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familiar_o with_o they_o can_v stand_v with_o our_o own_o safety_n or_o the_o honour_n of_o religion_n or_o the_o law_n of_o common_a decency_n but_o those_o who_o we_o account_v as_o publican_n we_o do_v not_o make_v publican_n who_o we_o shun_v as_o infectious_a we_o do_v not_o punish_v as_o rebellious_a their_o action_n we_o do_v general_o detest_v but_o their_o person_n we_o do_v not_o judicial_o condemn_v prince_n under_o the_o law_n may_v not_o eat_v of_o the_o show_n bread_n nor_o approach_v the_o sanctuary_n be_v in_o a_o pollute_a condition_n nor_o in_o case_n of_o leprosy_n may_v they_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o congregation_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o nor_o bastard_n etc._n etc._n but_o these_o be_v all_o instance_n of_o non-communion_n not_o of_o excommunication_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o non-communion_n be_v perpetual_a so_o that_o if_o prince_n in_o open_a contempt_n of_o the_o sacrament_n shall_v desire_v they_o at_o the_o minister_n hand_n minister_n ought_v rather_o to_o die_v than_o to_o administer_v they_o but_o to_o deny_v the_o sacrament_n be_v not_o any_o spiritual_a obduration_n or_o castigation_n to_o this_o denial_n no_o special_a authority_n be_v necessary_a neither_o to_o that_o authority_n be_v any_o coercive_a force_n internal_o work_v upon_o the_o soul_n grant_v cain_n have_v commit_v a_o unnatural_a murder_n be_v general_o abhor_v among_o his_o brethren_n and_o abandon_v as_o unfit_a for_o human_a society_n but_o this_o be_v a_o crime_n proper_a for_o the_o temporal_a sword_n and_o if_o this_o be_v a_o proper_a punishment_n it_o be_v temporal_a and_o it_o be_v plain_o clear_v to_o we_o that_o adultery_n itself_o by_o god_n law_n be_v punish_v by_o the_o temporal_a not_o spiritual_a sword_n and_o that_o abscissio_fw-la animae_fw-la among_o the_o jew_n be_v ever_o speak_v of_o corporal_a punishment_n by_o death_n the_o inffliction_n whereof_o be_v only_o leave_v to_o the_o temporal_a magistrate_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n observe_v between_o crime_n spiritual_a and_o crime_n temporal_a non-communion_n than_o we_o grant_v to_o have_v be_v of_o ancient_a use_n and_o perpetual_a but_o we_o wish_v great_a caution_n and_o circumspection_n to_o be_v have_v therein_o among_o christian_n for_o as_o visible_o profane_a person_n be_v to_o be_v reject_v so_o no_o former_a profaneness_n ought_v to_o be_v cause_n of_o rejection_n where_o the_o party_n with_o outward_a profession_n of_o repentance_n and_o gesture_n of_o reverence_n crave_v the_o mystery_n at_o the_o minister_n hand_n as_o almost_o all_o christian_n do_v for_o in_o such_o case_n if_o the_o sacrament_n than_o the_o word_n also_o may_v be_v deny_v and_o so_o no_o manner_n of_o salvation_n shall_v be_v leave_v to_o such_o as_o have_v be_v former_o vicious_a whatsoever_o their_o present_a demeanour_n be_v to_o come_v now_o to_o excommunication_n or_o the_o spiritual_a sword_n and_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n as_o it_o be_v use_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n yet_o so_o we_o find_v difference_n of_o it_o among_o our_o divine_n that_o incestuous_a corinthian_a which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v traditus_fw-la satanae_fw-la as_o chrysostome_n conceive_v be_v not_o eject_v out_o of_o the_o church_n by_o ordinary_a excommunication_n but_o be_v miraculous_o