Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	church_n	divine_a	scripture_n	9,471	5	6.5421	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60278	Sin dismantled, shewing the loathsomnesse thereof, in laying it open by confession; with the remedy for it by repentance & conversion Wherein is set forth the manner how we ought to confess our sins to God and man, with the consiliary decrees from the authority thereof, and for the shewing the necessity of priestly absolution, the removing the disesteem the vulgar have of absolution, setting forth the power of ministers. With an historical relation of the canons concerning confession, and the secret manner of it; also shewing the confessors affections and inclinations. By a late reverend, learned and judicious Divine.	Late reverend, learned and judicious Divine.	1664 (1664)	Wing S3850; ESTC R221495	353,931	367

sin_n dismantle_v show_v the_o loathsomnesse_n thereof_o in_o lay_v it_o open_a by_o confession_n with_o the_o remedy_n for_o it_o by_o repentance_n &_o conversion_n wherein_o be_v set_v forth_o the_o manner_n how_o we_o ought_v to_o confess_v our_o sin_n to_o god_n and_o man_n with_o the_o consiliary_a decree_n from_o the_o authority_n thereof_o and_o for_o the_o show_v the_o necessity_n of_o priestly_a absolution_n the_o remove_v the_o disesteem_a the_o vulgar_a have_v of_o absolution_n set_v forth_o the_o power_n of_o minister_n with_o a_o historical_a relation_n of_o the_o canon_n concern_v confession_n and_o the_o secret_a manner_n of_o it_o also_o show_v the_o confessor_n affection_n and_o inclination_n by_o a_o late_a reverend_n learned_a and_o judicious_a divine_a london_n print_v by_o j._n best_n for_o william_n crook_n at_o the_o three_o bibles_n on_o fleet-bridge_n mdclxiv_o the_o principal_a content_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n chap._n i._n the_o name_n of_o thing_n exemplify_v their_o nature_n the_o author_n purpose_n heb._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v repentance_n and_o consolation_n which_o be_v various_o render_v by_o the_o septuagint_n heb._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d confession_n or_o a_o cast_n off_o by_o the_o same_o interpreter_n be_v translate_v to_o give_v thanks_o and_o to_o praise_v exagreusis_n a_o forinsecal_v word_n a_o indictment_n exhomologesis_n metanoea_n and_o metameleia_n usual_a in_o the_o new_a testament_n resipiscence_n and_o penitude_n their_o difference_n and_o several_a use_n pag._n 1._o chap._n ii_o repentance_n a_o conversion_n and_o wherein_o it_o consist_v the_o father_n define_v it_o from_o the_o sensible_a effect_n and_o fign_n thereof_o the_o schoolmen_n error_n in_o place_v it_o in_o bodily_a correction_n rather_o than_o in_o mental_a change_n the_o reform_a divine_n seat_v it_o in_o the_o humiliation_n of_o the_o heart_n require_v also_o outward_a expression_n of_o sorrow_n conversion_n be_v the_o essential_a form_n of_o repentance_n self_n abnegation_n godly_a sorrow_n a_o penitent_n practice_n and_o endeavour_v p._n 10._o chap._n iii_o discipline_n of_o penance_n wherefore_o enjoin_v by_o the_o church_n exhomologesis_n divers_a kindi_fw-la of_o confession_n public_a penance_n of_o apostolical_a practice_n the_o austerity_n thereof_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n order_n thereof_o prescribe_v in_o the_o day_n of_o cyprian_a and_o ambrose_n divers_a example_n of_o public_a penitent_n the_o solemn_a practic_n thereof_o in_o record_n of_o the_o church_n sinner_n admit_v but_o once_o to_o solemn_a penance_n actual_a reconciliation_n deny_v by_o the_o church_n to_o lapse_v sinner_n no_o renew_n unto_o repentance_n how_o understand_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n four_o station_n observe_v by_o the_o ancient_a penitent_n the_o restore_n of_o this_o discipline_n much_o desire_v p._n 16._o chap._n iu._n confession_n of_o sin_n address_v unto_o god_n chief_o and_o to_o man_n also_o with_o considerable_a relation_n ground_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n with_o god_n himself_o a_o necessary_a antecedent_n to_o pardon_v adam_n and_o cain_n interrogated_a to_o extract_v confession_n sundry_a precedent_n of_o penitent_n recourse_v to_o god_n in_o confession_n there_o be_v shame_n in_o confess_v to_o god_n as_o well_o as_o unto_o man._n penitential_a psalm_n compose_v by_o david_n for_o memorial_n and_o help_n to_o confession_n the_o rabbin_n doctrine_n of_o confession_n of_o sin_n before_o god_n practise_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n preach_v and_o urge_v by_o the_o ancient_a father_n and_o so_o far_o by_o chrysostome_n as_o a_o tribute_n due_a to_o god_n only_o for_o which_o the_o pontifician_n be_v jealous_a of_o he_o confession_n before_o god_n be_v not_o destructive_a of_o confession_n before_o man_n in_o a_o qualify_a sense_n though_o prefer_v before_o it_o and_o especial_o call_v for_o by_o the_o old_a doctor_n although_o that_o be_v of_o singular_a use_n also_o p._n 43._o chap._n v._n of_o confession_n to_o man._n the_o confession_n of_o sin_n under_o the_o law_n before_o the_o priest_n at_o the_o altar_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n special_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n not_o require_v of_o the_o jew_n the_o law_n command_v the_o acknowledgement_n of_o sin_n and_o restitution_n job_n friend_n confess_v their_o error_n unto_o he_o who_o sacrifice_v for_o they_o david_n confession_n unto_o nathan_n rabbin_n affirm_v sin_n to_o be_v confess_v unto_o the_o father_n and_o levites_n the_o place_n in_o st_n james_n chap._n 5._o of_o mutual_a confession_n explain_v and_o vindicate_v testimony_n of_o the_o father_n for_o confession_n unto_o man_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o schoolman_n that_o sin_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o in_o way_n of_o consultation_n for_o a_o remedy_n not_o in_o way_n of_o absolution_n for_o reconcilement_n may_v be_v detect_v to_o a_o layman_n and_o of_o the_o reform_a divine_n that_o sin_n may_v be_v confess_v to_o a_o believe_a brother_n for_o advice_n and_o to_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n p._n 65._o chap._n vi_o divers_a office_n and_o administration_n in_o the_o church_n the_o people_n confession_n unto_o john_n at_o jordan_n wherein_o they_o be_v particular_a the_o confession_n of_o the_o believer_n at_o ephesus_n to_o st_n paul_n proof_n from_o the_o father_n for_o confession_n to_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o gospel_n such_o confession_n withdraw_v not_o from_o god_n but_o lead_v to_o he_o testimeny_v of_o the_o worthy_a divine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n for_o confession_n second_v with_o divine_n of_o the_o reformation_n from_o the_o church_n beyond_o the_o sea_n p._n 90._o chap._n vii_o concern_v the_o institution_n necessity_n and_o extent_n of_o confession_n and_o be_v divide_v into_o three_o section_n p._n 111._o sect_n i._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o tridentine_a council_n for_o divine_a right_n and_o authority_n of_o confession_n the_o anathema_n hold_v too_o severe_a by_o some_o moderate_a romanist_n public_a exhomologesis_n vilipend_v by_o those_o father_n the_o schoolmen_n faintness_n in_o reason_v for_o the_o divine_a institution_n of_o auricular_a confession_n the_o canonist_n plant_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o universal_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n divine_v side_v with_o the_o canonist_n oppugner_n of_o auricular_a confession_n in_o former_a age_n pretence_n of_o divine_a authority_n from_o place_n of_o scripture_n examine_v different_a proceed_n in_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n from_o earthly_a tribunal_n special_a cognizance_n of_o all_o sin_n not_o a_o necessary_a antecedent_n at_o all_o time_n to_o priestly_a absolution_n god_n pardon_v many_o sin_n immediate_o never_o speak_v of_o to_o a_o priest_n difference_n of_o popish_a divine_n concern_v the_o matter_n and_o form_n in_o penance_n prove_v to_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o sacramental_a confession_n which_o reach_v not_o high_a than_o the_o lateran_n council_n confession_n of_o sin_n of_o the_o same_o institution_n as_o repentance_n be_v divine_a institution_n manifold_a in_o what_o sense_n confession_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v of_o divine_a institution_n p._n 113._o sect_n ii_o the_o abusive_a necessity_n of_o confession_n tyrannical_a inquisition_n into_o man_n conscience_n distasteful_a confession_n leave_v at_o liberty_n in_o gratian'ss_n time_n schoolman_n lean_v to_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o confession_n not_o the_o only_a necessary_a mean_n for_o absolution_n and_o remission_n the_o end_v aim_v at_o in_o popish_a confession_n unnecessary_a no_o express_a precept_n in_o scripture_n for_o the_o absolute_a necessity_n thereof_o confession_n a_o heavy_a burden_n upon_o fleshly_a shoulder_n private_a confession_n not_o practise_v from_o the_o beginning_n establish_v in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o public_a by_o a_o edict_n from_o leo_n i._o the_o fact_n of_o n●●tarius_n abrogate_a confession_n with_o the_o several_a answer_n and_o exposition_n of_o roman_a writer_n expend_v confession_n desert_v in_o the_o greek_a church_n divers_a kind_n and_o form_n of_o necessity_n confession_n in_o what_o case_n necessary_a and_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o determine_v p._n 144._o sect_n iii_o scrupulous_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n decree_v in_o late_a council_n circumstance_n aggravate_v and_o alter_v the_o property_n of_o sin_n millstone_n to_o plain_a people_n anxious_a inquisition_n into_o each_o sin_n with_o every_o circumstance_n a_o perplex_a piece_n particular_a reckon_n for_o every_o sin_n a_o heavy_a load_n to_o the_o conscience_n and_o without_o express_a warranty_n from_o god_n imply_v difficulty_n and_o impossibility_n and_o tend_v to_o desperation_n no_o urgent_a necessity_n to_o be_v so_o superstitious_a in_o cast_v up_o of_o all_o sin_n and_o the_o circumstantial_a tail_n thereof_o romish_a closert_n of_o confession_n seminary_n of_o sin_n and_o uncleanness_n venial_a and_o reserve_a sin_n exempt_v by_o rome_n from_o the_o ●ars_n of_o ordinary_a priest_n upon_o what_o ground_n strict_a and_o specific_a enumeration_n of_o sin_n but_o of_o late_o stand_v in_o the_o church_n general_n interrogatories_n propose_v at_o the_o

above_o be_v very_o sweet_a 43._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d athenaus_n deipn●s_n lib._n 2._o pag._n 43._o but_o that_o which_o remain_v at_o the_o bottom_n very_a salt_n and_o brinish_a some_o thing_n flow_v good_a therein_o but_o the_o roman_a dregs_o be_v bitter_a and_o for_o the_o better_a discovery_n thereof_o we_o must_v look_v over_o the_o same_o again_o and_o handle_v three_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d open_o and_o distinct_o precariò_fw-la punctìm_fw-la agendum_fw-la non_fw-la precariò_fw-la 1._o the_o institution_n thereof_o by_o who_o and_o of_o what_o authority_n it_o be_v 2._o next_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o how_o far_o forth_o it_o be_v require_v and_o what_o danger_n may_v arise_v upon_o the_o abuse_n and_o discontinuance_n thereof_o 3._o and_o last_o the_o extent_n whether_o all_o sin_n and_o the_o circumstance_n of_o each_o sin_n fall_n under_o the_o verge_n and_o charge_n of_o confession_n the_o consideration_n of_o these_o point_n will_v give_v great_a light_n to_o descry_v the_o misdemeanour_n in_o the_o practic_a thereof_o sect_n i._o the_o content_n the_o decree_n of_o the_o tridentine_a council_n for_o divine_a right_n and_o authority_n of_o confession_n the_o anathema_n hold_v too_o severe_a by_o some_o moderate_a romanist_n public_a exhomologesis_n vilepend_v by_o those_o father_n the_o schoolmen_n faintness_n in_o resolve_v for_o the_o divine_a institution_n of_o auricular_a confession_n the_o canonist_n plant_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o universal_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n divine_v side_v with_o the_o canonist_n oppugner_n of_o auricular_a confession_n in_o former_a age_n pretence_n of_o divine_a authority_n from_o place_n of_o scripture_n examine_v different_a proceed_n in_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n from_o earthly_a tribunal_n special_a cognizance_n of_o all_o sin_n not_o a_o necessary_a antecedent_n at_o all_o time_n to_o priestly_a absolution_n god_n pardon_v many_o sin_n immediate_o never_o speak_v of_o to_o a_o priest_n difference_n of_o popish_a divine_n concern_v the_o matter_n and_o form_n in_o penance_n prove_v to_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o sacramental_a confession_n which_o reach_v not_o high_a than_o the_o lateran_n council_n confession_n of_o sin_n of_o the_o same_o institution_n as_o repentance_n be_v divine_a institution_n manifold_a in_o what_o sense_n confession_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v of_o divine_a institution_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n or_o the_o most_o in_o that_o church_n father_n this_o imp_n upon_o christ_n himself_o and_o the_o institution_n thereof_o from_o no_o mean_a a_o author_n &_o thereupon_o make_v it_o a_o principal_a part_n of_o a_o special_a sacrament_n which_o they_o call_v the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n and_o they_o have_v so_o strong_a a_o fancy_n that_o it_o be_v a_o sacrament_n and_o because_o it_o be_v so_o or_o rather_o because_o they_o will_v have_v it_o so_o it_o must_v be_v a_o divine_a ordinance_n and_o of_o christ_n institution_n indeed_o if_o confession_n do_v just_o