_v to_o the_o schoolmaster_n which_o he_o otherwhere_o affirm_v to_o be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n may_v there_o not_o be_v either_o two_o in_o one_o school_n under_o a_o prince_n or_o one_o in_o one_o school_n under_o a_o common_a wealth_n where_o many_o have_v like_o authority_n unless_o the_o common_a wealth_n be_v thereby_o mangle_v and_o the_o magistrate_n authority_n impair_v but_o of_o this_o matter_n i_o have_v also_o speak_v 604._o otherwhere_o howbeit_o whereas_o the_o d._n allow_v of_o this_o eldership_n in_o a_o common_a wealth_n can_v not_o abide_v it_o in_o a_o monarchy_n i_o will_v say_v this_o further_a that_o if_o there_o be_v any_o danger_n to_o a_o common_a wealth_n by_o this_o eldership_n it_o shall_v be_v great_a to_o the_o small_a common_a wealth_n then_o to_o great_a monarchy_n consider_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a so_o well_o to_o repress_v the_o eldership_n overreach_v and_o go_v beyond_o their_o bound_n and_o if_o the_o elder_n hip_n authority_n belong_v unto_o the_o magistrate_n as_o he_o say_v then_o by_o how_o much_o these_o magistrate_n have_v les_fw-fr power_n and_o few_o prerogative_n over_o their_o people_n than_o the_o monarch_n over_o their_o subject_n by_o so_o much_o have_v they_o more_o need_v than_o the_o other_o to_o keep_v all_o in_o their_o own_o hand_n upon_o his_o own_o confession_n that_o there_o be_v more_o disorder_a person_n 643._o now_o then_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n i_o conclude_v that_o there_o need_v so_o much_o more_o assistance_n for_o the_o pastor_n to_o find_v they_o ovut_o to_o judge_n of_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o fault_n and_o to_o correct_v they_o with_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n hereunto_o he_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v better_a do_v by_o the_o magistrate_n and_o by_o corporal_a punishment_n which_o be_v chapter_n before_o answer_v although_o it_o be_v unworthy_a answer_n consider_v that_o albeit_o the_o bodily_a punishment_n be_v more_o apt_a to_o reform_v thing_n amiss_o yet_o thereof_o follow_v not_o but_o that_o both_o the_o civil_a punishment_n and_o ecclesiastical_a together_o will_v do_v more_o than_o the_o civil_a punishment_n alone_o i_o will_v also_o know_v why_o the_o pastor_n ought_v not_o to_o carry_v even_o private_a offence_n great_a or_o small_a unto_o the_o magistrate_n if_o it_o be_v so_o that_o this_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n be_v escheat_v to_o he_o as_o for_o that_o he_o allege_v out_o of_o gualther_n that_o man_n will_v not_o set_v a_o straw_n by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o eldership_n it_o serve_v aswell_o against_o the_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n of_o all_o pastor_n and_o of_o our_o bishop_n as_o against_o the_o elder_n and_o more_o against_o they_o then_o against_o these_o for_o somuch_o as_o if_o they_o set_v not_o a_o straw_n by_o the_o elder_n and_o pastor_n together_o joint_o they_o will_v much_o less_o esteem_n the_o pastor_n or_o bishop_n alone_o and_o if_o they_o set_v nothing_o by_o it_o when_o it_o be_v countenance_v by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n they_o will_v much_o more_o set_v they_o at_o nawght_fw-mi in_o persecution_n when_o for_o the_o contempt_n of_o it_o there_o be_v not_o only_o no_o corporal_a punishment_n but_o a_o reward_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o tyrant_n the_o bare_a name_n of_o suspension_n and_o excommunication_n strike_v a_o fear_n