leave_v to_o satan_n ut_fw-la percelleretur_fw-la vulnere_fw-la malo_fw-la aut_fw-la morbo_fw-la and_o such_o be_v the_o punishment_n of_o ananias_n and_o his_o wife_n and_o of_o elymas_n etc._n etc._n according_a to_o jerom_n ambrose_n theodoret_n oecumenius_n theophylact_n etc._n etc._n this_o excommunication_n if_o it_o may_v be_v call_v so_o be_v a_o corporal_a punishment_n and_o there_o be_v no_o appearance_n of_o any_o internal_a obduration_n by_o the_o bind_a power_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o it_o be_v miraculous_a and_o therefore_o though_o it_o be_v of_o use_n then_o when_o the_o key_n of_o churchman_n can_v not_o err_v and_o when_o a_o temporal_a sword_n be_v want_v yet_o now_o it_o be_v utter_o useless_a and_o abolish_v for_o any_o other_o excommunication_n of_o present_a and_o perpetual_a necessity_n in_o ecclesiastical_a regiment_n there_o be_v little_a proof_n in_o scripture_n it_o be_v the_o spiritual_a sceptre_n of_o our_o hierarchrist_n without_o which_o their_o empire_n will_v appear_v mere_o imaginary_a and_o therefore_o their_o zeal_n be_v strong_a for_o it_o though_o their_o ground_n be_v weak_a it_o seem_v to_o i_o a_o very_a dark_a deduction_n that_o the_o key_n of_o heaven_n in_o the_o gospel_n must_v needs_o import_v real_a power_n and_o jurisdiction_n in_o churchman_n and_o only_o in_o churchman_n and_o that_o that_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n must_v needs_o intend_v such_o a_o spiritual_a sword_n as_o our_o present_a form_n of_o excommunication_n be_v and_o that_o that_o sword_n be_v as_o miraculous_a as_o it_o be_v or_o as_o useful_a as_o if_o it_o be_v miraculous_a and_o that_o the_o stroke_n of_o it_o be_v mere_o spiritual_a and_o not_o to_o be_v supply_v by_o the_o temporal_a sword_n and_o that_o prince_n be_v as_o well_o liable_a to_o it_o as_o other_o layman_n jerome_n say_v that_o with_o god_n not_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o priest_n but_o the_o life_n of_o the_o sentence_a party_n be_v look_v upon_o and_o regard_v and_o say_v he_o vt_fw-la leprosum_fw-la mundum_fw-la vel_fw-la immundum_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la facit_fw-la sic_fw-la alligat_fw-la vel_fw-la solvit_fw-la presbyter_fw-la it_o shall_v seem_v our_o priest_n now_o have_v the_o same_o power_n to_o try_v and_o discern_v scandalous_a person_n among_o we_o as_o the_o jewish_a have_v leaper_n in_o their_o time_n and_o no_o man_n suppose_v that_o the_o jewish_a priest_n have_v any_o virtue_n or_o force_n in_o their_o judgement_n to_o purge_v such_o as_o be_v unclean_a or_o to_o infect_v those_o which_o be_v clean_o they_o be_v hold_v the_o most_o fit_a and_o impartial_a judge_n but_o the_o matter_n to_o be_v judge_v of_o be_v visible_a easy_a and_o sensible_a so_o much_o as_o this_o no_o man_n will_v deny_v to_o our_o minister_n for_o if_o they_o bind_v and_o shut_v heaven_n to_o person_n sensible_o profan_n not_o alter_v at_o all_o the_o condition_n of_o such_o as_o they_o bind_v and_o shut_v out_o this_o be_v no_o such_o strange_a spiritual_a sword_n and_o celestial_a power_n and_o supereminent_a dominion_n as_o they_o have_v hitherto_o pretend_v to_o neither_o be_v it_o of_o any_o such_o great_a consequence_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n but_o if_o minister_n can_v yet_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o key_n either_o search_n into_o the_o reins_n and_o heart_n of_o hypocrite_n as_o the_o apostle_n do_v or_o