deserve_v that_o title_n and_o inscription_n of_o a_o sacrament_n we_o shall_v not_o stick_v to_o give_v unto_o god_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v god_n it_o be_v a_o maxim_n in_o christianity_n that_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o church_n be_v of_o divine_a institution_n all_o the_o doubt_n be_v whether_o confession_n can_v assume_v so_o much_o just_o unto_o itself_o as_o to_o be_v the_o essential_a part_n of_o any_o sacrament_n or_o no_o and_o in_o this_o inquisition_n we_o be_v to_o take_v these_o step_n the_o first_o to_o inquire_v whether_o private_a confession_n of_o sin_n appear_v to_o have_v be_v any_o where_o institute_v by_o christ_n and_o again_o if_o it_o may_v be_v demonstrate_v from_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o sacrament_n ordain_v by_o he_o whereof_o private_a confession_n sustain_v such_o a_o part_n as_o be_v report_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n for_o the_o first_o it_o be_v very_o true_a the_o lawful_a use_n thereof_o depend_v upon_o the_o institution_n for_o god_n forbid_v but_o that_o his_o institutes_n shall_v be_v follow_v and_o his_o precept_n due_o observe_v it_o be_v good_a yea_o very_a good_a say_v ter●ullian_n that_o god_n command_v r._n bonum_fw-la atque_fw-la optimum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la praecipit_fw-la audaciam_fw-la existimo_fw-la de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi divini_fw-la praecepti_fw-la disputare_fw-la neque_fw-la enick_n quia_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la idcircò_fw-la auscultare_fw-la debemus_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ad_fw-la exhibitionem_fw-la obsequii_fw-la prio_fw-la est_fw-la majestas_fw-la divinae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la tert●l_n de_fw-fr poen_n c._n r._n i_o hold_v it_o impudence_n once_o to_o dispute_v and_o question_v the_o goodness_n of_o divine_a precept_n nor_o ought_v we_o to_o hearken_v thereunto_o because_o it_o be_v good_a but_o because_o god_n command_v the_o majesty_n of_o his_o power_n must_v conduce_v to_o the_o performance_n of_o our_o duty_n with_o god_n be_v the_o authority_n to_o command_v and_o with_o we_o the_o glory_n of_o obedience_n the_o only_a doubt_n i●_n if_o god_n institute_v any_o such_o thing_n and_o that_o man_n invention_n be_v not_o teach_v for_o divine_a precept_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n that_o popish_a cynosura_n have_v decree_v auricular_a confession_n to_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n from_o ordinance_n divine_a confess_v dominus_fw-la jesus_n sacerdotes_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vicarios_fw-la reliquit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la praesides_fw-la &_o judices_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la omne_fw-la mortalia_fw-la crimina_fw-la deferantur_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la potestate_fw-la clavium_fw-la sententiam_fw-la pronuntient_fw-la constat_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la judicium_fw-la hoc_fw-la incognitâ_fw-la causâ_fw-la exercere_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la council_n trid._n cap._n 5._o the_o confess_v and_o the_o institutor_n christ_n who_o by_o invest_v his_o apostle_n with_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n then_o create_v this_o court_n of_o conscience_n submit_v all_o sinner_n to_o this_o jurisdiction_n give_v the_o priest_n power_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v of_o all_o and_o all_o manner_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o people_n a_o command_n to_o accuse_v and_o lay_v open_a the_o least_o sinful_a action_n and_o fraction_n before_o these_o judge_n who_o he_o have_v make_v lord_n keeper_n of_o this_o privy_a seal_n where_o the_o proceed_n for_o the_o trial_n of_o sin_n and_o punishment_n thereof_o be_v carry_v exceed_v private_o and_o that_o god_n have_v not_o command_v nor_o do_v the_o church_n now_o a_o day_n require_v open_a confession_n and_o open_a penance_n lb._n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr hoc_fw-la divino_fw-la praecepto_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nec_fw-la satis_fw-la consultè_fw-la humanâ_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la lege_fw-la praeciperetur_fw-la ut_fw-la delicta_fw-la praesertim_fw-la secreta_fw-la publicâ_fw-la essent_fw-la confession_n aperienda_fw-la council_n trid._n lb._n and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o inconsiderate_a act_n to_o enjoin_v the_o same_o by_o any_o humane_a law_n out_o of_o which_o decree_n have_v be_v hatch_v these_o anathema_n 1._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la negaverit_fw-la confession●m_fw-la sacramentalem_fw-la vel_fw-la institutam_fw-la vel_fw-la necessariam_fw-la esse_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la can._n 1._o the_o first_o against_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v deny_v clancular_a confession_n to_o have_v be_v enact_v by_o divine_a authority_n or_o not_o to_o be_v necessary_a upon_o the_o same_o ground_n the_o second_o fulminate_v against_o those_o that_o shall_v gainsay_v such_o a_o confession_n as_o necessary_o require_v for_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n 2._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la ad_fw-la remissionem_fw-la petcatorum_fw-la necessarium_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la confiteri_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o singula_fw-la peccata_fw-la can._n 2._o however_o they_o may_v approve_v thereof_o for_o the_o instruction_n and_o comfort_v therein_o and_o believe_v it_o of_o old_a to_o have_v be_v observe_v that_o canonical_a satisfaction_n may_v be_v impose_v the_o three_o ban_n be_v upon_o those_o that_o affirm_v the_o confession_n of_o all_o sin_n as_o the_o church_n observe_v to_o be_v impossible_a 3._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la confessionem_fw-la omnium_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la qualem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la seruat_fw-la esse_fw-la impossibilem_fw-la &_o traditionem_fw-la humanam_fw-la &_o à_fw-la piis_fw-la abolendam_fw-la etc._n etc._n can._n 3._o and_o that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o humane_a tradition_n and_o to_o be_v abolish_v this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o council_n ca●ons_n and_o decree_n where_o have_v those_o father_n be_v as_o ready_a to_o prove_v as_o reprove_v and_o to_o confirm_v as_o censure_n what_o they_o anathematise_v sure_a their_o thundering_n will_v have_v be_v less_o and_o lightning_n more_o nor_o will_v the_o divine_n of_o lovian_a and_o coloign_v then_o assemble_v have_v desire_v more_o moderation_n in_o those_o prelate_n 283._o cavendum_fw-la patribuc_fw-la nè_fw-la adversariis_fw-la materiam_fw-la praebeant_fw-la ea_fw-la objiciendi_fw-la quae_fw-la theologis_fw-la non_fw-la promptum_fw-la sit_fw-la refellere_fw-la quin_fw-la potiùs_fw-la eâ_fw-la moderatione_n utendum_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la quàm_fw-la in_o canone_o ut_fw-la catholicis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la offensioni_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la hist_o

lat_fw-la council_n trid._n p._n 283._o both_o in_o compile_v the_o decree_n as_o the_o canon_n for_o avoid_v of_o scandal_n in_o the_o catholic_n and_o in_o give_v less_o advantage_n to_o the_o adversary_n in_o object_v what_o divine_v can_v not_o easy_o answer_v for_o be_v it_o not_o strange_a that_o out_o of_o those_o word_n of_o christ_n in_o john_n 20._o a_o commission_n shall_v issue_v to_o all_o priest_n with_o power_n to_o judge_v and_o to_o all_o christian_n with_o command_n to_o appear_v at_o this_o court_n to_o indict_v themselves_o of_o all_o they_o be_v conscious_a of_o and_o to_o undergo_v the_o priest_n penance_n and_o sentence_n sure_o the_o ladder_n must_v be_v well_o frame_v where_o such_o round_n be_v conjungere_fw-la climax_n priùs_fw-la conficiendus_fw-la est_fw-la bene_fw-la longus_fw-la &_o ducendus_fw-la sorite_n sesquipedalis_fw-la ut_fw-la detur_fw-la ista_fw-la conjungere_fw-la and_o the_o link_n strong_o set_v together_o that_o shall_v draw_v on_o such_o a_o chain_n and_z train_z of_o consequence_n but_o the_o indiscretion_n of_o these_o father_n in_o one_o thing_n can_v never_o be_v enough_o admire_v in_o debase_v of_o public_a confession_n and_o reconciliation_n as_o command_v by_o no_o law_n of_o god_n nec_fw-la imperantium_fw-la bono_fw-mi futurum_fw-la nor_o shall_v it_o be_v well_o do_v for_o any_o to_o command_v the_o same_o whereas_o the_o father_n true_o so_o call_v only_o countenance_v and_o esteem_v this_o when_o the_o other_o be_v hardly_o hatch_v of_o this_o in_o their_o writing_n there_o be_v frequent_a mention_n but_o of_o that_o now_o rome_n darling_n scarce_o any_o footstep_n appear_v for_o let_v any_o live_a proctor_n on_o that_o council_n behalf_n resolve_v i_o why_o public_a confession_n of_o sin_n shall_v be_v but_o permit_v by_o christ_n and_o the_o private_a by_o he_o enjoin_v ib._n etsi_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la vetuerit_fw-la quam_fw-la aliqum_fw-la delicta_fw-la sva_fw-la publicè_fw-la confiteri_fw-la possit_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la divino_fw-la praecepto_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nec_fw-la satis_fw-la consultè_fw-la humanâ_fw-la aliqua_fw-la lege_fw-la praeciperetur_fw-la council_n trid._n ib._n why_o a_o magistrate_n shall_v do_v ill_a in_o make_v a_o law_n for_o solemn_a confession_n and_o christ_n institute_v and_o command_v the_o auricular_a can_v that_o confession_n confine_v unto_o private_a wall_n be_v of_o great_a virtue_n than_o that_o which_o break_v forth_o on_o the_o house_n top_n or_o do_v the_o key_n unlock_v better_a in_o a_o corner_n than_o in_o open_a view_n or_o shall_v a_o sinful_a story_n tell_v in_o secret_a come_v by_o a_o pardon_n soon_o than_o that_o which_o be_v divulge_v before_o all_o or_o shall_v the_o absolution_n of_o a_o priest_n grant_v in_o a_o chamber_n or_o a_o closet_n prevail_v more_o than_o a_o reconciliation_n make_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o priest_n in_o the_o open_a church_n no_o less_o impudence_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o word_n follow_v that_o by_o the_o holy_a and_o ancient_a father_n secret_a sacramental_a confession_n as_o it_o be_v now_o use_v and_o ever_o have_v be_v in_o the_o church_n have_v be_v always_o commend_v let_v those_o old_a record_n be_v compare_v with_o this_o new_a practice_n and_o then_o judge_v of_o the_o integrity_n of_o these_o new_a father_n we_o will_v inquire_v what_o news_n there_o be_v of_o this_o ordinance_n before_o the_o open_n of_o that_o council_n and_o whether_o the_o schoolman_n be_v confident_a or_o a_o little_a scrupulous_a upon_o who_o to_o father_n it_o scotus_n make_v a_o question_n from_o whence_o the_o mandate_n of_o confession_n be_v derive_v confessio●em_fw-la q._n quo_fw-la praecepto_fw-la tenetur_fw-la quis_fw-la ad_fw-la confessio●em_fw-la from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n or_o from_o the_o church_n constitution_n and_o this_o latter_a he_o will_v approve_v of_o if_o two_o rub_n lay_v not_o in_o his_o way_n divinum_fw-la quòd_fw-la confessio_fw-la non_fw-la cadit_fw-la nisi_fw-la sub_fw-la praecepto_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la faciliter_fw-la improbari_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la attentasset_fw-la tam_fw-la arduum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la imponere_fw-la omnibus_fw-la christianis_fw-la nisi_fw-la esset_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la divinum_fw-la 1._o that_o the_o church_n will_v not_o have_v make_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o have_v impose_v such_o a_o burden_n upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o any_o without_o express_a warranty_n from_o her_o spouse_n the_o true_a and_o chaste_a church_n indeed_o will_v not_o have_v adventure_v without_o her_o husband_n privity_n but_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v set_v upon_o great_a matter_n than_o this_o come_v to_o the_o tread_v upon_o emperor_n neck_n be_v as_o great_a a_o dare_a as_o the_o trample_n upon_o the_o conscience_n the_o pope_n key_n have_v go_v beyond_o peter_n not_o only_o to_o excommunicate_v but_o deprive_v prince_n lock_v they_o forth_o of_o the_o church_n and_o their_o regal_a throne_n too_o late●an_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la invenitur_fw-la ubi_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la imponatur_fw-la istud_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la council_n late●an_n such_o instance_n as_o these_o set_v forth_o the_o impudence_n of_o that_o strumpet_n 2_o his_o other_o scruple_n be_v for_o that_o he_o know_v not_o when_o and_o where_o the_o church_n impose_v that_o precept_n for_o this_o scruple_n let_v he_o cast_v his_o eye_n back_o upon_o a_o council_n hold_v not_o long_o before_o his_o time_n and_o there_o he_o shall_v read_v it_o decree_v for_o bo●h_a sex_n once_o a_o year_n to_o come_v to_o confession_n and_o there_o that_o the_o time_n be_v institute_v 721._o confession_n n'a_fw-fr point_fw-fr este_fw-la instituée_fw-fr en_fw-fr ce_fw-fr concile_v ains_fw-fr le_fw-fr temps_fw-fr seulment_n ya_fw-la este_fw-la d●claré_fw-la auquel_fw-fr il_fw-fr la_fw-fr failloit_n fair_a d._n bess_n caresme_fw-fr tom_fw-mi 2._o p._n 721._o and_o not_o the_o duty_n be_v with_o reverence_n to_o a_o doughty_a sorbonist_n unto_o a_o judicious_a understanding_n a_o thin_a and_o