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legem_fw-la neque_fw-la 20._o pavius_n obstitisset_fw-la ut_fw-la apparet_fw-la ex_fw-la rome_n 13._o quia_fw-la vero_fw-la durunerat_fw-la homines_fw-la christianos_fw-la ethnicis_fw-la obijcere_fw-la recurrit_fw-la ad_fw-la remedium_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la dedit_fw-la quoad_fw-la iniurias_fw-la privatas_fw-la mat_n 18._o sequitur_fw-la potestas_fw-la illa_fw-la penes_fw-la qâ—os_fw-la erat_fw-la penes_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la ne_fw-la confusio_fw-la fieret_fw-la per_fw-la delectos_fw-la agebat_fw-la ex_fw-la senioribus_fw-la sequitur_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la n._n non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la necessarijs_fw-la illis_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la consistit_fw-la he_o make_v mention_v of_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n allude_v to_o his_o word_n in_o matthew_n lest_o he_o shall_v contemn_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n and_o he_o command_v this_o to_o be_v do_v because_o they_o have_v no_o other_o mean_n at_o that_o 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aguoscant_fw-la se_fw-la quoque_fw-la memmbra_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sequitur_fw-la nobis_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la habere_fw-la pastor_n scholas_fw-la magistratus_fw-la pios_fw-la qui_fw-la cuitum_fw-la dei_fw-la tueantur_fw-la pauperes_fw-la curent_fw-la we_o have_v this_o day_n no_o need_n at_o all_o of_o the_o senate_n of_o the_o church_n or_o presbytery_n let_v we_o acknowledge_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n and_o let_v they_o likewise_o acknowledge_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n let_v it_o suffice_v we_o to_o have_v pastor_n school_n godly_a magistrate_n that_o will_v defend_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o take_v care_n of_o the_o poor_a master_n martyr_n deliver_v the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o substance_n 239._o in_o these_o express_a word_n fatemur_fw-la deinde_fw-la clave_n ecclesiae_fw-la universae_fw-la datas_fw-la caeterum_fw-la ne_fw-la confusio_fw-la accidat_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la aliqui_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la deligantur_fw-la quiutantur_fw-la clavibus_fw-la quarum_fw-la usus_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la redundet_fw-la qui_fw-la christo_fw-la credunnt_n prepositos_fw-la vero_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la habent_fw-la des_fw-fr monet_fw-la paulus_n non_fw-la semel_fw-la et_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la prohibuit_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la iussit_fw-la ne_fw-la magistri_fw-la et_fw-la rabbi_n vocaremur_fw-la ambitionem_fw-la repressit_fw-la voluitque_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la nostrum_fw-la haec_fw-la affectaret_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la interdixit_fw-la quin_fw-la habeamus_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la et_fw-la appellemus_fw-la honorifice_fw-la quos_fw-la dominus_fw-la nobis_fw-la praefecit_fw-la imo_fw-la paulus_n ad_fw-la