into_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o people_n which_o notwithstanding_o through_o a_o horrible_a abuse_n of_o they_o for_o every_o trifle_a money_n matter_n be_v not_o to_o be_v fear_v according_a to_o the_o 2._o wise_a man_n say_n acauseles_a cur_n shall_v not_o come_v but_o fly_v avuay_v as_o the_o sparovu_o or_o suualovu_o see_v then_o these_o fray_n bug_n no_o more_o to_o be_v esteem_v as_o touch_v the_o conscience_n or_o further_o than_o they_o empty_v the_o purse_n than_o the_o bray_n of_o a_o ass_n strike_v such_o a_o fear_n with_o what_o power_n will_v the_o lord_n accompany_v they_o when_o they_o be_v execute_v according_a to_o his_o institution_n for_o further_a answer_n the_o curanim_fw-la reader_n may_v have_v recours_fw-fr unto_fw-la m._n bucer_n who_o confute_v this_o very_a objection_n of_o contempt_n of_o the_o churchi_v censure_n and_o this_o voice_n tend_v aswell_o to_o the_o subversion_n of_o all_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n for_o ever_o hereafter_o as_o to_o the_o utter_a condemn_v of_o that_o which_o be_v use_v by_o the_o apostle_n heretofore_o although_o if_o it_o be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n this_o be_v no_o reason_n against_o it_o consider_v that_o the_o outrage_n of_o man_n can_v not_o put_v the_o lord_n to_o silence_n or_o make_v his_o ordinance_n to_o give_v place_n in_o the_o next_o where_o upon_o his_o answer_n i_o conclude_v that_o either_o vue_fw-fr must_v have_v no_o pastor_n at_o all_o which_v be_v absurd_a or_o else_o a_o eldership_n in_o as_o many_o place_n as_o sufficient_a man_n may_v be_v get_v he_o answer_v nothing_o beside_o repetition_n and_o demand_n of_o that_o in_o question_n in_o the_o next_o where_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o hardness_n or_o apparent_a impossibility_n may_v not_o be_v consider_v when_o there_o be_v a_o commandment_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n he_o let_v all_o that_o defence_n go_v to_o the_o ground_n wherein_o notwithstanding_o he_o place_v great_a force_n let_v he_o therefore_o strike_v out_o that_o objection_n or_o if_o he_o move_v further_a debate_n herein_o let_v he_o not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o return_v back_o and_o take_v his_o work_n before_o he_o and_o for_o further_a answer_n thereunto_o let_v he_o look_v curanim_fw-la m._n bucer_n who_o confute_v also_o this_o objection_n where_o he_o except_v that_o it_o be_v not_o command_v thereof_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_n of_o that_o which_o have_v be_v write_v although_o it_o 156._o have_v be_v show_v that_o the_o example_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o general_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n under_o their_o government_n even_o without_o a_o commandment_n draw_v a_o necessity_n then_o he_o say_v that_o if_o it_o be_v â–ª_o yet_o it_o be_v but_o a_o temporal_a commandment_n as_o the_o widow_n the_o eat_n of_o blood_n and_o wash_v of_o foot_n of_o the_o widow_n have_v be_v answer_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v never_o a_o simple_a prohibition_n after_o our_o sau._n christ_n who_o blood_n that_o do_v 11_z shadow_n have_v finish_v his_o oblation_n but_o only_o to_o the_o support_n of_o the_o jues._n so_o that_o even_o then_o when_o that_o decree_n be_v make_v the_o faithful_a both_o of_o the_o jew_n or_o gentile_n may_v have_v eat_v it_o so_o they_o do_v it_o without_o offence_n of_o those_o which_o be_v weak_a and_o if_o there_o be_v now_o any_o jew_n weak_a in_o faith_n who_o we_o shall_v by_o eat_v of_o blood_n