poor_a evasion_n by_o the_o way_n take_v notice_n christian_n reader_n of_o that_o large_a assertion_n of_o scotus_n that_o there_o can_v easy_o be_v find_v any_o decree_n of_o council_n facienda_fw-la nec_fw-la canonista_n facilè_fw-la inveniret_fw-la aliquod_fw-la consilium_fw-la vel_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la propriè_fw-la ubi_fw-la exprimatur_fw-la praece_n ptum_fw-la de_fw-fr confession_n facienda_fw-la or_o precept_n of_o the_o church_n extant_a for_o confession_n thence_o he_o proceed_v to_o the_o glossator_fw-la upon_o gratian_n and_o acquaint_v we_o with_o his_o opinion_n viz._n it_o be_v better_o hold_v that_o confession_n be_v institute_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o universal_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n principio_fw-la meliùs_fw-la dicitur_fw-la eam_fw-la institutam_fw-la à_fw-la quadam_fw-la universali_fw-la eccl_n siae_fw-la traditione_n potiùs_fw-la qu●m_fw-la ex_fw-la novi_fw-la testam●nti_fw-la vel_fw-la veteris_fw-la authoritate_fw-la de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la do_v 5._o in_o principio_fw-la than_o from_o any_o authority_n of_o the_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n and_o that_o it_o be_v take_v upon_o the_o trust_n of_o tradition_n rather_o than_o ready_a payment_n of_o the_o scripture_n the_o not_o admit_v of_o any_o such_o custom_n in_o the_o greek_a church_n ib_o confessio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necessaria_fw-la apud_fw-la graecos_n esset_fw-la autem_fw-la necessaria_fw-la si_fw-la praeciptum_fw-la de_fw-fr ea_fw-la esset_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la scripturae_fw-la gloss_n ib_o bring_v the_o glossator_n to_o that_o mind_n for_o that_o church_n will_v not_o witting_o cast_v aside_o what_o god_n word_n impose_v after_o all_o this_o scotus_n turn_v to_o the_o other_o side_n positivo_fw-la videtur_fw-la rationabiliùs_fw-la tenere_fw-la quòd_fw-la confessio_fw-la cadat_fw-la sub_fw-la praecepto_fw-la divino_fw-la positivo_fw-la and_o utter_v this_o faint_a opinion_n it_o seem_v more_o reasonable_a to_o hold_v that_o confession_n may_v fall_v under_o a_o divine_a positive_a precept_n a_o lukewarm_a assertion_n not_o firmiter_fw-la tenere_fw-la constant_o to_o believe_v but_o rationabiliùs_fw-la more_o reason_n for_o it_o and_o not_o tenetur_fw-la it_o must_v be_v hold_v but_o videtur_fw-la it_o may_v seem_v it_o be_v so_o but_o as_o it_o seem_v and_o cadat_fw-la non_fw-la cadit_fw-la it_o may_v fall_v under_o a_o divine_a precept_n and_o it_o may_v not_o fall_v out_o so_o what_o it_o seem_v unto_o scotus_n i_o know_v not_o but_o it_o seem_v unto_o i_o that_o the_o faith_n upon_o the_o divine_a ordinance_n of_o confession_n be_v then_o but_o of_o tender_a growth_n and_o not_o full_o ripe_a till_o the_o day_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n at_o length_n discard_n some_o of_o the_o usual_a argument_n weaken_v other_o and_o deliver_v some_o new_a one_o of_o his_o own_o whereof_o the_o reader_n by_o and_o by_o among_o other_o shall_v have_v a_o reckon_n he_o resolve_v all_o his_o dispute_n into_o this_o uncertain_a conclusion_n ista_fw-la veligitur_fw-la tenendum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la promulgato_fw-la per_fw-la evangelium_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la quòd_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la positivo_fw-la promulgato_fw-la à_fw-la

in_o there_o clanculùm_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la artibus_fw-la at_o some_o back_n door_n and_o under_o hand_n shuffle_v in_o there_o belike_o it_o be_v but_o not_o open_o private_a confession_n be_v there_o private_o carry_v and_o ordain_v thus_o every_o faithful_a one_o of_o either_o sex_n be_v come_v to_o year_n of_o discretion_n 21._o omnis_fw-la utriusque_fw-la sexus_fw-la fidelis_fw-la postquam_fw-la ad_fw-la annos_fw-la discretionis_fw-la pervenerit_fw-la omne_fw-la sva_fw-la solus_fw-la peccata_fw-la confiteatur_fw-la fideliter_fw-la saltem_fw-la s●mel_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la proprio_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la &_o injunctam_fw-la sibi_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la studeo_fw-la pro_fw-la viribus_fw-la adimplere_fw-la suscipiens_fw-la reverenter_fw-la ad_fw-la minus_fw-la in_o pascha_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la etc._n etc._n alioquin_fw-la &_o vivens_fw-la ab_fw-la ingressu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la arceatur_fw-la &_o moriens_fw-la christiana_n careat_fw-la sepultura_fw-la council_n lateran_n cap._n 21._o shall_v by_o himself_o alone_o once_o a_o year_n at_o the_o least_o faithful_o confess_v all_o his_o sin_n unto_o his_o own_o priest_n and_o endeavour_v according_a to_o his_o strength_n to_o fulfil_v the_o penaxce_n enjoin_v unto_o he_o receive_v reverent_o at_o least_o at_o easter_n the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n otherwise_o in_o his_o life_n time_n let_v he_o be_v bar_v from_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n and_o be_v dead_a want_v christian_a burial_n in_o which_o decree_n be_v these_o innovation_n 1._o solus_fw-la that_o it_o must_v be_v private_a 2._o omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la sin_n and_o all_o sin_n must_v be_v confess_v 3._o proprio_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la to_o their_o own_o priest_n where_o the_o liberty_n of_o choose_v the_o ghostly_a father_n be_v take_v away_o and_o for_o the_o time_n which_o the_o jesuit_n tell_v we_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n there_o conclude_v on_o i_o say_v there_o be_v none_o decree_v only_o limit_v leave_v christian_n to_o confess_v at_o other_o time_n convenient_a within_o the_o year_n but_o not_o to_o exceed_v and_o be_v without_o the_o compass_n of_o a_o year_n come_v as_o often_o within_o as_o the_o confessor_n and_o his_o penitent_n can_v agree_v and_o meet_v upon_o it_o but_o not_o to_o go_v over_o the_o year_n and_o to_o this_o head_n must_v popish_a shrift_n be_v refer_v but_o if_o repentance_n be_v consider_v as_o a_o work_n of_o grace_n arise_v from_o godly_a sorrow_n whereby_o a_o man_n turn_v from_o all_o his_o sin_n to_o god_n and_o obtain_v pardon_n and_o so_o include_v confession_n as_o a_o evidence_n of_o inward_a sorrow_n and_o a_o mean_a of_o reconciliation_n such_o a_o confession_n pour_v out_o before_o god_n or_o unto_o god_n before_o his_o priest_n be_v of_o the_o same_o right_a and_o institution_n as_o repentance_n be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n have_v ordain_v in_o this_o world_n repentance_n to_o be_v the_o approve_a physician_n for_o sinner_n judaum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_o mart._n resp_n ad_fw-la orthod_n q_o 97._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n dialog_n count_v tryphon_n judaum_fw-la say_v justin_n martyr_n and_o again_o god_n according_a tothe_z riches_n of_o his_o mercy_n accept_v of_o he_o that_o be_v penitent_a for_o his_o sin_n as_o just_a and_o without_o sin_n that_o thing_n than_o be_v of_o divine_a institution_n which_o god_n grace_n have_v ordain_v and_o of_o divine_a power_n and_o efficacy_n which_o make_v a_o sinner_n accept_v of_o god_n as_o a_o righteous_a person_n but_o all_o this_o thou_o will_v say_v may_v be_v do_v by_o contrition_n and_o confession_n to_o god_n only_o without_o respect_n unto_o the_o priest_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o it_o may_v be_v and_o often_o be_v effect_v that_o way_n but_o not_o always_o such_o may_v be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o sinner_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o sin_n that_o pardon_n which_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o repentance_n be_v not_o gather_v and_o new_a obedience_n which_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o penitent_a be_v not_o bring_v forth_o without_o confession_n to_o the_o priest_n and_o direction_n from_o he_o and_o so_o to_o be_v comprise_v in_o this_o duty_n also_o for_o if_o the_o door_n of_o heaven_n will_v ever_o open_v upon_o the_o former_a knock_n the_o priest_n have_v key_n commit_v to_o no_o purpose_n to_o make_v this_o to_o appear_v distinct_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v that_o to_o institute_v may_v be_v take_v in_o a_o twofold_a sense_n 13._o jurisconsultis_fw-la instituere_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la arbores_fw-la vel_fw-la vineas_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la loco_fw-la ponere_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o conducto_fw-la fundo_fw-la si_fw-la conductor_n suâ_fw-la operâ_fw-la aliquid_fw-la necessariò_fw-la vel_fw-la utiliter_fw-la auxerit_fw-la vel_fw-la aedificaverit_fw-la vel_fw-la instituerit_fw-la l._n dominus_fw-la sec._n in_o conduct_n ff_n loc_fw-la &_o conduct_n vide_fw-la turneb_n advers._fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 13._o first_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n producer_n and_o author_n of_o a_o effect_n so_o take_v with_o the_o ancient_a civilian_n with_o who_o to_o institute_v tree_n or_o vineyard_n be_v to_o set_v and_o plant_v they_o in_o a_o ground_n let_v out_o if_o the_o farmer_n by_o his_o industry_n shall_v have_v improve_v it_o have_v build_v or_o have_v set_v or_o plant_v in_o the_o digest_v and_o in_o this_o acceptation_n christ_n be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n that_o vine_n be_v of_o his_o plant_n and_o institution_n he_o be_v the_o author_n and_o his_o minister_n to_o do_v it_o by_o his_o authority_n now_o repentance_n be_v indeed_o a_o work_n of_o god_n but_o not_o in_o god_n confession_n be_v when_o god_n open_v a_o sinner_n mouth_n not_o his_o own_o in_o that_o sense_n confession_n be_v not_o of_o divine_a institution_n 2._o second_o that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v institute_v that_o be_v command_v and_o enjoin_v so_o of_o institution_n divine_a that_o be_v of_o divine_a law_n and_o ordinance_n and_o that_o of_o divine_a law_n which_o be_v prescribe_v in_o the_o divine_a word_n the_o holy_a scripture_n as_o a_o law_n to_o be_v observe_v or_o as_o a_o example_n to_o be_v imitate_v and_o divine_a ordinance_n be_v there_o deliver_v by_o god_n immediate_o or_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o man_n of_o god_n inspire_v by_o he_o in_o which_o sense_n saint_n chrysostom_n interprete_v those_o passage_n of_o saint_n paul_n not_o i_o but_o the_o lord_n and_o i_o not_o the_o the_o lord_n 12._o 1_o cor._n 7.10_o 12._o not_o as_o if_o christ_n speak_v of_o himself_o and_o paul_n from_o himself_o for_o in_o paul_n christ_n speak_v what_o be_v it_o then_o that_o he_o say_v i_o and_o not_o i_o jesus_n christ_n have_v deliver_v some_o law_n and_o ordinance_n in_o his_o own_o person_n unto_o we_o 6.250_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to._n 6.250_o and_o some_o by_o his_o apostle_n furthermore_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v of_o divine_a right_n as_o express_o and_o formal_o enjoin_v in_o the_o scripture_n or_o else_o as_o virtual_o employ_v by_o a_o necessary_a deduction_n and_o consequence_n 10._o aliquid_fw-la dicitur_fw-la esse_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la duobus_fw-la modis_fw-la vel_fw-la quòd_fw-la institutum_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la idque_fw-la vel_fw-la express_v vel_fw-la certa_fw-la deductione_n erutum_fw-la vel_fw-la ex●mplum_fw-la continuata_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praxi_fw-la omni_fw-la s●culo_fw-la commendatum_fw-la junius_n in_o bellar._n controv_fw-mi 7._o cap._n 10._o or_o else_o as_o exemplary_a and_o ratify_v by_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n so_o divine_a right_n and_o institution_n be_v accept_v in_o a_o threefold_a sense_n 1._o in_o express_a precept_n and_o command_n 2._o in_o necessary_a consequence_n depend_v upon_o some_o other_o thing_n command_v or._n 3_o by_o approve_a example_n in_o god_n word_n commend_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n praecepti_fw-la confession_n of_o divine_a institution_n 1._o v●rtute_fw-la praecepti_fw-la we_o will_v lay_v confession_n unto_o all_o of_o these_o and_o see_v what_o authority_n it_o have_v and_o first_o for_o divine_a command_n we_o read_v in_o the_o law_n that_o the_o sinner_n by_o divine_a edict_n bring_v his_o sacrifice_n and_o confess_v his_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n thou_o will_v reply_v 5._o numb_a 5._o that_o law_n be_v ceremonial_a 5._o leu●t_fw-la 5._o so_o say_v i_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n but_o dare_v not_o say_v so_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o confession_n the_o one_o be_v a_o typical_a and_o the_o other_o a_o moral_a act_n and_o think_v it_o not_o strange_a that_o one_o precept_n may_v be_v mix_v and_o compose_v of_o ceremony_n and_o morality_n for_o be_v not_o the_o law_n of_o the_o sabbath_n so_o the_o day_n ceremonial_a mora●lis_fw-la dies_fw-la ceremonialis_fw-la quies_fw-la mora●lis_fw-la and_o the_o rest_n moral_a gratia_fw-la cultus_fw-la à_fw-la natura_fw-la modus_fw-la à_fw-la lege_fw-la virtus_fw-la à_fw-la gratia_fw-la and_o it_o may_v not_o unfit_o be_v apply_v to_o confession_n what_o be_v verify_v of_o the_o