timotheum_n scribit_fw-la se_fw-la positum_fw-la esse_fw-la magistrum_fw-la gentium_fw-la we_o likewise_o confess_v that_o the_o key_n 7._o be_v give_v to_o the_o whole_a church_n but_o to_o avoid_v confusion_n it_o be_v meet_v that_o some_o out_o of_o all_o be_v choose_v who_o may_v put_v the_o key_n in_o use_n who_o use_n re_fw-mi dound_v to_o all_o that_o believe_v in_o christ._n now_o that_o we_o must_v have_v governor_n of_o church_n paul_n admonish_v more_o than_o once_o &_o christ_n do_v not_o forbid_v it_o who_o when_o he_o command_v we_o not_o to_o be_v call_v master_n and_o rabbi_n repress_a ambition_n be_v desirous_a that_o none_o of_o we_o shall_v hunt_v after_o these_o thing_n but_o he_o never_o forbid_v we_o to_o reverence_v and_o give_v honourable_a name_n to_o those_o who_o our_o lord_n have_v place_v over_o us._n yea_o paul_n write_v to_o timothy_n that_o himself_o be_v make_v the_o master_n of_o the_o gentile_n master_n musculus_fw-la be_v consonant_a to_o the_o rest_n who_o express_a word_n be_v these_o denique_fw-la curabit_fw-la ut_fw-la plebs_fw-la ipsa_fw-la viros_fw-la grave_n 204._o timentes_fw-la dei_fw-la ac_fw-la boni_fw-la testimonij_fw-la deligant_fw-la quorum_fw-la cura_fw-la et_fw-la vigilantia_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 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surcease_v from_o usury_n and_o to_o deal_v no_o long_o therewith_o and_o this_o council_n be_v celebrate_v above_o one_o thousand_o and_o two_o hundred_o year_n ago_o yea_o the_o most_o famous_a council_n of_o nice_a give_v pardon_n to_o such_o malefactor_n 11._o as_o scarce_o deserve_v the_o same_o any_o way_n i_o therefore_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o king_n emperor_n and_o other_o independent_a magistrate_n to_o tolerate_v or_o pardon_v malefactor_n unpunished_a when_o and_o so_o often_o as_o the_o same_o shall_v tend_v to_o the_o good_a of_o the_o common_a weal_n wherein_o subject_n be_v to_o obey_v and_o not_o peremptory_o to_o judge_v or_o curious_o to_o examine_v and_o inquire_v soli_fw-la deo_fw-la gloria_fw-la finis_fw-la a_o table_n contain_v the_o chief_a and_o principal_a matter_n of_o all_o the_o chapter_n throughout_o this_o discourse_n of_o the_o sundry_a kind_n of_o government_n chapter_n 1._o of_o the_o chief_a and_o best_a kind_n of_o government_n cap._n 2._o of_o the_o kind_n of_o government_n of_o the_o english_a church_n cap._n 3._o of_o the_o supreme_a authority_n of_o the_o prince_n in_o all_o cause_n cap._n 4._o of_o the_o degree_n of_o minister_n and_o the_o antiquity_n thereof_o cap._n 5_o of_o civil_a office_n in_o ecclesiastical_a person_n cap._n 6._o of_o the_o church_n authority_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a cap._n 7._o of_o thing_n indifferent_a in_o particular_a cap_n surples_n etc._n etc._n cap._n 8_o of_o the_o election_n of_o church-minist_a cap._n 9_o of_o the_o order_n of_o minister_n cap._n 10._o of_o the_o presbytery_n cap._n 11._o of_o the_o church_n discipline_n cap._n 12._o of_o preach_v and_o other_o thing_n coincident_a cap._n 13._o of_o certain_a extravagant_n ceremony_n in_o baptism_n &c_n &c_n cap._n 14._o of_o the_o punish_n and_o pardon_v malefactor_n cap._n 15._o finis_fw-la monarchia_fw-la aristocruteia_n democratia_fw-la aristotel_n