alter_v the_o condition_n of_o such_o as_o be_v subject_a to_o they_o either_o by_o absolve_v or_o obdurate_v the_o guilty_a or_o can_v effect_v any_o remedy_n in_o the_o church_n for_o the_o take_v away_o of_o scandal_n by_o their_o spiritual_a power_n which_o the_o temporal_a ruler_n do_v not_o effect_v as_o the_o apostle_n may_v be_v suppose_v to_o have_v do_v this_o be_v more_o than_o the_o jewish_a priest_n ever_o profess_v this_o be_v supernatural_a and_o we_o ought_v to_o admire_v it_o i_o do_v not_o believe_v that_o our_o minister_n will_v lay_v claim_n to_o any_o such_o miraculous_a virtue_n and_o infallibility_n and_o if_o they_o do_v i_o hope_v they_o will_v give_v we_o some_o sign_n and_o demonstration_n thereof_o by_o open_v heaven_n to_o thousand_o and_o by_o confound_v all_o incorrigible_a opposer_n of_o religion_n if_o nero_n have_v resort_v to_o peter_n ministry_n desire_v to_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n out_o of_o fraud_n and_o dissimulation_n peter_n doubtless_o will_v not_o have_v refuse_v he_o and_o cast_v he_o off_o without_o a_o certain_a insight_n into_o his_o hypocrisy_n but_o if_o peter_n do_v discern_v his_o hypocrisy_n and_o reject_v he_o yet_o our_o minister_n can_v discern_v the_o like_a and_o therefore_o can_v reject_v in_o the_o like_a manner_n with_o we_o take_v excommunication_n as_o a_o spiritual_a punishment_n as_o it_o harden_v and_o drive_v from_o repentance_n for_o so_o the_o shut_n of_o heaven_n intimate_v and_o our_o minister_n shall_v be_v cruel_a to_o use_v it_o where_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o heart_n and_o take_v it_o as_o a_o wholesome_a remedy_n and_o fit_a mean_n to_o draw_v to_o repentance_n as_o corporal_a punishment_n sometime_o be_v though_o it_o be_v strange_a to_o conceit_n the_o like_a of_o spiritual_a yet_o their_o virtue_n be_v ignorant_o apply_v be_v no_o proper_a virtue_n for_o in_o case_n of_o utter_a impenitence_n and_o open_a perverseness_n heaven_n be_v shut_v without_o the_o minister_n power_n and_o in_o case_n of_o feign_a penitence_n the_o minister_n key_n can_v open_v effectual_o though_o he_o discern_v not_o the_o fraud_n and_o in_o case_n of_o true_a penitence_n if_o the_o minister_n be_v mistake_v yet_o heaven_n will_v not_o remain_v shut_v howsoever_o if_o priest_n may_v now_o
contrary_a and_o we_o will_v acknowledge_v the_o function_n of_o minister_n to_o be_v more_o venerable_a than_o any_o among_o man_n beside_o that_o which_o bear_v the_o sword_n the_o emblem_n of_o god_n imperial_a majesty_n but_o to_o such_o as_o be_v god_n sword-bearer_n upon_o earth_n we_o conceive_v minister_n ought_v to_o give_v place_n and_o pay_v subjection_n as_o humble_o as_o any_o other_o the_o preminence_n of_o king_n we_o hold_v to_o be_v three_o way_n manifest_a in_o order_n in_o measure_n and_o in_o kind_n in_o the_o very_a sanctity_n of_o the_o priesthood_n itself_o we_o conceive_v the_o ministration_n of_o priest_n to_o be_v subordinate_a to_o prince_n inasmuch_o as_o to_o superintend_v in_o the_o most_o religious_a affair_n be_v due_a to_o prince_n and_o to_o officiate_v only_o to_o priest_n and_o to_o superintend_v be_v more_o than_o to_o officiate_v second_o in_o measure_n we_o conceive_v prince_n excel_v also_o in_o asmuch_o as_o in_o religious_a affair_n such_o priest_n have_v the_o charge_n of_o such_o flock_n and_o such_o bishop_n of_o such_o priest_n but_o all_o both_o bishop_n priest_n and_o flock_n be_v under_o the_o king_n charge_n