church-constitution_n continue_v it_o must_v and_o a_o necessity_n of_o obedience_n be_v require_v till_o the_o same_o appear_v unto_o the_o church_n to_o be_v destructive_a of_o charity_n or_o tranquillity_n and_o by_o the_o same_o authority_n be_v abolish_v by_o which_o it_o be_v at_o first_o prescribe_v and_o for_o the_o second_o how_o far_o necessary_a as_o a_o ordinance_n divine_a and_o in_o what_o sense_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v ordain_v by_o god_n i_o must_v send_v back_o my_o reader_n to_o the_o former_a section_n where_o the_o point_n be_v state_v we_o will_v tread_v the_o footstep_n of_o necessity_n in_o the_o schoolmen_n path_n and_o see_v what_o will_v result_v from_o thence_o medii_fw-la necessitas_fw-la praecepti_fw-la medii_fw-la with_o they_o necessity_n be_v twofold_a 1._o as_o a_o necessary_a precept_n 2._o or_o a_o needful_a mean_v now_o every_o just_a command_n be_v ground_v upon_o some_o reason_n and_o every_o lawful_a mean_n conduce_v to_o some_o good_a 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these_o than_o be_v necessary_a moreover_o god_n word_n command_v sin_n to_o be_v discover_v to_o the_o priest_n in_o term_n absolute_a without_o further_a circumstance_n we_o dare_v not_o therefore_o extend_v that_o precept_n to_o the_o manner_n thereof_o whether_o it_o shall_v be_v public_a or_o private_a of_o all_o sin_n or_o some_o follow_v with_o remorse_n of_o conscience_n and_o whether_o with_o the_o addition_n of_o aggravate_v circumstance_n or_o no._n i_o say_v we_o lay_v no_o necessity_n of_o these_o case_n upon_o any_o because_o we_o have_v not_o any_o express_a word_n for_o our_o warrant_n we_o counsel_v only_o that_o no_o man_n permit_v sin_n to_o lie_v still_o in_o his_o bosom_n so_o long_o as_o he_o feel_v pain_n but_o complain_v still_o to_o his_o physician_n till_o the_o cure_n be_v perfect_a thus_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o precept_n the_o second_o branch_n be_v necessit_fw-la as_o medii_fw-la and_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o that_o necessity_n by_o the_o end_n for_o no_o mean_a can_v be_v of_o great_a necessity_n than_o the_o end_n for_o which_o it_o serve_v and_o if_o the_o end_n be_v find_v necessary_a the_o mean_a must_v be_v think_v to_o be_v so_o and_o in_o mean_n we_o be_v to_o inquire_v if_o the_o propose_a end_n may_v be_v attain_v by_o one_o only_a mean_a or_o by_o divers_a some_o mean_n may_v be_v useful_a but_o not_o necessary_a as_o a_o horse_n for_o a_o journey_n or_o simple_o necessary_a as_o wing_n to_o fly_v to_o apply_v remission_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o end_n a_o penitent_n propose_v to_o himself_o which_o to_o compass_v we_o say_v that_o confession_n to_o a_o prieft_n be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n as_o the_o adequate_a &_o only_o mean_v for_o faith_n in_o christ_n who_o only_o have_v deserve_v it_o be_v also_o require_v nor_o a_o necessary_a concurrent_a mean_n for_o of_o faith_n i_o read_v but_o never_o of_o auricular_a confession_n that_o without_o faith_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o please_v god_n but_o only_o a_o conditional_a mean_n and_o so_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o hypothetical_a in_o some_o case_n of_o conscience_n to_o be_v instance_a hereafter_o for_o sin_n in_o no_o case_n may_v be_v remit_v without_o god_n in_o many_o without_o man_n but_o if_o we_o take_v confession_n as_o a_o medium_n utile_fw-la in_o that_o sense_n we_o shall_v ever_o approve_v thereof_o although_o we_o resolve_v confession_n in_o itself_o not_o to_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n for_o all_o but_o a_o precept_n bind_v some_o sinner_n and_o for_o some_o special_a sin_n only_o as_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n be_v a_o sacrament_n of_o divine_a institution_n and_o singular_a benefit_n necessary_a to_o some_o christian_n and_o at_o some_o time_n and_o the_o contempt_n thereof_o at_o all_o time_n damnable_a though_o in_o itself_o not_o simple_o necessary_a nor_o at_o all_o time_n nor_o to_o be_v impose_v upon_o all_o person_n without_o discretion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o for_o all_o that_o can_v be_v say_v this_o confession_n challenge_v not_o any_o such_o necessity_n in_o itself_o as_o inherent_a in_o the_o same_o or_o any_o way_n belong_v of_o sovereign_a virtue_n and_o necessary_a use_n but_o as_o a_o condition_n suppose_v for_o the_o acquire_v of_o some_o necessary_a good_a 40._o necessit_fw-la as_o ●onditionalis_fw-la seu_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la absoluta_fw-la nec_fw-la competit_fw-la subjecto_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la sed_fw-la solùm_fw-la consequitur_fw-la ad_fw-la talem_fw-la suppositionem_fw-la vel_fw-la conditionem_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la necessariò_fw-la infertur_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la tali_fw-la conditione_n dicitur_fw-la necessarium_fw-la necessitate_v secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la licèt_fw-la absolutè_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la se_fw-la est_fw-la liberum_fw-la contingens_fw-la alvarez_n de_fw-fr auxil_n l._n 3._o disp_n 22._o n._n 40._o viz._n forgiveness_n of_o sin_n and_o reconciliation_n a_o penitent_a take_v all_o good_a course_n to_o ingratiate_v himself_o into_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v only_o conditional_a necessity_n and_o by_o way_n of_o consequence_n and_o so_o far_o to_o be_v urge_v as_o we_o shall_v find_v it_o a_o cause_n to_o promote_v the_o same_o and_o further_o we_o reither_o require_v nor_o orge_v it_o and_o amiss_o it_o can_v be_v that_o shall_v promove_v so_o good_a a_o end_n nor_o superfluous_a that_o advance_v such_o a_o purpose_n nor_o a_o heavy_a burden_n that_o bring_v so_o happy_a a_o benefit_n sect_n iii_o the_o content_n scrupulous_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n decree_v in_o late_a council_n circumstance_n aggravate_v and_o alter_v the_o property_n of_o sin_n millstone_n to_o plain-people_n anxious_a inquisition_n into_o each_o sin_n with_o every_o circumstance_n a_o perplex_a piece_n particular_a reckon_n for_o every_o sin_n a_o heavy_a load_n to_o the_o conscience_n and_o without_o express_a warranty_n from_o god_n imply_v difficulty_n and_o impossibility_n and_o tend_v to_o desperation_n no_o urgent_a necessity_n to_o be_v so_o superstitious_a in_o cast_v up_o of_o all_o sin_n and_o the_o circumstantial_a tail_n thereof_o romish_a closert_n of_o confession_n seminary_n of_o sin_n and_o uncleanness_n venial_a and_o reserve_a sin_n exempt_v by_o rome_n from_o the_o ear_n of_o ordinary_a priest_n upon_o what_o ground_n strict_a and_o specific_a enumeration_n of_o sin_n but_o of_o late_o stand_v in_o the_o church_n general_n interrogatories_n propose_v at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n from_o anselme_n some_o sin_n be_v special_o and_o by_o name_n to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o confession_n the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o those_o sin_n describe_v and_o determine_v we_o be_v now_o come_v unto_o the_o content_n of_o confession_n namely_o sin_n and_o hence_o a_o difference_n spring_v betwixt_o we_o and_o rome_n about_o the_o extent_n and_o latitude_n thereof_o whether_o forsooth_o all_o and_o every_o sin_n commit_v after_o baptism_n together_o with_o every_o aggravate_v circumstance_n follow_v every_o sin_n be_v

aliquam_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la seu_fw-la oblivionem_fw-la vel_fw-la malevolentiam_fw-la abscondisti_fw-la liberet_fw-la te_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la malo_fw-la hic_fw-la &_o in_fw-la futuro_fw-la conservet_fw-la &_o confirmet_fw-la te_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la opere_fw-la bono_fw-mi &_o perducat_fw-la te_fw-la christus_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la vivi_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la siae_fw-la sine_fw-la manentem_fw-la confitentium_fw-la cerem_fw-la ant●q_fw-la colon._n 1530._o present_a and_o to_o come_v which_o thou_o have_v commit_v before_o he_o and_o his_o saint_n which_o thou_o have_v confess_v or_o by_o some_o negligence_n or_o evil_a will_n have_v conceal_v god_n deliver_v thou_o from_o all_o evil_a here_o and_o hereafter_o preserve_v and_o confirm_v thou_o always_o in_o every_o good_a work_n and_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o the_o live_a god_n bring_v thou_o to_o the_o life_n which_o remain_v world_n without_o end_n after_o this_o form_n be_v conceive_v all_o the_o absolution_n prescribe_v for_o use_n in_o the_o liturgy_n of_o our_o church_n as_o savour_v of_o more_o modesty_n and_o less_o superciliousness_n and_o that_o none_o of_o god_n glory_n may_v be_v think_v to_o cleave_v unto_o the_o minister_n finger_n for_o instance_n in_o the_o general_a absolution_n upon_o the_o confession_n of_o sin_n at_o the_o entrance_n of_o god_n worship_n he_o pardon_v and_o absolve_v all_o such_o as_o true_o repent_v they_o of_o their_o sin_n england_n form_n of_o absolution_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o unfeigned_o believe_v his_o holy_a gospel_n wherefore_o we_o beseech_v he_o to_o grant_v we_o true_a repentance_n etc._n etc._n and_o after_o a_o general_a confession_n of_o sin_n premise_v by_o the_o communicant_n the_o minister_n or_o bishop_n if_o present_a turn_a himself_o unto_o the_o people_n say_v almighty_a god_n our_o heavenly_a father_n who_o for_o his_o great_a mercy_n have_v promise_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n to_o all_o such_o which_o with_o earnest_a repentance_n and_o true_a faith_n turn_v unto_o he_o have_v mercy_fw-mi upon_o you_o pardon_n and_o forgive_v you_o all_o your_o sin_n strengthen_v and_o confirm_v you_o etc._n etc._n and_o at_o the_o visitation_n of_o the_o sick_a the_o sick_a party_n have_v confess_v any_o weighty_a matter_n wherewith_o his_o conscience_n be_v trouble_v the_o priest_n absolve_v he_o after_o this_o sort_n our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n who_o have_v leave_v power_n to_o his_o church_n to_o absolve_v all_o sinner_n which_o true_o repent_v and_o believe_v on_o he_o of_o his_o great_a mercy_n forgive_v thou_o thy_o offence_n and_o by_o his_o authority_n commit_v unto_o i_o i_o absolve_v thou_o from_o all_o thy_o sin_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n by_o all_o of_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a how_o much_o the_o church_n attribute_v to_o prayer_n and_o divine_a authority_n in_o this_o ministration_n a_o three_o ordinance_n whereby_o the_o minister_n remit_v sin_n 7._o 3._o by_o the_o sacrament_n sacrament_n a_o non_fw-la excludimus_fw-la quae_fw-la verbo_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sigillo_fw-la regio_fw-la app●ndi_fw-la solent_fw-la masar_n de_fw-fr minister_n anglic._n l._n 5._o c._n 10._o pag._n 635._o act_n 2.38_o act_n 22_o 16.●ur_fw-fr ●ur_z baptizatis_fw-la si_fw-la p●r_fw-la hominem_fw-la pecca●a_fw-la dimi●●i_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la utique_fw-la remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la omaium_fw-la est_fw-la quid_fw-la interest_n utrum_fw-la per_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la a_o per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la ho●_n j●s_fw-la sibi_fw-la datum_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la vendicent_fw-la unum_fw-la in_o utro●_n m●aist●rium_fw-la est_fw-la ambr._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 7._o be_v in_o dispense_n the_o mystery_n of_o god_n the_o holy_a sacrament_n and_o these_o add_v to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n render_v the_o pardon_n under_o seal_n the_o more_o to_o confirm_v and_o quiet_v a_o distract_a conscience_n for_o of_o baptism_n it_o be_v evident_a repent_v say_v peter_n and_o be_v baptize_v every_o one_o of_o you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o jesus_n christ_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o now_o why_o tarry_v thou_o say_v ananias_n unto_o paul_n arise_v and_o be_v baptize_v and_o wash_v away_o thy_o sin_n and_o the_o nicene_n creed_n i_o believe_v one_o baptism_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n upon_o which_o ground_n saint_n ambrose_n question_v the_o novatian_o that_o baptize_v and_o yet_o acknowledge_v no_o power_n in_o the_o church_n to_o remit_v sin_n why_o baptize_v you_o if_o sin_n may_v not_o lawful_o by_o man_n be_v forgive_v assure_o in_o baptism_n there_o be_v a_o pardon_n for_o all_o offence_n what_o difference_n be_v there_o whether_o priest_n claim_v this_o power_n as_o give_v unto_o they_o in_o the_o reconcile_n of_o penitent_n or_o in_o the_o wash_n of_o baptism_n the_o ministry_n in_o both_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o so_o for_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n that_o lively_a mirror_n of_o our_o saviour_n passion_n wherein_o christ_n be_v crucify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o our_o eye_n wherein_o the_o bread_n be_v break_v and_o deliver_v in_o token_n that_o his_o body_n be_v break_v and_o his_o merit_n give_v unto_o we_o wherein_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v shed_v for_o many_o for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n 26.28_o matth._n 26.28_o now_o the_o virtue_n annex_v to_o these_o bless_a sacrament_n which_o be_v seal_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o the_o censure_n be_v of_o the_o threat_n be_v from_o god_n who_o sacrament_n they_o be_v and_o not_o from_o man_n who_o be_v but_o the_o minister_n thereof_o from_o his_o side_n flow_v the_o blood_n and_o water_n and_o because_o both_o rise_n from_o that_o spring_n they_o have_v both_o this_o power_n herein_o be_v no_o power_n for_o man_n where_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o divine_a bounty_n prevail_v say_v ambrose_n it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o baptize_v by_o the_o way_n of_o ministry_n suprà_fw-la nulla_fw-la