drive_v from_o the_o gospel_n i_o doubt_n not_o but_o that_o until_o he_o be_v full_o instruct_v of_o the_o liberty_n i_o have_v in_o christ_n i_o ought_v to_o use_v the_o same_o charitable_a support_n towards_o he_o and_o this_o appear_v manifest_o both_o in_o 21._o the_o same_o and_o other_o place_n where_o 14_o s._n paul_n which_o give_v out_o that_o decree_n to_o be_v keep_v teach_v general_o the_o free_a use_n of_o all_o meat_n so_o it_o be_v without_o offence_n as_o for_o the_o wash_n of_o foot_n command_v unto_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o trope_n or_o borrow_a speech_n whereby_o our_o sau._n christ_n will_v they_o and_o in_o they_o we_o all_o not_o for_o a_o time_n but_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n that_o for_o help_v one_o of_o a_o other_o each_o shall_v submit_v himself_o to_o other_o even_o unto_o the_o do_v of_o the_o base_a office_n which_o may_v appear_v in_o that_o he_o place_v 17._o perfect_a blessedness_n in_o the_o obediens_fw-la to_o that_o commandment_n which_o he_o will_v never_o have_v do_v in_o the_o wash_n of_o the_o foot_n so_o that_o this_o commandment_n may_v well_o be_v of_o they_o as_o of_o we_o fulfil_v without_o that_o particular_a action_n of_o wash_v each_o another_o foot_n but_o here_o observe_v i_o pray_v you_o how_o dangerous_o you_o behave_v yourself_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o common_a adversary_n divis_fw-la before_o you_o have_v make_v we_o thing_n necessary_a to_o observe_v and_o that_o as_o of_o the_o apostle_n authority_n which_o be_v never_o write_v but_o as_o you_o will_v make_v we_o
the_o two_o next_o chapter_n be_v answer_v the_o 6_o chapter_n be_v of_o the_o ceremony_n in_o the_o solemnisation_n of_o marriage_n page_n 723._o where_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o ring_n with_o the_o fond_a ceremony_n thereof_o and_o of_o the_o uncomely_a word_n of_o worship_v with_o the_o body_n take_v only_o from_o popery_n there_o be_v likewise_o nothing_o worth_a answer_n that_o of_o the_o devise_v of_o nw_n sign_n to_o teach_v by_o be_v before_o confute_v the_o vii_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o tractate_n to_o vuch_v the_o ceremony_n in_o burial_n pag._n 727._o how_o needful_a my_o preface_n be_v to_o prevent_v 728._o vurangler_n let_v the_o reader_n judge_n likewise_o of_o the_o reason_n the_o adm._n use_v which_o he_o be_v not_o afraid_a not_o only_o to_o deny_v to_o be_v good_a but_o to_o be_v any_o at_o al._n how_o little_a tertullia_n authority_n ought_v to_o prevail_v in_o establish_v funeral_n prayer_n hereof_o it_o may_v be_v know_v not_o only_o that_o he_o will_v thrust_v diverse_a fond_a ceremony_n upon_o the_o church_n as_o necessary_a but_o for_o that_o in_o another_o book_n this_o oblation_n as_o he_o term_v mil●●is_fw-la it_o for_o the_o dead_a he_o make_v of_o the_o like_a necessity_n with_o those_o that_o be_v command_v in_o the_o scripture_n whether_o it_o mayntein_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o ignorant_a 729._o a_o opinion_n of_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a must_v be_v in_o the_o reader_n judgement_n put_v he_o in_o mind_n that_o if_o notwithstanding_o the_o ordinary_a prayer_n so_o oft_o red_a there_o be_v some_o so_o ignorant_a to_o think_v that_o morning_n and_o evening_n prayer_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o popish_a matin_n and_o even_o sing_v in_o english_a how_o much_o more_o will_v they_o judge_n the_o same_o of_o the_o funeral_n prayer_n which_o be_v not_o so_o ordinary_a that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o