and_o not_o only_o in_o religious_a affair_n but_o in_o civil_a also_o the_o authority_n of_o prince_n be_v both_o intensive_a and_o extensive_a many_o way_n where_o priest_n may_v not_o at_o all_o intermeddle_v and_o though_o to_o govern_v christian_n as_o christian_n be_v the_o most_o transcendent_a honour_n of_o king_n yet_o to_o govern_v man_n as_o man_n and_o not_o only_o to_o govern_v but_o to_o govern_v well_o be_v a_o thing_n of_o divine_a impression_n three_o in_o kind_a the_o regiment_n of_o prince_n be_v far_o excel_v for_o the_o regiment_n of_o king_n be_v a_o true_a proper_a regiment_n assist_v with_o real_a power_n decore_v with_o external_a honour_n found_v in_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o man_n and_o bless_v by_o the_o gracious_a influence_n of_o god_n but_o the_o rule_n of_o priest_n be_v but_o ethical_a or_o metaphorical_a only_a its_o utmost_a vigour_n be_v but_o persuasive_a and_o be_v not_o at_o all_o coercive_a either_o inward_o or_o outward_o and_o that_o subjection_n which_o it_o challenge_v be_v not_o to_o itself_o but_o to_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n whereto_o itself_o render_v as_o much_o as_o it_o require_v from_o other_o this_o general_a answer_n may_v suffice_v but_o to_o each_o particular_a title_n we_o will_v brief_o reply_v further_o minister_n they_o be_v god_n viz._n to_o such_o as_o be_v under_o their_o cure_n but_o then_o as_o they_o be_v god_n to_o other_o so_o prince_n be_v god_n to_o they_o thus_o moses_n be_v a_o god_n to_o aaron_n though_o aaron_n be_v a_o god_n to_o his_o inferior_n minister_n be_v star_n but_o not_o in_o magnitude_n equal_a to_o the_o sun_n neither_o be_v their_o light_n and_o influence_n so_o independent_a as_o the_o sun_n minister_n be_v angel_n viz._n upon_o earth_n and_o their_o internal_a piety_n be_v like_o a_o shine_a raiment_n to_o they_o among_o man_n but_o they_o serve_v under_o god_n on_o earth_n who_o robe_n of_o majesty_n be_v every_o way_n resplendent_a as_o well_o external_o as_o internal_o minister_n be_v ambassador_n but_o all_o ambassador_n person_n be_v not_o of_o the_o like_a honour_n nor_o all_o their_o embassage_n of_o the_o like_a moment_n nor_o all_o their_o commission_n of_o the_o like_a extent_n and_o in_o all_o these_o respect_n preacher_n be_v inferior_a to_o prince_n be_v join_v to_o they_o as_o aaron_n be_v to_o moses_n for_o a_o spokesman_n or_o a_o interpreter_n only_o minister_n be_v ruler_n viz._n quoad_fw-la vim_fw-la directivam_fw-la but_o not_o quoad_fw-la vim_fw-la coactivam_fw-la minister_n be_v father_n viz._n such_o as_o have_v be_v god_n instrument_n to_o regenerate_a we_o and_o so_o as_o saint_n jerome_n say_v they_o be_v the_o father_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o perhaps_o as_o chrysostome_n say_v in_o this_o respect_n they_o be_v more_o to_o be_v honour_v than_o our_o natural_a parent_n but_o minister_n always_o and_o only_o be_v not_o so_o our_o parent_n and_o they_o that_o be_v so_o our_o parent_n be_v not_o so_o physical_a and_o self_n efficacious_a cause_n as_o our_o natural_a parent_n be_v but_o if_o they_o may_v challenge_v more_o honour_n than_o our_o fleshly_a parent_n yet_o this_o advance_v they_o not_o above_o king_n who_o be_v both_o political_a and_o spiritual_a father_n also_o fabius_n the_o consul_n though_o he_o be_v to_o pay_v honour_n and_o reverence_n to_o his_o natural_a father_n yet_o he_o be_v to_o demand_v a_o great_a measure_n of_o the_o same_o from_o he_o