in_o his_o hominis_fw-la potestas_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la divini_fw-la muneris_fw-la gratia_fw-la viget_fw-la ambr._n suprà_fw-la and_o another_o thing_n by_o the_o way_n of_o power_n say_v the_o oracle_n of_o hippo_n the_o power_n of_o baptise_v the_o lord_n retain_v to_o himself_o joan._n aliud_fw-la est_fw-la baptizare_fw-la per_fw-la ministerium_fw-la aliud_fw-la per_fw-la potestatem_fw-la sibi_fw-la tenuit_fw-la dominus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la seruis_fw-la ministerium_fw-la dedit_fw-la aug._n tract_n 5._o in_o joan._n the_o ministry_n he_o have_v give_v to_o his_o servant_n and_o that_o school-man_n argue_v not_o amiss_o that_o frame_v this_o conclusion_n thence_o to_o baptize_v inward_o and_o to_o absolve_v from_o mortal_a sin_n be_v of_o equal_a power_n 1._o paris_n potestatis_fw-la est_fw-la interiùs_fw-la baptizare_fw-la &_o à_fw-la culpa_fw-la mortali_fw-la absolvere_fw-la sed_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la interiùs_fw-la communicare_fw-la ne_fw-la spes_fw-la poneretur_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la ergo_fw-la pari_fw-la ratione_fw-la nec_fw-la potestatem_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la ab_fw-la actuali_fw-la alex._n halens_n sum_fw-la part_n 4._o qu._n 21._o memb._n 1._o but_o god_n ought_v not_o to_o communicate_v the_o power_n of_o baptise_v inward_o lest_o any_o hope_n shall_v be_v place_v in_o man_n therefore_o by_o the_o like_a reason_n ought_v he_o not_o to_o commit_v the_o power_n of_o absolve_v from_o actual_a sin_n unto_o any_o to_o conclude_v this_o point_n touch_v the_o sacrament_n cyprian_n or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o xii_o treatise_n de_fw-fr cardinalibus_fw-la operibus_fw-la christi_fw-la write_v thus_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n chr._n remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la alia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la daretur_fw-la propriè_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la soli_fw-la huius_fw-la efficientiae_fw-la privilegium_fw-la manet_fw-la cypr._n tract_n de_fw-mi bapt_v chr._n whether_o it_o be_v give_v by_o baptism_n or_o by_o other_o sacrament_n be_v proper_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o privilege_n of_o effect_v this_o remain_v unto_o he_o alone_o so_o much_o for_o the_o three_o mean_v wherein_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v exercise_v viz._n in_o the_o due_a administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n censure_n 4._o by_o excommunication_n &_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n the_o four_o and_o last_o thing_n wherein_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v discern_v consist_v in_o the_o interdiction_n and_o relaxation_n of_o public_a censure_n therefore_o divine_v refer_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o key_n make_v unto_o peter_n matth._n 16._o to_o the_o ministry_n and_o preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n 2._o illa_fw-la deligando_fw-la &_o solvendo_fw-la petro_n facta_fw-la promissio_fw-la non_fw-la aliò_fw-la debet_fw-la r●s●●●i_fw-la qu●m_fw-la ad_fw-la u●●bi_fw-la ministerium_fw-la locus_fw-la matth._n 18._o ad_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la excommunicatiom_n p●rtinet_fw-la quae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la promissa_fw-la est_fw-la calvin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 11._o sect._n 1_o 2._o and_o the_o mention_n of_o the_o key_n to_o be_v grant_v again_o matth._n 18._o to_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o excommunication_n the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n be_v

thy_o vineyard_n lay_v waste_v thy_o breast_n dry_v up_o thy_o common-prayer_n and_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n lay_v aside_o and_o the_o glory_n of_o thy_o liturgy_n depart_v the_o dispenser_n of_o thy_o treasure_n disesteem_v and_o what_o hope_n can_v there_o be_v for_o the_o practice_n of_o this_o piety_n where_o the_o key_n and_o steward_n be_v despise_v or_o to_o enlarge_v thy_o rite_n where_o thy_o just_a claim_n be_v deny_v much_o less_o to_o promise_v the_o admission_n of_o this_o piece_n of_o discipline_n where_o the_o nerve_n of_o all_o thy_o ecclesiastical_a policy_n be_v dissolve_v where_o the_o garment_n of_o thy_o revenue_n be_v part_v among_o soldier_n and_o thy_o seamlesse_a coat_n of_o discipline_n which_o they_o spare_v rend_v by_o other_o though_o find_v they_o be_v that_o associate_v their_o endeavour_n to_o make_v up_o those_o breach_n but_o at_o a_o loss_n whereas_o no_o form_n will_v fit_v but_o what_o contex_v by_o thy_o bridegroom_n or_o his_o apostle_n and_o in_o all_o age_n continue_v upon_o thy_o back_n till_o strip_v by_o sacrilegious_a hand_n and_o deface_v great_a and_o manifold_a be_v the_o insinuation_n of_o the_o old_a serpent_n and_o his_o prevalency_n more_o by_o secret_a mining_n against_o god_n building_n than_o open_a force_n as_o not_o ignorant_a how_o ugly_a sin_n show_v in_o its_o own_o colour_n which_o he_o disguise_v under_o cunning_a intrigoe_n and_o appearance_n of_o virtue_n hispan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eph._n 4.14_o et_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 6.11_o aslechançhas_n del_fw-it diablo_fw-mi bibl._n hispan_n which_o the_o apostle_n term_v the_o sleight_n of_o man_n and_o cunning_a craftiness_n and_o the_o wile_n of_o the_o devil_n ambush_n or_o entrap_a plot_n the_o clothe_n of_o heresy_n under_o scripture_n phrase_n be_v his_o old_a sophistry_n 35._o faetores_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la eloquii_fw-la velut_fw-la quodam_fw-la aromate_v aspergit_fw-la &_o austera_fw-la quaedam_fw-la temperaturus_fw-la pocula_fw-la priùs_fw-la ora_fw-la melle_fw-la circumlinit_fw-la vincent_n lyr._n contr_n haeres_fw-la cap._n 35._o as_o the_o honey_n use_v to_o besmeer_v the_o deadly_a cup_n that_o the_o poison_n may_v be_v more_o sweet_o devour_v thou_o that_o abhor_v idol_n do_v thou_o commit_v sacrilege_n 2.22_o rom._n 2.22_o where_o the_o abhor_a idol_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o overspreading_a sanctity_n but_o the_o commission_n of_o sacrilege_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o spoil_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o plot_a design_n a_o ancient_a and_o prudent_a historian_n be_v careful_a to_o advertise_v his_o reader_n of_o the_o wide_a distance_n betwixt_o the_o cause_n and_o occasion_n of_o war_n 3._o polybius_n lib._n 3._o and_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o cause_n why_o the_o sword_n be_v unsheathe_v shall_v be_v conceal_v till_o occasion_n of_o blow_n be_v offer_v the_o beginning_n whereof_o may_v probable_o be_v maintain_v whereas_o the_o real_a cause_n will_v make_v the_o undertaker_n ashamed_a some_o occasion_n may_v be_v tender_v to_o disgrace_v the_o clergy_n which_o censorious_a spirit_n ready_o seize_v on_o the_o design_n through_o their_o side_n be_v to_o wound_v the_o profession_n 1621._o neque_fw-la unquam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la status_fw-la ità_fw-la tranquillus_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la aliquod_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aliquando_fw-la dissidium_fw-la heming_n ad_fw-la principes_fw-la german_n apud_fw-la sleidan_n commenrar_fw-it l._n 9_o p._n 264._o argentorati_fw-la edit_fw-la a_o 1621._o though_o indirect_o and_o to_o heap_v contempt_n upon_o god_n own_o ordinance_n the_o heathen_a by_o the_o spectacle_n of_o nature_n can_v discern_v the_o priest_n to_o be_v worthy_a of_o honour_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n homer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o affront_v do_v to_o they_o to_o draw_v judgement_n upon_o the_o head_n of_o scorner_n who_o strive_v to_o render_v the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n scandalous_a have_v prove_v themselves_o ridiculous_a it_o will_v not_o be_v loss_n of_o time_n to_o view_v succinct_o what_o engine_n satan_n have_v plant_v and_o what_o mine_n have_v play_v to_o work_v his_o pleasure_n upon_o the_o church_n of_o god_n a_o double_a drift_n he_o have_v 1._o to_o make_v heretic_n of_o the_o unsettle_a religious_a 2._o and_o the_o profane_a person_n to_o become_v atheist_n render_v these_o of_o no_o religion_n and_o those_o of_o worse_a than_o none_o and_o in_o who_o person_n he_o despair_v to_o root_v out_o religion_n utter_o he_o move_v every_o stone_n how_o it_o may_v become_v vain_a and_o unserviceable_a by_o the_o erection_n of_o many_o though_o false_a and_o ridiculous_a like_o that_o valentinian_n college_n and_o gnostic_n of_o old_a bring_v in_o confusion_n under_o the_o title_n of_o religion_n tertul._n confusio_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la dum_fw-la religio_fw-la asseveratur_fw-la tertul._n wherein_o the_o rabble_n of_o rude_a invention_n exceed_v the_o poetry_n of_o the_o ancient_n paynim_n how_o pregnant_a this_o lie_a spirit_n be_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o his_o adherent_n the_o present_a monstrous-shapen_a heresy_n be_v open_a proof_n in_o who_o conceit_n religion_n seem_v like_o a_o crack_a mirror_n break_v in_o piece_n by_o their_o vain_a imagination_n and_o reflect_v multiply_v image_n of_o their_o conceit_a divinity_n as_o if_o the_o highway_n of_o the_o church_n be_v a_o walk_n too_o public_a and_o too_o much_o beat_v and_o their_o spawn_n good_a for_o nothing_o but_o to_o increase_v and_o multiply_v o_o how_o secure_a be_v those_o path_n fence_v with_o the_o authority_n of_o sacred_a scripture_n 20._o ab_fw-la apostolis_n traducem_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o seminae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la mutuatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o quotidie_fw-la mutuantur_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fiant_fw-la tertul._n prescript_n contr_n haer_fw-mi c._n 20._o and_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n they_o be_v assure_o in_o the_o right_n who_o go_v after_o such_o direction_n 1._o fides_n munita_fw-la divinae_fw-la legis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la tum_fw-la deinde_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la traditione_n vinc._n lyr._n cap._n 1._o as_o hand_n stay_v and_o guide_v by_o a_o rule_n draw_v straight_a line_n than_o those_o that_o be_v leave_v to_o their_o own_o will_n and_o motion_n 14._o fides_n in_o regula_fw-la posita_fw-la est_fw-la cedat_fw-la curiositas_fw-la fide_fw-la cedat_fw-la gloria_fw-la saluti_fw-la tertul._n prescript_n cap._n 14._o and_o albeit_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o multiplex_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o more_o than_o many-headed_a hydra_n of_o several_a opinion_n and_o harvest_n of_o numerous_a error_n may_v be_v esteem_v with_o machiavel_n confident_n a_o state_n policy_n to_o hurry_v the_o people_n and_o wheel_v they_o about_o with_o divers_a sect_n and_o new_a religion_n thereby_o multiply_v several_a claim_n and_o respective_a interest_n beget_v so_o many_o apartiment_n and_o special_a dependence_n yet_o those_o praetorian_a cohort_n devise_v at_o first_o for_o the_o safeguard_n of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n prove_v their_o confusion_n and_o ephraim_n may_v rise_v against_o manasses_n 9.21_o isai_n 9.21_o and_o both_o against_o judah_n in_o the_o mean_a space_n the_o dissension_n of_o heretic_n afford_v some_o peace_n to_o the_o labour_a church_n hilar._n bellum_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la est_fw-la paae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la hilar._n who_o from_o a_o firm_a rock_n behold_v at_o sea_n their_o storm_n and_o confuse_a struggle_n by_o no_o imposture_n do_v satan_n gain_v upon_o the_o church_n more_o than_o under_o that_o specious_a pretence_n of_o reformation_n divers_a good_a christian_n of_o religious_a humour_n as_o averse_a to_o abuse_n have_v lend_v too_o quick_a a_o ear_n to_o such_o zealous_a out_o cry_v and_o in_o sober_a truth_n as_o it_o be_v a_o necessary_a duty_n to_o cut_v off_o enormity_n and_o disriegled_a inordinance_n so_o a_o difficult_a office_n to_o carry_v a_o even_a hand_n where_o a_o business_n of_o that_o consequence_n desire_v to_o be_v undertake_v upon_o assure_a ground_n and_o to_o be_v unalterable_o preserve_v lest_o the_o remedy_n may_v be_v more_o nocent_a than_o the_o disease_n ordinary_a defect_n will_v better_a be_v charitable_o conceal_v than_o publish_v to_o a_o scandal_n beside_o ambitious_a heresy_n may_v lurk_v under_o this_o covert_n and_o such_o spirit_n of_o no_o great_a altitude_n at_o their_o high_a growth_n of_o place_n and_o preferment_n may_v attempt_v to_o trouble_v the_o water_n to_o advance_v their_o own_o interest_n and_o who_o in_o the_o old_a form_n be_v but_o the_o tail_n may_v become_v the_o head_n in_o the_o new_a classis_fw-la if_o we_o still_o continue_v sceptic_n in_o the_o settlement_n of_o church_n and_o doctrine_n without_o the_o attainment_n of_o any_o period_n 10._o tertul._n prescript_n cap._n 10._o ubi_fw-la erit_fw-la finis_fw-la quaerendi_fw-la ubi_fw-la statio_fw-la credendi_fw-la ubi_fw-la expunctio_fw-la inveniendi_fw-la when_o will_v there_o be_v a_o end_n of_o quarrel_v a_o standard_n of_o faith_n or_o a_o full_a point_n of_o enquiry_n it_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o queen_n