lib._n 3._o polit_n cap._n 5._o &_o lib._n 8_o ethic._n cap._n 10._o basilicon_fw-la doron_n pag._n 25._o tyrannis_fw-la oligarchia_fw-la timocratia_n ochlocratia_n anarchia_fw-la analogice_o in_o svo_fw-la genere_fw-la august_n epist_n 50._o ad_fw-la bonifaâ—_n king_n by_o succession_n be_v king_n indeed_o before_o their_o coronation_n 1._o reg._n 2._o v._o 27._o vide_fw-la in_o fra_z cap._n 11._o â—â—â—sp_n ad_fw-la â—_o obâ—ect_n in_o 6._o propos_fw-fr in_o my_o motive_n and_o golden_a balance_n conc._n constan._n ses_fw-fr 15._o mark_v this_o well_o aristot._n ethicor._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 10._o lib._n 3._o polit_fw-la cap._n ult._n justinus_n hist._n lib._n 1._o in_o intio_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la rusticum_n tâ—m_n â—_o â—ol_n 22._o b._n cyprian_n deidolorum_fw-la vanitate_fw-la basilicon_fw-la doron_n pag._n 41._o chryso_v in_o 13._o cap_n ad_fw-la roman_n cyprian_a libr_a 1._o epis_fw-la 3._o hieron_n ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la 10._o 3._o fol._n 150._o chrysost._n in_o 13._o cap._n ad_fw-la rom._n col_fw-fr 256._o see_v the_o downfall_n of_o popery_n &_o the_o golden_a balance_n of_o trial_n jos._n 1._o 8._o numer_n 27._o vers._n 17._o 2._o par_fw-fr 23._o vers._n 11._o musculus_fw-la de_fw-la magistr_n pag._n 628._o &_o p._n 629._o &_o p._n 632._o &_o infra_fw-la cap._n prope_fw-la â—inem_fw-la nota_fw-la jos._n 5._o cap._n musculus_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la vide_fw-la cundem_fw-la authorem_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 11._o in_o resp_n ad_fw-la 2._o object_n 6_o proposition_n &_o nota_fw-la valde_fw-la vaâ—de_fw-la psal._n 2._o zanchius_n de_fw-fr religione_fw-la cap._n 16._o art_n 9_o petrus_n martyr_n in_o lib._n judic_fw-la cap._n 19_o fol._n 161._o bucerus_n de_fw-fr regno_fw-la christi_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 1_o calvin_n in_o epist._n ante_fw-la esaiam_fw-la ad_fw-la eliza._n angliae_fw-la reginan_n aug._n vixit_fw-la a._n d._n 399._o augustin_n epist._n 19_o to_o a_o p._n 52._o hier._n epist_n ad_fw-la euagr._fw-la tom_n 3_o fol._n 150._o b._n this_o be_v a._n d._n 6._o 4._o while_n s._n peter_n s._n paul_n and_o other_o be_v yet_o live_v theodor._n hist._n eccl_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 28._o a_o d._n 9_o 7._o euseb_n lib._n 3_o cap._n 30._o hier._n in_o catal_a script_n eccles_n tom_n 1._o fol._n 124._o a._n augusti_n ac_fw-la haeresib_fw-la ad_fw-la quodvult_a deum_fw-la to_o 6._o haeres_fw-la 53._o epiphan_n cont_n haeres_fw-la lib._n 3._o to_o 1._o haeres_fw-la 75._o pag._n 196._o a._n d._n 372._o let_v this_o pâ—int_n be_v well_o mâ—râ—ed_v 〈◊〉_d 372._o 〈◊〉_d thousand_o and_o 〈◊〉_d year_n aâ—â—â—_n calvin_n in_o 2._o sâ—r_n 10._o calvin_n in_o cap._n 1._o 〈…〉_z vide_fw-la cundâ—m_fw-la ad_fw-la 2_o gaâ—â—t_fw-la â—er_n 9_o hier._n ad_fw-la euagrium_n tom._n 3._o fol._n 150._o hier._n in_o 1._o cap_n ad_fw-la tâ—tum_fw-la jrenaus_n advers._fw-la heres_fw-la libr_n 5._o cap._n 2._o pag._n 589._o vide_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 10._o in_o respon_n ad_fw-la 2._o object_n chrysost._n ad_fw-la titum_fw-la hom_n 1_o in_o initio_fw-la chrysost._n ad_fw-la tim._n 2._o hom_n 10._o inprincip_n illyricus_n in_o prefat_n