prayer_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v show_v by_o a_o manifest_a reason_n of_o the_o scripture_n which_o set_v forth_o the_o small_a matter_n in_o burial_n vuould_v not_o have_v 8._o hold_v back_o this_o be_v so_o vueighty_a by_o which_o circumstance_n his_o exception_n of_o negative_a argument_n in_o authority_n be_v overthrow_v he_o have_v nothing_o to_o answer_v and_o beside_o that_o he_o be_v never_o able_a to_o prove_v that_o all_o the_o church_n use_v it_o it_o be_v 26._o before_o show_v what_o truth_n augustin_n sentence_n be_v of_o which_o will_v make_v all_o apostolical_a that_o be_v general_o observe_v that_o the_o apostle_n example_n ought_v here_o to_o have_v prevail_v be_v show_v divis_fw-la 6_o which_o be_v that_o if_o funeral_n sermon_n have_v be_v so_o fit_a as_o be_v pretend_v the_o apostle_n vuould_v never_o have_v lose_v such_o a_o opportunity_n of_o preach_v whereunto_o he_o answer_v not_o hither_o also_o serve_v that_o forsomuch_o as_o there_o vuas_n no_o prescript_n form_n of_o funeral_n prayer_n under_o the_o lavu_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v there_o shall_v be_v any_o novu_o which_o reason_n beside_o a_o unmodest_a triumph_n receive_v no_o more_o answer_n them_z the_o other_o where_o he_o ought_v to_o learn_v that_o of_o all_o other_o it_o be_v most_o effectual_a first_o for_o that_o a_o multitude_n of_o ceremony_n be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n under_o the_o law_n than_o it_o be_v now_o under_o the_o gospel_n then_o for_o that_o by_o how_o much_o more_o they_o have_v not_o so_o clear_a sight_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a as_o we_o by_o so_o much_o they_o have_v more_o need_n of_o these_o thing_n than_o we_o to_o that_o that_o the_o minister_n have_v othervuise_n necessary_a duty_n as_o many_o as_o he_o can_v turn_v he_o to_o have_v notvuithstanding_n by_o this_o mean_n anew_o charge_v lay_v upon_o he_o he_o answer_v it_o be_v no_o charge_n but_o his_o duty_n to_o preach_v and_o to_o pray_v which_o be_v untrue_a for_o although_o it_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o do_v both_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o his_o duty_n to_o do_v they_o then_o if_o it_o be_v than_o he_o must_v of_o necessity_n do_v it_o nether_a can_v this_o ceremony_n be_v abolish_v and_o so_o the_o minister_n in_o other_o reform_a church_n which_o do_v it_o not_o be_v thereby_o condemn_v where_o he_o ask_v why_o he_o shall_v not_o do_v this_o aswell_o as_o his_o own_o business_n very_o amongst_o other_o reason_n this_o also_o be_v one_o that_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v have_v some_o time_n for_o his_o own_o business_n the_o church_n ought_v not_o to_o charge_v he_o with_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o that_o that_o mourn_a apparel_n provoke_v sometime_o immoderate_a 730._o sorovu_o he_o answer_v that_o so_o we_o shall_v not_o approach_v the_o bed_n nor_o grave_n of_o the_o dead_a which_o be_v insufficient_a for_o it_o be_v one_o case_n of_o thing_n dutiful_a and_o command_v or_o whereof_o we_o have_v great_a use_n and_o another_o of_o those_o which_o be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o one_o god_n vocation_n be_v warrant_n enough_o against_o all_o inconvenience_n which_o be_v not_o so_o in_o those_o which_o we_o take_v up_o of_o our_o self_n and_o it_o make_v against_o he_o for_o have_v by_o reason_n of_o our_o vocation_n mean_v enough_o to_o strike_v the_o wound_n of_o sorrow_n so_o deep_a into_o we_o as_o be_v needful_a we_o