be_v most_o in_o separate_v betwixt_o the_o light_n and_o darkness_n the_o thing_n itself_o and_o the_o abuse_n thereof_o and_o his_o aim_n the_o revive_n of_o this_o discipline_n as_o it_o be_v practise_v from_o the_o beginning_n for_o the_o undertake_n whereof_o how_o mean_v a_o place_n humane_a respect_n have_v have_v with_o he_o his_o heart_n best_o know_v in_o who_o conscience_n that_o of_o the_o apostle_n make_v no_o small_a impression_n if_o i_o yet_o please_v man_n i_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o prayer_n be_v never_o to_o be_v so_o far_o destitute_a of_o grace_n as_o to_o comply_v with_o man_n and_o to_o come_v off_o from_o god_n smoother_n of_o great_a personage_n and_o detractor_n of_o man_n in_o place_n he_o distaste_v alike_o and_o stand_v in_o a_o equal_a distance_n to_o the_o ambitious_a that_o desire_v many_o preferment_n but_o discharge_v none_o and_o to_o the_o malcontent_n disquete_v himself_o because_o his_o worth_n or_o hope_n be_v 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alexander_n with_o a_o thunderbolt_n in_o his_o hand_n osiride_n plutarch_n lib._n de_fw-fr i_o side_n &_o osiride_n when_o as_o he_o himself_o have_v set_v he_o forth_o with_o a_o spear_n for_o humour_n true_o represent_v be_v last_v but_o false_a and_o counterfeit_a colour_n vanish_v into_o smile_n and_o oblivion_n and_o far_o better_a it_o be_v to_o write_v what_o be_v true_a and_o just_a than_o what_o be_v great_a and_o plausible_a in_o the_o various_a censure_n of_o the_o time_n he_o neither_o expect_v nor_o flatter_v himself_o with_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o general_a applause_n 203._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n strom._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 203._o for_o i_o suppose_v say_v a_o ancient_a father_n no_o man_n have_v ever_o be_v so_o fortunate_a in_o his_o writing_n as_o to_o encounter_v with_o no_o contradiction_n but_o let_v he_o hold_v himself_o well_o apay_v if_o none_o can_v just_o control_v he_o that_o he_o have_v promiscuous_o use_v the_o name_n of_o priest_n 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ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la cùm_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la afflictis_fw-la conscientiis_fw-la unicum_fw-la remedium_fw-la luther_n cap._n babyl_n tom_fw-mi 6._o fol._n 109._o our_o church_n have_v ever_o most_o sound_o maintain_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o doctrine_n and_o again_o very_o there_o be_v not_o any_o mean_v more_o excellent_a to_o humble_v a_o proud_a heart_n nor_o to_o raise_v up_o a_o humble_a spirit_n than_o this_o spiritual_a conference_n betwixt_o the_o pastor_n and_o his_o people_n commit_v to_o his_o charge_n 766._o pag._n 766._o if_o any_o sin_n trouble_v thy_o conscience_n confess_v it_o unto_o god_n minister_n ask_v his_o counsel_n and_o if_o thou_o do_v true_o repent_v receive_v his_o absolution_n and_o than_o doubt_v not_o but_o in_o foro_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la thy_o sin_n be_v as_o real_o forgive_v on_o earth_n as_o if_o thou_o do_v hear_v christ_n himself_o in_o foro_fw-la judicii_fw-la pronounce_v they_o to_o be_v forgive_v in_o heaven_n 10.16_o luke_n 10.16_o qui_fw-fr vos_fw-fr audit_n i_o audit_n try_v this_o and_o tell_v i_o whether_o thou_o shall_v not_o find_v more_o ease_n in_o thy_o conscience_n than_o can_v be_v express_v in_o word_n germany_n reform_a church_n of_o germany_n do_v profane_a man_n consider_v the_o dignity_n of_o this_o divine_a call_n they_o will_v the_o more_o honour_n the_o call_n and_o reverence_v the_o person_n confess_v nos_fw-la confessionem_fw-la retinemus_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la propter_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la quòd_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la divina_fw-la pronunciat_fw-la potestas_fw-la clavium_fw-la quare_fw-la impium_fw-la esset_fw-la ex_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la privatam_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la tollere_fw-la neque_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la aut_fw-la potest_fw-la be_v clavium_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la privatam_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la aspernantur_fw-la augustan_n confess_v thus_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o mother_n justify_v by_o her_o child_n and_o lest_o any_o shall_v think_v our_o church_n and_o divine_n stand_v here_o alone_o i_o will_v adjoyn_v some_o foreign_a testimony_n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o protestant_n in_o germany_n be_v relate_v in_o the_o augustan_n confession_n thus_o we_o retain_v confession_n chief_o for_o absolution_n which_o be_v god_n word_n that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n denounce_v by_o authority_n divine_a of_o each_o person_n in_o particular_a wherefore_o it_o be_v wicked_o do_v to_o take_v private_a absolution_n out_o of_o the_o church_n nor_o do_v they_o understand_v what_o remission_n of_o sin_n or_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n mean_v if_o so_o be_v they_o contemn_v private_a absolution_n and_o the_o manner_n observe_v in_o the_o german_a church_n be_v set_v forth_o by_o chemnitius_n thus_o the_o use_n of_o private_a confession_n be_v with_o we_o preserve_v 195._o privatae_fw-la confessionis_fw-la usus_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la servatur_fw-la ut_fw-la generali_fw-la professione_n peccati_fw-la ex_fw-la significatione_n poenitentiae_fw-la petatur_fw-la absolutio_fw-la cumque_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la judicio_fw-la usurpanda_fw-la sit_fw-la clavis_fw-la vel_fw-la solvens_fw-la vel_fw-la ligans_fw-la in_fw-la privato_fw-la illo_fw-la colloquio_fw-la pastor_n explorant_fw-la auditorum_fw-la judicia_fw-la a_o rectè_fw-la intelligant_fw-la de_fw-la peccatis_fw-la exterioribus_fw-la &_o interioribus_fw-la de_fw-la gradibus_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la de_fw-la stipendio_fw-la peccati_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la deducuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la considerationem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la explorantur_fw-la a_fw-mi seriò_fw-la doleant_fw-la de_fw-la peccatis_fw-la a_o iram_fw-la dei_fw-la ti_fw-mi mean_v &_o cupiant_fw-la illam_fw-la effugere_fw-la a_o habeant_fw-la propositum_fw-la emendationis_fw-la interrogantur_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la in_o certis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la peccatis_fw-la haerere_fw-la existimantur_fw-la traditur_fw-la ibi_fw-la doctrina_fw-la &_o exhortatio_fw-la de_fw-la emendatione_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la vel_fw-la consilium_fw-la vel_fw-la consolatio_fw-la in_o gravaminibus_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la &_o tali_fw-la confessioni_fw-la impartitur_fw-la absolutio_fw-la exam._n conc._n trid._n part_n 2._o pag._n 195._o that_o upon_o a_o general_a confession_n of_o sin_n and_o intimation_n of_o repentance_n absolution_n may_v be_v desire_v and_o since_o that_o the_o key_n whether_o bind_v or_o lose_v may_v not_o be_v use_v without_o judgement_n in_o that_o private_a conference_n the_o pastor_n sift_v into_o the_o discretion_n and_o judgement_n of_o their_o auditor_n whether_o they_o right_o understand_v betwixt_o internal_a sin_n and_o external_a as_o also_o the_o degree_n in_o sin_n and_o the_o wage_n thereof_o and_o of_o faith_n in_o christ_n they_o be_v bring_v into_o a_o consideration_n of_o their_o offence_n they_o be_v try_v if_o they_o true_o repent_v they_o of_o 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god_n and_o the_o pope_n have_v but_o one_o consistory_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o always_o of_o one_o mind_n and_o if_o christ_n confirm_v not_o in_o heaven_n the_o sentence_n of_o his_o vicar_n on_o earth_n we_o may_v well_o doubt_v if_o every_o sir_n john_n absolution_n discharge_v we_o before_o god_n and_o if_o the_o pope_n key_n may_v err_v in_o his_o own_o case_n we_o may_v suspect_v their_o integrity_n in_o other_o man_n and_o so_o we_o see_v the_o second_o link_n in_o this_o sorite_n be_v feeble_a and_o apt_a to_o be_v break_v for_o all_o this_o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o sin_n must_v be_v full_o open_v before_o the_o priest_n can_v proceed_v to_o sentence_n and_o that_o he_o can_v not_o proceed_v amiss_o in_o the_o sentence_n of_o absolution_n and_o pardon_n yet_o except_o god_n have_v make_v over_o the_o hear_n of_o all_o sin_n unto_o his_o priest_n 176._o illa_fw-la potestas_fw-la remittendi_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la intelligenda_fw-la est_fw-la data_fw-la 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narrative_n be_v thus_o in_o socrates_n 16._o socrat._v lib._n 5._o cap._n 19_o vide_fw-la sozom._n lib._n 7._o c._n 16._o it_o seem_v good_a unto_o the_o church_n to_o take_v away_o the_o office_n of_o such_o priest_n as_o be_v appoint_v throughout_o every_o church_n to_o receive_v penitent_n after_o the_o confession_n of_o their_o sin_n into_o the_o company_n of_o the_o faithful_a the_o occasion_n of_o the_o removal_n by_o nectarius_n be_v a_o noble_a woman_n come_v unto_o the_o priest_n who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o hear_v penitent_n and_o confess_v orderly_o the_o sin_n she_o have_v commit_v after_o baptism_n the_o priest_n enjoin_v she_o to_o bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o repentance_n as_o she_o continue_v long_o in_o shrive_v she_o accuse_v herself_o of_o another_o crime_n and_o declare_v that_o a_o certain_a deacon_n of_o that_o church_n have_v abuse_v her_o body_n at_o which_o the_o people_n be_v much_o incense_a and_o the_o church_n defame_v the_o bishop_n upon_o the_o 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the_o same_o 7._o quamvis_fw-la legatur_fw-la abrogasse_n hanc_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la probat_fw-la eam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la juris_fw-la divini_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a justè_fw-la fit_n m._n vehe_fw-la tract_n 6._o the_o confess_v c._n 7._o although_o we_o read_v say_v vehe_fw-la that_o nectarius_n abrogate_a this_o custom_n yet_o this_o disprove_v not_o but_o that_o it_o may_v be_v of_o divine_a right_n for_o not_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v be_v just_o do_v our_o cope_n incline_v to_o this_o opinion_n that_o the_o word_n of_o the_o story_n favour_n the_o take_n away_o of_o confession_n but_o then_o tell_v we_o withal_o that_o nectarius_n do_v as_o much_o hurt_v to_o the_o church_n by_o unbridle_v this_o discipline_n 294._o si_fw-mi nectarius_n privatam_fw-la confessionem_fw-la abrogarit_fw-la &_o illo●●s_n quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la manibus_fw-la quàm_fw-la animus_fw-la ad_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la accipiendum_fw-la ingerendi_fw-la se_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la aditum_fw-la patefecerit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fortè_fw-la verba_fw-la si_fw-la generaliter_fw-la accipias_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la ferunt_fw-la be_v non_fw-la minùs_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nimiâ_fw-la illâ_fw-la licentiâ_fw-la quàm_fw-la immodicâ_fw-la illâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la severitate_fw-la incommodasset_fw-la cop._n dialog_n 2._o p._n 294._o as_o novatus_n do_v by_o lock_v up_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n with_o his_o severe_a key_n if_o nectarius_n say_v he_o have_v abrogate_a private_a confession_n and_o open_v the_o gap_n to_o every_o man_n with_o unwashen_n hand_n and_o soul_n to_o have_v free_a access_n to_o receive_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n which_o peradventure_o the_o word_n if_o you_o take_v they_o general_o may_v seem_v to_o import_v he_o have_v prejudice_v the_o church_n no_o less_o by_o that_o excessive_a licentiousness_n than_o novatus_n have_v do_v by_o his_o immoderate_a severity_n against_o these_o man_n we_o oppose_v the_o credit_n and_o authority_n that_o nectarius_n have_v with_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o imagine_v any_o detriment_n to_o arise_v unto_o the_o church_n by_o this_o decree_n of_o he_o that_o they_o become_v all_o of_o his_o mind_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 7._o c._n 16._o the_o catholic_n bishop_n of_o those_o time_n approve_v and_o ratify_v the_o same_o so_o sozomen_n with_o the_o heretical_a conventicle_n it_o the_o use_n of_o confession_n be_v retain_v but_o in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o homousian_o or_o orthodox_n believer_n say_v socrates_n it_o be_v antiquate_v of_o who_o side_n then_o be_v they_o which_o so_o sharp_o rebuke_v nectarius_n suprà_fw-la nectarius_n harpsfield_n suprà_fw-la another_o rank_n of_o they_o seem_v to_o embrace_v the_o act_n but_o with_o a_o limitation_n that_o it_o be_v the_o public_a confession_n and_o penance_n which_o he_o abrogate_a and_o not_o private_a confession_n but_o the_o addition_n to_o the_o penitential_a which_o the_o patriarch_n repeal_v and_o that_o be_v the_o erection_n of_o a_o penitentiary_n to_o receive_v confession_n and_o unfold_v some_o sin_n unto_o the_o bishop_n if_o needful_a that_o such_o may_v be_v rip_v up_o in_o public_a confession_n and_o this_o discipline_n as_o a_o appendix_n to_o the_o former_a be_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o rigorous_a hand_n of_o novatus_n suppress_v but_o bellarmine_n shall_v cope_v with_o harpsfield_n 14._o ista_fw-la revelatio_fw-la est_fw-la contra_fw-la jus_o naturae_fw-la &_o apostolicam_fw-la regulam_fw-la l._n 3._o de_fw-la poen_fw-mi c._n 14._o and_o tell_v he_o that_o can_v be_v because_o a_o penitentiary_n have_v hear_v confession_n in_o