ad_fw-la 1._o ep_n ad_fw-la tim._n cyprian_n libr._n 4_o epist_n 8_o conc._n nicae_n can_v 6_o council_n 3._o carthag_a can_v 28._o conc_fw-fr antioch_n can_v 9_o calvin_n libr._n 4_o institut_n cap._n 4_o sect_n 4._o 〈…〉_z conc._n nicae_n can_v 6._o can._n 7._o this_o can_v never_o be_v perform_v while_o the_o world_n endure_v joh._n 12._o vers._n 43._o this_o aught_o to_o be_v well_o ponder_v bucerus_n deregno_fw-la christ_n libr._n 2._o cap._n 12_o in_o initio_fw-la legatur_fw-la caput_fw-la integrum_fw-la zanchius_n de_fw-fr relig_n p._n 170._o vide_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 10._o ex_fw-la zuinglio_n &_o notato_fw-la valaè_fw-la zanch._n the_o relig_n pag._n 250._o vide_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 7._o &_o notato_fw-la hemingius_n in_o enchiridio_fw-la pag._n 368._o matth._n 20._o v._o 25._o mat._n 23._o u._n 9_o 10._o 11._o mat_n 6._o v_o 25._o 28._o 31._o prou._n 6._o v._n 6._o 7._o 8._o 2._o thess._n cap._n 3._o 10._o chyso_v in_o 20._o chap._n mat_n pag._n 549._o theophil_n in_o 20._o cap._n mat_n aretius_n in_o 20._o cap._n mat_n musculus_fw-la in_o cap._n 23._o matth._n infra_fw-la cap._n 12._o sect_n 4._o ex_fw-la pe._n marty_n calvin_n libr._n 4_o intit_fw-fr cap._n 6_o sect_n 8._o beza_n in_o confess_v cap._n 7._o pag._n 257._o beza_n in_o confess_v cap._n 5._o art_n 29._o see_v hemingius_n in_o enchirid_a pag._n 368_o &_o p._n 372._o &_o p._n 373._o &_o infra_fw-la cap_n 10._o verba_fw-la eius_fw-la habentur_fw-la conc_fw-fr antioch_n can_v 9_o calvin_n epist_n 127._o calvin_n ad_fw-la seren_n regem_fw-la poloniae_fw-la epist_n 190._o calvin_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la epist_n 190._o civil_a office_n be_v not_o in_o trinsecal_o incident_a to_o the_o ministry_n vide_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 11._o ex_fw-la musculo_fw-la propè_fw-la finem_fw-la cap._n &_o nota_fw-la valdè_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la natura_fw-la gen._n 14._o hebr._n 7._o hier._n in_o trad_a hebr._n in_o genes_n tom_fw-mi 4._o folly_n 95._o in_o lege_fw-la mosis_fw-la exod._n 18._o 13._o exod._n 32._o vers._n 27._o levit._n 8._o exod._n 40._o 1._o sam._n 2._o vers._n 11._o &_o cap._n 4_o 18._o 1._o sam._n 8._o act._n 13._o 21._o 2._o paral._n 19_o vers._n 10._o deut._n 17._o v_o 8._o 9_o in_o lege_fw-la gratiae_fw-la act_n 18._o v_o 2._o 3._o august_n de_fw-fr opere_fw-la mon._n cap._n 29._o tom_n 1._o cor._n 9_o v._n 7._o augustin_n 〈◊〉_d epist._n 110._o sezom_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 32._o hist._n eccles_n euseb._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 26._o nicephor_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 9_o zanchius_n de_fw-fr religione_fw-la page_n 176._o uide_fw-la suprà _fw-la cap_n 4_o ex_fw-la musâ—ulo_fw-la &_o notato_fw-la et_fw-la infrà _fw-la cap._n 11._o ex_fw-la eodem_fw-la &_o nota_fw-la valdè_fw-la resp_n ad_fw-la 2._o obuct_n zanch._n ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la pag._n 274._o calvin_n in_o harmony_n evangel_n pag._n 263._o mat._n 26._o v._o 20._o mar._n 14_o v._n 23._o luc._n 22_o v._n 19_o i._o cor_fw-la two_o 23._o exod_n 12._o 18._o numb_a 28._o 17._o luc_fw-fr 22._o 14_o mar_v 14._o 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