be_v his_o political_a son_n and_o it_o do_v not_o misbeseem_v he_o to_o prefer_v the_o civil_a right_n before_o the_o physical_a yet_o fabius_n here_o be_v a_o mere_a magistrate_n and_o in_o that_o far_o less_o glorious_a than_o our_o christian_a magistrate_n be_v minister_n be_v steward_n but_o not_o the_o high_a in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n for_o prince_n be_v steward_n also_o and_o only_o accountable_a to_o god_n but_o they_o be_v accountable_a to_o prince_n themselves_o and_o as_o steward_n do_v provide_v food_n for_o those_o by_o who_o themselves_o be_v feed_v and_o manage_v only_o but_o one_o part_n of_o their_o lord_n affair_n so_o it_o be_v with_o minister_n under_o princess_n minister_n be_v pastor_n leader_n teacher_n their_o doctrine_n be_v their_o food_n wherewith_o they_o comfort_v the_o people_n their_o persuasion_n be_v the_o light_n wherewith_o they_o secure_v they_o from_o fall_v they_o feed_v by_o their_o exhortation_n and_o guide_v by_o their_o dehortation_n but_o all_o these_o be_v office_n of_o a_o servant_n rather_o than_o privilege_n of_o a_o master_n and_o even_o in_o these_o office_n they_o be_v subordinate_a also_o so_o the_o pilot_n at_o sea_n may_v have_v the_o safety_n of_o his_o prince_n commit_v to_o his_o direction_n charge_n and_o rule_v so_o the_o commander_n in_o war_n give_v order_n for_o all_o affair_n of_o the_o battle_n assign_v to_o the_o king_n himself_o a_o fit_a station_n so_o the_o judge_n in_o matter_n of_o law_n by_o his_o just_a decree_n bind_v the_o right_a of_o his_o own_o master_n so_o the_o physician_n limit_n and_o prescribe_v rule_n of_o diet_n and_o set_v down_o law_n of_o exercise_n to_o his_o sovereign_a lord_n in_o all_o these_o case_n there_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o obedience_n due_a from_o king_n and_o that_o obedience_n imply_v some_o kind_n of_o inferiority_n and_o yet_o this_o obedience_n of_o the_o king_n do_v not_o drown_v the_o high_a and_o great_a obedience_n of_o the_o subject_a nor_o do_v this_o inferiority_n contradict_v that_o which_o be_v of_o a_o far_a other_o quality_n and_o degree_n in_o the_o self_n same_o manner_n also_o the_o priest_n officiate_v in_o the_o church_n perhaps_o before_o the_o king_n perhaps_o before_o his_o own_o metropolitan_a at_o this_o time_n in_o this_o place_n and_o in_o this_o office_n there_o be_v honour_n reverence_n and_o obedience_n due_a to_o he_o from_o the_o king_n and_o metropolitan_a yet_o this_o do_v not_o exempt_v he_o from_o that_o strong_a and_o holy_a tie_n of_o subjection_n awe_n and_o subordination_n by_o which_o he_o be_v always_o bind_v to_o those_o which_o govern_v he_o in_o other_o thing_n when_o ambrose_n therefore_o say_v honour_n and_o sublimitas_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la nullis_fw-la poterit_fw-la comparationibus_fw-la adaequari_fw-la and_o again_o nihil_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la excellentius_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la sublimius_fw-la episcopis_fw-la reperiri_fw-la we_o answer_v if_o he_o here_o include_v prince_n as_o have_v episcopal_a power_n and_o a_o jurisdiction_n both_o over_o priest_n and_o bishop_n we_o agree_v hereunto_o but_o if_o he_o exclude_v prince_n we_o exclude_v this_o from_o our_o belief_n and_o again_o when_o he_o say_v if_o you_o compare_v episcopal_a sublimity_n to_o the_o brightness_n of_o king_n or_o diadem_n of_o 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