ought_v not_o to_o seek_v other_o of_o our_o own_o brain_n the_o example_n whereby_o this_o be_v set_v forth_o he_o answer_v not_o and_o hereof_o the_o reader_n may_v see_v also_o that_o profitable_a ceremony_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a may_v be_v maintain_v although_o this_o fall_n as_o for_o that_o he_o say_v that_o cyprian_a and_o augustine_n do_v not_o so_o much_o condemn_v mourn_v apparel_n as_o immoderate_a sorrow_n if_o they_o condemn_v it_o at_o all_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o convince_v his_o extreme_a boldness_n in_o all_o ledge_v a_o antiquity_n for_o he_o which_o make_v against_o he_o but_o if_o he_o will_v thereby_o insinuat_fw-la that_o they_o mislike_v not_o of_o this_o ceremony_n these_o be_v their_o word_n let_v man_n judge_n of_o his_o deal_n vue_fw-fr ovught_n not_o say_v cyprian_n to_o take_v black_a garment_n mortal_a when_o the_o faithful_a which_v be_v decease_v have_v receive_v white_a apparel_n neither_o must_v vue_fw-fr give_v occasion_n that_o the_o heathen_a shall_v just_o blame_v we_o that_o vue_fw-fr lament_v those_o as_o lose_v which_v vue_fw-fr affirm_v to_o live_v concern_v augustine_n he_o write_v thus_o by_o what_o reason_n shall_v vue_fw-fr die_v black_a garment_n dec●●sol_n for_o the_o dead_a unless_o it_o be_v that_o vue_fw-fr vuould_fw-mi in_o join_v they_o with_o our_o lamentation_n declare_v thereby_o that_o the_o decease_a vuere_a very_a infidel_n and_o miserable_a these_o be_v my_o brethren_n unmeet_a they_o be_v strange_a they_o be_v unlavuful_a and_o if_o they_o vuere_v not_o unlavuful_a yet_o they_o be_v undecent_a as_o for_o the_o continuance_n of_o it_o with_o any_o allowance_n further_o than_o from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o papist_n which_o be_v not_o the_o church_n of_o god_n he_o show_v not_o the_o rest_n in_o this_o division_n be_v not_o worth_a the_o name_n the_o first_o argument_n against_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o funeral_n 733._o sermon_n have_v the_o same_o maintenance_n with_o the_o first_o of_o the_o three_o division_n to_o the_o next_o reason_n of_o the_o sudden_a and_o consequent_o for_o the_o most_o part_n negligent_a preach_n he_o oppose_v as_o a_o contrariety_n with_o myself_o that_o i_o prefer_v a_o simple_a sermon_n make_v every_o day_n to_o that_o which_o be_v make_v only_o once_o in_o a_o month_n which_o be_v only_o to_o misspend_v the_o time_n for_o although_o i_o prefer_v it_o to_o the_o other_o yet_o i_o approve_v not_o that_o one_o only_a minister_n except_o he_o have_v rare_a gift_n shall_v preach_v every_o day_n why_o he_o can_v not_o have_v sufficient_a warning_n be_v manifest_a if_o he_o refuse_v he_o be_v thereby_o load_v with_o displeasure_n of_o his_o parishioner_n in_o that_o he_o do_v not_o as_z outstretch_o which_o be_v hurtful_a to_o his_o ordinary_a ministry_n to_o the_o reason_n of_o acceptation_n of_o person_n in_o that_o sermon_n at_o the_o burial_n of_o the_o rich_a nether_a be_v nor_o be_v able_a to_o be_v make_v at_o the_o burial_n of_o the_o poor_a he_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v alone_o as_o if_o the_o minister_n not_o able_a to_o preach_v every_o day_n shall_v not_o therefore_o preach_v once_o a_o week_n which_v be_v untrue_a consider_v that_o his_o ordinary_a ministry_n be_v command_v of_o god_n where_o this_o be_v but_o a_o devise_n of_o man_n and_o consider_v that_o in_o the_o ordinary_a preach_n there_o be_v no_o acceptation_n of_o person_n whether_o it_o be_v do_v once_o or_o often_o in_o a_o week_n so_o that_o although_o preach_v