private_a his_o mouth_n be_v so_o lock_v up_o that_o he_o can_v under_o any_o pretence_n reveal_v any_o sin_n so_o reveal_v unto_o the_o bishop_n or_o to_o his_o holiness_n himself_o though_o he_o shall_v command_v it_o it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o apostolical_a rule_n the_o ibid._n the_o ibid._n cardinal_n than_o have_v restrain_v the_o story_n to_o these_o three_o position_n and_o bound_n 1._o the_o first_o that_o notorious_a penitent_n and_o public_a offender_n be_v subject_a to_o this_o penitentiary_n only_o and_o that_o sinner_n for_o sin_n commit_v secret_o may_v address_v themselves_o in_o confession_n to_o other_o priest_n 2._o the_o second_o that_o if_o any_o private_a sin_n and_o conscious_a to_o the_o sinner_n only_o be_v confess_v to_o this_o penitentiary_n he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o detect_v they_o but_o have_v his_o lip_n seal_v up_o to_o secrecy_n 3._o and_o last_o that_o public_a sin_n only_o and_o such_o as_o be_v know_v aforehand_o be_v by_o his_o command_n rehearse_v by_o the_o penitent_n before_o the_o congregation_n and_o public_a penance_n undergo_v for_o they_o against_o these_o fancy_n of_o the_o cardinal_n i_o demand_v if_o public_a sin_n and_o such_o as_o be_v come_v abroad_o into_o the_o world_n be_v here_o only_o mean_v what_o need_v open_a sin_n to_o be_v open_v in_o secret_a to_o a_o penitentiary_n and_o why_o can_v not_o the_o church_n proceed_v to_o censure_v notorious_a sin_n without_o that_o underhand_o detection_n and_o what_o will_v this_o jesuit_n say_v to_o another_o a_o great_a antiquary_n than_o himself_o petavius_n who_o come_v roundly_o off_o and_o tell_v we_o there_o be_v never_o any_o such_o thing_n as_o public_a confession_n that_o neither_o public_a nor_o private_a sin_n be_v open_o confess_v either_o by_o the_o penitent_n in_o their_o own_o person_n or_o recite_v out_o of_o a_o scroll_n by_o the_o priest_n as_o general_o have_v be_v suppose_v from_o which_o common_a tenet_n he_o profess_v his_o earnest_a dissent_n 246._o a_o quibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ego_fw-la uchementer_fw-la dissentio_fw-la nec_fw-la adduci_fw-la possim_fw-la ut_fw-la existimem_fw-la legem_fw-la ullam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la suisse_fw-la unquam_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la quae_fw-la peccata_fw-la proferri_fw-la publicè_fw-la decreverit_fw-la d._n petav_n animadvers_fw-la in_o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 49._o pag._n 246._o nor_o can_v he_o be_v bring_v to_o

the_o reform_a church_n well_o weigh_v the_o abuse_n wherewith_o the_o same_o be_v encumber_a which_o beget_v a_o distaste_n and_o dislike_v of_o the_o thing_n itself_o with_o most_o man_n be_v dull_o patient_a and_o moderate_a at_o the_o connive_n and_o forbearance_n thereof_o as_o loath_a to_o press_v its_o use_n too_o much_o upon_o squeasie_a stomach_n but_o only_o to_o make_v it_o their_o physic_n that_o refuse_v the_o some_o for_o their_o ordinary_a diet_n yet_o see_v in_o these_o solar_a day_n of_o we_o where_o most_o man_n pretend_v so_o much_o to_o illumination_n as_o able_a to_o strip_v and_o uncase_v every_o good_a thing_n from_o beneath_o the_o abuse_n thereof_o those_o that_o be_v in_o place_n may_v be_v please_v to_o consider_v if_o it_o be_v not_o time_n to_o work_v upon_o our_o conscience_n and_o take_v it_o further_o to_o thought_n if_o the_o abuse_n of_o ourselves_o through_o want_n of_o confession_n exceed_v not_o those_o abuse_n wherewith_o it_o be_v former_o beset_v it_o belong_v only_o to_o i_o free_o and_o with_o the_o conscience_n of_o a_o divine_a to_o examine_v upon_o what_o necessity_n confession_n stand_v and_o how_o far_o it_o may_v concern_v we_o bern._n abyssum_fw-la ingredior_fw-la quaestionum_fw-la nesciens_fw-la deus_fw-la scit_fw-la quà_fw-la evasurus_fw-la bern._n and_o the_o better_a to_o come_v by_o that_o we_o shall_v arrest_v ourselves_o awhile_o upon_o such_o discourse_n as_o judicious_a writer_n have_v leave_v concern_v necessity_n and_o the_o several_a kind_n thereof_o that_o we_o may_v see_v our_o way_n before_o we_o and_o though_o i_o plunge_v myself_o into_o the_o depth_n of_o question_n yet_o my_o scope_n be_v to_o inquire_v after_o truth_n my_o hope_n be_v god_n be_v my_o pilot_n incommutabile_fw-la necessarium_fw-la triplex_fw-la 1_o stabile_n 2_o inuiolabile_fw-la 3_o incommutabile_fw-la and_o his_o word_n my_o compass_n to_o arrive_v safe_o in_o the_o haven_n saint_n bernard_n in_o that_o excellent_a treatise_n of_o he_o of_o precept_n and_o dispensation_n set_v his_o whole_a discourse_n upon_o a_o threefold_a necessity_n 1._o stable_n 2._o inviolable_a 3._o incommutable_a that_o be_v say_v with_o he_o to_o be_v stable_n and_o firm_a which_o may_v not_o be_v abrogate_a by_o any_o authoritatis_fw-la stabile_n ità_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la cuilib●t_fw-la hominum_fw-la illud_fw-la mutare_fw-la fas_fw-la sit_fw-la nisi_fw-la solis_fw-la dispensatoribus_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la dei_fw-la i._n e._n praepositis_fw-la authentici_fw-la canon_n &_o ecclesiastica_fw-la instituta_fw-la dignae_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la but_o by_o the_o dispenser_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o god_n such_o be_v authentic_a canon_n and_o ecclesiastical_a institute_n which_o because_o decree_v from_o holy_a man_n that_o have_v power_n &_o authority_n from_o god_n so_o to_o do_v can_v be_v antiquate_v but_o by_o man_n of_o like_a place_n and_o authority_n institute_v they_o be_v not_o as_o if_o the_o church_n can_v not_o be_v without_o they_o charitatis_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la aliter_fw-la vivere_fw-la non_fw-la liceret_fw-la sed_fw-la quòd_fw-la ità_fw-la magis_fw-la expediret_fw-la nec_fw-la planè_fw-la ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la quàm_fw-la ad_fw-la lucrum_fw-la &_o custodiam_fw-la charitatis_fw-la but_o because_o they_o apprehend_v she_o can_v not_o do_v so_o well_o without_o they_o sunt_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la charitati_fw-la militant_a immobiliter_fw-la fixa_fw-la sunt_fw-la the_o end_n whereof_o be_v the_o preservation_n of_o peace_n and_o charity_n and_o the_o rule_n for_o continuance_n be_v while_o they_o make_v and_o fight_v for_o charity_n they_o be_v to_o abide_v in_o full_a force_n nor_o be_v they_o to_o be_v antiquate_v but_o by_o man_n endow_v with_o equal_a authority_n at_o the_o least_o to_o the_o first_o enactor_n nor_o except_o they_o be_v find_v to_o make_v and_o march_v against_o charity_n dispen_v nun_n justissimum_fw-la esse_fw-la liquet_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la charitate_fw-la inuenta_fw-la suerunt_fw-la pro_fw-la charitate_fw-la quoque_fw-la ubi_fw-la expedire_fw-la videtur_fw-la vel_fw-la omittantur_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o aliud_fw-la sortè_fw-la commodius_fw-la demutentur_fw-la bernard_n tract_n de_fw-fr precept_n &_o dispen_v and_o than_o it_o be_v but_o meet_v for_o charity_n to_o revoke_v that_o constitution_n which_o for_o charity_n sake_n be_v ordain_v otherwise_o where_o no_o necessity_n be_v say_v leo_n by_o no_o mean_n may_v the_o institution_n of_o holy_a father_n be_v violate_v bernard_n ubi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la instituta_fw-la violantur_fw-la leo_fw-la apud_fw-la bernard_n and_o this_o the_o father_n style_v vix_fw-la immutabile_fw-la hardly_o to_o be_v change_v dispensatione_fw-la vix_fw-la mutabile_fw-la esse_fw-la constat_fw-la dum_fw-la solis_fw-la illud_fw-la liceat_fw-la mutare_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la fideli_fw-la &_o providâ_fw-la dispensatione_fw-la for_o they_o only_o can_v do_v it_o that_o be_v in_o place_n and_o that_o by_o a_o provident_a dispensation_n the_o second_o kind_n of_o necessity_n he_o term_v inviolable_a solvit_fw-la inuiolabile_fw-la non_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la traditum_fw-la sed_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la promulgatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la tradidit_fw-la mutari_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la patitur_fw-la dominus_fw-la tamen_fw-la horum_fw-la quod_fw-la voluit_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la voluit_fw-la solvit_fw-la which_o be_v not_o deliver_v from_o man_n but_o promulgate_v from_o god_n and_o never_o to_o be_v alter_v but_o by_o god_n himself_o such_o be_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o second_o table_n wherewithal_o no_o mortal_a man_n may_v dispense_v but_o god_n may_v and_o can_v when_o he_o please_v as_o with_o the_o hebrew_n to_o spoil_v the_o egyptian_n in_o borrow_v and_o not_o restore_v although_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n justify_v their_o do_n herein_o 275._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 275._o as_o but_o exact_v from_o the_o egyptian_n what_o due_o belong_v unto_o they_o viz._n the_o detain_v wage_n of_o a_o tedious_a servitude_n thus_o samson_n pull_v down_o the_o house_n upon_o his_o own_o and_o the_o philistine_n head_n of_o such_o attempt_n saint_n bernard_n rule_n be_v if_o holy_a man_n break_v forth_o into_o act_n contrary_a to_o god_n law_n accepisse_fw-la aut_fw-la eos_fw-la peccasse_fw-la fatendum_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la homines_fw-la aut_fw-la certè_fw-la sicut_fw-la prophetas_fw-la familiar_a dei_fw-la consilium_fw-la accepisse_fw-la either_o we_o must_v confess_v they_o sin_v as_o man_n or_o believe_v they_o receive_v special_a direction_n from_o god_n as_o prophet_n and_o this_o necessity_n be_v almost_o unchangeable_a mutabile_fw-la penè_fw-la jam_fw-la incommutabile_fw-la soli_fw-la quip_n deo_fw-la mutabile_fw-la because_o this_o be_v the_o change_n of_o the_o lord_n right_a hand_n only_o the_o three_o be_v immutable_a so_o ratify_v upon_o divine_a and_o eternal_a reason_n operatur_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la divinaità_fw-la constat_fw-la &_o aeternâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la firmatum_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la ex_fw-la causa_fw-la possit_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la apso_fw-la deo_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la immutari_fw-la haec_fw-la quip_n talia_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la nec_fw-la liceat_fw-la nec_fw-la expediat_fw-la aliquando_fw-la non_fw-la haberi_fw-la omni_fw-la tempore_fw-la omni_fw-la personae_fw-la mortem_fw-la contempta_fw-la custodita_fw-la salutem_fw-la operatur_fw-la that_o god_n himself_o can_v alter_v the_o same_o as_o imply_v contradiction_n of_o this_o nature_n be_v the_o content_n of_o the_o lord_n sermon_n in_o the_o mount_n and_o whatsoever_o precept_n of_o charity_n humility_n meekness_n etc._n etc._n be_v extant_a in_o holy_a writ_n which_o bound_v all_o p●rsons_n and_o at_o all_o time_n and_o upon_o the_o great_a hazard_n and_o this_o law_n true_o be_v what_o be_v vain_o say_v of_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n that_o can_v be_v alter_v and_o be_v unchangeable_a altogether_o incommutabile_fw-la omninò_fw-la incommutabile_fw-la these_o ground_n work_v be_v lay_v let_v we_o brief_o make_v the_o application_n i_o say_v then_o that_o no_o divine_a have_v ever_o arrogate_a this_o last_n and_o incommutable_a necessity_n unto_o auricular_a confession_n as_o a_o duty_n of_o that_o worth_n and_o so_o requisice_n as_o god_n himself_o can_v not_o dispense_v with_o it_o or_o be_v able_a to_o save_v without_o it_o there_o be_v not_o so_o great_a necessity_n thereof_o igitur_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la potuisse_fw-la deum_fw-la sine_fw-la ullis_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la homines_fw-la justificare_fw-la neque_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la ulla_fw-la controversia_fw-la est_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr sacram._n in_o genere_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 22._o sect._n sit_fw-la igitur_fw-la as_o of_o baptism_n yet_o be_v it_o certain_a say_v bellarm●ne_n that_o god_n be_v able_a to_o justify_v man_n without_o any_o sacrament_n at_o all_o and_o hereof_o there_o be_v no_o controversy_n away_o then_o with_o that_o necessity_n which_o be_v ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la as_o if_o confession_n be_v such_o in_o itself_o that_o god_n can_v not_o do_v withal_o without_o it_o and_o for_o the_o first_o necessity_n as_o a_o matter_n of_o canonical_a institution_n impose_v by_o the_o church_n no_o divine_a except_o altogether_o a_o stranger_n to_o antiquity_n will_v deny_v let_v it_o then_o go_v for_o a_o

their_o trust_n be_v commit_v the_o ministry_n of_o reconciliation_n of_o this_o key_n saint_n ambrose_n thus_o behold_v sin_n be_v forgive_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 19_o ecce_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la peccata_fw-la donantur_fw-la homines_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o remission_n they_o peccatorum_fw-la ministerium_fw-la suum_fw-la exhibent_fw-la non_fw-la jus_o alicujus_fw-la potestatis_fw-la exercent_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o patris_fw-la &_o fihi_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimittuntur_fw-la isti_fw-la rogant_fw-la divinitas_fw-la donat_fw-la humanum_fw-la enim_fw-la obsequium_fw-la sed_fw-la munificentia_fw-la supernae_fw-la est_fw-la potestatis_fw-la ambr._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr spir._n s._n cap._n 19_o but_o man_n contribute_v their_o ministry_n towards_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n but_o exercise_v no_o right_n of_o any_o power_n for_o sin_n be_v not_o remit_v in_o their_o name_n but_o in_o the_o 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neque_fw-la participare_fw-la cum_fw-la christianis_fw-la tertul._n contr_n nat._n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o that_o christian_n shall_v not_o be_v mingle_v with_o such_o grievous_a sinner_n who_o be_v to_o have_v neither_o right_a nor_o fellowship_n with_o christian_n follow_v the_o sharp_a discipline_n of_o the_o time_n wherein_o such_o lapse_v sinner_n be_v make_v over_o unto_o god_n so_o nationes_fw-la tertulliani_n temporum_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ità_fw-la firmè_fw-la observavit_fw-la ut_fw-la two_o deo_fw-la committerentur_fw-la i._n c._n ut_fw-la post_fw-la longam_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la diuque_fw-la tractam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la pacem_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la impetrare_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la neque_fw-la eorum_fw-la ratio_fw-la haberetur_fw-la verùm_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la &_o absolutione_n vel_fw-la in_o morie_a privarentur_fw-la gottofredi_n notae_fw-la ad_fw-la tert._n contr._n nationes_fw-la as_o after_o a_o long_a and_o tedious_a repentance_n they_o can_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o the_o church_n without_o any_o respect_n unto_o th●m_n at_o all_o but_o be_v for_o ever_o and_o at_o their_o death_n also_o exclude_v from_o the_o church_n and_o absolution_n say_v that_o learned_a civilian_n who_o have_v of_o late_o enrich_v the_o church_n with_o another_o piece_n of_o tertullian_n and_o piece_v the_o same_o with_o his_o learned_a note_n cyprian_n be_v censure_v for_o the_o breach_n of_o this_o discipline_n and_o dispense_n and_o admit_v of_o such_o who_o have_v fall_v in_o persecution_n anton._n ut_fw-mi his_o qui_fw-la libellis_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la svam_fw-la maculaverint_fw-la vel_fw-la nefanda_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la commiserint_fw-la laxandam_fw-la pacem_fw-la putaverim_fw-la cyprian_a epist_n ad_fw-la anton._n and_o through_o frailty_n have_v incense_v unto_o idol_n make_v his_o apology_n for_o his_o practice_n herein_o the_o church_n in_o his_o day_n and_o the_o day_n follow_v not_o only_o claim_v the_o power_n but_o act_v and_o use_v the_o same_o towards_o penitent_a sinner_n of_o all_o sort_n reach_v the_o hand_n of_o absolution_n to_o such_o as_o devout_o crave_v the_o same_o for_o god_n make_v no_o distinction_n say_v ambrose_n who_o have_v promise_v his_o mercy_n unto_o all_o 5._o deus_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la qui_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la svam_fw-la promisit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o relaxandi_fw-la licentiam_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la suis_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la exceptione_n concessit_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la culpam_fw-la exaggeraverit_fw-la exaggeret_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o poenitentiam_fw-la majora_fw-la enim_fw-la crimina_fw-la majoribus_fw-la abluuntur_fw-la fletibus_fw-la ambr._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 5._o and_o have_v grant_v to_o his_o priest_n licence_n to_o absolve_v without_o any_o exception_n but_o he_o that_o have_v aggravate_v in_o offend_v let_v he_o increase_v his_o sorrow_n for_o great_a sin_n be_v to_o be_v wash_v with_o large_a tear_n whereby_o we_o be_v give_v to_o understand_v that_o sin_n in_o themselves_o unlike_o be_v alike_o in_o pardon_n and_o if_o a_o penitent_a distinguish_v of_o they_o in_o tear_n god_n will_v put_v no_o difference_n in_o pardon_v 2.10_o 2_o cor._n 2.10_o the_o incestuous_a corinthian_a smite_v with_o the_o church_n censure_n be_v upon_o his_o sincere_a repentance_n restore_v to_o his_o state_n again_o and_o that_o

hour_n of_o death_n from_o anselme_n some_o sin_n be_v special_o and_o by_o name_n to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o confession_n the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o those_o sin_n describe_v and_o determine_v p._n 179._o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o confessary_a or_o priest_n that_o receive_v confession_n and_o his_o authority_n for_o the_o same_o divide_v into_o two_o section_n p._n 208._o sect_n i._o the_o vulgar_o disesteem_v of_o the_o power_n of_o absolution_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o priest_n key_n diverse_a of_o 1._o authority_n 2._o excellency_n 3._o ministry_n the_o office_n of_o the_o ministerial_a key_n in_o discern_v and_o define_v ecclesiastical_a and_o conscientious_a consistory_n the_o gift_n of_o science_n in_o the_o priest_n not_o proper_o the_o key_n but_o the_o guide_n absolution_n a_o judicial_a act_n magistrate_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a distinguish_v in_o their_o jurisdiction_n and_o end_n bond_n of_o sin_n culpable_a and_o for_o sin_n penal_a satisfaction_n expiatory_a vindictive_a god_n for_o give_v sin_n proper_o and_o effective_o the_o priest_n by_o way_n of_o application_n and_o notice_n as_o also_o dispositive_o qualify_a by_o his_o function_n sinner_n for_o the_o same_o in_o which_o he_o proceed_v as_o a_o subordinate_a cause_n both_o declarative_o and_o operative_o the_o priority_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v on_o earth_n to_o heaven_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o sensible_a apprehension_n in_o the_o penitent_a not_o of_o the_o purpose_n and_o operation_n in_o god_n power_n of_o absolution_n primitive_a in_o god_n in_o his_o minister_n derivative_a and_o delegate_v a_o penitent_a absolve_a himself_o by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n spirit_n in_o what_o sense_n the_o power_n of_o bind_v in_o the_o church_n rather_o privative_a than_o positive_a and_o declarative_a only_o p._n 211._o sect_n ii_o peter_n seize_v of_o the_o key_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o church_n ●ower_n of_o absolution_n confer_v and_o confine_v unto_o priest_n laic_n u_v the_o same_o not_o in_o case_n of_o office_n but_o necessity_n and_o where_o they_o be_v the_o party_n grieve_v bond_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o sin_n only_o loose_v by_o this_o key_n the_o accomplishment_n and_o actual_a donation_n of_o this_o power_n god_n remit_v by_o the_o church_n act_n the_o form_n of_o priestly_a ordination_n heresy_n of_o the_o novation_n deny_v in_o the_o church_n power_n to_o reconcile_v penitent_n seed_n and_o bellows_o thereof_o austerity_n of_o those_o time_n absolution_n in_o the_o priest_n not_o absolute_o efficacious_a but_o as_o relate_v to_o condition_n in_o the_o penitent_a the_o priest_n not_o secure_v from_o fail_v in_o the_o act_n of_o absolution_n the_o err_a key_n priestly_a absolution_n declarative_a and_o demonstrative_a and_o in_o a_o moral_a sense_n energetical_a judgement_n forinsecal_v be_v apply_v declaration_n of_o the_o law_n to_o the_o fact_n absolution_n a_o ministerial_a act_n but_o powerful_a and_o judicial_a but_o not_o sovereign_a nor_o despotical_a the_o spirit_n of_o judgement_n to_o discern_v and_o determine_v how_o necessary_a for_o priest_n in_o the_o act_n of_o absolution_n father_n make_v priest_n judge_n of_o the_o conscience_n the_o exercise_n of_o the_o key_n 1._o in_o the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n 2._o in_o prayer_n ancient_a form_n of_o absolution_n express_v in_o a_o deprecative_a manner_n not_o indicative_a 3._o in_o the_o sacrament_n 4._o in_o interdiction_n and_o relaxation_n of_o public_a censure_n key_n abuse_v at_o rome_n dangerous_a to_o sovereign_a majesty_n and_o republic_n the_o superciliousness_n of_o roman_a priest_n in_o usurp_a upon_o divine_a right_n subject_v the_o power_n of_o forgiveness_n in_o god_n to_o their_o arbitrement_n their_o preposterous_a way_n in_o absolve_v first_o and_o afterward_o in_o enjoin_v penan●●_n the_o feign_a virtue_n of_o absolution_n exit_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la destructive_a of_o piety_n and_o penitency_n condition_n requisite_a in_o the_o penitent_a to_o be_v relieve_v by_o the_o key_n and_o lawful_a use_n of_o absolution_n p._n 239._o chap._n ix_o paternal_a affection_n in_o the_o confessary_a good_a for_o sheep_n if_o the_o shepherd_n know_v their_o disease_n medicinal_a confession_n the_o grief_n better_o heal_v when_o clear_a open_v ghostly_a counsel_n of_o great_a importance_n to_o a_o penitent_a great_a care_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o discreet_a confessor_n rome_n rigid_a tenet_n absolution_n denounce_v by_o any_o priest_n beside_o the_o ordinary_a to_o be_v invalid_a the_o inconvenience_n thereof_o the_o parochial_a priest_n not_o to_o be_v desert_v without_o just_a cause_n and_o the_o same_o to_o be_v approve_v by_o the_o diocesan_n p._n 282._o chap._n x._o many_o positive_a precept_n without_o fix_a time_n the_o practic_a for_o time_n and_o season_n leave_v to_o the_o church_n arbitration_n time_n necessary_a for_o confession_n when_o particular_a person_n and_o conscience_n be_v perplex_v time_n convenient_a for_o all_o christian_n 1._o when_o visit_v with_o desperate_a disease_n 2._o upon_o the_o undertake_n of_o solemn_a action_n and_o exploit_n accompany_v with_o danger_n and_o mee_v special_a help_n from_o god_n 3._o upon_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o bless_a eucharist_n before_o which_o confession_n to_o the_o priest_n be_v always_o convenient_a and_o sometime_o necessary_a and_o the_o neglect_n thereof_o in_o some_o case_n damnable_a p._n 295._o chap._n xi_o all_o convenient_a secrecy_n apprimely_a requisite_a in_o the_o confessary_a suspicion_n of_o discovery_n a_o great_a enemy_n to_o confession_n sin_n already_o commit_v with_o expression_n of_o grief_n to_o be_v conceal_v the_o schoolman_n bring_v sin_n de_fw-mi futuro_fw-la to_o be_v commit_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o seal_n the_o damnable_a doctrine_n of_o the_o jesuit_n that_o treason_n and_o conspiracy_n yet_o plot_v against_o church_n or_o state_n and_o confess_v to_o the_o priest_n aught_o to_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o privacy_n the_o odious_a consectary_n and_o inconvenience_n thereof_o example_n of_o sundry_a confessor_n reveal_v treason_n detect_v in_o confession_n the_o preservation_n of_o prince_n church_n or_o state_n to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o secrecy_n of_o the_o seal_n sin_n open_v in_o confession_n the_o concealment_n whereof_o compli_v not_o with_o the_o priest_n fidelity_n to_o his_o prince_n and_o country_n to_o be_v discover_v marriage_n in_o the_o clergy_n no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o lawful_a secrecy_n of_o the_o seal_n especial_o if_o the_o penalty_n of_o the_o old_a canon_n against_o the_o violater_n thereof_o shall_v be_v revive_v p._n 300._o chap._n xii_o a_o historical_a relation_n of_o the_o canon_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n concern_v confession_n and_o the_o practice_n thereof_o by_o some_o of_o the_o chief_a member_n in_o the_o same_o p._n 312._o of_o confession_n of_o sin_n προθεωρια_n be_v persuade_v industrious_a reader_n to_o stand_v a_o little_a at_o the_o gate_n and_o receive_v this_o light_n in_o the_o porch_n lest_o a_o scandal_n may_v be_v take_v where_o none_o be_v give_v the_o subject_n the_o author_n of_o this_o ensue_a discourse_n treat_v upon_o be_v a_o duty_n of_o late_a time_n lay_v aside_o and_o which_o through_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o sluggishness_n of_o our_o devotion_n have_v wax_v old_a as_o it_o be_v and_o waste_v itself_o but_o now_o begin_v to_o peep_v out_o from_o under_o a_o cloud_n of_o many_o abuse_n histor_n inertiâ_fw-la caesarum_fw-la quasi_fw-la consenuit_fw-la atque_fw-la decoxit_fw-la nisi_fw-la sub_fw-la trajano_n principe_fw-la movet_fw-la lacertos_fw-la etc._n etc._n florus_n prologue_n histor_n and_o the_o sinew_n thereof_o requickn_v with_o spirit_n and_o motion_n as_o the_o historian_n say_v of_o the_o decay_a empire_n of_o rome_n and_o because_o the_o practice_n thereof_o be_v no_o whit_n plausible_a to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n it_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v oppose_v by_o all_o such_o that_o be_v not_o guide_v by_o the_o spirit_n he_o forsee_v also_o that_o some_o though_o otherwise_o well_o mind_v may_v herein_o be_v contrary-minded_n which_o may_v well_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o not_o look_v narrow_o into_o the_o duty_n itself_o cover_v under_o a_o mass_n of_o inordinance_n and_o thereupon_o cry_v down_o the_o duty_n because_o of_o the_o abuse_n but_o his_o hope_n be_v they_o will_v be_v better_o persuade_v when_o they_o shall_v perceive_v the_o same_o to_o be_v defecate_v and_o disabused_a the_o matter_n itself_o be_v of_o no_o small_a importance_n and_o conduce_v to_o repentance_n for_o sin_n and_o remission_n and_o herein_o a_o great_a and_o learned_a antiquary_n say_v true_o that_o the_o chief_a point_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a state_n and_o function_n be_v take_v up_o in_o repentance_n itself_o 1.10_o ecclesiasticae_fw-la rei_fw-la functionisque_fw-la praecipua_fw-la pars_fw-la poenitenliâ_fw-la ejusque_fw-la usu_fw-la &_o administratione_fw-la continetur_fw-la diony_n petau._n animadvers_fw-la in_o epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 59_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gal._n 1.10_o the_o use_n and_o administration_n thereof_o his_o care_n have_v